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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES 4
Rupee to fall to its weakest in yrs on dollar rally: Poll The rupee has largely held its ground against a surging dollar so far, falling just 1.5 per cent since the start of the year even as the Reserve Bank of India cut interest rates three times in an effort to shore up the economy, most recently on Tuesday.
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Gold price hits one-month lows on weak global cues, low demand Silver also recorded a sharp fall of Rs 1,000 in prices to Rs 37,400 per kg due to reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers.
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WIRED 400+
What an NYPD Spy Copter Reveals About the FBI’s Spy Planes It should have surprised no one that the FBI has a secret fleet of spy planes it uses domestically to watch us, as the Associated Press reported this week. WIRED published a story about surveillance aircraft spotted flying in unusual patterns in California and Virginia back in 2006. And the Wall Street Journal reported last […] The post What an NYPD Spy Copter Reveals About the FBI’s Spy Planes ap
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WIRED 500+
There’s a Better Way for California to Water Its Farms There's a limit to how much produce farmers can eke out of the soil with the water that CA Governor Jerry Brown has given them to work with. Or maybe there isn't.  The post There’s a Better Way for California to Water Its Farms appeared first on WIRED.
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How This Artist Makes Perfect Clouds Indoors Berndnaut Smilde makes clouds indoors that only last for 10 seconds. The post How This Artist Makes Perfect Clouds Indoors appeared first on WIRED.
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WIRED 400+
How Will NASA Land Big Payloads on Mars? Inflatable Donuts NASA will test the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator. What makes this landing system different from other landings? The post How Will NASA Land Big Payloads on Mars? Inflatable Donuts appeared first on WIRED.
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WIRED 100+
Microsoft Knows Exactly Where Intel’s Future Is The giants of the Internet are changing the hardware---including the chips---that drive their services. The post Microsoft Knows Exactly Where Intel’s Future Is appeared first on WIRED.
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The World’s Longest (and Scariest) Glass Pedestrian Bridge The see-through structure spans 1,200 feet above a 1,300-foot drop. The post The World’s Longest (and Scariest) Glass Pedestrian Bridge appeared first on WIRED.
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BBC News - World 500+
1,000 gas cylinders at site of blaze An eyewitness hears gas canisters exploding at a fire which has broken out at a mattress recycling unit.
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MakeUseOf 11
Yahoo Maps and Yahoo Pipes Are Dead, Facebook Lite Cuts the Crap, & More… [Tech News Digest] Yahoo kills things, Facebook dumbs down, PayPal calls you, Google Maps goes diving, video games get inducted, and The Drone invents a new horror genre. Yahoo Kills Maps and Pipes Yahoo is killing off both Yahoo Maps and Yahoo Pipes, as well as Mail and Contacts for older devices, and a range of homepages specific to certain countries. This is the latest move in Marissa Mayer’s effort to streamline
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs 16
Private Equity Firms Are Increasingly Using Captive Insurance Companies Captive insurance companies are being used more and more by a range of firms from corporations to hedge funds and from professionals to family offices. A number of private equity firms are also embracing captive insurance companies to address a range of risks.
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 77
Adversity Only Makes These Immigrant Entrepreneurs More Determined Overcoming adversity is part of life for immigrant entrepreneurs. We sometimes face adversity when fleeing our home countries. We may experience social isolation due to language barriers. Adversity can be a gift. For some immigrants, it's been the secret ingredient to a successful business.Robert Atallah, CEO of CedarLane Natural Foods, is such a person. He is no stranger to adversity.Robert emmig
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The Economic Times 1
Op Bluestar anniversary: Security beefed up in Amritsar, Punjab Punjab Police personnel conducted a flag march in Amritsar last evening in areas leading to the Golden Temple Complex.
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The Economic Times
UK public inflation expectations tick up in May: BoE The Bank of England survey also showed more Britons expect interest rates to rise in the next year compared with three months ago.
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The Economic Times 1
Govt is sensitive to the needs of employer and employee: Labour Ministry Labour ministry has reiterated that it is sensitive to the needs of both employer and employee and has pursued a balanced approach to labour reforms.
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The Economic Times
Britain's Princess Charlotte to be christened next month The ceremony for Charlotte, who was born last month, will take place on July 5 at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham.
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The Economic Times 25
Taipei's D-Link on expansion drive in Telangana D-Link, a Taipei-based networking equipment manufacturer, plans to invest Rs 350 crore on business expansion in Telangana.
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The Economic Times
Japan PM to visit Ukraine ahead of G7 in Germany In a lightning visit ahead of the G7 summit in Germany, Abe is set to meet embattled President Petro Poroshenko to offer his support.
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The Economic Times 2
Greece postpones IMF payment; snap elections possible Raising the stakes in its acrimonious negotiations with creditors, Greece has decided to postpone payment of the 300 million euro loan — a highly unusual step.
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The Economic Times
Romanian President asks PM to resign over corruption allegations Ponta said he would not resign, and that only Parliament could dismiss him.
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Govt plans 500 incubation centres for skilling pros Govt plans 500 incubation centres for skilling prosThese incubation centres will provide technical knowledge to make workers skilled professionals or entrepreneurs, Minister of State for MSME, Giriraj Singh, said.
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The Economic Times
HC stays Centre's eviction notices to Cong MPs The court said the sole issue was whether accommodation fell under the general pool or that under the RS secretariat.
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The Economic Times 500+
Replacing fossil fuel vehicles can save Rs 14k cr: Anant Geete Geete said scheme will help promote use of electric and hybrid vehicles, and initially, a subsidy of 30 per cent will be provided to the buyers.
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The Economic Times
Two trade corridors to improve connectivity Two trade corridors are in the pre-construction stage under the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Program of Asian Development Bank.
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The Economic Times 1
Govt to rope in interns to study RTI Act's implementation The three-month fellowship will also help government in assessing the success of RTI in improving transparency and accountability.
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The Economic Times
Etihad Airways awarded 'A' credit rating from Fitch Fitch has given Etihad Airways a long-term IDR based on analysis of Etihad's business, commercial performance and equity alliance strategy.
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PSFK 92
Classrooms Can Now Conduct Their Own Space Experiments ArduSat, a contraction of “Arduino satellite,” has launched a program to re-ignite student interests in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The company provides satellite kits and resources to classrooms that allow students to build, code and run their projects both in earth and in orbit. Cubesats being deployed in space – from NASA The ArduSat satellites are powered by the A
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PSFK 14
These Architizer A+ Award Winners Erect New from the Old A beautiful trend going on in contemporary architecture, one that represents the best of design through the ages, is repurposing old-guard and, at times, dilapidated structures and turning them into contemporary odes to human ingenuity. Our friends over at Architizer, the social aggregator for all things architecture, recently came out with their list of the 150 A+ Award winners for 2015. Among th
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MediaNama: Digital Media in India 4
Jugnoo raises $5 million from Snow Leopard and Paytm Hyperlocal on-demand transport & delivery services provider Jugnoo has raised $5 million in a series A round of funding led by Snow Leopard with participation... .
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Home - SearchEngineWatch 58
PPC Myth-Busters: 5 B2B Folklores Debunked Can PPC can save a dying business? Is Google AdWords too expensive? Time to explore some common PPC fairy tales.
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TrendHunter.com 200+
Leggy Fashion Ads - The Versace Fall Campaign Stars Karlie Kloss, Caroline Trentini and Lexi Boling (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) The Versace Fall 2015 ad campaign is all about the legs. While some women might want to start covering up as the cooler weather slowly moves in, others will want to retain a bit of the summer spirit...
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Lifehacker 34
Balance Your Financial Life With the Three Prongs of Wealth Having a budget is great, but it’s not the total package if your goal is to build your net worth. In the long run, there are three key areas that matter for improving your finances: maximizing your income, minimizing your expenses, and investing.As personal finance blog Thoughts of an Anonymous Lawyer points out, many of us tend to focus on just one of these categories. Usually, it’s minimizing ou
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Springwise 24
Free, life-long EV charging for investors in recharge station Add / Remove The electric vehicle (EV) market has been helped by recent innovations which make the recharging infrastructure more convenient and affordable. In Berlin, Ubitricity’s mobile charging device can retrofit lampposts and enable EV drivers to charge wherever they need, while Gogoro’s Smartscooter is powered by swappable electric batteries, which allow it to recharge in six seconds. Now, F
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES 2
SBI to e-auction distressed property on June 12 SBI, in a public notice on Friday said it will be conducting a mega e-auction of distressed residential and commercial properties on June 12.
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The Times of India 1K
Pakistan ‘secretly acquits’ 8 Malala attackers In April, 10 Pakistani Taliban militants were handed down 25-year jail sentences by an anti-terrorism court after holding them guilty.
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The Times of India 14
Volatile sensex falls 45 pts in late sell-off Logging second straight weekly fall, the benchmark BSE sensex today frittered away midsession gains and closed 45 points down as cautious investors preferred to reduce their position at improved levels in blue-chip stocks.
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Psychology Today 100+
How to Avoid Raising a Narcissist Praise doesn't create narcissists. Here's what does.
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BBC News - World 1K
Elche demoted after unpaid tax Elche are demoted from La Liga because of unpaid tax debts and Eibar replace them in Spain's top flight next season.
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BBC News - World 23
VIDEO: Wounded by razor-sharp shrapnel Civilians are once again coming under bombardment in east Ukraine, where the conflict reignited this week with the use of heavy weapons.
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BBC News - World 400+
Homer's Iliad to become online epic One of the ancient world's longest poems, The Iliad, is set for a marathon performance this summer as part of a festival celebrating ancient Greek culture.
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BBC News - World 300+
Library finds 'missing' art in library Artworks by Rembrandt and Durer reported missing from Boston Public Library are found, in the library.
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MakeUseOf 7
Don’t Waste Your Time Waiting For These Smart Home Gadgets Smart home automation has really caught fire these past few years and manufacturers are hopping on the bandwagon while they still can. Smart thermostats, door locks, light bulbs, and so much more — you name it, it’s probably being developed. Here comes the smart home revolution. Worried that it might be expensive? Smart homes are cheaper than you think. In fact, there are plenty of mind-blowing pr
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Small Business Trends 21
Open With a Joke … Just Make It Funny Two weeks ago I had the honor of talking about the business of cartoons at the National Cartoonists Society’s 69th Reuben Awards. (It’s like the Oscars of cartooning.) I worked for months on my presentation. I constantly rewrote the script, refined the images, and practiced the whole thing over and over. But as focused as I was on the main content, the things I worried about most were the introdu
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Fast Company 100+
5 Endlessly Addictive, Free, Boredom-Busting Apps Read forever, go on a treasure hunt, watch TV all day, and more.The dog days of summer are nearly upon us. If you're lucky enough to find yourself with a little too much time on your hands—at least from time to time, when your life doesn't feel impossibly busy—these apps ought to help keep you plenty occupied.Read Full Story
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Try Reading This Font And You'll Better Understand What Dyslexia Is Like By subtracting significant chunks from Helvetica, Daniel Britton's font aims to raise awareness.Good font design can't cure dyslexia. But it can raise awareness.Read Full Story
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Lifehacker 81
Become a More Effective Leader by Making Fewer Decisions “If you’re making decisions, you’re not leading,” sounds like incredibly counter intuitive advice. Aren’t leaders supposed to be the ones who decide everything? Actually, those are called managers, and there’s a difference.As business blog Inc. explains, leading the people around you doesn’t mean deciding everything for them. Managers are the ones who are supposed to answer the daily “How do I do
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Scientific American Content: Global 100+
"Brainprints" Could Be Future Security ID We all emit slightly different brain waves in response to stimuli, and researchers say that an individual’s specific "brainprints" could be used to validate our identities.... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The Economic Times 1
PM Modi may pitch for easier visa in Bangladesh PM Modi may pitch for easier visa in Bangladesh Former Bangladesh minister Muhammad Hasan Mahmud said that after Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj's visit to his country last year, many initiatives were undertaken by both governments.
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The Economic Times 2
Bhushan Steel soars 20% as loan rejig plan gets approval The stock zoomed 19.92 per cent to Rs 60.50 -- its highest trading permissible limit for the day on the BSE.
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The Economic Times 1
Russia to stick to tight monetary policy in coming years: FM Siluanov told reporters that Russia could no longer bear the same liabilities that it could when the oil price was at around $100 a barrel.
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The Economic Times
Delhi High Court stays notices to top cop, others by Delhi Assembly HC stayed till July 1 the show cause notices issued to the police by Delhi Assembly's Privileges Committee on MLA Jarnail Singh's complaint.
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The Economic Times
Narendra Bhooshan appointed Mission Director of NFSM Senior IAS officer Narendra Bhooshan was today appointed as the Mission Director of the National Food Security Mission (NFSM).
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The Economic Times 1
Deal between T-Mobile and Dish could spell trouble for Sprint Sprint is in the midst of a turnaround plan to stanch subscriber losses and improve its balance sheet.
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The Economic Times
Cardinal to buy private generic drug distributor for $1.12 billion Cardinal said it expects the deal to add more than 15 cents per share to adjusted earnings from continuing operations in 2016.
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The Economic Times 1
OPEC agrees to maintain oil output: Delegates OPEC agreed to maintain its oil output ceiling, three delegates said, sticking with its plan to tolerate lower prices in the interest of defending market share.
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PSFK 15
Virtual Reality Game Treats Player’s Breath as its Controller DEEP is a virtual reality game that reduces a person’s anxiety and stress by letting them control the experience with their breathing. Developed by Owen Harris, who has suffered from anxiety and bouts of depression himself, the concept has been shown at many events including the Playful Arts Festival last summer. There Harris was introduced to game designer Niki Smit, whose ideas expanded the vis
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PSFK 22
The Home 2 Million People’s Big Data Built With the millions of clicks Swedish real estate website Hemnet receives on people searching for their homes, they’ve brought together all of the user data to build the world’s most statistically desirable home. They enlisted the assistance of two architects, Tham and Videgard Arkitekter, to make this data became a reality from general structure to small details like sofa color. The Home 2 Mil
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WIRED 74
Crowdfunding Can Launch Kids’ Futures, Not Just Gadgets The notion that crowdfunding can finance education, and not just experimental films and wacky inventions, is slowly starting to emerge. The post Crowdfunding Can Launch Kids’ Futures, Not Just Gadgets appeared first on WIRED.
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WIRED 200+
Review: Mrice E300 Earphones A company from China you've never heard of has made a pair of $15 earbuds that outperform some big-name models costing ten times as much. The post Review: Mrice E300 Earphones appeared first on WIRED.
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How Banking Analysts’ Biases Benefit Everyone Except Investors Wall Street analysts influence markets and companies daily. They release earnings forecasts and investment recommendations moving stock prices and changing investors’ portfolio decisions. These movements in turn generate responses from corporate leaders that make changes in operations, strategies, acquisition, and investment plans. No wonder CEOs and CFOs spend significant amounts of time commu
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES 2
R Seshasayee replaces KV Kamath as Infy non-exec chairman Seshasayee, whose appointment is with immediate effect, has been an Independent Director on the company's Board since January 2011 and is the chairperson of the Audit Committee.
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The Times of India 2K
Maggi violated safety norms, Centre says Union health minister JP Nadda said that his ministry had received the reports from all the states and after assessing them it has come to the conclusion that the nine variants of Maggi should be recalled.
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NextBigWhat 73
Paytm GMV Hits $1.5 B, 10K Merchants Received Orders Through Its Platform Patym has hit a Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) of US $ 1.5 billion with 10 million products listed and 10k merchants receiving orders through its platform. The company clocks 90% of its orders from unstructured categories like fashion, home furnishing and accessories. 60% of the GMV is contributed by categories like clothes, fashion accessories, footwear, electronics accessories, home and kitchen i
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BBC News - World 200+
Gatwick oil reserves '70% higher' The amount of oil in the Gatwick airport area could be about 70% more than previously estimated, an exploration company says.
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BBC News - World 5K
Four rollercoasters shut after crash Four rollercoasters at three theme parks are shut after a crash at Alton Towers in which 16 people were injured, four seriously.
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 500+
Why Being Likable Never Works Just about everyone wants to be liked. That’s not just human nature but a survival mechanism that’s been hardwired into the brain chemistry of a wide range of social animals going back millions of years.With all the hype over personal branding, employee engagement, and social networking, it’s not surprising that the pursuit of likability is top of mind for many of you. And that is unfortunate. Whe
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs 300+
Bill Gates, Dr. Paul Farmer And African Tycoon Strive Masiyiwa On Combating Future Epidemics Billionaire Bill Gates, renowned doctor Paul Farmer and Zimbabwe's richest man Strive Masiyiwa discussed how to combat future epidemics during the Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy.
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Inc.com 18
5 things to remember in the changing landscape of VC Here's a set of important insights to keep in mind about today's venture capitalists and their investing strategies.
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Inc.com 55
5 Terrible Ways Companies Say 'My Bad' Here are five examples of how not to apologize to your customers.
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Inc.com 11
Gawker website employees vote to unionize Gossip and news site Gawker Media employees say they have voted to join the Writers Guild of America, East, making it the first digital media outlet to organize.
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Inc.com 13
Capitol Hill Buzz: Twitter helps save Congress from itself Twitter has killed a website dedicated to publishing the deleted tweets of politicians, including members of Congress, governors and candidates for president, the Sunlight Foundation announced Thursday.
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Inc.com 200+
Keep God in Your Heart--and Off Your LinkedIn Profile Remember, LinkedIn is there to help you with your career, not with your salvation.
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Inc.com 32
How Two Brothers Launched a Real Estate Empire in the Middle of the Market Collapse Greg and Graham Jones took every penny they had to grow their New York City business.
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Inc.com 38
3 Tips to Get More Done When You Travel Being on the go doesn't need to dent your productivity if you follow this veteran road warrior's advice.
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India Today | Top Stories 1
Delhi MPs ignore PM's village adoption scheme According to rural development minister, no village from Delhi has been adopted under  the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.
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Business Insider 10
Credit Suisse thinks that Britain will join the euro within 20 years if it votes to stay in the EU A research note from Credit Suisse's Sean Shepley on Friday morning had an interesting nugget on the UK's upcoming referendum on whether to leave the European Union. The massive investment bank expects the UK to stay in the EU. But that's not all.  The researchers made an interesting assumption quoted here (emphasis ours): "Our view is that, contingent on the euro existing in 20 years, and th
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Business Insider 13
The 10 things in advertising you need to know today Good morning! Here's everything you need to know in the world of advertising today.  1. The future of advertising has everything to do with this Lucky Charms video. YouTube musician MelodySheep remixed Lucky Charm's archive footage for the ad, and it ended up gathering 1.6 million views. 2. Whole Foods' plan to open a discount store could backfire. Deutsche Bank analysts think the smaller, cheaper
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Business Insider 68
This kid legally changed his name because it was cheaper than paying a Ryanair ticketing fee Ryanair is a no-frills European budget airline that charges high fees for any extras. And when we mean anything extra, £15 ($23) for printing off your boarding pass if you didn't print it off at home or even £30 ($46) upwards for checking in a bag.  So when Adam Armstrong, 19, found out that it would cost £220 ($337) in "admin fees" to get his name corrected on a Ryanair ticket, he opted
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Business Insider 41
Google admits it screwed up in Europe (GOOG) Google's European chief has admitted that the company screwed up in Europe. The search giant has a strained relationship on the continent, facing a litany of complaints and accusations on issues ranging from alleged tax avoidance to anti-trust allegations. In response, the Californian company shook up its operational structure in February 2015 — unifying the previously separate units Northern and
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Business Insider 37
Samsung has gone back to bashing Apple in its new ads for the Galaxy S6 Edge Samsung just released two 30-second TV commercials which set out to prove that the Galaxy S6 Edge is better than the iPhone 6, Apple Insider reports. They are reminiscent of Samsung's classic "next big thing" ads from 2011, when the company attacked Apple and its iPhone customers as delusional fanboy losers trapped by the aura of Apple's brand when better phones were available. The first
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Business Insider 87
Microsoft is going to let governments look at its source code in a special office to prove spies can't use it (MSFT) Microsoft has opened a special office in Brussels that will allow European governments to dig through its source code in search of any backdoors that could allow foreign spy agencies to intercept information. Microsoft posted on its blog that it's launching the special office to support a "high level of openness and cooperation" with European governments, who are deeeply suspicious of th
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Business Insider 2
More than 150 killed in Ghana petrol station blast, floods Accra (AFP) - More than 150 people have died in a devastating petrol station blast during heavy flooding in Ghana's capital, prompting the nation's leader to call three days of national mourning over the "catastrophic" loss of life.The fire hit a filling station in Accra late on Wednesday, causing an explosion at the pumps that killed dozens of people seeking shelter from torrential rain
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Business Insider 17
10 things you need to know before the opening bell (SPY, SPX, DIA, QQQ, MET, DAL, GS, MS) Here is what you need to know. It's jobs day. The consensus is calling for the addition of 226,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in May and for the unemployment rate to hold steady at 5.4%. Average hourly earnings are anticipated to have edged up 0.2% versus last month while nonfarm private payrolls are expected to have grown by 220,000 workers. The data will cross the wires at 8:30 a.m. ET. OPEC maintaine
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Business Insider 2
Britain's Princess Charlotte to be christened in July London (AFP) - Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, the latest addition to Britain's royal family, will be christened on July 5 near Queen Elizabeth II's Sandringham estate in rural eastern England, the royal press office said on Friday.Prince William and his wife Kate's daughter, who is fourth in line to the throne after the couple's first child Prince George, was born on May 2."The Duke and Duc
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Business Insider 5
Europe court backs decision to take quadriplegic off life support Strasbourg (France) (AFP) - Europe's rights court upheld Friday the decision of a French court to allow a man in a vegetative state to be taken off life support, in a ruling that could become a benchmark on the continent.For over a year the fate of Vincent Lambert, who was left severely brain damaged and quadriplegic as a result of a 2008 road accident, has torn apart his family in a judicial tug-
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Business Insider 23
Apple is in last-minute talks with record labels before the launch of its music-streaming service on Monday (AAPL) Apple is rushing to secure the final deals it needs to unveil its music-streaming service on Monday, Bloomberg reports. Apple has been working on its new streaming service for years, but negotiations are coming down to the wire. It wants to make deals with as many record labels as possible to launch the service with a full selection of music. But Bloomberg reports that Apple is negotiating over th
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Business Insider 5
OPEC maintains its production target (USO, WTI, OIL, VDE) The 12-member oil cartel OPEC will leave its production target unchanged at 30 million barrels a day. According to Bloomberg, Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi confirmed the report that markets were already expecting. OPEC is holding its June meeting in Vienna on Friday. Following this news, crude-oil prices were little changed, with West Texas Intermediate crude trading right around $57.90
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Business Insider 30
Russia is ready to jump on the 'new opening' in Iran If a nuclear deal is reached after ongoing negotiations between the West and Iran, there might be a "new opening" in Iran — but it's unclear whether the US or Russia will benefit more. That depends on whether the West truly engages with Iran beyond the deal to fundamentally change its relationship with Tehran, Paul N. Schwartz, a nonresident senior associate at the Center for Strategic a
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Business Insider 400+
Here's how 'Hannibal' creates food that resembles human flesh — and looks delicious One of the most interesting aspects of NBC's "Hannibal" is the incredible amount of attention paid to the meals prepared by the show's titular character. We all know Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a cannibal, but the series presents his obsession in a new light by presenting the man as a master of the culinary arts as opposed to a human-eating savage. While the show gets gory, the scenes showca
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Business Insider 1K
13 facts about Wal-Mart that will blow your mind Wal-Mart is America's biggest retailer. The company's annual shareholder meeting kicks off Friday in Fayetteville, Arkansas. We compiled some facts about Wal-Mart that will blow your mind:  SEE ALSO: The best-selling beers in the world aren't what you think Follow Us: On Facebook Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: 9 Incredible Facts About Wal-Mart
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Business Insider 6
Here's the 'spillover effect' so many people in markets are worried about (SPY, DJI, IXIC, UST, BUND) Global bonds sold off this week. And now stocks have started following suit. After German bund yields started rising sharply on Wednesday, US Treasurys followed. And while stocks had been drifting along independent of big moves in the bond market, on Thursday they caved, and the Dow and the S&P 500 finished at the lowest level in about four weeks. Following this move, some market commentators
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Business Insider 85
Job Gains Beat, Unemployment Rate Rises To 5.5% (Dia, Spx, Spy, Qqq, Tlt, Iwm) The US economy added 280,000 jobs in May, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  The unemployment rate rose, however, to 5.5% from 5.4%.  The report also showed that wages rose faster than expected, with wages rising 0.3% over the prior month and 2.3% over the prior year.  The labor force participation rate also ticked up to 62.9% from 62.8%.  Via Bloomberg, here's a
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The Economic Times 1
Global health leaders ask G7 for post-Ebola rapid response unit Experts say future epidemics are inevitable, as new and unknown viruses jump from animals to humans.
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The Economic Times 1
Japan flight makes emergency landing after cockpit 'haze' None of the plane's 101 passengers and eight crew members was hurt, and passengers were switched to another flight to Tokyo.
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The Economic Times 14
Forex reserves rises $918 million to $353.5 billion Reserve Bank of India said India's foreign exchange reserves rose $918 million to $353.474 billion in the week to May 29.
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The Economic Times 1
Alternatives to port corporatisation underway: Min Alternatives to port corporatisation underway: MinGadkari sought to allay the fears, asserting that equity will not change hands under the corporatisation move.
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The Economic Times 4
Ricoh mulls local manufacturing; aims Rs 4,000 crore turnover by FY17 Ricoh India today said it is targetting a turnover of Rs 4,000 crore by March 2017 and evaluating plans to set up a manufacturing plant in the country.
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The Economic Times 2
Sebi bars STPL Infra from raising money from investors Capital markets regulator Sebi barred STPL Infrastructures and its directors from mobilising money from general public through issuance of securities with immediate effect.
