Why Marlboro Maker Bet on Juul, the Vaping Upstart Aiming to Kill Cigarettes – Link here
AI to the Rescue: How Phones are Turning into Plant Doctors for Thousands of Farmers – Link here
A eulogy for every product Google has ruthlessly killed (145 and counting) – Link here or Link here
Owning a Car Will Soon Be as Quaint as Owning a Horse – Link here
Warner Music signs first ever record deal with an algorithm – Link here
How the World’s Biggest Brewer Killed the Craft Beer Buzz – Link here
India markets election tourism – Link here
Apple is launching a new credit card for iPhone owners – Link here
(InfoGraphic) Map: The Countries With the Most Oil Reserves – Link here
How will the Mindtree-L&T takeover battle pan out? Nine questions answered – Link here
Timeline: A brief history of Naresh Goyal’s Jet-setting career – Link here – one interesting bit that caught my attention – “1967: After completing his bachelor’s degree in commerce, he joins his uncle’s travel agency as a cashier for a wage of Rs2,300 per month” – if you assume inflation of 6% PA, that’s worth Rs54,000/- and at 7% PA Rs88,000/- in today’s money.
Q&A: Instagram’s New Head of Product, Vishal Shah – Link here – I think Amazon, Flipkart and all other e-comm website might face heat in their fashion (clothing, shoes , make up , accessories & related) segment from instagram in days to come. Just imagine, people love looking and stuff and then ordering specially when they can see it worn by celebrity and other people.
Multiples Are Not Valuation – Link here –
Ecuador legalized gangs. Murder rates plummeted – Link here
What is Amazon? – Link here
DE Shaw: inside Manhattan’s ‘Silicon Valley’ hedge fund – Link here
Another Old-Fashioned Money Manager Is Joining the Race to Zero – Link here
Different Kinds of Information – Link here