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PSFK 10
Independent Floristry Powered By Social Media and Bicycles Florence Kennedy’s Monday morning starts at 3:30am when she heads to the local market to select fresh and seasonal flowers for Petalon‘s weekly bunches. The infant company, just two years old, allows customers to choose between one of two weekly bouquets crafted by the founder and shared across social channels come Monday at 9:30am. The independent florist wraps and packs each order in as a DIY-st
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Business Insider 16
The dollar is surging and bonds are getting smoked after the jobs report (SPY, DJI, IXIC, USO, UST, USD, GLD, EUR, JPY) Stocks are lower and bonds are getting crushed after the May employment report showed that the US economy added 280,000 jobs – a big beat – and the unemployment rate rose to 5.5%. Near 12:40 p.m. ET, the Dow was down 61 points, the S&P 500 was down 4 points, and the Nasdaq was down 4 points. On Thursday, the Dow and the S&P 500 had their weakest day in four weeks, following a selloff in gl
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Business Insider 39
Wage Growth! Friday's Jobs Report was a huge beat.  The economy created 280,000 jobs in May, higher than the 226,000 estimate.  Wages are growing, too. Average hourly earnings increased by 3 cents to $24.87. That represents a 0.3% rise month-over-month, slightly higher than the 0.2% estimate. Year-over-year earnings rose 2.3%, above the 2.2% estimate. This post continues to be updated.Join the conversation abo
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Lifehacker 50
SMS for iChat Lets You Text from Android Phones in the Mac Messages App Android/OS X: Apple’s Messages app on a Mac is a neat way to chat with your iPhone without having to pick up your phone. However, it doesn’t work if you have an Android device. Until now. SMS Integration for iChat allows you to send and receive text messages from an Android phone via Messages.The app runs on your phone and relays your text messages to the Messages app on a Mac. The service gives y
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Business Insider 100+
This idea that technology destroys jobs is garbage There is a popular meme in tech and economics right now: the idea that technology — or robots specifically — will take our jobs and put us all out of work.  This trend is typified by Wendell Wallach, a researcher at Yale, who recently said we're entering an era of structural high unemployment because tech is taking all our jobs:  This is an unparallelled situation and one that I think could actual
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES
Soon, free Wi-Fi at Taj Mahal Any browsing or usage like downloading, surfing after this period would invite charges at Rs 30 an hour, a Bharatiya Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) official said.
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Moody's downgrades IDBI Bank's baseline credit profile Moody's has also downgraded the IDBI Bank's subordinated medium-term notes (MTN) programme and the junior subordinated MTN programme to (P)B1 and (P)B2 from (P)Ba3 and (P)B1, respectively.
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US denies visa to Indian youth archery team India's participation in the World Youth Archery Championships has been thrown into jeopardy after 20 members of a 31-strong team, including Korean coach Chae Wom Lim, were denied visa by the US embassy.
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Israel, S Arabia ‘met secretly’ to discuss Iran Israel and Saudi Arabia, countries that have no diplomatic relations, met five times secretly to discuss Iran which both consider a regional threat.
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US economy adds 280,000 jobs in May Washington (AFP) - The US economy pumped out 280,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department announced Friday, far more than expected in a solid sign of growth after the winter stall.But the unemployment rate, which is based on a separate survey, ticked up slightly to 5.5 percent, the agency reported. Join the conversation about this story »
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So you've posted something stupid online — here's how to deal with the consequences We talked to Jon Ronson, author of the New York Times bestseller "So You've Been Publicly Shamed," about what to do if you've posted something you regret online.  Produced by Kamelia Angelova, Graham Flanagan and Eames YatesFollow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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Wal-Mart founder: 'Everything I've done I've copied from someone else' Wal-Mart has a long history of stealing ideas from competitors. In his book, "Made in America," Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton wrote that he built the world's largest retailer almost entirely off of other companies' good ideas. "Most everything I've done I've copied from someone else," Walton wrote in the book. One of Walton's first jobs in retail was running a franchise for Ben F
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3 Steps to a Music-Enhanced Workout Music can help make your workouts more efficient and effective (if used correctly). Here's how.
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Injuries in Italy subway collision Two subway trains collide in the Italian capital Rome, injuring at least 12 people, although none are reported to be serious, reports say.
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US economy adds 280,000 jobs in May The US economy adds 280,000 jobs in May, much better than analysts had expected and the biggest increase this year.
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VIDEO: China police block BBC filming at protest Relatives of missing passengers who were on board the Chinese cruise ship that sank on Monday stage a protest.
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Opec oil output fix boosts prices Oil prices rise, then fall, then rise again after Opec oil ministers keep their current production levels unchanged.
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Rockstar Robots: Dynamic Robotics Lab’s ATRIAS Walking is something that the able-bodied take for granted on a daily basis, however for robots it’s one of the greatest challenges to overcome. Researchers from Oregon State University’s Dynamic Robotics Lab have taken up that challenge with their ATRIAS (Assume This Robot Is A Sphere) robot. The robot was designed […] Read more on MAKE The post Rockstar Robots: Dynamic Robotics Lab’s ATRIAS appe
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One of the most memorable scenes from ‘Kingsman’ was originally longer and more violent In Matthew Vaughn’s "Kingsman: The Secret Service," a movie filled with thrilling moments, the craziest one of all could have possibly been even more intense. The surprise hit for 20th Century Fox with a worldwide gross of over $400 million stars Colin Firth as suave secret agent Harry Hart who recruits a kid from the streets named Eggsy (Taron Egerton) to be part of the Kingsman. But Eg
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This horror film that breathes new life into haunted-house movies is now available to watch "We Are Still Here" is a legitimately scary, occasionally funny, and always smart homage to '70s/'80s horror. The dialogue and performances may feel a bit ham-fisted at times, but when things kick into high gear, the wonky exposition takes a backseat to some truly memorable and terrifying stuff. After the tragic and untimely death of their son, a married couple move far away to a small N
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7 Simple Firefox Notifiers for Mail, Weather, and Break Time Do you maintain focus better when you’re not constantly worrying about the time or needing to check your email? Then you’ll love getting notifications for all of this. When you are staring at a computer screen all day or night, the handiest things you can use are notifications. Some allow you to quickly see how many unread emails you have or if a storm is on the way. Then there are some that simpl
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Beyond YouTube: Alternate Video Venues While YouTube is the dominant platform when it comes to video SEO, the video offerings on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Snapchat shouldn't be ignored.
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Amazon Tops List of Most Visible Mobile Sites on Google A new study by Searchmetrics has found that Amazon is the most visible brand on mobile Google searches, followed by Walmart and The Home Depot.
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Tackling the 3 Biggest Mobile Advertising Mistakes in Your PPC Account by @erinsagin It's high time to buckle down and figure out what PPC advertisers can do to nail down more from their mobile advertising endeavor.The post Tackling the 3 Biggest Mobile Advertising Mistakes in Your PPC Account by @erinsagin appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Apple Ups Its Streaming Music Game: Weekly News Roundup Looking to keep on top of the latest headlines in small business, innovation and tech? Check out our Weekly News recaps posted every Friday morning -- a quick summary designed to keep you current. Can subscriptions help Apple strengthen its streaming game? As the music download market dwindles, the tech giant is expected to unveil a revamped version of iTunes Radio with programming by celeb DJs. T
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Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu to lay foundation stone for new capital tomorrow The chief minister will perform 'Bhumi Pujan' at Mandam village, located on the city outskirts near Krishna river bund, tomorrow at 8.49 AM.
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Gold slips ahead of US data, set for third weekly fall Gold fell ahead of US employment data that could bolster prospects for an interest rate increase this year and the precious metal was heading for its third straight weekly slide.
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EU weighs unprecedented reform as Britain threatens to leave The prospect that economic and diplomatic heavyweight Britain might leave the European Union within two years has pushed EU leaders to consider concessions to keep the country in the fold.
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Crude oil will not reach $100/barrel again, says OPEC Crude oil will not reach $100/barrel again, says OPECOPEC agreed to maintain its oil output ceiling, sticking with its plan to tolerate lower prices in the interest of defending market share.
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India, Netherlands set a road map for cooperation Modi described the talks as "comprehensive and productive" and said they discussed bilateral relations as well as global and regional issues of mutual interest.
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Oil prices rise to near $63 as Opec keeps low output target Saudi Arabia's oil minister Ali al-Naimi said the 12-member group had agreed to maintain their production target at 30 million barrels per day (bpd).
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Become Insanely Successful By Helping Others with Scott Gerber YEC closing the NASDAQ Hey guys, today I interview Scott Gerber, Co-founder of the Young Entrepreneurs Council.  Scott is someone I’ve known for years, and was the original “young entrepreneur blogger”.  We met back in 2008 when he was writing for Entrepreneur Magazine and starting the YEC. Listen to the podcast here. Scott is the author of “Never Get a Real Job”, a book that I had the pleas
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No signs of life: 103 bodies, hundreds missing An elaborate operation involving thousands was carried out to right the capsized cruise ship on the Yangtze River, as hopes fade of finding survivors among the hundreds trapped inside.
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Ireland says FIFA paid The head of Ireland's Football Association says FIFA gave it a confidential payout to avoid legal action after Ireland's controversial loss to France in a 2009 World Cup playoff.
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Korean at U.S. base has MERS A Korean Air Force member stationed at a U.S. air base in South Korea tested positive for MERS earlier this week and remains in isolation at a military hospital on the base, a Korean Department of Defense official said.
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Man sings during brain op A Brazilian man crooned and strummed his guitar while undergoing brain surgery in his home country.
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See How Much Your Lifestyle Will Cost With This Calculator Personal finance 101 says you should live below your means. This means your lifestyle should cost less than you earn. But the cost of any lifestyle depends on a variety of decisions. This calculator gives you an idea of how much the life you want will cost.It’s hard to predict the future, but LearnVest’s cost of living calculator will give you an estimate of how much the future will cost, based on
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The Cost Of Keeping A Brand Advocate Onboard And Engaged Columnist Jason Warnock explains how to maintain long-term relationships with your customers and ensure you've enough budget to keep them engaged. The post The Cost Of Keeping A Brand Advocate Onboard And Engaged appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Tim Cook's attacks on Google and Facebook reveal a giant problem for Apple's future (AAPL, GOOG) Apple CEO Tim Cook has yet again unloaded on Silicon Valley technology companies that collect data about users. "Our privacy is being attacked on multiple fronts," Tim Cook said earlier this week. "I'm speaking to you from Silicon Valley, where some of the most prominent and successful companies have built their businesses by lulling their customers into complacency about their pers
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The unemployment rate rose for all of the right reasons Economists agree that the May jobs report was good all around. US companies added 280,000 nonfarm payrolls, which was much higher than the 226,000 expected by economists. But the unemployment rate climbed to 5.5% from 5.4% in April. How is that a good thing? Keep in mind that the unemployment rate is function of the number of people unemployed and the number of people in the civilian labor force,
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Women are FURIOUS with J Crew for changing its ballet flats and are abandoning the store as a result Women are abandoning J Crew, one of middle class America's staple fashion stores, because they're seriously pissed off with the company "meddling" with the quirky, preppy clothes and shoes it's famous for. Clothing revenue took a turn for the worse and this quarter following changes it made to its famous Cece ballet flats, which massively hurt sales. It couldn't come at a worst time. J C
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Apple is reportedly making a smaller version of the iPhone 7 called the 'iPhone 7c' (AAPL) For the first time ever, Apple released two new iPhones in different sizes last year when it launched the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Now, another report from Asia is claiming that Apple will bring back the smaller size option too with its next iPhone release. Display manufacturer AU Optronics has reportedly locked in a deal with Apple to produce 4-inch screens for an upcoming iPhone, Chinese publ
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Fracking Not a "Widespread Risk" to Drinking Water, U.S. EPA Finds The EPA draft report did, however, warn some drilling activities could potentially cause health risks -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Wonders of the Bat Brain How echolocation really works -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Zoning Out Can Make You More Productive Thanks to our smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other devices, there is no longer a technology reason why we can’t be working every minute of every day. In principle, that should help us get more useful work done—we can use every minute for maximal efficiency. But while it’s obvious that our devices make us more productive in some ways, what’s less obvious is an important way they can actually
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The Elegant, Sweaty Art of a NASCAR Pit Stop In NASCAR, you don't make it to the top without a crew that can fix you up and get you back on the oval. The post The Elegant, Sweaty Art of a NASCAR Pit Stop appeared first on WIRED.
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Lawmakers Approve Spending Bill That Cuts Mars Mission and NOAA The House of Representatives’ proposal for the National Science Foundation and NASA would take from Earth and social sciences, and give to exploration of Europa and the sun -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Infosys appoints Seshasayee as chairman Infosys appointed R Seshasayee as non-executive chairman of the Board with immediate effect.
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LG house is BJP's second HQ: Kejriwal Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday launched a scathing attack on lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung, saying his official residence has become the BJP's second headquarters.
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Delhi's ITO Metro station to open from Monday Delhi's ITO Metro station will open from Monday after safety approval from the commissioner of Metro rail safety came through on Friday.
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Here's everything you need to know about the $15 million McLaren hypercar up for auction in August Sotheby's announced this week that an anonymous collector had put his entire exotic portfolio up for auction this summer. The crown jewel of this collection is a 1998 McLaren F1 LM hypercar.  "The F1 is a technological tour de force and a real triumph in terms of packaging and design," McLaren Automotive executive chairman Ron Dennis said in a statement in 2010. "Whether endurance r
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The Joy Of Giving When we can release our expectations and help another person with the pure intention of just giving, it can be one of the most thrilling aspects of our lives, even when we get nothing in return. As Winston Churchill said, “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
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VIDEO: Anger over Maggi noodles withdrawal India's food safety regulator bans the production of Nestle's Maggi instant noodles over fears about their safety.
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Kennedy death 'linked to alcoholism' Former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy died of a major haemorrhage linked to alcoholism, his family say.
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Twin Peaks Opening Sequence Rendered as Paper Animation Watch the opening sequence of the cult classic television series Twin Peaks rendered entirely as a paper animation. Read more on MAKE The post Twin Peaks Opening Sequence Rendered as Paper Animation appeared first on Make:.
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LINE app enables group conversation call for up to 200 people, for free Messaging app LINE has launched a group calling app called Popcorn Buzz, that lets up to 200 people converse simultaneously, reports TechFirstpost. The app is currently... .
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9 Workflow-Improving Mac Apps For Just $19.99 – 90% Off For a Limited Time Do you own a Mac? If you do, then surely you use apps on it. You probably have different apps for all different parts of your workflow. You have email clients, chat programs, security apps, and more. What if we told you that you could get nine amazing apps that cover almost every aspect of your Mac workflow for 90% off. That’s just what you’ll get with the Summer Mac Essentials bundle from MakeUse
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See The Famous Shots That Quentin Tarantino Stole From Other Movies Tarantino is a master of filmic allusion. Here's proof.You might like Pulp Fiction, but can you spot when it references Kiss Me Deadly (1955), Psycho (1960), The Flintstones (1960), or The Warriors (1979)? If you're a relatively normal movie lover like me, you probably can't. This is why you should watch this video by Jacob T. Swinney, which breaks down Tarantino's cinematic allusions—the shots he
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Exclusive: New York City To Name New Chief Digital Officer NYC mayor Bill De Blasio taps the city's digital director Jessica Singleton for the expanded role.Former New York City digital director Jessica Singleton is taking the reins of mayor Bill de Blasio's NYC Digital as chief digital officer today, Fast Company has learned. The appointment will be confirmed by an official announcement from the mayor's office today.Read Full Story
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'This is what we have been waiting for since 2009.' (DIA, SPX, SPY, QQQ, TLT, IWM) Wage growth is here.  On Friday, we learned that wages grew 0.3% month-on-month in May and rose 2.3% over the prior year. And over the last 3 months, wages have risen at an annualized pace of 2.9%. In May, the economy added 280,000 jobs, more than expected, while the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 5.5%.  In an email shortly following the report, Deutsche Bank economist Torsten Sløk said t
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Outfit Your TVs With Chromecasts For As Little as $20 Each Google’s Chromecast has been kicking around for quite awhile, and if you still own any TVs without one attached, you can fix that for just $24 today. That’s $20 + $4 shipping, but if you find something else on Groupon Goods (say, a second Chromecast) to bring your order over $30, it’ll ship for free. When you add in the special offers available to Chromecast owners, including a free Google Play mo
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A Foolproof 5-Ingredient Ice Cream, No Cooking Required We recently discovered the wonder of making popsicles with just two ingredients, but if you’re more of an ice cream person, here’s a scoopable frozen dessert alternative that’s nearly as easy.This no-cook, five-ingredient blackberry lemon ice cream comes courtesy of Food52’s Posie Hartwood, and it only requires two steps (neither of which involves cooking). The fussiest process in making ice cream
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Obama's Immigration Action Means Tax Refunds For Illegals, Says IRS Illegal immigrants covered by President Obama's executive action can claim three years of tax refunds even if they didn't report and pay taxes.
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New Fart Tax Is Not As Stupid As It Sounds We have gas tax, tanning tax, cigarette tax, soda tax, and now a fart tax. Who is to say which excise tax makes the most sense?
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How To Create A Website’s Nomenclature (Or Labeling System) For Online Findability How can you develop and maintain a clear, sustainable website labeling system? Columnist Shari Thurow shares her tips and best practices. The post How To Create A Website’s Nomenclature (Or Labeling System) For Online Findability appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Alton Towers has closed FOUR rides following Tuesday's nightmare rollercoaster crash A rollercoaster crash at Alton Towers that left four thrill-seekers seriously injured has triggered the closure of three more rides at two other theme parks. Four riders were taken to hospital on Tuesday with serious leg injuries after a carriage full of passengers collided at speed with a test car that had come to a halt on the £18m Smiler ride at Alton Towers. Health and safety investigators hav
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4 Easy Ways to Promote Work-Love Balance All too many entrepreneurs crack under the pressure of maintaining their love life and work life simultaneously: They are likely to let one go rather than settle for mediocrity in both (usually the relationship).Related: Work-Life Balance Is a MythStudies have shown, however, that people in thriving relationships not only live longer but make more money in their businesses and get promoted more fr
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World Environment Day: PM asks people to protect earth The Prime Minister said people should take pride in the number of trees planted by them the same way they take pride in worldly possessions.
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Now, Housing.com's Rahul Yadav takes dig at Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka Now, Housing.com's Rahul Yadav takes dig at Infosys CEO Vishal SikkaRahul Yadav has now taken pot shots at Vishal Sikka by posting a picture of the Infosys CEO sleeping at an airport lounge on Facebook.
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Greece's gamble delaying IMF payment roils markets PM Tsipras was due to brief Parliament on the course of the stalemated talks in an emergency session Friday evening, as outrage over creditor demands grew within his own Cabinet.
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PM's B'desh trip: India may agree on Ganga barrage PM's B'desh trip: India may agree on Ganga barrageThe project is likely to find a mention in the India-Bangladesh joint statement during Modi’s two-day visit from Saturday, officials from Dhaka said.
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to make first China trip next week Aung San Suu Kyi will visit China for the first time next week, Beijing and her party said Friday, at a time of cooling relations between the once closely-bonded nations.
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US job growth surges, wages push higher in May US job growth accelerated sharply in May and wages picked up, signs of momentum in the economy that could put a September interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve back on the table.
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Oil prices rise after OPEC keeps low output target OPEC has been pumping over 31.2 million bpd in recent weeks, a Reuters survey has shown with Saudi Arabia production near record levels.
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Warren Buffett lunch auction may break record when it ends Friday The price of a private lunch with Warren Buffett is already near $1.6 million, and that is likely to grow before the auction wraps up Friday evening.
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Charles Kennedy died of a 'major haemorrhage' caused by his alcohol addiction Charles Kennedy, the former Liberal Democrat Party leader, died at his home in Scotland on June 2, after suffering from a "major haemorrhage" caused by his alcohol addiction. He was 55. His family confirmed the results of a post-mortem in a statement: "We are grateful to the many friends and also medical experts who sought to help down the years but ultimately this was an illness Ch
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We're starting to see how the Iran deal could directly affect war in the Middle East The Assad regime is receiving a new credit line from Iran worth about $1 billion — a sign of support that will likely increase after a nuclear deal is reached and anti-Iranian sanctions are lifted. Iran stands to gain hundreds of billions of dollars from a comprehensive nuclear deal with the West, a large portion of which could go to supporting its regional interventions and initiatives in Yemen,
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Boeing just patented a drone that can fly forever This week, the US Patent and Trademark Office approved an application from Boeing for an autonomous drone that can be recharged without ever landing.  Currently, the amount of time a drone can spend in the air is limited by the amount of fuel or electricity it can carry on board. But those limitations could be a thing of the past. According to the patent, the system involves self-flying battery-p
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There's even more evidence that Apple is creating a stylus (AAPL) It's looking more and more likely that Apple is working on a stylus for the iPad.   The company just extended and updated a patent protecting several devices that could be attached to the iPad magnetically, Patently Apple reports. As well as a stylus and a stylus holder, the patent covers a magnetically attached keyboard, camera, card swipe reader, antenna system and data storage device.  The orig
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Personalized Wine Clubs - Club W is a Direct-to-Consumer E-Commerce Wine Business (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Club W is an innovative direct-to-consumer e-commerce brand that follows in the same tradition as Warby Parker with a little bit of inspiration from Birchbox. Championing a “grape-to-glass&#...
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AI startup spots deforestation from the sky — in time to stop it Add / Remove We have seen a number of initiatives — such as Supply Change — determined to curb deforestation by putting pressure on businesses to adjust their supply chains. Taking another tack, startup Orbital Insight are using big data and satellite images to monitor forests and discover threatened areas before any illegal deforestation is allowed to take place. Orbital Insight have collaborated
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The money made in the big China's two big stock markets this year could buy all of the property in London — twice "The combined wealth created this year by the Shanghai and Shenzen markets could purchase all the property in London twice." That insane and amazing comparison came from UBS Wealth Management's James Purcell on Friday. Try to grasp the scale of that. London, with a population of more than 8 million, and one of the most expensive cities in the world in terms of property, could be bought o
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The Warriors waited 50 minutes to finally unleash their secret weapon, and it's devastating for the Cavs The Golden State Warriors survived a classic LeBron James performance and beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-100 in overtime of Game 1 of the NBA Finals. It's a win that feels much more significant than the 1-0 series lead indicates. The Cavs followed the blueprint for upsetting the Warriors to the letter through 50 minutes. They got 44 points out of LeBron, grabbed offensive rebounds in bundles ear
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Warmer, Lower-Oxygen Oceans Drive Marine Species toward the Poles Global warming could overheat and suffocate some marine animals, according to a new study -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Loans from Central Bank, Syndicate Bank get cheaper Central Bank of India (CBI) revised downward its base rate, or minimum lending rate, by 0.3 percentage point to 9.95 per cent. Syndicate Bank announced lowering its base rate by 0.25 per cent to 10 per cent.
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Now, Housing.com's Rahul Yadav takes a dig at Infosys CEO Sikka Housing.com head Rahul Yadav posted a picture of the Infosys CEO sleeping at an airport lounge on social networking site, Facebook.
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No excess lead in Maggi, Maharashtra FDA says The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not found lead contamination in the nine samples of Maggi noodles that were being tested in its Mumbai laboratory. The findings on Monosodium glutamate (MSG) will be revealed on Saturday.
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Why people are crazy about Blue Bottle, the coffee chain that just raised another $70 million from tech investors High-end coffee retailer Blue Bottle Coffee, a favorite of the tech community, has received an additional $70 million in funding from several big-name tech investors and Fidelity Management and Research.  Tetragon Financial Group, Morgan Stanley, Index Ventures, True Ventures, Bono, Jared Leto, Tony Hawk, and Instagram founder Kevin Systrom contributed to the round. The company, which operates 19
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Someone rigged 17 knives to play a classic 70's song and the result is oddly satisfying An artist set up sixteen knives and one meat cleaver to perform the Bee Gees song Stayin' Alive. Video courtesy of Neil Mendoza  Follow Neil Mendoza: On Facebook, and Twitter Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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Paid & Organic Approaches To Dig Deeper With An SEO Keyword That’s Working You know that a certain keyword is performing really well for you, but you're only getting so much traffic. Columnist Tom Demers shares tips for wringing more visitors out of a profitable keyword. The post Paid & Organic Approaches To Dig Deeper With An SEO Keyword That’s Working... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Managing Tantrums You want to give your child the feeling that you care about what he wants.
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Ukraine 'ousts rebels from Maryinka' President Poroshenko says Ukrainian forces have restored control over Maryinka, near Donetsk in the east, after heavy fighting.
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Steve Martin receives AFI tribute A host of stars have paid tribute to Steve Martin as he received the American Film Institute's life achievement award.
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The Best Apps for Reading Comics on Your iPad There are many reasons to buy an iPad, but few are as nerdy as the pursuit of a digital comic book reader. These days the comic book scene is very much alive and kicking on iOS. “Best — tablet — ever,” indeed. If you’re reading on Android be sure to check out our top picks for your platform, but today we’ll be limiting our search to apps found on Apple’s App Store. .CBR/.CBZ Readers ComicFlow (fre
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Fire, Steam, and Trout: The Best Custom Rides at Maker Faire The San Mateo Fairgrounds is huge. As the home site of Maker Faire Bay Area, it has to be. With thousands of Makers’ exhibits spread across numerous zones of the faire, there was a lot of ground to cover. Walking is all well and good, but rest assured knowing that […] Read more on MAKE The post Fire, Steam, and Trout: The Best Custom Rides at Maker Faire appeared first on Make:.
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Astronaut Or Astronot? Community Voting Begins! In case you’re not aware, we’re running a contest to send one lucky hacker into space. We’re already giving out $50k in prizes to entice the most worthy hackers to submit their project to the The Hackaday Prize. Now it’s time for community voting, and that means trotting out Astronaut Or Astronot, where you decide the best project for this week’s theme. Projects voted into the top ten for each the
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159,889 Wall Streeters are crowding auditoriums and classrooms to take a grueling 6-hour test. If they pass it could change their lives — but half will fail Thousands of Wall Streeters will crowd gymnasiums and auditoriums around the world to write a grueling 6-hour exam on Saturday. Their odds of passing are less than 50%. All three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst exam are administered twice a year in 174 countries around the world. This Saturday, 159,889 people are registered to take the test. That's the highest number of registrants on re
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5 ways to make virtual meetings as good as the real thing These days, it's increasingly difficult for companies to get all of their employees in the same building at one time, much less the same room. Some companies are headquartered in one city, but have offices in others with a handful of employees or even ones who work from home. That's why more companies are turning to virtual meetings. In fact, 32% of all meetings are conducted virtually. There are
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Save Burnt Rice From the Trash by Making This Simple Soup A great way to reduce kitchen waste is to find clever alternative uses for foods, and burned rice (if you’ve ever burned rice) is no exception. The next time you let the rice cook a little too long, make this simple soup from the burned rice at the bottom of the pot.All you need to do is scrape the crispy rice bits together (use a shamoji paddle to make this easier) and combine them with hot water
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Book Review: The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack Books and recommendations from Scientific American -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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'No compromise on safety, Maggi flouted norms' 'No compromise on safety, Maggi flouted norms'Nadda said that his Ministry had received reports from all states and has come to the conclusion that the nine variants of Maggi should be recalled.
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Canada's job gains biggest in 7 months, buoyed by manufacturing Canada's economy added 58,900 jobs in May, handily topping expectations and the biggest gain since October, helped by a surge in employment in the manufacturing sector.
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Greek economy may contract in 2015: European Commission's Valdis Dombrovskis Greece's economy could fall back into recession this year without a deal with its international creditors and the restoration of financial stability.
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Nifty posts worst weekly loss in 3-1/2 years The Nifty fell 0.2% to 8,114.70 on Friday, bringing its weekly loss to 3.78% — the biggest since a 4.4% fall in December 2011.
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Mazda adds 540,000 vehicles to Takata air bag recall Mazda is recalling nearly 540,000 cars and pickup trucks in the U.S. and Canada to fix air bags that potentially can explode with too much force.
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5 terrible illnesses that genetic engineering could eliminate forever The dangers of editing the human genome are well-known: the power to change small aspects of people, tweaking them to our liking, means that even a mostly fruitless attempt to edit human embryos sparked widespread criticism — and fear that designer babies could be right around the corner. But the potential to use these same technologies to cure intractable diseases is huge. In a recent essay for t
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Coal scam: Court drops the issue of attempt to influence it The issue cropped up at the outset of the hearing today when Jindal moved an application seeking court's permission to travel abroad from June 10 to June 29.
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European shares fall as debt woes hit Greek stocks European shares dropped on Friday, setting a regional index on course for its steepest weekly fall so far this year as the Athens stock market slid after Greece delayed a debt payment.
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Wal-Mart names Greg Penner as new board chairman, keeps job in family Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, has been chairman since 1992. The company says the 70-year-old will continue to serve as a director.
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The best advice from the greatest commencement speeches of all time In a sea of graduation clichés, some commencement speeches stand out. They're witty, they're wise, and they offer real advice — not just about professional success, but about personal success. They're about forging a good career, but they're also about what it means to be a good person. Here, we've gone through our favorite speeches of all time and distilled them down to one piece of concrete adv
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Shares of a company making a 'female Viagra'-like drug are skyrocketing (PTN) The FDA backed a so-called "female Viagra" drug on Thursday, and now, the stock of a company that's making a similar drug is surging. Palatin Technologies jumped more than 46% in early trading on Friday. The FDA's advisory committee voted 18-6 in favor of flibanserin, designed to boost women's psychological desire for sex. Business Insider's Erin Brodwin has the full details of what the
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US employers add solid 280k jobs, rate inches up to 5.5 percent U.S. employers added 280,000 jobs in May, showing that the economy is back on track after starting 2015 in a slump.
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ISIS exploits social media to make inroads in U.S. Hours before his fatal encounter with anti-terrorism officers, Usaamah Rahim told an associate he was switching from plans to behead a conservative blogger to assaults on the "boys in blue."
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Angry relatives of passengers make own way to wreck Relatives of passengers of a capsized Chinese riverboat, angry at what they see as official indifference, are making their own way in an impromptu nighttime march to the place they believe their loved ones perished.
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Princess Charlotte's christening date set Princess Charlotte, daughter of Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, will be christened on July 5, Kensington Palace said Friday.
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What caused Chinese ship to sink? CNN Meteorologist Chad Myers explains how a weather system in the area could have been responsible for the sinking of a Chinese ship carrying 458 people.
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Jailed 'voice of Saddam' Tareq Aziz dies: provincial official Nasiriyah (Iraq) (AFP) - Tareq Aziz who served as the international voice of Iraq's ousted president Saddam Hussein's regime died Friday in hospital after several years of poor health in jail, a provincial official said."Tareq Aziz died in Hussein Teaching Hospital in the city of Nasiriyah where he was brought when his health condition worsened," Adel Abdulhussein al-Dakhili, deputy gove
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RANKED: 11 doughnuts to eat before you die It's National Donut Day, and what better way to celebrate than with a ranking of America's favorite morning treats? We couldn't personally taste doughnuts from every beloved pastry shop in the country, so we scoured blogs and online reviews to find the 20 best doughnut spots. Then we ranked specific doughnuts based on availability, originality, taste (according to reviews), and price.#11 The foie
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RBI to cut rates by another 25 bps in Q4: Poll The consensus from the poll of over 30 economists suggests the RBI won't cut at its next policy meeting in August but will in the final quarter of the year, unchanged from a poll taken prior to the meeting.
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Army launches big op against NE militants 57 Mountain Division of the Army launched one of the biggest combing operations in the hilly terrain of the state which shares a 353km porous border with Myanmar on the east after militants ambushed a convoy of 6 Dogra infantry regiment.
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The Warriors are letting LeBron James dominate by himself, and it worked in Game 1 The Warriors overcame a dominant 44-point performance from LeBron James to beat the Cavaliers in Game 1 of the NBA Finals Thursday night. Facing the Warriors' top-ranked defense, LeBron took over for large portions of the game, willing his team through four quarters before the Cavs eventually crumbled in overtime. And while James' dominance nearly won the game for the Cavs, the Warriors are willin
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After 3 near-death experiences, this woman chose an unusual way to live life to the fullest Megan Sullivan has survived cancer, a car accident, and falling off of a cliff. Now she's riding an electric skateboard through Europe.  Earlier this week, Sullivan made headlines around the world for her unorthodox trip which spanned three continents in just under two weeks, the Daily Mail reported.  Sullivan and her boyfriend, Chris McNamara, saved money and time by forgoing hotels and sleeping
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He's naked ... and he wants your vote A Danish politician is turning heads for his racy campaign ads. CNN's Amara Walker introduces you to the Danish head-turner who wants to be Prime Minister.
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Malawian fan dies following assault A Malawian football fan assaulted in post-match violence has died in hospital after succumbing to serious head injuries.
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Migrants turn to eastern Med route More migrants so far this year have travelled to Europe via Greece and Turkey rather than from Libya, the EU's border management agency says.
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DIY Bluetooth Intercom Links Riders Helmet to Helmet If you ride a motorcycle with another rider, you may decide that an intercom system would be an excellent way to communicate without constantly shouting. You could buy a purpose-built unit, but what fun would that be? This Instructables article by “Stuffman” shows you how to hook up a bunch of […] Read more on MAKE The post DIY Bluetooth Intercom Links Riders Helmet to Helmet appeared first on Mak
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The film industry is on the precipice of a fundamental shift Revenue generated from electronic home video is expected to surpass that of the US cinema by 2018, making it the lead revenue generator in the filmed-entertainment market, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). Electronic home video — which encompasses video streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, premium cable channels like HBO and Starz, and on demand programming — wi
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Kejriwal attacks Modi, says he is no Rahul Gandhi The AAP leader, who led his party to a sweeping win, accused Jung of behaving like a polling agent of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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UN holds emergency meeting over fresh Ukraine fighting New York (AFP) - The UN Security Council on Friday urged all sides in Ukraine to respect a Europe-brokered ceasefire, as the warring parties accused each other of endangering the truce.UN political chief Jeffrey Feltman warned an emergency Security Council meeting: "We are either looking at a return to a deepening intractable conflict or a momentary upsurge in parts of the conflict zone."
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The 'Entourage' movie will completely destroy your childhood image of Haley Joel Osment If you head out to see "Entourage" this weekend, you'll most likely have an enjoyable time. Despite the harsh critiques the film adaptation of the popular HBO series is receiving, the film basically plays out like an extended episode of the HBO series. It's crass, it's funny, and it's filled with plenty of star power from a number of celebrity cameos to keep you looking for more. Whether
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The Kurds are starting to panic in the war against ISIS The Kurds desperately need an influx of arms and supplies in order to be able to continue to hold their 600-mile long border against ISIS attacks. The need for weapons has only increased over the past months as the militant group has effectively plundered Iraqi military bases after overrunning cities, Yaroslav Trofimov reports from Kurdish-controlled areas for The Wall Street Journal.  "Peshm
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Filling an Order From Walmart Felt Fantastic, But I Made 3 Mistakes When my longtime friend Rob Stefani and I started selling guitar picks, we never once thought that a big-box retailer such as Walmart would want to carry them. But sure enough, a few years after we had been in business, an order from Walmart came in. Life is funny like that.Were we excited? Yes, of course. Were we apprehensive? Downright terrified is more like it.Our business, Hot Picks, began hum
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Modi is messiah, has answer to all problems: Bharti Modi is messiah, has answer to all problems: BhartiUma Bharti termed PM Modi as a "messiah Indians had been waiting for to appear for a thousand years" who has solution to all their problems.
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Information on achievements of one yr not with PMO Information on achievements of one yr not with PMOAsked to list 20 major achievements of the Modi Government, the Prime Minister's Office says information on this is not held by it.
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Indian embassy staff donate Rs 1.4 million to Nepal PM's Relief Fund The staff team at Indian Embassy here today donated NRs 1.4 million to Nepal Prime Minister's Fund for Disaster Relief in the quake-hit country.
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What will you give to Punjab, Punjab Congress asks Narendra Modi "We want to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi what he will give to farmers of Punjab when he comes to Anandpur Sahib on June 19," Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa said.
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Sebi asks depositories to maintain database of all shares The move is aimed to ensure centralised record of all securities issued by a company and its reconciliation thereof.
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Boston bomber's friends sentenced for hampering investigation BOSTON (Reuters) - Two college friends of the Boston Marathon bomber were sentenced to prison on Friday for removing a backpack containing empty fireworks shells from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room amid a massive manhunt three days after the deadly 2013 attack.
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Couture Trumps Cocktails at Hotel Fashion Bar Instead of cracking open a cold one from the mini bar, hotel guests in Antwerp could try out a cool new style at Mini Fashion Bar, the latest innovation from Pimkie. The French clothing brand has swapped snacks and drinks for its latest collection, with a mini bar for fashion. Guests can borrow any items they like, and pay for their usage when they check out. The Mini Fashion Bar is part of the h
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Performance Can’t Be Measured by Company Growth Alone Is your company focused on the right priorities? How do you know? Companies measure performance not only to learn where they’ve been, but also to figure out where they’re going. Since scarce resources often require setting priorities — doing more of one thing at the expense of doing less of another — knowing where improvement efforts are going to yield the greatest returns is critical to getting
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Apple is reportedly going to fix the shift key on your iPhone so it's not so confusing (AAPL) If you own an iPhone, you might have noticed that it can be tricky to figure out when the shift key is activated and when it's not. Thankfully, Apple is planning to solve this issue with its new iPhone and iPad operating system, iOS 9. The iPhone update is expected to include a new design and shading for the shift key that makes it less confusing, according to a new report from 9to5Mac's Mark Gurm
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Allegations against the former House speaker keep getting more disturbing A woman has come forward and named her brother as an alleged sexual abuse victim of former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.  The woman, Jolene Reinboldt, told ABC News the abuse took place when her brother, Steve Reinboldt, was the equipment manager of a high school wrestling team Hastert coached in Yorkville, Illinois. Steve graduated from high school in 1971. He was also a member of an Explo
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Rocket Fuel: Firing the Space Launch System's Engines [Video] Controversy aside, work on NASA’s next deep-space rocket continues unabated -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Bing Ads Account Home Page Gets A Total Refresh Dashboard now shows top line KPIs and modules for quickly reviewing account performance. The post Bing Ads Account Home Page Gets A Total Refresh appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Wawrinka reaches French Open final Paris (AFP) - Stan Wawrinka reached the French Open final for the first time on Friday by defeating France's last hope, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 7-6 (7/3), 6-4.He wil play in the championship match on Sunday against either top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia or Britain's Andy Murray. Join the conversation about this story »
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Pakistan acquits eight Malala shooting suspects Peshawar (Pakistan) (AFP) - Eight of the 10 men reportedly convicted and jailed for attempting to murder Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai were actually cleared, officials said Friday.The Nobel-prize winning teenager was shot in the head in October 2012 by Pakistani Taliban militants who boarded her school bus in an attack that also wounded two of her friends and shocked the world.In
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These guys make more than $100,000 a year playing video games We spent a day with "Team Liquid," a professional video gaming team. Here's what it's like to be a professional video gamer. Produced by Devan Joseph. Photographs by Harrison Jacobs. Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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The 3 grueling exams are just the first step to becoming a CFA charterholder On Saturday, some 160,000 students will gather to write Levels I, II, and III of the Chartered Financial Analyst exam. The 6-hour exams are notoriously tough, and writing them, in the words of Kurt Schacht, a managing director at the CFA Institute, is "frustrating. It’s grueling, it’s rigorous, it’s confounding. Some people take it multiple times to get through the various levels." Fewer
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Battery life on the Apple Watch is surprisingly good (AAPL) As technology improves, we're constantly looking for more ways to preserve energy and extend battery life, especially in electronics we use on the go. Many smartphones now feature all-day battery life, including Apple's two flagship iPhones. But with the emergence of wearables, many wondered if Apple's first-generation smartwatch would live up to its initial promise of all-day battery life. In a f
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How to Crush Your SaaS Marketing With Cohort Analysis There is no doubt that for many software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies, a free trial is a key component of their customer-acquisition strategy. Large amounts of their marketing budgets are focused on driving leads into a free trial. Many of them will also run email nurture streams and calling campaigns in the hope that users will activate the trial and convert to customers. This isn't enough. Saa
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There's more to Russia-China relations than meets the eye There's no question that the Ukraine conflict has led Russia to shift more toward China — but that doesn't mean that everything is smooth sailing for the two countries. One of the major byproducts of Moscow pulling toward Beijing will be "expanded" cooperation in Central Asia, according to Alexander Gabuev, a senior associate and chair of the Russia in Asia-Pacific Program at Carnegie Mo
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This Lacoste Interactive Tennis Match Doubles As An E-commerce Clothing Site The French fashion brand's "lookbook" lets you interact with a group of male models using a tennis ball on the screen. The post This Lacoste Interactive Tennis Match Doubles As An E-commerce Clothing Site appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Lions and Tigers and Bears, No More A majority of the world's large carnivores and herbivores face extinction if more is not done to save them from ourselves.
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Top Iraqi diplomat under Saddam Hussein dies Tariq Aziz, a top Saddam Hussein adviser who served as Iraq's foreign minister and deputy prime minister, died of a heart attack at a hospital Friday, two officials in Iraq said.
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Suu Kyi to visit China next week Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's opposition leader, will visit China for the first time next week at a time of tension between the two countries.
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Mugabe stepson fined for manslaughter The eldest son of Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe is convicted of manslaughter and fined $800 (£520) for knocking down a man in his car.
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Damn it, Microsoft! Here’s How to Export Your Wunderlist to Todoist, Trello, or Other Task Managers One of our favorite to-do list apps, Wunderlist, has been bought by Microsoft. It’s great news for the team at 6WunderKinder, which has worked hard for years to make the best to-do app. But if this is bad news for you and you want to switch out, there is an easy way to do that. Yes, Microsoft has stated that the app will remain free and will continue to support several platforms. But MS is notorio
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Upcycled Bike Chain Becomes Funky Timepiece Brian Barmmer repurposed an old bike chain and cassette into this creative clock Read more on MAKE The post Upcycled Bike Chain Becomes Funky Timepiece appeared first on Make:.
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Make Smoke Rings in the Friday Open Thread Welcome, ALL, or in Geek speak, *, to the Friday Open Thread. I’m Moon and I am once again your host for this Friday’s dance of random and informal yet informative keystrokes.On your way in, you’ll notice that Marilyn is smoking. Forgive her, filthy habit though it is. If I could, I’d join her in a cigarette. Maybe you can puff without consequences in the afterlife. : )And now, because Kinja must
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Baby Boot Camp: The Skills Every New Parent Needs to Learn For such a small thing, babies can be downright intimidating, especially when you’re a first-time parent. Infants don’t come with instruction manuals, so here’s a Baby 101 survival guide for those delicate and trying first months of living with a newborn.Like many first-time parents, the moment I learned my baby was on her way, I started devouring every parenting book I could find, each book with
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7 Reasons Why Marketing To Baby Boomers Is Unique Have a drip coffee machine lying around? Don’t throw it out – baby boomers go for those things, so you might be able to eBay it into some ready cash.
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What Inspired The Founder Of The MassChallenge Accelerator To Try To Solve The 'World's Biggest Problems' It’s hard to imagine John Harthorne, founder of Boston launched accelerator MassChallenge half asleep on the couch, consumed with self-pity, yet that was the position he found himself in several years ago, before a metaphorical “adrenaline shot to the arm” inspired him to found a not-for-profit start-up accelerator which has grown to more than 600 alumni, who between them have generated more than
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Three Things Venture Capitalists Know That You Don't If you are a new startup entrepreneur, approaching a panel of venture capitalists will be one of the most pivotal moments in your career. The outcome of that experience largely depends on the preparation you have invested in your approach.
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Employer Sued For GPS-Tracking Salesperson 24/7 A company is sued for GPS-tracking its employees around-the-clock.
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Winning The Talent War Demands Creative Hiring Strategies Your company may be suffering from a genuine talent shortage. It may be suffering from a flawed hiring process. It may be one or the other or even both, but the end result will be the same: Companies that can't find creative ways to find the employees they need can't grow. Business leaders who can win the talent war (and it is a war) will be able to say yes to new business opportunities while thei
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London's Tech 'Town Hall' Sets Its Sights On Global Expansion One of the attractions of London's Tech City district is the availability of co-working spaces where ambitious entrepreneurs can set about bringing projects to the market in the company of like-minded teams and individuals. These shared spaces not only offer a “relatively” cheap means to establish a working presence in
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An increasing number of important people believe Google should acquire Twitter (GOOG, TWTR) Last month, we told you some gossip that was making the rounds at the big Engage 2015 social media conference in Prague. The theory is that Twitter's new deal with Google — in which advertisers are now able to buy ads on Twitter through Google's Doubleclick buying system and Google will display real-time tweets as search results — is a test-run so that Google can see if Twitter is worth acquiring.
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Researchers have a theory to explain why high school athletes go on to be successful in life Playing high school sports doesn't just boost your chances of teenage popularity. In a twist that is either horrifying or reassuring, depending on your past, people who played sports in high school may actually go on to have more professional success. For years, economists have shown that former student athletes go onto earn significantly more than their non-sports-playing peers — between 5% and 1
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Most people fundamentally misunderstand what happens if you live to be really, really old Ask a group of people who among them wants to live to 100, and many would say they'd rather die younger, with their health and their mind still intact.  But that idea of frailty, illness, and dementia extended over so many painful years reflects a fundamental misunderstanding about what life is like for people who have unusually long lives, says Thomas Perls, who has directed what's now the larges
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On the eve of the Women's World Cup, there's an issue with the turf in the most important stadium With 24 hours to go before the start of the Women's World Cup in Canada, there are still major concerns for the highly-controversial turf being used at one of the key stadiums. Prior to the start of the World Cup, organizers upgraded the artificial turf at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, which will host nine matches, including the final on July 5. The early indications are that the turf will event
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L-G will go crawling even if Amit Shah's peon calls him: Kejriwal Jung's official residence has become BJP's second headquarters, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said.
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Millennials Have Rediscovered the Benefits of Joining a Professional Organization It’s not news that millennials love technology. This generational cohort, consisting of 24 percent of the county’s population, has ranked “Technology Use” as the top reason for making their generation unique according to a report released by Nielsen. Millennials rely on technology to make their lives easier, both professionally and personally.When it comes to their careers, millennials use social
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Why Nokia enables #maketechhuman The world has changed in the last century and a half, but our DNA remains the same. We are and have always been thinking about what technology really means for people. It’s why we exist: to expand the human possibilities of technology. To help people thrive. The post Why Nokia enables #maketechhuman appeared first on WIRED.
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Wall Street dips on stronger-than-expected jobs data The jobs data signaled that growth was gaining traction, but Wall St took a dim view as a potential rate hike could increase borrowing costs.
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Manipur: NSCN-Khaplang involved in attack on Army? Manipur: NSCN-Khaplang involved in attack on Army?Dominant Naga insurgent group NSCN-K, headed by Myanmar-based S S Khaplang, is suspected to be involved in the ambush of an army convoy in Manipur where at least 18 soldiers were killed and 11 injured.
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Coal scam: Statement of CBI witness recorded in JIPL case Deposing as a CBI witness, JP Bhagoria, an official of Bank of Baroda here, said that on March 11, 2013, he had gone to CBI office where some other bank officials were present.
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Government begins work to set up Financial Redress Agency FinMin has begun preparatory work for establishing FRA and task force is being set up with an objective of supporting Ministry in creation of agency.
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PM's B'desh visit to consolidate cooperation in key areas: Govt The government said PM Modi's "historic" visit to Bangladesh from tomorrow will help the two countries consolidate and deepen co-operation in key areas of power, energy and connectivity.
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Nestle shares end flat on bourses amid damage control attempts Capping two days of consecutive losses, shares of Nestle India ended flat today following the damage control attempts by Nestle's global Chief Executive Paul Bulcke.
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What if FC Barcelona Jerseys Were Sponsored By Pantone? The uniforms of sports clubs are usually defined by their team colors. The designs or sponsorship logos may change every year or season, but the team colors remain the same. Paulo Oliveira, art director of Lisbon ad agency UZINA, has created a series that reimagines the designs of football club jerseys if they were made by color brand Pantone. According to Oliveira, who is a fan of Portuguese socc
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Playful Kitchen Tools make Tomato Volcanoes and Cauliflower Clouds Which is more likely to work?: lecturing kids about the benefits of broccoli or turning their greens into a game? Nestlé picked the latter, creating an imaginative range of products that encourage children to have fun with their food and to pick up healthy habits along the way. The range of 14 products has been launched in Mexico, which was declared as the country with the highest obesity rate i
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ISIS is turning US Humvees into Iraq's worst nightmare In an ironic twist of fate, more than two thirds of the Humvees that the US government supplied to Iraq to fight terrorists has ended up in the hands of ISIS. And the militant group has not wasted any time in converting those vehicles into one of its most deadly and nightmarish tools, Sean D. Naylor reports for Foreign Policy.  According to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, ISIS has in its con
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THE WEARABLES REPORT: Growth trends, consumer attitudes, and why smartwatches will dominate Wearables face unique obstacles that will lead them to have less of an immediate market impact compared with tablets and smartphones. For now, most of the devices need to connect with a smartphone or tablet for most of their functionality. Wearables also suffer from a perception problem. Consumers still don't understand how a wearable might really benefit them. In a recent report on the wearable c
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It's clear that Wall Street is worried about labor organizing Anthony Scaramucci, founder and managing partner at SkyBridge Capital, is blogging about why unions aren't the answer. The post is in response to this week's Business Insider argument about why it's time for labor to organize. Today, Scaramucci tweeted: Unions aren't evil, but aren't solution for solving pay gap & income inequality http://t.co/8yS4odyaTL my new @WallStreetWeek @tumblr post —
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To make business easy, govt plans integration of 36 services with eBiz portal Seeking to promote ease of doing business, the government has proposed to integrate 36 central and state government services such as application for environment clearance, property tax and factories licence with the eBiz portal. The portal provides one-stop clearance platform for investment proposals. Listing new initiatives, schemes and programmes during the first year of the NDA government, the
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[App Fridays] Constapark provides on demand valet parking and VASs such as refuelling and car washes Finding a parking space in most metro cities is an uphill task. Some people thus prefer to take cabs, instead of their own vehicles, to avoid the hassle of searching for a parking spot and then possibly running late. Also, parking at street corners leaves vehicles unguarded from potential damage by miscreants or natural causes. Constapark aims to solve this pain point through a mobile app. What i
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Sentences overturned for 8 convicted in Malala attack A Pakistani court has overturned the life sentences of eight people convicted for their roles in the 2012 attack on Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Malala Yousafzai, police said Friday.
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Greece buys time, and tension, delaying IMF payment Athens (AFP) - Greece has ramped up pressure in make-or-break negotiations with its EU-IMF creditors after postponing a loan repayment due Friday, and securing time to reach a deal compatible with its anti-austerity programme.Radical leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was to brief parliament this evening on the state of talks with the creditors, with hardliners in his party insisting on a firm
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Boy smuggled into Spain in suitcase to be reunited with mother Madrid (AFP) - An African boy found inside a suitcase at a Spanish border crossing will be reunited with his mother since DNA tests proved the two are related, the family's lawyer said Friday.Eight-year-old Adou Ouattara has been staying at a centre for underage migrants in Ceuta, one of two Spanish enclaves in North Africa, since police found him on May 7 curled up and covered inside a suitcase w
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Inside The Successes And Failures Of A Growing Doggy Empire The mastermind behind the popular BarkBox subscription care package for dogs shares his hard-earned startup lessons.Matt Meeker is obsessed with his 130-pound Great Dane, Hugo—so obsessed that he turned his quest for finding cool dog toys for Hugo into a business. And not just any business, but a multimillion-dollar one that sends BarkBox subscription care packages to dogs and their owners each mo
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App Bribes You Into Airing Your Digital Dirty Laundry Nice to Hack You extracts the most embarrassing items from your browsing history, then offers you swag to air it to the rest of the world.How often do you clear your web browser history? Have you ever gone "Incognito" (Google's cutesy term for "private browsing" in its Chrome app)? If you're like me, the answers are "hardly ever" and "nope." Why would I? I h
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3-D Printing's Napster Moment The technology promises a new legal battleground for rights holders, printer developers, and hobbyist figurine makers.It didn't take long for the email from Katy Perry's lawyers to arrive.Read Full Story
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Take The Fast Company News Quiz What happened this week? Here's our quiz for June 5, 2015.Did you follow the news this week? Research says that one of the best ways to solidify new information is to be tested on it. Here's a chance to bolster your knowledge of current events—and earn a special emoji badge. Read Full Story
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Google Surprisingly Contrite In New Interview About Europe Anti-Trust Case In an interview with Politico, Google's Europe chief admitted, "We don't always get it right."Google, which has been the subject of an anti-trust investigation in Europe since April, is now taking a surprisingly contrite stance. In an interview with Politico, Google's European chief executive, Matt Brittin, said, "We don't always get it right. We understand that people here [in Euro
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At The DARPA Challenge, May The Best Robot Win The finals of the DARPA Robotics Challenge got under way this morning, with 24 teams competing for the $2 million top prize."Ladies and gentlemen, start your robots!"Read Full Story
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How to Identify The Impact Of Mobilegeddon & Future Mobile Algorithm Updates Have you seen a drop in mobile rankings since the search giant rolled out its mobile-friendly algorithm? Columnist Ben Goodsell explains the steps to determine if Mobilegeddon, or another factor, is the cause. The post How to Identify The Impact Of Mobilegeddon & Future Mobile Algorithm... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Google’s European President Brittin Undertakes New Charm Offensive Google seems to be striking a more humble and conciliatory tone in Europe — out of necessity. Eric Schmidt, the primary face of Google in Europe, now appears to be stepping aside in favor of Matt Brittin, a UK native and the head of Google’s European operations. Schmidt can be charming... Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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How to become a master networker in any country in the world Eventually, most businesses will get to a point where they want to expand into the global marketplace.  A natural first step to achieving that goal is to get out there and network with the various contacts and sources to help get you there.  Like most things in life and business, there's an easy way, a hard way — a right way, a wrong way — a cheap way, and expensive way — and a quick way, and a sl
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Oz lines up investments worth $10bn for India Australia has lined up investments worth $10 billion for India as it is looking for greater co-operation with the country.
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Tariq Aziz, Saddam’s foreign minister, dies Tariq Aziz, who was foreign minister of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, has died in prison, Iraqi officials said on Friday. He was 79.
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Modi reaches out to the world with yoga on 1st IDY Narendra Modi government's yoga focus may not have gone down well with all here but that certainly is not a deterrent for India's missions abroad which are working overtime to commemorate the first UN International Day of Yoga (IDY) on June 21.
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Beverly Hills mansion with a scandalous Ponzi scheme past lists for $37.5 million A French-impersonating mansion in the Beverly Crest section of Los Angeles is now on the market for $37.5 million, according to Daily Mail. It's been on and off the market for a while now, after former owner Curtis Somoza was busted for a Ponzi scheme and sentenced to jail for 25 years in 2007, according to Curbed. The house was transferred to an LLC in 2005 and subsequently bought by Jeoung Lee,
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How a 19-year-old hustled his way to an internship at Goldman, then turned it down for an even better offer Landing a summer internship at any Wall Street firm is tough. But Business Insider recently spoke with a summer intern who had to work extra hard to land his first finance gig — and not for any of the usual reasons. Recruiters kept turning this undergraduate from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton business school down because, at 19, he was only in his freshman year of college. When Wall Str
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Andre Iguodala, the Warriors' $48 million sixth-man, came up huge in Game 1 of the NBA Finals Once the Cleveland Cavaliers got the ball back with 26 seconds left and the score tied 98-98 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, everyone in the building knew LeBron James was going to take the final shot, including Andre Iguodala, the Warriors sixth-man who had guarded him for most of the night. Iguodala was in a similar situation last season when LeBron hit a game-winning jumper over him for the Miami
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Resolving Guilt in Therapy Dr. Martin Hsia describes his compassionate CBT intervention for resolving guilt in this Moments of Meaning video.
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How to Ask for What You Need Giving feedback can hurt instead of help a relationship. If you need something to treat you in a different way, follow these 7 steps to help you agree on a way forward that is more respectful and rewarding for you both.
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Finding the Missing Link between Economics and Psychology The missing link between economics and psychology can be found in Behavioral Investment Theory.
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Irish PM calls for Fifa cash answers The Irish prime minister Enda Kenny has called on the Football Association of Ireland to explain a payment it received from Fifa to prevent a legal battle over the country's 2009 World Cup play-off defeat.
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Error delays Germanwings funerals The funerals of the victims of the Germanwings crash are delayed following mistakes in repatriation paperwork.
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VIDEO: Sorokin: Russia 2018 bid was clean The head of the organising committee for the Russia 2018 World Cup has insisted that the bid was clean, transparent and "done in accordance with all the practices that are in place in Fifa".
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Wawrinka beats Tsonga to reach final Stan Wawrinka ends home favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's French Open run with a 6-3 6-7 (1-7) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 semi-final victory.
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Hamilton dominates first practice Lewis Hamilton sets the pace as Mercedes dominated the first practice session at the Canadian Grand Prix.
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How to Configure Your Router to Make Your Home Network Really Secure Default router settings put your network at risk. Not only could strangers in your vicinity use your Wi-Fi without your permission, their freeloading could subsequently reduce your bandwidth, and exhaust your data allowance. More worryingly, their actions even get you in trouble if they used your network for illegal activities, whether downloading copyrighted material or hacking into your devices.
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What Is a Maker City? The panel discussion on Maker Cities at the Center Stage of the 2015 Bay Area Maker Faire was a comprehensive look at the emerging connection between makers, city government, and economic development. Read more on MAKE The post What Is a Maker City? appeared first on Make:.
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After Friday's big jobs number, the IMF's warning for the Fed looks 'very dated' Wall Street is hailing a strong May jobs report — and arguing that it makes the IMF look, well, wrong. On Friday, the BLS reported the addition of 280,000 nonfarm payroll jobs, beating Wall Street's expectations of 226,000. But the big story is that wages grew 0.3% month-over-month, and have now grown at an annualized rate of 2.9% over the last 3 months. And this sign is making analysts more co
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How This Startup Is Aiming to Make HR Easier Onboarding, training and employee retention are big expenses for companies of all sizes. To facilitate those and other HR functions, Menlo Park, Calif.-based GuideSpark helps companies create video content and web seminars on more than 100 HR-related topics, including benefits, compensation and healthcare. In addition to a loyal customer base, the company has racked up $42 million in venture capit
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Alzheimer’s and Sleep Quality Linked In New Study How Alzheimer's could be linked to sleep quality. » Continue reading: Alzheimer’s and Sleep Quality Linked In New Study » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: Lack of Sleep During Critical Period of Night Linked to Dementia Risk Study Finds Memory Has a Fascinating Effect On Sleep You Can Learn a New Language While You Sleep, Study Finds Deep Sleep:
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This 20-year-old college dropout turned down Apple to launch a startup and is doing really well Last fall, John Meyer made the difficult decision to drop out of a prestigious university computer-science program to work full time on his tech startup, Fresco News. Eight months later, that decision is really working out for him. His company has raised $90,000 and, just a few months after the launch of an enterprise product, has already generated $150,000 in revenue, he tells us, and has grown f
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5 things no one tells you about quitting your job to travel the world, from someone who's done it Countless people dream about leaving their jobs to travel. I was one of them. And last November, that's exactly what I did: After years of disciplined saving, I quit my job as an editor at a respected magazine in New York, bid adieu to my bargain apartment, sold my furniture, dropped off my beloved Chihuahuas at Chez Parents, packed our bags, and set off with the boyfriend for a yearlong, 16-count
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Yahoo Opens Up To Third-Party Measurement For Fraud, Viewability Brands can choose their own tool to verify viewability and fraud rates. The post Yahoo Opens Up To Third-Party Measurement For Fraud, Viewability appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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FTSE heads towards worst week in six months, grocers slip The FTSE 100 hit an intra-day low of 6,785.15 points, the lowest level in two months. The index was down 2.5 percent so far, tied for its poorest weekly showing since mid-December.
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Environment cases to be disposed of in a year: NGT Chairperson of National Green Tribunal Justice Swatanter Kumar today said the tribunal has set a deadline of one year for disposing of cases pertaining to environmental problems, as he cited Delhi's example where he said children were facing a number of health problems due to "ever increasing pollution".
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Computer Sciences to pay $190 million to settle accounting fraud case Securities and Exchange Commission also charged eight former executives in connection with the scheme, five of whom also agreed to settle.
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Mamata Banerjee leaves for Dhaka to attend programme on signing of LBA Parliament had recently passed the historic constitution amendment bill seeking to settle India's long-pending border issue with Bangladesh.
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Sebi expands Narayana Murthy panel on start-ups As it readies a new regulatory framework for startups and alternative investments, Sebi expanded its advisory panel, headed by IT czar N R Narayana Murthy, by appointing two new members.
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Yahoo to shut down maps and other sections The Internet company will close its map, which gives users driving directions and traffic conditions, at the end of the month.
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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says PM Narendra Modi taking 'revenge' for losing Delhi Kejriwal today hit out at Modi, accusing him of being "revengeful" towards his government and the people of Delhi after BJP's staggering defeat in Delhi polls.
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Australia lines up investments worth $10 billion for India Australia lines up investments worth $10 billion for India High Commissioner Patrick Suckling said Australia is keen on collaborating with India in energy, food, education and infrastructure sectors.
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No One Can Think Outside the Box Taxi services think inside a box. So did Blockbuster. So does Microsoft. But here’s the thing. Uber, Netflix, and Apple also think inside boxes. So do you. So do I. A box is a frame, a paradigm, a habit, a perspective, a silo, a self-imposed set of limits; a box is context and interpretation. We cannot think outside boxes. We can, though, choose our boxes. We can even switch from one box to ano
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Two dead, 100 hurt in blasts at Kurdish rally in Turkey DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Two blasts ripped through a Kurdish rally in Turkey on Friday, killing two people and injuring more than 100 in what President Tayyip Erdogan described as a "provocation" designed to undermine peace before Sunday's parliamentary election.
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Business Insider 300+
Google Maps just got even better (GOOG) It could be a while before the Google self driving car takes us to work. So until then, in order to keep up with the likes of Uber, Google is rapidly expanding it’s Maps application.  Real-time bus and train information was already available in places like New York - which just released it’s own “Bus Time” app this week - but the mapping mammoth has added over 25 new partner cities in four countri
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 18
6 Overlooked Ways to Vastly Boost Traffic to Your Ecommerce Site It doesn’t matter if you own a small shop on Etsy or a major ecommerce site, the fact remains that online traffic drive sales. Discovering ways to increase traffic can be time consuming and really difficult. So I’ve devised six often overlooked ways to vastly increase traffic to your ecommerce site:1. Create a value-driven blog                                                                      
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Make: 100+
Kyiv Celebrates First Maker Faire in Ukraine These days, when you hear of Kyiv in the news, most often it’s in relation to political unrest and uprising. Leave it to the intrepid Maker community to shine a light and bring folks together in the spirit of sharing inspiration and knowledge. This weekend, on June 6, Ukranian makers […] Read more on MAKE The post Kyiv Celebrates First Maker Faire in Ukraine appeared first on Make:.
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says Greece and its creditors are closer to a deal than ever (GREK) Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is giving a speech to his parliament after this week's drama. If you're a Greek speaker or just want to watch the body language, there's a live link here. Here's what he's said so far: According to Sky's Ed Conway Tsipras has already said that the bailout proposals put on the table by Europe's institutions and the IMF this week were "extreme" and &quo
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How Marketing Can Work With Sales to Close More (and Better) Leads In my job at HubSpot, I chat with marketers very often about what problems they're facing. One of the most common issues I hear about is lead flow -- a marketing department generates hundreds of leads per month, but many of them aren't closing. Nobody knows where to turn. Sales points fingers at marketing. Marketing points fingers at sales. They both shrug, unsure of how to proceed. To get the pa
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Can't force India, Pakistan to revive ties: ICC Dave Richardson said that while ICC wants resumption of Indo-Pak bilateral ties but it cannot interfere in the matter concerning boards from both countries.
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Ganga can’t be cleaned in 50 years: MM Joshi Toeing a line different from his party-led government on ambitious "Namami Gange" programme, senior BJP leader Murali Manohar Joshi on Friday said Ganga can't be cleaned even in next 50 years they way the project to clean the river was being carried out.
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Psychology Today
Is Ethical Nudging an Oxymoron? A new research article published this week by prominent psychologist, Gerd Girgerenzer (author of best-selling 'Risk Savvy') potentially radically debunks decades of behavioural economic research which underpins 'nudging' associated with the 'psychological state'.
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Psychology Today 10
Teachers Should Reward Questions, Not Just Answers How encouraging children to ask questions can increase their capability to innovate.
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US facing 'dedicated' hacking enemy The US says it faces a "dedicated adversary" and an "ever evolving threat" to the nation's cyber security, after a major data breach.
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Performers take part in BBC Music Day Hundreds of musicians are taking part in BBC Music Day - a UK-wide celebration of sound - with events in Glasgow, Cardiff and Belfast
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Jail term over Boston bomb cover-up A friend of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for obstructing the police investigation.
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How to Install Android M Without Wiping Your Data, Plus All the Best Features We don’t know what it is called, or even what version number it is, but the new version of Android — Android M — has been unveiled and is ready for testing by users of select Nexus devices. The Android M Developer Preview is primarily designed for developers to try out new features and ensure their apps are compatible in time for when the consumer rollout begins. But even if you’re just curious to
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Business Insider 81
The real reason celebrities like Reese Witherspoon show up to Wal-Mart's shareholders meeting Reese Witherspoon stood before thousands of screaming Wal-Mart workers Friday and led a "USA" chant at the company's annual shareholders meeting. She spoke lovingly of the world's largest retailer, saying Wal-Mart is "redefining retail" and delivering "miracles" to mothers all across the country with services like click-and-collect grocery shopping. Witherspoon, who
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Slack — the messenger app that's changing the workplace — just got even better Slack is changing the workplace as we know it. It eliminates a ton of email and allows people to easily work together remotely through chat rooms and DM's with unique functionality. Many call it the fastest growing business app ever. Since its official launch in February 2014, Slack has seen unbelievable growth, racking up 750,000 daily active users, a 50X jump. The company recently rolled out its
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3 Strategies to Ensure You Never Sit in the 'Regular' Boarding Area Again No one enjoys waiting in the boarding area before a flight: There are never enough seats, rarely enough plugs to charge your electronics; and if you’re hungry, you might want to take out a bank loan. So, what are your options?Related: How to Never Fly Coach Again Perhaps you’ve seen well-suited VIP types coast in and out of off-limits airport lounges and thought, “How do I get in there?”The answer
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5 Ways To Improve Your Company's Search For Talent
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Oil and Gas Provides Few Discounts Amid Price Drop Distressed debt investors are looking selectively, with an eye for specific shales as operators continue to look for balance sheet solutions
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The Twitter Google Partnership Is Here - How To Take Advantage Of It It’s been announced since early February, but now, the Twitter-Google partnership is in full operative force. This isn’t the first time the two tech giants have worked together—in fact, Google had full access to Twitter’s firehose of information just a few years ago, until Twitter decided to shut off access indefinitely. For no obvious reason, Twitter decided to accept Google’s latest request to r
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Why Embracing Vulnerability In The Workplace Is Crucial To Your Success When we think of vulnerability we think of problems, flaws and mistakes. In software when we refer to a vulnerability it means a potential way for someone to exploit our network. However, in the workplace vulnerability is actually quite a powerful strength and not a weakness. Vulnerability to me means being human and in the context of work, we all want to work with other humans right? I mean, who
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Antique Social Media Parodies - Comedy Central's 'Another Period' Promos Parody Social Media (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Created by Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome for Comedy Central, ‘Another Period' is a satirical sitcom that takes place at the turn of the 20th century.  The Kardashians might...
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Replica of General Lafayette's ship arrives in Yorktown Yorktown (United States) (AFP) - A replica of a French frigate that in 1780 transported General Lafayette to America to rally US rebels battling for independence arrived to great fanfare Friday in the Virginia town where British forces eventually surrendered.Fireworks lit up a gray sky in Yorktown --  where American forces led by George Washington and French soldiers scored a decisive victory over
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Business Insider 34
US oil rig count falls for 26th straight week (USO, VDE, WTI, OIL) The US oil rig count fell again this week. The latest data from oil driller Baker Hughes showed that the number of oil rigs in operation fell by 4 to 642 this week, the lowest level since August 16, 2010. The combined count fell by 7 to 868, the lowest level since January 24, 2003. Last week, data from driller Baker Hughes showed that the number of oil rigs in operation fell by 13 to 646, the lowe
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Inc.com 7
Apple's Streaming Service Launch Depends on Last-Minute Negotiations The company reportedly is still trying to secure deals with music labels before the service's launch on Monday.
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Airbnb Releases Its Pricing Technology to Developers The technology that helps hosts on the lodging site figure out how much to charge guests will now be available to download for free.
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Why Passion is More Important than Personality in Your Career Your personality type is important, but when choosing a career go for what you enjoy and what you're good at.
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7 Keys to Making a Perfect First Impression First impressions are hugely important for achieving one's goals. Here are seven tips to ensure you make a positive first impression!
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Why Dropping Out to Start Up May Be Less Risky Than Staying in School What used to be a rare, less-trodden path now seems smart for young entrepreneurs.
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Inc. Uncensored Ep. 16: The Death of Voicemail and the Birth of the Sober Rave Startup This week Inc. editors and writers discuss how companies are ditching voicemail, the rise of early-morning rave startup Daybreaker, and new venture capital funds targeting drone startups.
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The Economic Times 10
Netherlands keen to invest in India, says Dutch PM Mark Rutte Dutch companies are keen to invest in India, particularly in sectors like water management, waste management, agriculture, infrastructure, smart cities, banking and pension funds, Netherlands' PM Rutte said.
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The Economic Times
Narendra Modi's Bangladesh visit to result in big gains: CII On the eve of PM Modi's visit to Bangladesh, CII said it is bound to result in big gains for both countries that can have bilateral trade worth $10 bn by 2018.
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The Economic Times 7
Govt eyes Rs 20K-cr cess pool for workers' welfare Govt eyes Rs 20K-cr cess pool for workers' welfareThe Labour Ministry has advanced consultation process with various state governments, because the cess is collected by them but was hardly utilised for the intended purpose.
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The Economic Times
Extend deadline to submit suggestions on Land Bill: Bhumi Adhikar Andolan Left Front-backed farmers' organisations today asked the Centre to extend the June 8 deadline for submitting suggestions on the Land Acquisition Bill.
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The Economic Times 6
Government to give farmers power, seeds subsidy in case rains fail Setting in motion a contingency plan to tackle possible monsoon deficiency, government today announced it will supply subsidised diesel, power and seeds to farmers in regions that may get affected.
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UBHL seeks shareholders' nod on Rs 50 cr investment Company said it was seeking shareholders' approval through a special resolution to authorise the board to have an outlay of up to Rs 50 crore.
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The Economic Times 2
Gold at 11-week low; heads for third weekly fall Non-farm payrolls increased 280,000 last month, the largest gain since Dec, above the 225,000 that economists had expected.
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The Economic Times
IS advances on key Syrian city despite regime air raids The extremist Islamic State group fought fierce battles with Syria's armed forces in a bid to seize control of Hasakeh, a key provincial capital in the country's northeast.
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WIRED 100+
The Week in TV: Jon Stewart Welcomes Caitlyn Jenner A lot happened in the world of late-night chat shows this week. (Short version: Seth Meyers crushed it.) The post The Week in TV: Jon Stewart Welcomes Caitlyn Jenner appeared first on WIRED.
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Thumbelina-Sized Chef Entertains You While You Wait Introverts and utilitarians, today you have something to rejoice. No more heading to the restaurant with people and having to, heaven forbid, interact with them. You might tell me there’s nothing stopping anti-socials from texting, or browsing the web at the table, but we all know that’s not “socially acceptable.” Now you have an appropriate excuse not to talk to your dinner-mates while your food
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Home is Where This Portable Room Is Have you ever wanted to live inside a box? How about a box that unpacks to a set of elegant essentials: bike, bed, table, chair, and even wood shelves for your clothes and books? The Travelbox, designed by Stefan Juust, is a modern nomad’s dream. A set of basic furnishings made out of wood and aluminum, packaged into an industrial looking metallic box. According to Juust: “In its closed position
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Fast Company 5
Can Wearable Tech Measure Our Stress And Calm Us Down? A growing number of devices are trying to gauge when we're freaking out. But as the latest entry into the market shows, that's a harder task than we think.Part of the premise behind a new wearable called WellBe is pretty depressing: Many of us are so continuously stressed out—or so disconnected from our feelings—that we can't actually tell which parts of our day are making us most anxious.Read Ful
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Fast Company
Microsoft's Follow-Up To Viral Age-Guessing Tool: A Twin Detector "Twins or Not?" tells you how similar two photos look.A Microsoft website called "How Old Do I Look?" went viral last month, mostly because its attempts to guess peoples' ages from photographs was sometimes so wildly off base that people immediately began sharing their hilarious results (as well as results from uploaded pics of celebrities, animated characters, and inanimate ob
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Make: 21
New Project: Build a Nipple Driver from an Old Bike Spoke As a custom bike manufacturer, I make all my own tooling. Most of it is advanced or heavy duty, but I’ve also made some simple, elegant tools from old spokes. This tutorial is for a nipple driver, which winds the nipples — the little pieces that hold the spokes to […] Read more on MAKE The post Build a Nipple Driver from an Old Bike Spoke appeared first on Make:.
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Business Insider 31
This 1998 supercar could auction for $15 million This August, a 1998 McLaren F1 is estimated to sell for $15 million at RM Sotheby's Monterey sports car auction. This sum would set a record for the most money ever paid for a McLaren.  The carbon-framed sports car features a unique driver's seat sandwiched between two passenger seats and a 680-horse power engine.  Produced by Emma Fierberg. Video courtesy of Associated Press. Follow BI Video:
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Business Insider 26
The 10 most disturbingly gorgeous dishes from NBC's 'Hannibal' NBC's "Hannibal" is a series that is appealing for many reasons, but a big one is obvious from day one: The food. "Hannibal" is lavish in its attentions to all things culinary, putting together better shot and more artfully presented food porn than anything you'll see on Food Network.  Of course, food is also where the show gets most of its horror from, given its subject's horr
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Tech CEO shares the 3 most important things he looks for in job candidates CEOs have a knack for weeding out talent.  Gary Ambrosino, who has over 30 years of experience running high-tech companies and is currently CEO of software company TimeTrade, tells Business Insider he looks for three things in every job candidate. He also explains how he determines whether  job seekers possess those critical traits.  The first thing Ambrosino looks for is a high level of motivatio
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How a teenager survived being trapped underwater for 42 minutes A teenager in Italy recently beat some incredible odds when he survived for 42 minutes underwater, according to news reports. The 14-year-old boy, identified only as "Michael" by the Italian newspaper Milan Chronicle, reportedly dove off a bridge into a canal with some friends last month and never resurfaced. His foot became caught on something underwater and it took firefighters and oth
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Business Insider 13
The scientific truth about kids who grow up with same-sex parents A central argument made against same-sex marriage is that children born into these marriages will be disadvantaged: they will grow up with inappropriate gender role modelling, be bullied at school and suffer poorer emotional well-being than their peers. Same-sex attracted people may come to parenthood in many ways – though former heterosexual relationships, as a foster parent or a step parent. Inc
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Business Insider 6
FED'S DUDLEY: We're still probably going to raise rates this year (DIA, SPX, SPY, QQQ, IWM) New York Fed president Bill Dudley still expects the Federal Reserve will raise rates this year.  In a speech on Friday, Dudley said: "...I believe that the FOMC is continuing to make progress towards our dual mandate objectives. However, I have become somewhat more uncertain about the growth outlook given the lack of a sharp rebound in economic activity in recent months from the weak first q
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WIRED 60
Entertainment Podcast: What Ever Happened to Great Disaster Flicks? We're a smidge late with this week's entertainment podcast, but that just means we have more to talk about! The post Entertainment Podcast: What Ever Happened to Great Disaster Flicks? appeared first on WIRED.
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The Times of India 1K
‘An attack against America’: China accused of biggest ever cyberhack China has denied involvement in what could be the biggest cyberattack in US history after the details of up to four million current and former government employees were stolen.
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The Times of India 18
68 people found in a container in UK port In a shocking case of human trafficking, 68 people, including 15 children and two pregnant women, some of whom are believed to be of Indian origin were found crammed in a container at a port in Essex.
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Business Insider 3
Beijing calls reports China involved in US hack 'irresponsible' Beijing (AFP) - Beijing on Friday labelled as "irresponsible" reports that Chinese hackers were behind a massive cyber-attack on personal data of millions of current and former US federal employees.The US government on Thursday said that hackers accessed the personal data of at least four million current and former federal employees. Officials told US media that China was suspected."
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Here’s the first trailer for Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks' next movie ‘Bridge of Spies’ It has been three long years, but we’re finally getting our first look at Steven Spielberg’s next movie. The famed director’s latest effort is “Bridge of Spies”, a Cold War period piece that tells the story of James Donovan (Tom Hanks), a Brooklyn lawyer recruited by the CIA to negotiate with the Soviet Union for the release of a captured American U-2 pilot. The catch, of course, is that he’s supp
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Psychology Today 4
Ten Things Women Need to Know About Sex and Relationships Women's wisdom like these ten insights into sex and relationships are invaluable and rare.
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Psychology Today 3
Detaching with Love Family and friends often feel trapped in their loved one’s addiction. Their challenge is to let go with love.
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How to of the Day 12
How to Make Roasted Buffalo Chickpeas Have a hankering for the taste of Buffalo wings but either don’t have all the ingredients or want all the calories? A delicious alternative to wings are Buffalo chickpeas! Ingredients 1 tbsp. butter (or vegan alternative butter) 1/4 cup hot sauce (your favorite) 1- 15 oz. can chickpeas/garbanzo beans Steps Prepare to make the chickpeas. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Then line a baking sh
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What is the Best Alternative Keyboard for Android? Smartphone keyboards have come a long way since the ridiculously tiny buttons on the original BlackBerry phones. Nonetheless, despite the huge leaps forward in quality, some people still aren’t satisfied with the stock offering. There’s now a huge array of third-party keyboards to choose from, each with their own benefits and drawbacks. With the ever-increasing selection, we take a look at some of
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Make: 100+
5 DIY Bike Hacks to Avoid Buying More Tools A little creativity and bike know-how can help you design or build workarounds for expensive and bulky tools Read more on MAKE The post 5 DIY Bike Hacks to Avoid Buying More Tools appeared first on Make:.
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Building your own SDR-based Passive Radar on a Shoestring Let’s start off with proof. Below is an animation of a measurement of airplanes and meteors I made using a radar system that I built with a few simple easily available pieces of hardware: two $8 RTL software defined radio dongles that I bought on eBay, and two log-periodic antennas. And get this, the radar system you’re going to build works by listening for existing transmissions that bounce off t
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Business Insider 400+
People on Kickstarter are going nuts for this water bottle that tracks your hydration so you drink enough water People on Kickstarter are going crazy for a smart water bottle that glows when you need to take a sip. Spotted on TechCrunch and officially launched on Monday with 38 days left to go, the HidrateMe water bottle has already surpassed it’s $35,000 funding goal and reached over $130,000 at the time of this post. HidrateMe GLOWS. If you e forgotten to drink water your bottle will glow to remind
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Business Insider 53
US official on China hacking government database: 'This is deep' WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Data stolen in the recent hack of U.S. government computers includes security clearance information and background checks dating to 1985, a U.S. official said, underlining the far-reaching scale of one of the largest known thefts of federal government data. "This is deep. The data goes back to 1985. This means that they potentially have information about retirees, and t
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Lifehacker 100+
The Only Technique To Learn Something New Someone stole $90 million from a company I was involved in. I’m a poor judge of people. The company collapsed. Some things I can’t learn. I tend to like people too much. So it’s hard for me to be a good judge of people, no matter how much I try. So I find other people who are good at judging people and I ask them to help me. Don’t force yourself to learn something if you don’t want to or it’s not
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Business Insider 3
South Africa leadership 'approved' World Cup payment Johannesburg (AFP) - The highest levels of South African government approved a $10-million payment that US investigators suspect was a bribe to get the 2010 World Cup, media reports said Friday.Then president Thabo Mbeki and foreign minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma approved the payment which the authorities again insisted Friday was for a legitimate development project in the Caribbean.The new reve
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Yemen rebels, govt agree to peace talks Sanaa (AFP) - Huthi Shiite rebels and Yemen's exiled government agreed Friday to attend UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending weeks of war that have cost more than 2,000 lives.The Geneva meeting, provisionally set for June 14, would be the first significant effort to stop the fighting, which has led to what the United Nations called a catastrophic humanitarian situation.A Saudi-led coa
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Business Insider 42
The best free things to do in New York City this summer New York City has a reputation for being an expensive city. But that doesn't mean you need to have a disposable income to enjoy it. Particularly in the summer, NYC offers multiple events that won't cost you a penny to attend. From parades to movie nights in the park to cultural festivals, here's what you can enjoy in the city this summer for free.Governors Island offers free bike mornings from Mon
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Business Insider 88
Behind-the-scenes images tell the story of the iconic Tiananmen Square "Tank Man" photo, taken 26 years ago today On June 5, 1989, one day after China's government began violently cracking down on protestors in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, a lone man, dressed in black pants and a white shirt, decided to take action against an approaching line of military tanks, en route to suppress protestors. In an act of nonviolent protest, the man, who to this day remains unidentified, calmly walked in front of the processi
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 100+
Should Your Startup Outsource Tech? 4 Questions to Help You Decide. Many points of views exist on the subject of whether to build your product in-house or use outsourced teams. I’ve personally experienced both sides -- creating products through outsourced teams, and, in previous ventures, creating them in-house. At my current company, we do the outsourcing: I work as the co-founder of an outsourced technical company to startups.Related: 5 Questions to Help Decide
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The Economic Times 4
Court records evidence in case against Irom Sharmila Sharmila, who is on a fast for over 14 years in Manipur demanding repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), was also present in the court.
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The Economic Times
WTO chief expresses concern over slow progress for next meet Azevedo has told trade ministers from India and other countries that "political calls" will be required to reach a consensus.
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The Economic Times 1
President Petro Poroshenko warns of 'colossal threat' of new Ukraine fighting The upsurge in fighting revived fears in Kiev that the separatists may be gearing up for a new push into government-controlled territory.
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The Economic Times 18
House worth Rs 1.1 crore sold on Snapdeal-Tata Housing online platform House worth Rs 1.1 crore sold on Snapdeal-Tata Housing online platform The property carnival by Snapdeal, which received over 1,800 enquiries, witnessed the largest deal of Rs 1.1 crore, the company said in a statement.
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The Economic Times
PM Narendra Modi introduces Yoga postures through his Weibo account Modi detailed the intricacies of various Yoga Asanas (postures) like Tadasana, Vrikshasana and Padahastasana and their health benefits.
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The Economic Times 3
Delayed Greek IMF payment won't hasten capital controls: Bankers Greece's decision to delay a loan repayment to IMF scared the Athens stock market but bankers say it is unlikely to precipitate a run on banks and bring about capital controls.
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The Economic Times 9
Rs 6,000 crore port to come up near Mumbai in three years The proposed port would be located 4.5 nautical miles off the Dahanu coast in northern Maharashtra's Palghar district, about 150km from Mumbai.
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The Economic Times 3
BJP feels Janata Parivar merger may pose 'difficult' challenge in Bihar While expressing confidence about BJP emerging victorious, the leader made it clear that the party will face a "difficult" challenge if JD(U) and RJD merge.
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The Economic Times
Madhu Kapur moves Bombay HC to stop appointment of Yes Bank directors Yes Bank made a statement before the court assuring that the two directors -- M R Srinivasan and Diwan Arun Nanda -- shall not assume office until the next hearing on June 17.
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The Internet of Things Is Changing How We Manage Customer Relationships Steven Moore Just as it’s hard to remember what life was like before the iPhone, it can be hard to remember business before there was CRM software — back when you still had to explain that it stood for “customer relationship management.” Today, CRM pervades the way many companies track and measure how they interact with other organizations, across many departments: marketing, sales, customer se
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Scientific American Content: Global 35
EPA: Fracking Has "Not Led to Widespread, Systemic Impacts on Drinking Water Resources" Today’s release of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s report on hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) concludes that this process for extracting oil and gas has... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Scientific American Content: Global 12
A Story of Wood Wood has played an important role in the history of civilization. Humans have used it for fuel, building materials, furniture, paper, tools, weapons, and more. And demand for wood continues to... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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War and Automobile Advertising, 1915 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Scientific American Content: Global 200+
No Fish, No Fowl: European Fish and Birds in Decline, Despite Some Conservation Successes Two new reports paint a bleak portrait of the species that live in Europe’s waters and sky -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Small Business Trends 14
Myths and Realities About Incorporating for Freelancers Eager to leave the daily grind and be their own boss, more and more Americans are now working on their own as freelancers. As of September 2014, 53 million Americans work as freelancers — that’s more than a third of the total workforce! Some of these freelancers choose to create a formal business entity, while others remain sole proprietors (the default business structure if you never set anythin
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Lifehacker 55
Today's Best Deals: 4K Upgrade, Wireless Flash Drive, and a Lot More Here are the best of today’s deals. Get every great deal every day on Kinja Deals, follow us on Facebook and Twitter to never miss a deal, join us on Kinja Gear to read about great products, and on Kinja Co-Op to help us find the best.More DealsToday’s Best App DealsToday’s Best Media DealsToday’s Best Gaming Deals​This Week’s Best Apparel DealsTop DealsMotion-sensing LED night lights have been th
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Non-Toxic Luxury Skin Care - The Tata Harper Body Balm is Supposed to Reduce Stretch Marks Naturally (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Designed to reduce stretch marks as well as provide deep hydration, the Tata Harper Redefining Body Balm is high-tech but still 100% natural and non-toxic. The “stretch mark-minimizing...
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Business Insider 8
Millennials are already trying to stop the aging process During the 16th century, legend has it that the quest for the fountain of youth sent Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León's across the Atlantic ocean to Florida and then to the Bahamas. Today, the search for eternal youth has pointed us to jars and tubes that have yielded fortunes for companies like L'Oreal and Estee Lauder. Even the young millennial generation is already worried about crow's feet
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The Times of India 100+
Ganga can’t be cleaned in 50 years: MM Joshi Toeing a line different from his party-led government on ambitious "Namami Gange" programme, senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Friday said Ganga can't be cleaned even in next 50 years they way the project to clean the river was being carried out.
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Business Insider 500+
The Oakland A's just called up a relief pitcher who pitches with both arms   The Oakland A's have promoted Pat Venditte to the Major Leagues. Normally the promotion of a middle reliever would not make any waves, but Venditte is different: he can pitch with both arms. When Venditte appears in his first game, he will be the first switch-pitcher in Major League Baseball since 1894 and the first pitcher to use both arms in a single game since Greg A. Harris did in 1995. Harr
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Business Insider 400+
Siri would be a million times better if Apple bought this company (AAPL) Have you seen this video? It's probably the most impressive thing I've seen on the internet all week. What you're seeing here is Keyvan Mohajer, founder and CEO of SoundHound Inc., posing queries to his company's new voice assistant called Hound. Mohajer demonstrates Hound's ability to listen, handle context, and crunch data at a mind-blowing clip, which happen to be particular weaknesses of Si
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Psychology Today
Experimenting With Surrender Michael Singer's new book "The Surrender Experiment" inspires the CEO of a nonprofit organization to reflect on redefining leadership.
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 58
Use This 5-Question Zombie Apocalypse Formula to Choose Your Co-founder Finding the right co-founder can be life or death for your startup. Unfortunately, there are few ways to go about uncovering the right partner, or simply figuring out if you’ve found the right partner before a catastrophe happens (which, by then, is too late).I just read a trending story on Facebook that claimed “Newly discovered wasp can turn cockroaches into 'passive zombies.’” If that’s not a p
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WIRED 100+
Facebook Messenger Will Finally Stop Telling People Where You Are Facebook is now making Messenger location-sharing opt-in. That means a lot of us were doing it all along, none the wiser. The post Facebook Messenger Will Finally Stop Telling People Where You Are appeared first on WIRED.
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$14,000 Machine Brews Coffee Using Algorithms When it comes to coffee preparation, we've clearly reached peak preciousness. The post $14,000 Machine Brews Coffee Using Algorithms appeared first on WIRED.
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Organ Banking: From Impossible to Slightly Less Impossible If organs can be protected and kept from degradation for longer, they could be banked for when patients really need a transplant. The post Organ Banking: From Impossible to Slightly Less Impossible appeared first on WIRED.
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US questions India on its domestic support programmes The US posed a salvo of questions to India on its domestic support programmes, including its cotton policies, minimum support price, public stockholding for food security purposes and landholding pooling by Indian farmers, in a meeting at the WTO.
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Ganga can't be cleaned in 50 years: Murali Manohar Joshi Toeing a line different from his party-led government on ambitious 'Namami Gange' programme, senior BJP leader Murali Manohar Joshi today said Ganga can't be cleaned even in next 50 years they way the project to clean the river was being carried out.
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eBay for stock-pickers: trading tips for sale online Scotland-based investment strategist Russell Napier gave up his high-powered finance job as a star analyst bankrolled by a big-name broker in order to go it alone last year.
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Nepal earthquake: IAF, Army rescued 11,200 people Nepal earthquake: IAF, Army rescued 11,200 peopleRapid Action Medical Teams of armed forces extended medical assistance to 4,762 injured -- 300 cases of surgery, 216 hospital admissions and 4,174 OPD cases.
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LIC hikes stake in Rural Electrification Corp to 7% LIC said it has acquired over 2 per cent stake in the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC) taking its overall shareholding in the firm to more than 7 per cent.
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Graph of heinous crime graph down a bit in Delhi: Statistics However, cases of molestation of women continued to rise from 1,255 in the first four months of last year to 1,474 in corresponding period this year.
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Will seek Joshi's views on cleaning Ganga: Uma Bharti Uma Bharti said she would seek Murli Manohar Joshi's views to remove shortcomings in the 'Namami Gange' programme after he questioned the project and asserted that it would be completed within two years.
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Fiat Chrysler CEO says Ferrari IPO won't take place before October 12 Marchionne also said he could stay on at the helm of FCA if there was a consolidation process and if he was asked to do so.
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Uber, Ola cheated Delhi govt: State Transport Minister He added that their applications for a license to operate will be considered ‘only if they agree to adhere to the existing license conditions’.
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US auto safety agency sets reform efforts after General Motors recall NHTSA also unveiled a new "risk control innovations" program that it said would address safety risks that fall outside the agency's current specialized focus areas.
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Mumbai Port to develop Kanhoji Angre lighthouse: Nitin Gadkari Union shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari today said the Mumbai Port Trust will invest Rs 47 crore to develop the Khanderi island off Alibag coast, south of Mumbai, as a tourist attraction.
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This Flowchart Helps You Find Your Career Personality Type Deciding on a career is daunting, especially when you’re not quite sure what you want to do for a living. To start you in the right direction, it might help to know your career personality type.This flowchart asks you a few simple questions to help determine your work personality type. It’s based on University of Michigan psychology professor John Holland’s six personality traits, as well as his T
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Google Brings YouTube Brand Lift Measurement To Mobile, Adds Metrics Metrics aim to capture ad impact along the customer journey. The post Google Brings YouTube Brand Lift Measurement To Mobile, Adds Metrics appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Data hacked from U.S. government dates back to 1985: official WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Data stolen from U.S. government computers by suspected Chinese hackers included security clearance information and background checks dating back three decades, U.S. officials said on Friday, underlining the scope of one of the largest known cyber attacks on federal networks.
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Improving your sex life could be as simple as having this conversation Talking about money could improve your sex life? That's a new one. However, it's the implication of a new poll from MONEY, which surveyed 500 millennials and 500 baby boomers about relationships and money.  The poll found that people who trusted their partners with money were more likely to report that their sex lives were "hot" or "very good," while those who were less confide
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The first round of Apple Watch apps weren't that great, but that's all about to change (AAPL) When the Apple Watch arrived, it quickly became clear that most third-party apps were limited in their features, sluggish, and constrained by Apple's limitations on its Apple Watch developer platform, WatchKit. Third-party apps on the Apple Watch are currently powered by the iPhone, but big changes are probably coming soon.  Jeff Williams, Apple's senior vice president of operations, promised at C
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Paying with an Apple Watch at a drive-through looks really stupid (AAPL) One of the Apple Watch's killer features is Apple Pay. Simply tap your wrist on an NFC card reader and you can pay for items without sticking in your credit card details. It's convenient, as well as more secure. But one place where using Apple Pay on the Apple Watch isn't a good idea is at the drive-through. Here's why: That doesn't look convenient at all. The photo was posted on Reddit by a user
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'We should be very clear: China is at virtual war with the United States' Last month's massive breach of federal employees' data at the hands of the Chinese, made public on Thursday, indicates a treacherous new reality in the global cyber game. "It's very serious indeed," geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer, founder of Eurasia Group, told Business Insider said in an email. "China's offensive cyber capabilities have consistently surprised the United States in
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This revolutionary technology shows you all the viruses you've ever had — and it could change medicine Imagine walking into a doctor's office, getting tested for all the viruses you've ever encountered in your whole life, and getting your results before you left. This would be game-changing for nipping contagious viruses without obvious symptoms (like Hepatitis C) in the bud and for illuminating how viruses (and our body's response to them) impact other diseases, like cancer.  That's what Harvard
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Mamata arrives Dhaka ahead of PM Modi’s visit West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee arrived here on Friday, a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day maiden visit to Bangladesh.
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Dowrich and Samuels defy Australia Roseau (Dominica) (AFP) - Shane Dowrich and Marlon Samuels battled grittily to defy Australia as the West Indies reached 97 for three in their second innings at lunch on the third day of the first Test at the Windsor Park Stadium in Dominica on Friday.Despite a fourth-wicket partnership that has so far managed 60 runs -– the best of the match so far for the home side -– there is still much work to
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Racehorses are usually a terrible investment FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisers. Most racehorses lose money (Investment News) On Saturday, American Pharoah is racing to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. The hype surrounding the Triple Crown often causes wealthy clients to get excited about investing in racehorses, but they should
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Mexico and Canada seek US sanctions Mexico and Canada request a meeting with the World Trade Organisation in order to impose sanctions worth $3bn in an ongoing row over meat-labelling.
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The Ratio of Love The sex ratio influences men's mating and parenting effort. In a mating market, more men can mean more stable relationships and child-rearing. Yet this may be surprising when we also imagine men's lives in male-dominated social niches, like frontier mining towns, where plenty of gambling, prostitution and gun-toting can prevail.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation – What It Is & Why It Is Important Never a day goes by without some dim-witted politician, who thinks he knows all about “the Internets”, trying to introduce legislation to control it. Then there’s the baddies with their viruses and malware, the companies with their tracker cookies, the data brokers who buy user information, Justin Bieber‘s Facebook page… the list of awful things online just goes on and on. Who will fight against a
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New Project: Mad Max Doof Warrior Inspired Flamethrower Ukulele The inspiration for this project was the Doof Warrior’s flamethrower guitar from Mad Max. Nothing says rock-n-roll more than actual fire entwined with your tunes! This guy was completely ridiculously over the top and I loved it! The the entire movie  he only cared about one thing, playing his music and […] Read more on MAKE The post Mad Max Doof Warrior Inspired Flamethrower Ukulele appeared first
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RBI has not shut its door on rate cut: Raghuram Rajan Governor Rajan said RBI will take a view depending upon the evolving situation with regard to monsoon and external environment.
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Israel, Saudi Arabia hold secret meetings over Iran's nuclear programme Israel and Saudi Arabia have been holding secret meetings including in India to address the "common threat" posed by the Iranian nuclear programme.
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Vijay Chhibber to hold additional charge of NHAI Road Transport and Highways Secretary Vijay Chhibber was today given additional charge of Chairman, National Highways Authority of India.
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Mamata Banerjee arrives Dhaka ahead of PM Narendra Modi's visit Foreign Ministry officials said the West Bengal Chief Minister would witness the signing of documents on Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) to be exchanged.
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India to carry comfortable cotton closing stock for 2014-15 SIMA said India would have a comfortable closing stock of between 60 and 70 lakh bales of cotton by the end of the season 2014-15, ensuring better stability in prices.
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No one will be spared in irrigation scam, says Devendra Fadnavis "The Director General of ACB is handling the case in a proper way and no one will be spared or shielded," Fadnavis told reporters.
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Greek PM Alexis Tsipras rejects 'absurd' proposal from creditors Greece's government rejects an "absurd" and "unrealistic" proposal from creditors and hopes it will be withdrawn, Tsipras said as he called on lenders to accept a rival proposal from Athens instead.
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Ishrat case accused NK Amin reinstated by Gujarat government N K Amin, who is an accused in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan case and the 2005 Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, has been reinstated by the Gujarat Home Department.
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Bistro Delivers Lab-Grown Meat Cocktails and Snacks Grown from Celebrities Around the world, scientists are pioneering the future of food production. Food waste is being repurposed and cricket farms are being built, but new types of “in vitro” meat are also being engineered. Bistro in Vitro is a website that offers a virtual three-course meal that may be the future of this cruelty-free, stem cell generated meat. Developed by Dutch artist and philosopher Koert Mensvoort,
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Magazine Makes Ads that Blend In, Not Stand Out Whalebone Magazine, a monthly for the East-End-of-Long-Island lifestyle, wants every single ad to follow its overall motif. By working closely with Adjective & Co., the magazine will build ads for each advertiser that conform to the magazine’s overall look. Whalebone aims to be a hybrid brand. It will come in print, publish online and dabble in social events to chronicle NY’s influentials. Wor
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Users Can Become an Urban Designer With a Single Tweet Today Ogilvy Paris and IBM’s People 4 Smarter Cities are hosting Sketch Backs, a daylong live-drawing event on Twitter where users tweet their ideas on how to make a city smarter and in return, illustrators will sketch their ideas in real-time to visually showcase them. Studies show that if we keep consuming natural resources at the current rate, by 2050 we’ll need three planets to live sustainab
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15 epic road trips around the world Taking a road trip gives you the chance to check out sites you might not otherwise get to see.  Car Dealer Reviews put together an infographic of 15 epic road trips you can take in different countries around the world.  The company gathered mileage data and recommendations from people who have taken these trips to determine how long each route would take, the quality of the road conditions, and th
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J. Crew CEO blames sales slump on ugly sweaters Iconic retailer J. Crew is floundering. It's been on the down-and-out for some time, and the brand has been leaving some of its steadfast female fans in the dust with its recent styles, which, under creative director Jenna Lyons have strayed from its famed classic styles.  But the company doesn't blame Lyons, nor does it blame millennials (as many are often wont to do). The company blames sweaters
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5 Rules for a Vacation that’s Truly Worth It Photo by Jacob Walti “A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to
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Make Homemade Jam with Just Two Ingredients in the Microwave We’re entering fresh berry season. As long as you have a microwave and some sugar, you can make delicious homemade berry jam in minutes.The video above from Mumsnetshows us how to do this. It probably doesn’t get any easier than this to make your own jam (you don’t even need pectin, as you would when making freezer jam).Jam and bread, anyone?Homemade jam - in the microwave! | YouTube
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Here's just about the only bad news in the jobs report (USO, OIL) Friday's jobs report out of the Bureau for Labor Statistics skyrocketed past expectations, adding 280,000 jobs. Despite a small uptick in the unemployment rate, there was mainly good news, with hourly wages increasing, and more people joining the labor market. Sectors such as hospitality, retail and healthcare led the way with solid job gains. The only bad news in the report, then, was from the mi
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NSA Snooping Includes Hunting for Computer Hackers The spy agency’s warrantless surveillance program on U.S. soil has been expanded to search for signs of hacking, according to the latest classified document leaks from former contractor Edward... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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As Facebook Video Swells, YouTube Creators Cry Foul Over Copyright Infringement Updated at 2:45 p.m. ET with a statement from FacebookAs Facebook has briskly emerged as YouTube’s first forbidding challenger in online video, racking up 4 billion views per day, the social network may have a mounting copyright issue on its hands -- one that smacks of a similar conflict YouTube faced in its early days.Increasingly, YouTube creators are alleging that their popular videos are being
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The 6 C's for Entrepreneurial Success Entrepreneurship is a demanding profession. Once you get involved in a business you own a stake in, most of what you do will ultimately have a reflection on your self-image and long-term reputation. Successful entrepreneurs learn how to figure out ways to make a positive impact on the world around them.Having started over 10 companies and innovating within each, I have identified the six critical
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Pakistan hikes defence budget by 11% Finance minister Ishaq Dar presented budget for the fiscal year 2015-16 (FY2015-16), showing a total outlay of Rs 4.313 trillion, which is 9.1 per cent higher than Rs 3.9 trillion of the outgoing fiscal ending on June 30.
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Skype Is Now Available in Your Browser Skype has long been a desktop (and mobile) app, but today it’s available in your browser in the form of a new public beta.The beta is available in the US and UK. It’s pretty similar to the mobile app, you can search make calls, have text conversations, search through conversations, and everything’s synced up between your various devices. It’s a pretty simple layout without a lot to it, but it work
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There is a huge problem with advertising on YouTube, and one of the site’s biggest networks has a plan to fix it YouTube can be a wild west for content. Independent creators put out videos as they see fit, and advertisers often don't know anything about the content that will appear with their ads. This environment means YouTube ads make far less money than cable TV ads, which give advertisers more power over the content that appears with their ads. For a YouTube network like Machinima, which already splits i
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TOM LEE: Here are 10 stock market losers that I like right now In the last few weeks, concern has grown that US stocks may have peaked.  Fundstrat Global's Tom Lee isn't so worried. In fact, he's got a 2,325 year-end target for the S&P 500. That's 11% higher from Friday's levels. "[W]e continue to see a “catch-up” trade for US equities through year-end," Lee wrote in a note to clients. "The natural question is what is expected to outperfor
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Relatives demand China ship answers Relatives of the 400 people missing, feared dead, after their ship capsized on China's Yangtze River express their anger at government officials.
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'Two dead' in Turkey election blasts At least two people have died and 100 injured in two explosions at a Kurdish opposition rally, two days before Turkey's general election, officials say.
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When the Worst Happens A diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease can be frightening and overwhelming for a family. Here are some tips to cope with this diagnosis.
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Emotionality - A 'Core Characteristic' of ADHD? Use these specific strategies to manage the emotional responses that come with ADHD.
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5 Adages That Have Stood the Test of Time I recently stumbled upon the adage, “Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you react to it.”  Although I’ve heard it at least a hundred times, it really caught my attention. The saying -- one I believe to be very true based on my personal experiences -- eloquently and succinctly expresses a complex philosophy in a single sentence.Adages survive, becoming timeless and oft repeat
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5 Helpful Pre-Launch Resources for Online Startups Many startups have failed over the years, and a horrible product or service isn’t always to blame -- it’s often because nobody knew the product or service existed. Attracting users early on, either during the pre-launch beta or on the actual launch date is great for two things: feedback and revenue.While creating an early buzz and attracting a user base can be difficult, there are many tools that
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Elisabeth Moss says this memorable ‘Mad Man’ scene was not fun to shoot Peggy Olson was a fan favorite on “Mad Men” for many reasons, so it was no surprise when the internet went nuts over Peggy’s strut into the offices of McCann Erickson at the end of the “Lost Horizon” episode.  Walk up in the club like Peggy Olson. pic.twitter.com/dnxvWjdc4q — Joe Berkowitz (@JoeBerkowitz) May 4, 2015 Career Goals #madmen pic.twitter.com/CBAjcCnNdY — Siobhan Morris (@siom
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The crazy story of how Suzanne Somers was fired for asking for equal pay on 'Three's Company' at the peak of her fame in 1980 In 1980, Suzanne Somers was at the height of her career, winning accolades and the public's admiration for playing blonde bimbo "Chrissy Snow" on ABC's hit Emmy-winning comedy "Three's Company" alongside John Ritter and Joyce DeWitt. In 1978, just a year after the show premiered, Somers won a People's Choice Award for "favorite female performer." In 1979, the role ear
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Why Hitting a Weight Loss Plateau Is Actually a Good Thing The dreaded weight loss plateau: You were doing so well on your weight loss journey and then, bam, the scale won’t budge any further. Don’t despair, however, MyFitnessPal reminds us that this plateau is actually a good sign.Plateaus happen. We know they’re going to happen. In fact, when we plateau, it means that we’ve made progress! It’s the perfect time to look back and see how far you’ve come be
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Where Florence + The Machine Will Party After Governors Ball Before Drake closes out the night, Florence + The Machine will be the main stage's penultimate act at Governors Ball in New York City on Friday. After crooning to tens of thousands at Randall's Island, the band will jet over to entertain an after party in the basement of The Late Late, a modern Irish pub on the Lower East Side.
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Africa's Richest Man Commissions $500 Million Cement Plant In Ethiopia Dangote Cement, the cement producer controlled by Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has commissioned a $500 million cement plant in Ethiopia.
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The One Habit Great CEOs Need to Master In The Next 5 Years How to build your personal brand like Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Warren Buffet.
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Why You Need to Start Daydreaming More at Work Letting your mind wander between tasks at work has been found to help increase productivity and creativity.
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5 Money Habits of Today's Self-Made Billionaires @ZoeLaHenry A recent report finds that U.S. entrepreneurs create the most wealth globally. Here's how they manage to grow and keep it over time.
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5 Crucial Things to Understand About Searching for Prior Art It can be a painstaking process, so find out all you can about it before getting started.
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The 21st-Century Telegram is Hand-Delivered by Suited Gents Telegram That resuscitates the dispatches of old as hand-delivered messages with the option of having them read aloud to the recipient. To send a telegram, you’ll log into Telegram That’s website and write one up. The message is limited to only having 300 characters in the message. You’ll include the recipient’s name, and if you’d like to send it immediately or have it go out on a specific date an
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Uber has been banned in East Hampton, and people are freaking out Uber has been forced to quit its operations in East Hampton, New York. The ride-hailing app had been trying to reach a compromise with town officials, who recently enacted a mandate that requires all taxi drivers to have a physical address in the town.  Uber has been operating in the Hamptons since 2012.  According to 27east, the new mandate only applies to users calling an Uber within the East Ha
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Deja View: Heavy metal The Romans didn’t take their lead problem too seriously. We probably should.
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Time to seize the sustainable future What is needed is a major international effort to realign financial and capital markets in ways that support sustainable development
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Why you hate the sound of your own voice If you've ever listened to yourself speak in a voicemail or video, you've probably wondered aloud "is that what I really sound like?" The unfortunate truth is: yes, that's what you really sound like. Find out why your voice sounds so different from what you hear in your head. Produced by Will Wei Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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People in Japan and Taiwan are obsessed with shaving their dogs into furry shapes It's a tradition in landscaping, but in pet stores? Dog owners in Japan and Taiwan are taking their canines to have their hair groomed into perfect cubes. Yes, cubes. It's adorable and geometrically pleasing, and though not yet wildly popular in America, the style has exploded on the internet, leaving dog lovers across the globe more than a little curious. It's unclear exactly when the trend came
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Watch 24 Robots Compete in Weekend DARPA Challenge Starting today in Pomona California, and continuing through all of tomorrow, 24 teams will put their robots through a series of eight difficult tasks that must be completed within one hour. Read more on MAKE The post Watch 24 Robots Compete in Weekend DARPA Challenge appeared first on Make:.
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Storm warning holds up Djokovic-Murray clash Paris (AFP) - The French Open semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray was suspended Friday as a severe storm approached Roland Garros.World number one Djokovic was leading 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 3-3 when play was halted at 1833GMT.The winner will face Stan Wawrinka in Sunday's final.Join the conversation about this story »
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Costco could beat Whole Foods as the nation's top seller of organic food There's a new retail powerhouse in organics. Costco might be surpassing Whole Foods this year as the top seller of organic food in the US, The Seattle Times reports based on a research note by BMO Capital Markets. Costco expects to sell $4 billion in organic food this year, the company said on a recent earnings call. That number eclipses the $3.6 billion in organic food that BMO analysts estimate
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Marvel comics will look vastly different in the coming months The Marvel Universe is over. Time to get a look at what comes next.  Marvel has just released two new teasers for the rebuilt, "All New, All-Different" Marvel Universe it will be launching in the wake of "Secret Wars" — the ongoing story that destroyed the Marvel Universe in its first issue, and will determine how it's rebuilt by the final issue. The teaser images feature art
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Wall Street's switching phones (BBRY, GS, CS, C, BAC, DB) Big banks are cutting out Blackberrys. The Blackberry was once ubiquitous with dealmakers and senior bank execs, lauded for its impenetrable security. But no more. Wall Street banks are looking to save big on everything from land-line voicemail to hardware and support costs that go along with providing phones to employees. And this means either asking nicely or outright demanding that employees tu
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24 Google Docs Templates that Will Make Your Life Easier Too much time can easily be wasted trying to format documents that have already been put together by someone else. If you use Google Docs, here are 24 time-saving templates that’ll let you get on with using the documents, rather than struggling with putting them together in the first place. The templates below have been split into four sections; work, health, home, and travel, so feel free to scro
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Juventus spurred by Heysel memories Juventus want to mark the 30th anniversary of the Heysel tragedy by dedicating a Champions League win to the victims.
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Murray v Djokovic halted by weather Andy Murray trails in his French Open semi-final against Novak Djokovic when play is suspended with a storm approaching.
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Two killed in blasts at Turkey party rally ahead of polls Diyarbakir (Turkey) (AFP) - Two people were killed and over 100 wounded in explosions Friday at a rally by the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) in southeastern Turkey, adding to tensions two days ahead of tight legislative polls.The two successive blasts rocked the rally in the city of Diyarbakir of the HDP, which has been the target of repeated attacks in a tightly-fought campaign.Ambu
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Deutsche Bank probes suspected $6 billion money laundering in Russia (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank AG <DBKGn.DE> is looking into possible money laundering transactions by some of its clients in Russia which could exceed $6 billion, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday. Transactions conducted over a period of years are being investigated, and the sum could exceed $6 billion, the source said, adding that the internal probe of the possible abuse bei
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8 Ways to Offer Stellar Customer Service That Don't Cost a Penny It’s no secret that great customer service pays off. When you regularly go above and beyond for your clients and customers, you’ll continue to earn their business and their referrals.Businesses that consistently provide exemplary customer service earn more profits. In 1999, Nick Swinmurn decided to quit his day job and start Zappos, an online retailer dedicated to providing a wide variety of shoes
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Greg Penner replaces Rob Walton as Wal-mart chairman The change took effect at the company's annual shareholders' meeting and came despite pressures from labor-backed worker groups to name an independent chairman.
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“Google My Business” Pages Not Updated in Six Months May be Deactivated by @AllieGrayFree Google confirmed yesterday that businesses who have not not logged into their “Google My Business” account may risk losing their verification.The post “Google My Business” Pages Not Updated in Six Months May be Deactivated by @AllieGrayFree appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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This remote-controlled R2-D2 fridge can deliver you drinks George Lucas always knew that merch would be the big moneymaker for his "Star Wars" saga, which prompted him to take a $500,000 pay cut for the first "Star Wars" movie in order to retain the merchandising rights. But even Lucas likely didn’t foresee the invention of a R2-D2 fridge that would deliver a beer to you on the couch. Gizmodo reported that Haier Asia’s AQUA is developi
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Banning Uber in the Hamptons is a big fat safety hazard Taxi cab app Uber has been banned in "The Hamptons" by East Hampton's Supervisor. The ban is in effect from East Hampton to Montauk. The ban is effective immediately. So is my outrage. Let me take you back to 2001. That year, the year the Queen of New York City publicists, Lizzie Grubman — representative of everyone from Brittany Spears to Jay-Z — lost her crown. After leaving then-night
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Apple is hanging huge decorations for its big show on Monday (AAPL) Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference kicks off on Monday in San Francisco. It's Apple's most important annual event, where the company usually introduces the next versions of some of its software products and sometimes gives hints about where it's going in the future. We just passed by Moscone West, where it's happening, and got a few pictures of Apple's set up. Here's the big Apple logo on the
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This Week's Most Popular Posts: May 28th to June 5th This week we debunked some traffic myths, got excited about Windows 10, learned the best (and worst) sleeping positions, and gave up on expensive wine. Here’s a look back.Four Myths About Hydration That Refuse To DieAs Derek Zoolander wisely put it, wetness is the essence of life. Whether you like drinking water or not, it accounts for about 60% of your body weight, and plays a pretty darn importa
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Most Popular Mouthwash: Listerine, Plus Alternatives Listerine took down over 60% of your votes, easily winning the title of best mouthwash in our voting. There are several types of Listerine, and of course lots of alternatives, so let’s get into it.Your most recommended Listerine variants, in order:Listerine Total Care (Alcohol, Flouride)Listerine Cool Mint (Alcohol)Listerine Naturals (Alcohol, Flouride, no artificials)What’s Up With Alcohol In Mou
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The biggest rival to the Apple Watch clashed with Apple this week Pebble, the startup that makes smartwatches for iPhone and Android devices, blamed Apple earlier this week for delaying its iPhone app, but the software is now live in the App Store. In a post on its Kickstarter page Wednesday, Pebble said the Pebble Time app, which allows users to connect the new Pebble Time watch to the iPhone, had been under review at Apple since May 22, which is longer than th
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This latest cyberattack is 'an extremely urgent situation,' expert says On Thursday afternoon the US federal agency the Office of Personnel Management admitted that its databases had been breached. What we know so far is that 4 million federal employee records were stolen in April. Initial reports pin China as a likely culprit. "Since the incident was identified, OPM has partnered with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness T
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Ex-Trader Joe's Exec Opens Supermarket to Combat Food Waste Food waste is a large -- and largely unmentioned -- problem in the United States. As much as 30 to 40 percent of the country’s food supply is wasted -- the equivalent of 20 pounds of food per person, per month.Doug Rauch, the former president of supermarket chain Trader Joe’s is working to take a bite out of the issue of food waste by opening a new supermarket, Daily Table in Dorchester, Mass., th
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Apple is making a big change to how the App Store works, and media companies should cheer (AAPL) Apple is planning to get rid of the longstanding 30% fee it forces app and media companies to pay when they sell a subscription through the App Store, according to The Financial Times. This is a big deal for publishers who sell subscriptions through Apple's Newsstand app, like Conde Nast and Time, and streaming audio and video services who sell their wares through apps in Apple's App Store, like S
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Billionaire Peter Thiel is giving these 20 kids $100,000 to drop out of college and start companies Today the Thiel Foundation announced its next class of 20 fast-tracked college dropouts hoping to be the next Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates. These Thiel Fellows will each receive $100,000 and a wealth of mentorship provided they forgo or drop out of college during the program's two years. Peter Thiel founded this program in 2011 on the assumption that college discourages students from trying new t
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Monsoon hits Kerala, but may lose its mojo Monsoon finally made landfall over Kerala on Friday, five days later than its normal date, with the India Meteorological Department saying that widespread rains in the state and other weather parameters met the conditions for monsoon onset to be declared.
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Hannibal GIF and a Graf: A New Meal Begins In the third season premiere, 'Hannibal' moved its titular character to Italy for a fresh start. Let the feast begin! The post Hannibal GIF and a Graf: A New Meal Begins appeared first on WIRED.
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Google: YouTube Has Been The Cause Of Declining CPCs This Whole Time Google executive explains that YouTube has been the cause of negative CPC growth long before last quarter. The post Google: YouTube Has Been The Cause Of Declining CPCs This Whole Time appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Google May Unverify Inactive Google My Business Accounts Local business owners may want to keep an eye out for an email from Google about their My Business accounts. A company representative has recently confirmed that, in some cases, inactive Google My Business accounts may become unverified. The announcement came from Jade Wang, a Google employee, on the Google Business Help forums. “In some cases, we may contact Google My Business users via email to
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To Be More Intimate with Your Partner, Know Yourself First Too many couples focus on sex and affection, ignoring other important skills that will ultimately best protect their ability to stay intimate over the long-term. What are those skills?
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Argentina's Macri dismisses opposition pact in presidential race BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Pro-business Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri has ruled out forming an alliance with fellow opposition candidate Sergio Massa ahead of Argentina's October presidential election, Macri's campaign team said on Friday.
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Dehydration Isn’t Causing Your Muscle Cramps Add cramp prevention to the list of hydration myths: if your muscles seize up while you’re exercising, it’s not because you’re dehydrated. Caleb Maslund at Daily Mile explains a few of the studies that have put this myth to rest, like this one from BMJ Sports Medicine that found no difference in hydration status or electrolytes (measured by blood samples) in runners that did and did not cramp up i
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Sharp Hikes In Proposed 2016 Health Insurance Prices Mean Consumers Need To Be Shoppers Some health insurers are proposing big premium hikes in 2016, up to 51%. These increases would be painful for consumers who don't shop for best value. Consumers need to acquire resources and knowledge that makes them effective shoppers.
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On The RiskMap Radar: Mexico Votes, The G7 Meets and Africa's New Free Trade Zone LONDON – Mexico’s June 7 midterm elections pose a test to President Enrique Peña Nieto and the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). In the first half of his term Peña Nieto made remarkable headway on much needed institutional reforms—particularly in energy, telecommunications and education. But in the largest electoral test since those reforms, PRI and the president have been dogged by
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U.S. vs Canada -- Which Country Has The Best Investor Immigration Program? Recently I traveled to Nigeria with Michael Petrucelli, the former Deputy Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service and now representative of the U.S. Freedom Capital regional center in Texas and Dillon Colucci, an EB5 immigration attorney with the law firm of Greenberg Taurig. We traveled to Lagos to meet with potential investor clients presenting two investor immigration options t
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How to Keep Learning as a Busy CEO Few CEOs would dispute the importance of continuing education and professional development for their team members. However, those same CEOs may be wondering how they can fit learning into their own days when each hour seems to be populated with meetings, progress reports, and pressing commitments.
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4 Ways to Deal With Pressure Dealing with pressure is something we all must do daily. For example, the pressure of making it to work on time, navigating traffic so you don’t get stuck yelling at other drivers and delivering your next presentation and not sounding hungover. Pressure pushes us and places demands on our physical, mental and emotional well-being that can feel, well, less than ideal.We all must learn to perform un
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46 Percent Of Internet Users Are Aware Of New Domain Extensions [Survey] ICANN-sponsored survey reveals that legacy domains like .com have more than double the awareness of new extensions like .email and .club. The post 46 Percent Of Internet Users Are Aware Of New Domain Extensions [Survey] appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Wawrinka into final as storm holds up Djokovic-Murray Paris (AFP) - Stan Wawrinka reached his first French Open final on Friday as a severe weather warning forced the rollercoaster semi-final between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray into a Saturday shootout.World number one Djokovic was leading 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 3-3 when play was halted at 1833GMT with the match officially called off 10 minutes later.When play was stopped, Djokovic and Murray, meeting for
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The woman who uploaded that video of a screaming baby being dunked in water is begging Facebook not to take it down Facebook is under fire after refusing to fully remove a video users were calling "disturbing" and "violent," but the woman who uploaded the video in the first place is desperate for the social network to keep it live on its platform. The video in question shows an infant being dunked repeatedly into a bucket of water, feet-first and then later, head-first. The baby is screamin
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This ridiculous app is crushing the App Store charts, and even its creator has no idea why Big name apps like Facebook and Snapchat typically sit at the top of the App Store’s free chart, but somehow a ridiculous app from an unknown developer dethroned them all. And the best part is that even its creator has no idea how it happened. Like Parent by Thai developer Mualchon Chatsuwan lets you compare pictures of your mom and dad to see which one you look like more — well, that’s how the ap
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Google just solved the biggest problem with mobile photography Since 2012, Google's cloud service Drive has offered 15 GB of free storage space — considerably more than the measly 5GB offered by Apple's iCloud, which is so often responsible for that infamous "Not Enough Storage" notification iOS users frequently encounter. I tried automatic photo back-ups to Google Drive for awhile and found it incredibly useful and convenient. For example, I could
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B'desh, India to swap 18th-century border enclaves B'desh, India to swap 18th-century border enclavesThe agreement will be one of several to be finalised during a two-day state visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi beginning on Saturday.
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Here's one way to become a venture capitalist: be a journalist Sure, as TechCrunch put it, one path into venture capital is to wait for a partner to die. Another way, as TechCrunch has also shown us, is to be a journalist. Ryan Lawler is the latest journalist to join the venture capitalist ranks. He's leaving Tech Crunch to go to 500 Startups. While Lawler said that he doesn't think "TC to VC" is actually a thing, we're not so sure. Here's a quick l
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West, Russia trade accusations at U.N. over new Ukraine violence UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Western nations and Russia traded accusations at the United Nations on Friday over the recent upsurge in violence in eastern Ukraine, while a senior member of an international monitoring team blamed both sides in the conflict for breaking a ceasefire.
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Ferrari IPO delayed — but not by much (FCAU) Ferrari's much-anticipated IPO will be delayed until October, the Wall Street Journal reported. Initially, the offering was scheduled for June, the Journal reported. But evidently Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Ferrari parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), didn't pay close enough attention to legal counsel when the date was set. From the WSJ: “The attorney told me we had to wait” until a yea
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There are 7 countries with a legit shot to win the Women's World Cup The US and Germany are the overwhelming favorites to win the World Cup, but the gap between the top teams and the rest of the world is narrowing, according to the latest model by Nate Silver. In addition to the two favorites, five other countries have at least a 5% chance of winning the World Cup, including the host nation, Canada, and the defending champions, Japan. Here are the chances of winni
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Apple could miss out on a $2.4 billion opportunity next year by delaying its new TV service (AAPL) Earlier this week, multiple reports said Apple won’t be revealing its highly anticipated TV streaming service at the WWDC, its annual developers conference scheduled for next week. Apple has been holding back the official launch of its new TV streaming service largely because it hasn’t been able to finalize deals with content providers, according to the reports. The new TV subscription service may
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Overstock Will Issue a Private Bond Powered by Bitcoin Tech There are all kinds of ways to rig the stock market, Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne says. Here's how he's trying to make it un-rig-able. The post Overstock Will Issue a Private Bond Powered by Bitcoin Tech appeared first on WIRED.
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Chrome Will Soon Be Less of a Friggin’ Battery Hog Chrome has long slurped up your computer's juice, tab after tab. Now a default setting will address the drain. The post Chrome Will Soon Be Less of a Friggin’ Battery Hog appeared first on WIRED.
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UP's two ex-DGPs tied to extortion racket A day after TOI reported that one of Uttar Pradesh’s most notorious extortionists, Shailendar Agarwal, who was arrested by the Agra police last month, was in “constant touch” with two former top cops of the state, current DGP AK Jain confirmed that the twin high-profile names have indeed cropped-up in the case and that their roles in the Rs 300 crore-racket are being probed
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Geelani says he’s Indian by compulsion, not birth Pro-Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Geelani on Friday went to the regional passport office here to complete the biometric formalities for an Indian passport, telling reporters, “I am not an Indian by birth. It’s a compulsion that we have to travel with an Indian passport.”
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The most inappropriate interview questions 9 real people have ever been asked Some interview questions are difficult to answer. Others should never be answered, especially in an office environment. London-based employment law firm Thomas Mansfield asked professionals to share the worst, most inappropriate interview questions they've ever been asked.  The firm asked each grad to write the question on a piece of paper, along with their degree, to further reiterate: no, my e
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Hamilton crashes in Canada rain Lewis Hamilton sets the pace and then crashes in a rain-interrupted second practice session at the Canadian Grand Prix.
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Embed with Elliot: Multiplexing SPI Uses Few Pins [Ralph Doncaster], aka Nerdralph, seems to be absolutely driven to see how few resources he can use on a microcontroller to get the job done. In this post on his blog, [Ralph] writes some custom bit-banged SPI code to cut the number of SPI lines necessary to drive an nRF24L01+ radio module from four down to two. That really helps if you’re using a micro with only six free pins, like an ATtiny85. I
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7 Reasons to Start Using the Spotify Web Player Today Spotify is about to shake things up by making the desktop and web app experiences more similar. So, it’s about time many of us asked ourselves, Why not just use the web app instead? Since early 2013, Spotify has had a web player available for use at Play.Spotify.com. However, many people still seem to be invested in their desktop apps. This seems a little surprising given how useful the web app is
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SearchCap: Google AdWords MCC, Bing Ads Refresh & Mobile Algorithm Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. The post SearchCap: Google AdWords MCC, Bing Ads Refresh & Mobile Algorithm appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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EXPLAINED: How to nail 5 incredibly challenging SAT questions Business Insider asked Shaan Patel, the founder of SAT prep company 2400 Expert, to identify some of the hardest SAT questions he has ever come across, and then provide the tips and tricks he advises to solve them.  (The quiz is here.) Here's what he came up with: Question 1: If x5k = a and x2k2 = b, what is the value of x3 ? (A)  a/b (B)  ak/b (C) a2k2/b (D) a - b (E) a2 - b2 Correct Answer: B Fo
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DOLLAR JUMPS, BONDS SINK AFTER THE JOBS REPORT: Here's what you need to know (SPY, DJI, IXIC, USO, WTI, OIL, VDE, PTN, USD, YEN, CHF) The dollar surged and government bonds sold off after the May employment report showed that the US economy added more jobs than expected. Stocks finished lower for a second week. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 17,849.46 -56.12, (-0.31%) S&P 500: 2,092.83, -3.01, (-0.14%) Nasdaq: 5,068.46, +9.33, (0.18%) And now, the top stories on Friday: The economy added 280,000 jobs last month, crushing Wal
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The most affordable small town in every state Cost of living makes a big difference when choosing where to move — and not all places were created equal.  We found the most affordable small town in every state. To do this we looked at towns with populations between 1,000 and 10,000 whose households spend no more than 30% of their annual income on housing costs. We looked at the average cost of three types of housing — owned houses with a mortg
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A bizarre property of water is flooding coastal cities like New Orleans You can squeeze and compress water all you want, and under normal conditions its volume won’t budge. But if you heat up water, its volume expands — and it's precisely this effect, which is playing out in Earth’s oceans, that's helping flood coastal cities like New Orleans. Water is weird. It’s one of the only liquids that expands as it freezes, at 0 degrees Celsius, yet contracts as you warm it up
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Guy who got a perfect score on the SAT explains tricks to answer 5 tough questions The SAT exam is a rite of passage for most high-school students. It's also likely a bygone memory for those of us who took the four-hour test one time years ago and have since forgotten the questions. So we asked Shaan Patel, the founder of SAT-prep company 2400 Expert, to identify some of the hardest SAT questions he has ever come across, and the tips and tricks he advises to solve them. (He got
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Marketing Day: Domain Survey From ICANN, Google Blames Declining CPCs On YouTube & More Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. The post Marketing Day: Domain Survey From ICANN, Google Blames Declining CPCs On YouTube & More appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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OPEC oil output to exceed unchanged production target: Goldman The global oil market would remain oversupplied in 2016 on increased production from OPEC, Iraq and Russia, the bank said.
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Greek PM says he will not accept deal without debt relief Tsipras said that he would not accept an agreement with lenders that did not include the promise of debt relief that has been his govt's demand.
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Build a Quality Backyard Lounge Chair for $40 Outdoor wood furniture can be really expensive. If you want to save a bit of cash, you can build your own modern-styled lounge chair for around $40 in materials and a few basic power tools.This project can be completed by DIYers of all skill levels. When finished, you’ll have a chair as sturdy and good-looking as any you would find, and if properly cared for it will last for years.90% of the cost
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Why Google and Apple made their own programming languages (AAPL, GOOG) At its Worldwide Developer Conference next week, Apple is going to share a success story that a lot of people don't know about.  Almost exactly one year ago, Apple released Swift, a new programming language promised to make it easier to build iPhone and Mac apps than ever before. Developers cheered from the stands. The vision behind Swift is right in the name. Apple promises Swift is faster to wri
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Euro off highs, China shares swing to new peak Asian share markets cautious after Wall Street ends down; sovereign bonds find some support after steep losses
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Massive cyber attack hits US federal workers, probe focuses on China The office of personnel management suffered what appeared to be one of the largest breaches of information ever on government workers
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Essel, Rajasthan govt ink Rs4,000 crore pact for solar parks The solar parks will be set up in Bikaner and Jaisalmer regions with an investment of Rs4,000 crore
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Gold hits 1-month lows on weak global cues, low demand Gold of 99.9 and 99.5% purity dropped by Rs200 each to Rs27,000 and Rs26,850 per ten gram respectively
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Newspapers in half pants Indian tabloids are boring and may be seen as broadsheet newspapers in half pants. Here’s how they can be made better and more entertaining
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The music rooms of Girgaum One neighbourhood holds the key to the city’s fading Hindustani classical music connection
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Workers at 4th Tata Steel UK union vote to strike Members of trade union Unite voted 70% in favour of a strike over Tata Steel’s proposal to change their pension scheme
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The animal farm Ten horses, one pony, two buffaloes, one cow, four ducks, 10 rabbits, five guinea pigs, two hens, one rooster, four dogs and a girl
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What to eat if you are in Chiang Mai Exploring the finer nuances of northern Thai cuisine, and falling in love with Khao Soi
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RBI has not shut its door on rate cut: Raghuram Rajan RBI chief said future policy action would be contingent on domestic and global factors
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India is one of FCB’s top five markets: Carter Murray The ad veteran on how technology is changing advertising, the growth of his company in India and his favourite ‘Mad Men’ character
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Opec to leave production levels same for next six months After hitting a six-year low of $45 a barrel in January, officials saw little reason to tinker with the strategy
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Wipro aims at synergy between its delivery and sales teams Move aimed at arresting any fall in profitability as clients seek lower prices from software services firms, and at cross-selling services
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Srinivasan, Nanda can’t join Yes Bank board till 18 June: HC The appointments of Diwan Arun Nanda and M.R. Srinivasan as directors were among the resolutions put forward to the shareholders for the bank’s AGM
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Consumer confidence yet to translate into consumption: HUL The uncertain global economic environment, inflation and intense competition pose challenges, says firm
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Narendra Modi to ink land deal during two-day historic visit to Bangladesh The PM’s schedule today includes talks with Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheikh Hasina, and flagging off two bus services linking India’s eastern and northeastern region with Dhaka
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Must-reads about corruption in Fifa Books and articles on how Fifa elections are won, the processes and the political dynamics behind awarding of tournaments like the football World Cup
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What was India’s growth rate in 2014-15? According to the CSO data, GDP growth in fiscal year 2015 was 7.3%, while RBI says it was a tad lower at 7.2%
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Bhushan Steel lenders to refinance firm’s loans under 5/25 scheme Besides refinancing debt, Bhushan Steel is also trying to hive off and sell some non-core assets to reduce debt
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Bangladesh ties: Narendra Modi needs to do more Bangladesh is one country in South Asia where ending bitterness and hostility towards India is possible
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India, others reject recalibration approach Trade officials from 29 nations fail to reach consensus; situation threatens conclusion of DDA talks by year end
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India ready with a drought management plan Ministries such as agriculture, power, fertilizer, rural development and water resources to work together with states to ensure impact of deficit rains is minimal
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US stocks little changed after early decline on jobs report Consumer staples companies dropped as the dollar surged; utilities shares tumbled, while banks rallied as bond yields jumped
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NASA Apollo Mission Control Room Turns 50 This 'cathedral' to the U.S. space race, dormant for 23 years, will be restored in time to commemorate the first moon landing's half-century anniversary -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A 28-year-old was reportedly robbed of his bitcoin at gunpoint CNBC reports there has been yet another robbery at gunpoint for bitcoin in New York. A thief stole about $1,100 worth of bitcoin late last month. According to CNBC: The latest combination street-cyber crime occurred at around 11:30 a.m. on May 27 in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. The 28-year-old victim told police he went to a street corner there to meet a man who had answered his Craigsli
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Why men's bracelets will never — and should never — catch on Every so often, men's magazines and lifestyle publications try to convince America's men that they need to strap shiny pieces of metal, leather, or nylon to their wrist. And shell out hundreds of dollars for the privilege. Mostly recently, Bloomberg Pursuit's Stephen Pulvirent has laid out his do's and don'ts for making bracelets work for men. Unfortunately, this entire idea of manly bracelets is
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Is This a Real Job? An Engineer Who Hacks Policy, Not Code Chris Riley is an engineer at Mozilla. But he doesn't write code. Instead, he tries to influence governments. The post Is This a Real Job? An Engineer Who Hacks Policy, Not Code appeared first on WIRED.
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PM a messiah who came after 1,000 yrs: Uma Bharti Union minister for water resources, Uma Bharti called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a messiah who has arrived after 1,000 years.
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Armed with land deal, Modi on landmark Dhaka trip For a country with three undemarcated borders, India will take a historic step on Saturday when it officially settles its land boundary with Bangladesh.
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'I exposed Maggi, but boss stole the credit' Who brought Maggi down? "I did," said Sanjay Singh, a 1998 batch food inspector, on Friday, stirring a fresh controversy in the already boiling noodles row.
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The Psychopath Whisperer at Work A visit to the Mind Research Network offers an update on Kent Kiehl's work on the psychopathic brain.
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The "I" in SHINE To build a friendship with someone, you have to BE someone YOU like. The number one thing you need to have in place in order to have good relationships with other people is solid self-esteem.
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Try Out This Productivity Tip That Worked Wonders for Me Type “productivity tip” into Google search and you are likely to come up with more than 112 million hits. That’s because we are all trying to be more productive. This interest has caused dozens of productivity-based companies (tech and otherwise) to sprout up in recent years, but I’m here to tell you that you don’t need to pay a dime to be productive -- just follow my single, easy tip:Break out yo
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Uncheck this Box to Stop Photos from Opening When You Connect an iPhone Photos is actually pretty good, but it’s not for everyone. If you don’t want it automatically launching every time you connect your iOS device or camera, you only need to uncheck one box.The process is super easy:Connect your iPhone, iPad, or CameraSelect your iOS (or camera) device under the Import tabUncheck the box marked “Open Photos for this device”That’s it, you’re all set.
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Watch this man play guitar during his brain surgery If you find it easier to work with music in the background, it shouldn't be a surprise that brain surgeons do too. It's just that you might not expect the music to be performed by the patient. However, this is the new trend in operating theaters, if you can call two cases a trend. Last year, we brought you the tale of Roger Frisch, who had a specially constructed violin that allowed him to play th
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The director who bowed out of the 'Star Wars’ spinoff says he left because fans aren’t nice Rumors that director Josh Trank's time might be over in that galaxy far, far away came to the surface when he was a shocking no-show at the "Star Wars Celebration" in April. Pegged to direct a spinoff of the saga, his absence at the fan convention started whispers that he might get booted off the project. That was then confirmed two weeks after "Celebration" when Lucasfilm anno
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53 Words You Absolutely Don't Want To Confuse At Work Because you can't precede with an offer you just excepted.
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10 Words To Erase From Your Vocabulary
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Is There a Business Case for Integrated Thinking? Sandy Nessing has responsibility for managing sustainability strategy, corporate stakeholder engagement and annual performance reporting for American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP). She oversees annual production of AEP’s Corporate Accountability Report, including a dedicated sustainability website and companion iPad app (“AEP CAR” in the iTunes store). This is the sixth year AEP has produced an integr
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Survey: Few National Retailers Take Apple Pay Or Intend To This Year Most retailers are notoriously conservative, even lethargic when it comes to adopting new technologies. There’s also a herd mentality in the industry and so change doesn’t come unless competition compels it or selected market leaders set a precedent that others need to follow. Indoor... Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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The SEC just clawed back $4 million from the former CEO of tech giant CSC and accused it of fraud (CSC) The news from 56-year-old old outsourcing IT company Computer Sciences Corp keeps going from bad to worse. In the last year, it's suffered layoffs, filed a lawsuit against a CEO whose company it bought, and announced plans to split into two companies to combat falling revenues. On Friday, the SEC alleged that eight former CSC executives engaged in "accounting and disclosure fraud" in mul
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Is the corporate sector prejudiced against muslims? Is the corporate sector prejudiced against hiring and promoting Muslims?
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Robots rising in auto factories but no labour replacement yet Having a few hundred robots in a car factory is not uncommon
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Apple new Pimco, Cook king of bonds Apple, Oracle and the other tech giants hoarding half a trillion dollars in cash have joined the ranks of the biggest buyers of debt, often snapping up as much as half of some bond issues
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Subsidised seeds, power for farmers if rains fail Agriculture ministry to move Cabinet note around July for subsidising diesel, power and seeds if rains fail
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FSSAI trashes Nestle's safety claim, orders Maggi recall Food safety watchdog stops production, import & sale of noodles brand after Swiss firm's global chief says the product is safe for consumption
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Maharashtra government bans Maggi | UK launches Maggi tests for lead content Maharashtra government bans Maggi | UK launches Maggi tests for lead contentThree of the six samples collected from places including Pune, Kolhapur and Aurangabad were found to contain lead above the permissible limit, the minister said.
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US stocks mostly down as market weighs good jobs data Wall Street stocks finished mostly lower on Friday after a strong US jobs report sparked talk that the Federal Reserve would move more quickly to raise interest rates.
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6 Ways to Make Your Office Look Awesome It's easy to see pictures of multi-million dollar startup offices and think that the whole world has gone insane.
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Check Out These 10 Eco-Friendly Gadgets Who says gadgets can't be green? For the eco-minded consumer, there are plenty of sustainable gadgets and goodies available, and many more in late phases of kickstarters where early adapters can be first in line.
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4 Tips for Finding the Best Freelancers If you need contract work to get your startup off the ground, follow these steps to find the most talented workers.
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5 Big Reasons Not to Hire for Culture Fit Zappo's and others show a better way to interview and hire awesome people.
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11 New York rooftops where you can do more than just drink In the summer, New York's rooftops make for the perfect place to grab an ice-cold drink and enjoy the sunshine.  But there's more to New York's rooftops than just a place to drink outside.  From outdoor art exhibits to mini-golf and yoga, here are 13 rooftops where you can do much more than just drink.  Walk through art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art garden 1000 5th Ave #5 From early May throu
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Top Twitter Investor: Mark Zuckerberg would LOVE the opportunity to own Twitter and improve it (FB, TWTR) Chris Sacca, one of Twitter's largest shareholders, thinks there are a lot of big companies interested in buying Twitter. Speaking with Emily Chang at Bloomberg, he said, "I think Google would love to buy Twitter." And if Google wants Twitter, then Sacca says Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg would "not let Twitter go to Google without putting in a bid, there is just no way." Sacca sa
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The Times of India 93
MM Joshi ridicules Modi's pet project BJP veteran and Kanpur MP Murli Manohar Joshi, who has been side-tracked by the present regime in the party chose Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi to question the feasibility of PM's pet Clean Ganga project.
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BBC News - World 89
Woman says Hastert abused her brother A woman says former US House Speaker Dennis Hastert sexually abused her brother while Mr Hastert worked as a high school teacher in the 1970s.
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MakeUseOf 10
6 Smart Detectors that Protect Your Family and Property from Harm Running a smarter, more energy efficient home is a great goal—it saves you money and it’s more eco-friendly. But a truly smart home does more than save money and the environment: it also helps protect you, your family, and your house. These six smart detectors will keep an eye on things so you feel safer when you’re at home or away. Nest Protect Nest is known for their smart thermostat, but they a
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Search Engine Land: News & Info About SEO, PPC, SEM, Search Engines & Search Marketing 100+
Tumblr’s New GIF Search Engine Takes The Pain Out Of Having To Use Actual Words Users now can easily search for GIFs indexed on Tumblr's platform, with images automatically credited when placed in a post. The post Tumblr’s New GIF Search Engine Takes The Pain Out Of Having To Use Actual Words appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 44
'Get Social,' and Promote Your Company at the Same Time An important point for business owners to realize is that they must be cheerleaders for both themselves and their companies. As an entrepreneur, you have to remember that the only way a potential client will hear about your existence is if you get the word out.Related: Want Digital Marketing to Work For You? Integrate Some Analog Thinking.Traditional marketing channels -- direct mail, display adve
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Business Insider 13
Check out some of the craziest looking robots researchers are using to impress the Department of Defense A slew of robots have invaded California to battle it out for robotic glory and, well, cash. The two-day DARPA Robotics Challenge, one of the most important events in the robotics industry, kicked off on Friday in Pomona, California. DARPA, which is the advanced research arm of the Department of Defense, sponsors the robotic competition in hopes to discover robotic systems and software that can be
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Fast Company 42
You're Not A Micromanager, Are You? It's a thin line between being in control and being controlling.Is there anything worse than being micromanaged? We can think of one thing—finding out that you yourself have turned into a micromanager. It's a thin line between being in control and being controlling, and we are here to help you find out. Watch the above video, and feel free to send it to anyone that you think might need it.Read Ful
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Fast Company 100+
Why Sound Is Digital Design's Fourth Dimension What happens when our devices get too quiet?One of the underappreciated repercussions of transitioning from a world more concerned with the movement of electrons than of gears, pistons, and flywheels is the elimination of noise. Sound, after all, is vibration propagated through some kind of medium (usually air), so the fewer moving parts there are disturbing the atmosphere around us, the fewer vib
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Fast Company 1
Why The Architect Behind NYC's Enormous Flood-Proofing Plan Is Inspired By Martian Sci-Fi Bjarke Ingels, one of the most creative architects in the world today, is a big sci-fi nerd.The famed author Philip K. Dick once described the genre of science fiction by what it's not: It is not about space, the future, or technology. Science fiction, he said, is a fictional plot triggered by innovation. The innovation can be political, cultural, biological, social, or technological, but the key
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Fast Company 500+
Take A Look At The World's Best Tiny Houses Don't you wish you lived here?With rising rents, a short supply of housing, and more people flocking to cities, it's no wonder that micro-dwellings have become a zeitgeisty solution for modern living.Read Full Story
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Fast Company 2
Mapping Where Foreign Aid Comes From And Where It Goes How does $168 billion in development money flow around the world? A useful new tool tracks the data.You'd think that most foreign aid would be reserved for the world's poorest countries, but that's not actually true. For example, according to the advocacy group ONE, the U.S. only gives one-third of its foreign aid to the least developed countries in the world.Read Full Story
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Fast Company 1
Meet The Last "Class" Of Thiel Fellows, The Genius Kids Who Skip College And Build Startups The fellowship is maturing, and now more students will be given $100,000 to drop out of college anytime they please.Every year since 2011, the libertarian billionaire and Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel has awarded $100,000 each to 20 talented teenagers who skip college and work on businesses instead. The fellowship promotes Thiel's belief that the higher education system is broken and a waste of ti
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Fast Company 15
Highlights From Our Live Q&A With Gen. Stanley McChrystal, David Silverman, And Chris Fussell On leadership, chaos, and empowering far-flung teams.Fast Company editor-in-chief Robert Safian recently sat down with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, David Silverman, and Chris Fussell, authors of the book Team of Teams: New Rules Of Engagement For A Complex World, to discuss how organizations can become more effective by eliminating traditional hierarchies and empowering employees at all levels to make
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Lifehacker 41
Don't Imitate Your Heroes. Adapt and Expand As we strive to improve our lives and further our careers by learning from those more wise and experienced than ourselves, it’s important to remember that not all success merits emulating. You should pick and choose the advice that works for you. It’s interesting to know how a billionaire entrepreneur got to where they are, but that doesn’t mean you should try to follow their path.You Probably Are
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The Economic Times 5
Data hacked from federal government dates back to 1985: US official Data stolen from US government computers by suspected Chinese hackers included security clearance information and background checks dating back three decades, US officials said on Friday.
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Business Insider 200+
8 of the 10 men accused in the shooting Malala Yousafzai have been secretly acquitted The Pakistani government has released reports detailing what happened to some of the men responsible for shooting young education activist, Malala Yousafzai. Several media outlets reported Friday that eight of the ten suspected Taliban members convicted of targeting Yousafzai and shooting her in the head on a school bus in 2012, have been secretly acquitted and released from prison. The suspects s
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WIRED 47
Game|Life Podcast: Here’s What to Expect From E3 This Year The Game|Life podcast crew talks about what we expect to see at this year's E3 Expo. (Expect a lot of VR.) The post Game|Life Podcast: Here’s What to Expect From E3 This Year appeared first on WIRED.
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Business Insider 97
US player Michael Bradley makes 50-yard solo run to set up gorgeous 90th-minute goal to stun the Netherlands A week after it toppled FIFA and ousted president Sepp Blatter, the US stunned the Netherlands in a 4-3 thriller in Amsterdam. Fine. That's over the top. But the US men's national team did pull off an incredible upset of the sixth-ranked team in the world on foreign soil on Friday, coming back from 3-1 down to win the friendly 4-3. The fourth goal was a beauty. Michael Bradley took the ball deep i
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Business Insider 2
Stade stun Toulon to reach Top 14 final Bordeaux (AFP) - Stade Francais stunned triple European champions Toulon 33-16 on Friday to reach the French Top 14 final.Led by the irrepressible Italian back row forward Sergio Parisse, Stade scored tries through flankers Rapahel Lakafia and Antoine Bourban, before a freak late score from wing Julien Arias gave a flattering skew to the final score as they reached their first final since defeatin
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Business Insider 10
No NFL team spent more in free agency than the New York Jets The New York Jets were the top spenders in free agency this offseason, handing out contracts with a combined potential value of $181.3 million. The Jacksonville Jaguars were second. The Jets' spending frenzy was led by the five-year, $70 million contract given to cornerback Darrelle Revis. In all, the Jets handed out four contracts worth at least $19 million. Join the conversation about this story
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Business Insider 10
Venture capital firm calls Ellen Pao's request for $2.7 million after losing trial 'an unreasonable demand' Ellen Pao requested $2.7 million from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to cover her fees and costs, court documents filed by the firm on Friday revealed. This comes after Pao lost all counts of her case against the venture capital firm on March 27 when a jury found that her gender was not the motivating reason for her not being promoted to a general or senior partner, or for her termination.
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Business Insider 9
Texas just showed up Congress on transportation funding Texas Governor Greg Abbott approved three transportation-related bills on Tuesday, including one, which, pending voter approval, will add $2.5 billion to the state’s highway fund, in order to keep Texas’ roads in working order.  Congress has not been able to pass a federal transportation bill in six years. Federal funding for transportation has instead come in the form of 33 short-term measures, t
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The Times of India 12
Nestle may take Rs 60cr hit in Q2 revenue Swiss multinational Nestle India's decision to withdraw Maggi from the Indian market, following the lead/monosodium glutamate (MSG) controversy, could shave off around Rs 160 crore from its June quarter turnover.
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BBC News - World 1K
Scotland 1-0 Qatar Matt Ritchie's first Scotland goal gives Gordon Strachan's side a workmanlike win over Qatar in their friendly.
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BBC News - World 84
US archdiocese charged in abuse case The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is facing criminal charges after US officials said the church leaders ignored reports that a priest was molesting children.
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BBC News - World 9
VIDEO: Deadly blasts at Turkey rally Two explosions at an election rally in Turkey's mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir have killed at least two and injured 100, according to officials.
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Sculptor defends 'vagina' artwork The British sculptor Anish Kapoor comes under fire for artwork in the French palace of Versailles that has been called "dirty" and "gross".
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BBC News - World 12
VIDEO: Accra petrol station blast investigated Residents of Accra say they smelt petrol in floodwaters which poured into their homes, and may have caused a fire which killed some 150 people.
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Psychology Today 9
Meditation Improves Brain Function We found differences in brain volume after eight weeks [of meditation] in five different regions in the brains of the two groups. In the group that learned meditation, we found thickening in four regions:
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Small Business Trends 16
Yelp, eBay Grab News Headlines This Week Selling products online means not only setting up and running an ecommerce site, but also finding ways to attract customers to your site and creating an overall online shopping experience for them. This week, online giants Yelp and eBay added some services to make the process of running an ecommerce business a bit easier. Read about these headlines and more in this week’s Small Business Trends ne
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs 18
It's Time For McDonald's To Drink Starbucks' Latte   Starbucks and McDonalds are in different businesses. In marketing theory, that is. Starbucks is known for its coffee and lattes, McDonald's is known for its hamburgers and fries. But there are overlaps. In practice, that is. Starbucks is also selling all sorts of breakfast and lunch items together with coffee and Lattes. McDonald's is also selling coffee and Lattes in its McCafes, which are usua
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Lifehacker 82
Build Your Own MIDI Sampler with a Raspberry Pi Samplers are an awesome way to have millions of different sounds at your fingertips. If you want to build your own, SamplerBox is a project that just requires a Raspberry Pi and a little free time.The setup here is deceptively simple. You’ll just need to install a single SD card image on the Pi, wire together about $50 worth of electronics, and then dump in your sound effects. The wiring itself is
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 35
6 Strategies for Closing Your Series A on Your Terms In late 2014 I sat at my computer staring at the screen with a dreaded pit in my stomach. My start-up, ZappRx, was only a few weeks away from running out of money. That panicked, foreboding feeling is something every new founder will understand. My company wasn’t in peril because there wasn’t customer demand — the business was in fact very healthy and growing. Things were in flux with the Series A
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Business Insider 12
HP almost bought a $9.3 billion company before walking away from the deal (HP) HP was in talks to acquire Computer Sciences, an IT consulting company worth $9.3 billion, last month, before deciding to walk away from the deal, according to a report by Bloomberg. The deal would have been HP's biggest since its $10.3 billion Autonomy acquisition in 2011. The report didn't say what exactly prompted the two companies to break the deal, nor why HP was interested in acquiring Compu
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Business Insider 58
This Japanese company taught a robot to wield a katana like a master swordsman Fictional robots are often remarkably capable, but their real life counterparts frequently have trouble navigating something as simple as a door. That's changing rapidly. And in a perfect example of just how capable robots really can be, Japanese robotics company Yaskawa Electric Corporation had one of the most skilled swordsmen in the world teach one of their creations how to use a katana. Isao
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Reuters 35
U.N. council condemns attacks on Syria civilians, barrel bombs UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned continued indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Syria, including aerial bombardment and barrel bombings that Western powers say only the government is capable of carrying out.
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Business Insider 19
The bicycle helmet of the future has arrived Riding your bike could soon feel more like flying a fighter jet, if sketch prototypes from Future Cities Catapult find their way to production.  All five of the ideas — though we’re partial to the heads-up display — use data from open street and cycling maps. Many apps, like CityMapper, already use this openly available data to power their services.  “The inconsistency of where to cycle, plus the
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 70
Stop and Smell the Cucumber Melon: Your Fave Teen Fragrances Are Back The hottest thing in the present moment might be the return of past favorites. In yet another sign that the market for nostalgia is alive and well, Bath & Body Works is re-releasing some of its signature scents that made it the go-to fragrance stop for middle schoolers in the 90s.That’s right, you’re favorite smells -- Cucumber Melon, Juniper Breeze, Country Apple, White Tea and Ginger, Plumer
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WIRED 44
Gadget Lab Podcast: Anticipating Apple’s WWDC With WWDC coming up, the hosts discuss what they expect (and what they don't) from Apple's big developer event. The post Gadget Lab Podcast: Anticipating Apple’s WWDC appeared first on WIRED.
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Business Insider 13
Kyrie Irving is out of the NBA Finals to have season-ending surgery on fractured knee cap The Cleveland Cavaliers have announced Kyrie Irving will have season-ending surgery to repair his fractured left knee cap. Irving, who'd been dealing with various ailments, including knee problems, throughout the playoffs, injured his knee in overtime of Game 1 of the NBA Finals when he slipped and fell on a drive. Irving checked out of the game and cameras showed him limping back into the locker
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Business Insider 500+
BMW has succeeded with small SUVs where Audi and Mercedes stumbled This week, BMW unveiled its second generation X1 luxury compact crossover, set to debut as a 2016 model. The X1 is the smallest of BMW's SUV offerings and will also be priced as one of the brand's most affordable models, starting in the low $30,000 range.  Initially, the only powerplant available is the company's 2.0-liter TwinPower turbocharged inline-4-cylinder engine. It will crank out 228 hor
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The Times of India 18
Centre pulls plug on Maggi in 1st recall of food item in India The Maggi imbroglio escalated to an unprecedented level on Friday, with India’s food regulator ordering a total recall of all nine variants of the best-selling instant noodles brand.
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BBC News - World 18
VIDEO: US warns of growing hacking threat The US says it faces a "dedicated adversary" and an "ever evolving threat" to the nation's cyber security, after a major data breach.
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Psychology Today 7
5 Ways NOT to Deal with Anger Even I use the third strategy, on occasion, against my own advice...
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Psychology Today 2
12 ways to raise a competent, confident child with grit It has become a commonplace idea that failure is good for kids, and builds resilience. But when children fail over and over and don't have the support to keep trying, all they learn is that they're failures. Resilience comes not from failing, but from the experience of learning that you can pick yourself up, try again, and succeed.
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Business Insider 100+
A carrier may have just revealed when Apple will release the iPhone 7 (AAPL) Apple's next iPhone, which is rumored to be called the iPhone 7, may be released on Sept. 25, according to blog Mobile News, which claims to have received an internal staff email from British carrier Vodafone. In the email, the carrier outlined pre-launch plans to staff, including that the phone will go on sale starting Sept. 25 with preorders starting on Sept. 18. The phone was simply referred to
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Reuters 100+
U.N. report cites Israel crimes against children, no consensus on listing UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. agencies in Israel and the Palestinian territories reported an alarming number of child victims in last year's war in the Gaza Strip but were split on whether Israel should be put on a list of violators of children's rights, a U.N. document said.
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 51
Hey, You! Try These 5 Ideas to Stay Focused While Working Online. Let's face it, we're surrounded by distractions. Whether you're working from the quiet of your office, your dining room table or the local coffee shop, things are going on all around you that try to capture your precious attention.Even in the most quiet of places our own technology seems to be working against us with obnoxious popups, noisy alerts and new tabs opening with almost every click of th
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Lifehacker 29
Boost Your Productivity by Taking Short Breaks to Look at Nature You probably know that it’s important to take regular breaks from your work, but what you do during them is equally important. A recent study suggests spending less than a minute looking at images of nature can help when you’re mentally fatigued.The study, led by Dr. Kate Lee of the University of Melbourne and published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, asked participants to perform bori
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The Times of India 100+
Centre pulls plug on Maggi in first recall of food item in India The Maggi imbroglio escalated to an unprecedented level on Friday, with India’s food regulator ordering a total recall of all nine variants of the best-selling instant noodles brand.
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The Times of India 23
Board topper’s dreams clouded by poverty If tenacity had a measuring scale, Monirul Mondal’s feat would be off the charts. The village boy triumphed over poverty to come second in the higher secondary examination, and has now secured an impressive rank in JEE-medical, but his dream of becoming a doctor may end stillborn.
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 53
How Diversity Helps Your Business Beat the Odds Successful entrepreneurs know about overcoming adversity to beat the odds. And as both an entrepreneur and a first-generation immigrant, I would say that I’ve beaten the odds twice. But at least part of my success comes from yet another characteristic I have worked toward -- diversity -- which has helped me obtain the new perspectives that in turn have further helped me grow my business.Related: A
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TrendHunter.com 1
Tranquil Skin Balms - This Natural Beauty Balm From May Lindstrom Comes in Deep Blue Packaging (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) This natural beauty balm is designed not just to sooth irritated skin, but to alleviate emotional anxiety. From May Lindstrom, the Blue Cocoon Beauty Balm Concentrate is described as tranquil,...
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Business Insider 99
Ray Kurzweil thinks we'll all be cyborgs by 2030 Imagine accessing Wikipedia just by thinking about it. It sounds like science fiction now, but futurist and Google engineer Ray Kurzweil thinks that reality is just a few years away. At the Exponential Finance conference on June 3, he predicted that humans will be cyborgs by 2030, according to CNNMoney. "Our thinking then will be a hybrid of biological and non-biological thinking," Kurzw
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WIRED 48
Kleiner Accuses Pao of Trying to ‘Have It Both Ways’ The firm’s filing today is the latest development in the landmark sex bias case. The post Kleiner Accuses Pao of Trying to ‘Have It Both Ways’ appeared first on WIRED.
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Lifehacker 51
Nine Things Your Mechanic Wants You To Know I’ve been working on cars professionally for the better part of ten years and in that time I’ve encountered a whole host of interesting people and situations.Many of which would have gone easier for myself and my customers if they knew a few of the “secrets” I’m about to tell you.http://oppositelock.kinja.com/six-things-att...Thanks to Steve Lehto, both for inspiration and letting me use his forma
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Lifehacker 44
Your Favorite HDTV Antenna Just Got a Rare Discount If you want to stop paying your cable company $100/month for channels you don’t watch, it might be time to cut the cord. Between services like Netflix, Hulu+, Sling TV, and HBO Now, it’s easier than ever to declare cable independence, but a good antenna is still a critical piece of equipment for picking up your local broadcast stations.Today on Amazon, the Mohu Leaf is down to $35, the lowest pric
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The Times of India 16
Govt faults 20 collegium-approved judges in 20 yrs The central government has in the last two decades raised objections against 15-20 recommendations of the Supreme Court collegium for appointment of judges in SC and high courts. Some of the objections were also made against the recommendations for appointment of chief justices of HCs.
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BBC News - World 22
VIDEO: Tariq Aziz's rise and fall Tariq Aziz, known as the face of Saddam Hussein's regime on the world stage for many years, has died.
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Hack a Day 21
Smile for the Raspberry Pi Powered Photo Booth [Roo] was tasked with finding a better way to take corporate employee photos. The standard method was for a human resources employee to use a point and shoot camera to take a photo of the new recruits. The problem with this method is many people feel awkward trying to force a smile in front of other people. Plus, if the photo turns out poorly many people won’t ask to have it retaken so as not to f
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Lifehacker 59
The Secret to Perfectly Grilled Fish: Mayonnaise Grilled fish is a great meal any time, but it takes some effort to keep it from overcooking or sticking. A coating of a little mayonnaise on the fish makes it easy to get it just right.If the fish sticks to your grill, it will fall apart and essentially be ruined. Kelli Dunn at The Kitchn recommends a simple way to avoid that:An essential step to keep fish — both fillets and whole — from sticking
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 100+
5 Tips for Starting a Business Abroad Starting a business is no easy feat, especially if you’re thinking of starting one overseas. Now that the U.S. dollar is stronger -- and even crushing other currencies -- many entrepreneurs are taking advantage and traveling abroad to launch their businesses. But don’t start packing your bags just yet. As the founder of Waygo, a visual-translation app that translates Chinese, Japanese and Korean t
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The Economic Times 200+
How startup founders are sealing deals over cups of coffee How startup founders are sealing deals over cups of coffeeNationwide, 'coffee pe charcha' (discussion over a cup of coffee) has become a serious business activity for emerging entrepreneurs.
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The Economic Times 1
5 reasons why US employers are showing confidence in economy 5 reasons why US employers are showing confidence in economy Friday's report led many economists to predict that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates as early as September because the economy might no longer need the stimulus of near-zero rates.
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Business Insider 7
'Mutant' Stan's the man now in Paris Paris (AFP) - Stan Wawrinka once seemed doomed to life as Roger Federer's warm-up act with the French Open finalist's self-esteem so low that he even lived in awe of the "mutants" who won Grand Slam titles.But on Sunday, the 30-year-old Wawrinka has the chance to match Federer's best performance in Paris by winning Roland Garros and claim a second Grand Slam title in his last six outings
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Inc.com 100+
How a 23-Year-Old Persuaded Mark Cuban to Invest in Automated Booze For TendedBar founder Jay Perkins, all it took to land Mark Cuban as an investor was a single email and a great idea.
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Inc.com 21
44 Inspiring John C. Maxwell Quotes for Leadership Success John C. Maxwell is one of today's top leadership thinkers. Here's what he thinks about leadership.
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5 Traits Successful Business Owners Understand About Community How two Brooklyn-based brothers made a ding in the media universe.
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Inc.com 12
Why Gallup Is Funding a $30 Million B-School Lab at the University of Nebraska In an era where traditional education in general--and the MBA in particular--are being challenged and disrupted by startups left and right, why is Gallup investing in a "strengths" lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln?
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Inc.com 12
5 Things You Can Learn From This 4,400 Square Foot 'Superdesk' This 'superdesk' may be 4,400 square feet of undulating awesomeness, but there are plenty of lessons hidden in its innovative design.
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Inc.com 14
U.S. CTO Megan Smith: Minorities in STEM Have Always Mattered The former Silicon Valley executive speaks from experience when she says inclusivity results in a big breakthroughs.
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Inc.com 77
7 Powerful Habits of Super Successful People Yes, successful people work hard for their success, but they also do a few other things that you should know about.
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The Times of India 5
Nestle may take Rs 160cr hit in Q2 revenue Swiss multinational Nestle India's decision to withdraw Maggi from the Indian market, following the lead/monosodium glutamate (MSG) controversy, could shave off around Rs 160 crore from its June quarter turnover.
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The Times of India 100+
Use app, get coaches cleaned, says railways Soon you would be able to get your railway coach cleaned in a matter of miniutes by lodging a complaint online. In line with Modi government’s ‘Swachh Bharat’ mission, the railways is to launch ‘Clean My Coach’ mobile app for all long-distance trains.
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The Times of India 15
ITO Metro station opens on Monday evening If you’ve been looking forward to take the Metro to ITO, wait till Monday. While the commissioner of Metro rail safety (CMRS) gave the nod for starting operations on Friday, the stretch between Mandi House and ITO will open only on Monday.
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BBC News - World 9
VIDEO: Satirist: Let's talk about sex Does Africa have contradictory views about sex?
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The real scars of Korean gaming The real scars of Korean gaming
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When Led Zeppelin visited India When Led Zeppelin visited India
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BBC News - World 66
Neymar hails Barca strikers' bond Barcelona's Neymar says his friendship with fellow strikers Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez is the key to their success.
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BBC News - World 100+
Have 1,200 World Cup workers really died in Qatar? Have 1,200 World Cup workers really died in Qatar?
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BBC News - World 23
The Mexican town 'governed by gangs' goes to the polls Mexico midterm polls in the shadow of gang warfare
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BBC News - World 49
Sex worker film banned - but widely available Moroccan movie banned, but widely watched anyway
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Small Business Trends 21
Introducing Activehours: Waiting for Paychecks is a Thing of the Past Today’s consumers are all about instant gratification. But most workers still have to wait two weeks between paychecks. That means, at any given time, they have likely done hours of work over the last week or two and have yet to see the fruits of that labor. That’s where Ram Palaniappan saw a hole in the marketplace. He launched the Activehours app after noticing employees at his former company o
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs 24
You, Unfiltered: How To Master The Art Of Being In The Moment Peak performance in virtually any activity requires the ability to be fully present in the moment, as I’ve discussed in my two previous articles. Peak performers are able to tune out inner voices, nagging doubts and internal second-guessing—and they’re then able to tune into their activity with full concentration and confidence. They are present, and magic happens only in the present moment.
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The Economic Times 17
Nestle chief Paul Bulcke says Maggi is safe | Sales may take a 7% hit in India Nestle chief Paul Bulcke says Maggi is safe | Sales may take a 7% hit in IndiaThe Food Safety & Standards Authority of India said Maggi noodles had excessive lead content and the pack was mislabelled, doubts expressed by Nestle.
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The Economic Times 2
Edit: Jobs and not AFSPA will defeat terrorism Edit: Jobs and not AFSPA will defeat terrorism
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Business Insider 100+
Here's new evidence that Google Glass is moving forward (GOOG) The future of Google Glass, the company's much-maligned Internet-connected glasses, remains a mystery since the project was sent back to the drawing board earlier this year.  But a new job listing on the company's website hints that Google's Glass efforts are moving forward, and perhaps nearing the stage of volume production. Google's Glass team is looking for an Advanced Technology Manufacturing
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WIRED 93
Techies Have Been Trying to Replace Politicians for Decades We’re talking about Technocracy Inc., an organization founded in 1931 to promote the ideas of a man named Howard Scott. The post Techies Have Been Trying to Replace Politicians for Decades appeared first on WIRED.
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The Times of India 46
Flush out militants, India plans to tell Myanmar India is planning to ask Myanmar to step-up “coordinated military operations” to flush out Indian insurgent groups operating from its soil, even as the Army on Friday launched intensive area domination patrols as well as search and destroy missions in Manipur.
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BBC News - World 1K
Ill Williams suffering ahead of final Serena Williams will have to overcome a bout of flu if she is to beat Lucie Safarova in Saturday's French Open final.
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BBC News - World 35
Third Mexico mountain mummy found Mountaineers on Mexico's Pico de Orizaba discover the mummified remains of a young man, the third body to be found there in recent months.
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TrendHunter.com 1
Green Tea Bath Sets - This Body Shop Beauty Gift Set Contains Products From the Fuji Green Tea Range (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) While it might be a little late for Mother's Day, this beauty gift set from The Body Shop still makes the perfect present to pamper loved ones with any time of the year. Featuring their new...
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The Economic Times 400+
Indian Army contemplates retaliation against Meitei Indian Army contemplates retaliation against MeiteiMyanmar’s help is being sought but the Army believes not much can be expected given that the neighbouring nation has little control over the border district.
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The Economic Times
Boeing confident in targets, suppliers as it increases output Boeing said it is increasingly confident it can deliver new jetliner models on time and on budget, and will not need to cut output as it transitions to the upgraded designs.
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The Economic Times 2
Govt may shift focus to deal with North-East terror Govt may shift focus to deal with North-East terrorSources said that after the collapse of ceasefire with NSCN-K (Khaplang faction) in March, it did not make sense to continue negotiations only with the IM faction.
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The Economic Times 1
Janet Yellen won't provide some documents in leak probe Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is balking at turning over some of the documents ordered by a key House lawmaker in his investigation of a possible leak of market-sensitive information.
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DoPT ensures IAS couples not spearated by postings DoPT ensures IAS couples not spearated by postingsAs per 2004 policy, an All-India Service officer upon marriage to a fellow officer can request for a change of his cadre to that of his spouse.
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Data hacked from U.S. government dates back to 1985: U.S. official WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Data stolen from U.S. government computers by suspected Chinese hackers included security clearance information and background checks dating back three decades, U.S. officials said on Friday, underlining the scope of one of the largest known cyber attacks on federal networks.
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Made-in-India ‘legal highs’ hit Europe India has been named the main ‘birthplace’ for new psychoactive substances or ‘legal highs’ that are flooding European cities.
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Cameron wants world corruption purge UK Prime Minister David Cameron will urge world leaders at the G7 summit to take corruption more seriously in the wake of the Fifa scandal.
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Down's blood test 'would cut risk' A blood test for Down's syndrome can reduce the number of pregnant women needing risky tests, say UK doctors.
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India, Bangladesh to seal land pact Bangladesh and India are to sign a historic agreement to simplify their common border by exchanging more than 150 enclaves of land.
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How to Run a Focus Group A focus group can give you more detailed information and opinions than a survey, but skilled moderation will make it go more smoothly. Start preparing your topic and questions before you begin recruiting, so you can target demographics or communities with relevant opinions. Steps Planning a Focus Group Choose one clear purpose. This is an opportunity to learn the nuanced opinions of clients, pot
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Nestle chief Paul Bulcke says Maggi is safe | Sales may take a 7% hit in India Nestle chief Paul Bulcke says Maggi is safe | Sales may take a 7% hit in IndiaThe Food Safety & Standards Authority of India said Maggi noodles had excessive lead content and the pack was mislabelled, doubts expressed by Nestle.
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CM to narrate Mann Ki Baat through UP Ki Kahaniyan UP Ki Kahaniyan is a five days a week programme aired on various FM radio stations , in which stories are narrated about fictional characters based in Uttar Pradesh.
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I’m not Rahul, Kejriwal tells PM Modi, calls L-G BJP’s agent Kejriwal accused PM Modi of being ‘vengeful’ towards his government and the people of Delhi after BJP's rout in the January assembly polls.
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AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa set for easy win in RK Nagar bypoll The only known candidate against her is antigraft activist KR ‘Traffic’ Ramaswamy, who has no backing from any major party.
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Ellen Pao Asked for $2.7 Million for Not Appealing Case Verdict In exchange for not appealing the jury verdict against her, Ellen Pao sought $2.7 million for high-profile Silicon Valley VC firm Kleiner Perkins.
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PSU banks introduce paternity leave A long queue outside your teller counter on Monday morning may not help matters especially after you spend two sleepless nights over the weekend attending to your newborn.
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Jammu remains edgy over Bhindranwale’s posters Sikh protesters defied prohibitory orders and blocked a key highway as they protested against removal of Khalistan champion Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale’s posters here for the third day on Friday.
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In historic move, court stops man's 2nd nikah The family court, in an unprecedented order, has restrained a Muslim US-returned paediatrician from marrying for the second time till he settles the rights and dues of his wife.
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You're fit for kaali-peeli, Uber driver to woman Close on the heels of a woman being molested by a Uber Cab driver in Delhi last Saturday, there is yet another incident in Mumbai wherein a woman passenger has complained of "misbehaviour" by a Uber driver this week.
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Violation of SOP to blame for Manipur ambush Were the 18 soldiers of 6 Dogra Infantry, killed in Thursday’s ambush in Manipur’s Chandel district, victims of their own mistake?
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China ship disaster death toll jumps, company says sorry JIANLI, China (Reuters) - The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsized during a storm in the Yangtze River jumped to 331 on Saturday, leaving around 100 still missing, as the boat operator apologized and said it would cooperate with investigations.
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Violence ahead of Mexico elections There have been several incidences of violence around Mexico as the country prepares for Sunday's mid-term elections.
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Why Google's new payments system is missing out on the big money that Apple gets (GOOG) Bad news for Google: Unlike Apple, the company won't be able to charge banks a transaction fee when people use its new mobile payments service.  Big banks give Apple a 0.15% cut of each credit-card transaction and half a cent for each debit card purchase when people use Apple Pay, but Google won't get anything when people use Android Pay, The Wall Street Journal's Alistair Barr and Robin Sidel rep
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Modi magic has worn off but India a promising story: Chris Wood Modi magic has worn off but India a promising story: Chris Wood Wood praised the Modi admin's long-term efforts to restructure India's economy without being bothered by short-term gyrations of the Sensex.
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Bihar polls matter of life & death: Paswan | Akhilesh takes cue from PM's Mann ki Baat Bihar polls matter of life & death: Paswan | Akhilesh takes cue from PM's Mann ki Baat"Our main aim is not seats. This is a life and death fight. Everybody should think of this and all parties should aim for a two-thirds majority."
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Nestle falls back on Shivani Hegde to revive brand | Lobby firm APCO comes on board Nestle falls back on Shivani Hegde to revive brand | Lobby firm APCO comes on boardApart from meeting government offiicials and regulators, her tasks are expected to include overhauling consumer engagement in print, television and social media.
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Army’s response must not derail peace process Army’s response must not derail peace process
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Death toll in China cruise ship sinking rises to 331: Xinhua Jianli (China) (AFP) - A total of 331 people have been confirmed dead after rescuers raised a Chinese cruise ship that capsized on the Yangtze river, state media reported Saturday.Authorities gave the new death toll as of 08:00 am (0000 GMT) Saturday, Xinhua said, in what looks likely to be China's worst shipping disaster in nearly 70 years. Only 14 people have been rescued out of the 456 on board
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If 2-min food becomes staple, you invite trouble They fed starving soldiers stationed in remote areas, millions of those displaced by natural calamities and silenced hunger pangs of thousands during economic crises.
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Food labels must tell all: Bold, clear & loud With Maggi in a soup over the alleged presence of lead and MSG in some of its tested samples, the spotlight is on whether the country's packaging norms need to be strengthened to include more disclosures in consumer interest.
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Hundreds more China ship dead found A total of 331 people have been confirmed dead following the righting of the Eastern Star cruise ship, which capsized on Monday in the Yangtze River.
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Ailing Serena in French Open fitness battle Paris (AFP) - Serena Williams will have two obstacles in her path in Saturday's French Open final in Paris -- her opponent Lucie Safarova and a nasty dose of the flu.The 33-year-old American has much to achieve on the Roland Garros claycourts in the championship match.A win would be her 20th Grand Slam title, just two shy of the Open-era (since 1968) record of 22 held by Steffi Graf.It would also
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MHA denies security clearance to Maran's Sun TV MHA denies security clearance to Maran's Sun TVThe decision has been communicated by the ministry of home affairs (MHA) to the ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) on Friday.
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Crowdfunding gets a new shape, JoaT enables you to design custom tees and launch funding campaign Crowdfunding is a new way for startups to raise funds, and of late the trend is catching up slowly in India. Many startups seem to adopt the crowdfunding route as never before and according to The World Bank report, the growth of crowdfunding in the coming years will be spearheaded from emerging markets like Brazil, China and India. Unlike crowdfunding in startup space, Bengaluru-based Jack of all
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SEBI adds two new members to Narayana Murthy’s panel on startups As it readies a new regulatory framework for startups and alternative investments, markets regulator SEBI today expanded its advisory panel, headed by IT czar N R Narayana Murthy, by appointing two new members. With new additions – Manish Kejriwal (Managing Partner of Kedaara Capital Advisors) and Arvind Mathur (President of Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association) – the Alternativ
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The big market correction everyone's worrying about could be around the corner Stock markets around the world have been on an extended bull run for a long time now, but economists are getting increasingly worried that it could soon be coming to an end. Two new charts, from Deutsche Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, show that shares are in too-good-to-be-true territory and that if history is anything to go by, they're due for a sharp correction. Let's look first at the
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Dozens die in Yemen border fighting Four Saudi soldiers and dozens of Yemeni rebels are killed in intense fighting along the two countries' border, the Saudi-led coalition says.
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Hippo Love With a reputation for aggressiveness, the hippopotamus is not usually thought of as "loving." But in a new book, "A Hippo Love Story," a more nuanced picture is revealed about these freshwater giants. The key to love, it seems, is good communication.
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Galactic Dimension – a supersized DIY pinball machine If you are from the 1960’s or 1970’s we know you would have enjoyed furiously punching the buttons of a pin ball machine back in the day. Installation artist [Niklas Roy] recently revisited this old classic game and built Galactic Dimension – a supersized pinball machine for Phæno – an amazing science center in the German city of Wolfsburg. The science centre was planning a big exhibition featurin
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Literary Perfume Branding - Etsy's Ravenscourt Apothecary Shop Features Book Character Scents (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Etsy's Ravenscourt Apothecary shop specializes in handmade soaps, lip products and book-inspired scents that boast literary perfume branding. The shop's custom cologne and perfume range...
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Mamata Banerjee arrives in Dhaka ahead of PM Modi's visit Foreign Ministry officials said the West Bengal Chief Minister would witness the signing of documents on Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) to be exchanged.
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US judge orders Argentina to pay $5.2 bn to additional creditors New York (AFP) - A US judge ordered Argentina to pay $5.2 billion to some 500 creditors seeking repayment on the same favorable terms given to other holders of the South American country's restructured debt.In a 26-page ruling, US District Court Judge Thomas Griesa ruled that by refusing to make payment to some hedge fund and individual bondholders of its defaulted debt, while making payment to ot
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Chris Soules: Is it Over Before it Begins? Ending before you start?
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BJP leader Murli punches holes in Modi's Ganga project Joshi raised questions about the ambitious Rs 20,000-crore Ganga clean-up programme, 'Namami Gange', saying it is unrealistic.
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U.N. report cites alleged Israel crimes against children, no consensus on listing UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. agencies in Israel and the Palestinian territories reported an alarming number of child victims in last year's war in the Gaza Strip but were split on whether Israel should be put on a list of violators of children's rights, a U.N. document shows.
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5 Pro Secrets for Creating Remarkably Effective Videos (at No Extra Cost) Here's how to create promotional videos people actually want to watch.
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[Photo Sparks] Drones, 3D printers and MakerSpaces: product showcase from Communicasia 2015 PhotoSparks is a weekly feature from YourStory, with photographs that celebrate the spirit of creativity and innovation. In this three-part photo essay, we showcase new products and startups at the annual Communicasia conference and expo in Singapore! In the earlier 45 posts, we brought you a wide range of creative photographs from an art fair, world music festival, painting fair, telecom expo, ar
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4 big hurdles brands face in creating a credible social media presence With more than 84% of brands carrying out social media marketing (Hub Spot report), the greatest challenge is to rise above all the clutter and establish your brand’s credibility. The effectiveness of social media marketing is highlighted by the fact that it is100 times more effective in sealing the lead-to-closure rate. Hence brands are vehemently using this channel to attain multiple business go
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6 big investing trends and 6 things to hedge over the next 3 to 5 years Over the next three to five years, we believe six key trends are likely to define the global opportunity set available to investors and the returns they can expect. They are: Converging to New Normal potential growth rates in developed and emerging economies. Evolving to a re-regulated, better capitalized global banking system. Moving from energy scarcity to energy abundance unlocked by the shale
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'Act on Delhi's foul air - now' TOI brought environment minister Prakash Javadekar together with activist Sunita Narain, senior consultant, chest medicine department at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Dr Neeraj Jain, auto industry veteran Jagdish Khattar and Indian Oil director (refineries) Sanjiv Singh for a free-flowing discussion on what must be done to ensure that clean air is every citizen's birthright. Excerpts
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Live: Modi in Dhaka, PM Hasina receives him
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Islamic State working to develop chemical weapons: Australia Bishop said Australia had no doubt that the Syrian regime had used toxic chemicals including sarin and chlorine over the past four years.
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Putin tells Italian paper Russia backs Ukraine peace deal MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia fully backs the Minsk peace agreements in Ukraine, but progress is being stalled by Kiev, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview in Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera on Saturday.
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US denies visa to 20 junior Indian archers The Archery Association of India (AAI) was forced to withdraw the Indian junior and sub-junior squads from the World Youth Archery Championships scheduled to be held at Yankton, US from Monday after 20 of the 32 young archers were denied visas by the US embassy in New Delhi.
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A Look at Some of the Worst Computer Viruses in History When you get a virus on your computer, the results can be devastating to you, personally. Some viruses, however, take the destruction and devastation far beyond a few people. Some computer viruses have caused million in damages the world over. Which computer viruses have been the most destructive throughout history? Check out the infographic below for an extremely detailed look and prepare to be s
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Modi in Bangladesh: Land-swap deal tops PM's Dhaka agenda "This visit is going to strengthen the bond between our Nations, benefitting people of our countries and our region," tweets PM Modi.
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British PM urges FIFA-style anti-corruption drive at G7 London (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday called for the G7 to "show the same courage" that exposed FIFA's corrupt practices in order to tackle graft around the world.Cameron said the Group of Seven top industrialised democracies, who meet from Sunday in Germany, should be inspired by the upheaval at football's global governing body to start rooting out corruption w
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UN report cites alleged Israel crimes against children, no consensus on listing Their 22-page confidential country report, obtained by Reuters on Friday, was prepared by United Nations agencies on the ground for submission to the UN special envoy.
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PM Narendra Modi leaves for Bangladesh PM Narendra Modi leaves for Bangladesh"Leaving for Bangladesh. This visit is going to strengthen the bond between our Nations, benefitting people of our countries and our region," the prime minister tweeted.
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Akhilesh Yadav turns to radio to extol SP's achievements While Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken to the medium for his Mann ki Baat sessions, the Uttar Pradesh government has come up with ‘UP ki Kahaniyan’ or stories of UP.
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Third party logistics company Maruti 3PL leverages IoT to optimise delivery processes Over the past few years, logistics companies have seen a high demand for their services. It’s fostered rapid growth in the industry, making it a good time to startup in logistics. News reportsclaim that the share of India’s logistics spend, in GDP, is 13 per cent (one of the highest in the world).The overall size of the market itself is estimated to be USD 180-220 billion. Because transport vehicl
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You don’t need funding to start your own business How much funding do you need to start your business? I am not asking in the era when Ambani or Birla started their business. We live in the time of online businesses which are more valuable than traditional industries. Do you know Flipkart started with just Rs 5 lakhs of personal funds? Lifestyle businesses still need big money to start with because they need to pay rent, stock inventory, hire emp
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Gujarat guv's home to get Rs 20 crore facelift Karnataka governor and Gujarat ex-finance minister Vajubhai Vala has landed in controversy over the Rs 2.4 crore bill for renovations of the Karnataka Raj Bhavan.
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Plastic choking Gir, the pride of Gujarat Every year, wildlife lovers and voluntary organizations clear tonnes of plastic littering the 36 km-long Girnar Parikrama route.
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VIDEO: Mexico protesters look to disrupt vote Protesters and police have clashed in several states in Mexico ahead of the mid-term elections.
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VIDEO: Replica French warship arrives in US A replica of the Hermione, the ship that transported a French general to America in 1780 to support the US in its fight for independence, has arrived in Yorktown, America.
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PM Narendra Modi leaves for Bangladesh "Leaving for Bangladesh. This visit is going to strengthen the bond between our Nations, benefitting people of our countries and our region," the prime minister tweeted.
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Vladimir Putin tells Italian paper Russia backs Ukraine peace deal "Russia is interested in and will strive to ensure the full and unconditional implementation of the Minsk Agreements," he said, according to a transcript.
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ISIS is using chlorine as a weapon, Australia’s Foreign Minister says PERTH (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have used chlorine as a weapon and are recruiting highly trained technicians in a serious bid to develop chemical weapons, Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop warned.
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Tax refunds jump 20% in April-May You can hope to get your tax refund faster with the government streamlining the process, resulting in an over 20% jump in payments during April-May.
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Billion could see Women's World Cup The World Cup could reach up to a billion TV viewers as hosts Canada kick off the biggest staging of the tournament on Saturday.
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5 Sites with Nature Background Sounds & White Noise to Help You Focus Feeling anxious, or distracted? Research shows that listening to natural sounds can improve your mood, and even your productivity. Whether you want to make nature sounds a part of your day or clear your brain with white noise, today’s Cool Websites and App has you covered with 5 free resources for sounds that will help calm you down so you can get things done – or even just relax. Let’s get starte
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Intelligence failure led to Manipur attack, says Congress A Congress leader added that the NDA government must take strong steps to deal with the menace of terrorism.
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Winning bid for lunch with Warren Buffett tops $2.3 million The 2015 bid was still well below the 2012 winning bid of $3,456,789 _ the most expensive charity item ever sold on eBay. Last year's winning bid was $2,166,766.
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G7 to express concern over East and South China Sea China has been criticised for extensive reclamation work and moves to turn submerged rocks into man-made structures.
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Bipin Singh’s Reddit AMA: It’s hard for mobile banking to compete with wallets Bipin Preet Singh, founder & CEO of  India’s first mobile wallet firm, MobiKwik, decided to come on Reddit for Ask Me Anything session, to share... .
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Delhi College of Engineering alumni launch ‘Let Me Drive’ to make road trips fun and easy Travel today has been redefined by road trips and self-driven rides. They add a much needed thrill to travelling. Perhaps it is because of movies like ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara,’ ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ or even ‘Highway,’ that both the young and old seem to be taking road trips. Amongst the options of hiring chauffeurs or drivers, taking a cab or self driving, reports say that 60 to 70 per cent Indians p
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Govt plans to ease labour laws to help entrepreneurs, create jobs Terming the existing labour laws as “tardy”, a senior Labour Ministry official has said that government is working to ease and simplify them with a view to encouraging young entrepreneurs and promote job creation. “Our labour laws were also very tardy, and great impediment for the growth. We got to take stock of the situation. We got to look into each and every sector, which is basically labour i
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House worth Rs 1.1 Cr sold on Snapdeal-Tata Housing platform E-commerce major Snapdeal, which has tied up with realty player Tata Housing to sell its homes online, announced its first largest transaction of Rs 1.1 crore, hours after commencing the sale of the latter’s premium and luxury apartments. The property carnival by Snapdeal, which received over 1,800 enquiries, witnessed the largest deal of Rs 1.1 crore, the company said in a statement. “Since the
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Pope pushes inter-faith peace message on Sarajevo visit Sarajevo (AFP) - Pope Francis makes a one-day visit to Bosnia on Saturday aimed at bolstering reconciliation between Serb, Croat and Muslim communities.The trip to Sarajevo comes 20 years after the end of a 1992-95 war that ripped the Balkan state apart and left it permanently divided along ethnic lines.Adding to security jitters, Islamists claiming to be members of the Islamic State (IS) group ca
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Manipur blasts echo in HP, kill 7 from state The only other time in recent history when so many soldiers returned to their homes in coffins was during the Kargil conflict in which 52 soldiers from Himachal Pradesh were killed.
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Hackaday Prize Entry: Python Powered Scientific Instrumentation A common theme in The Hackaday Prize and Hackaday.io in general is tools to make more tools. There are a lot of people out there trying to make the next Bus Pirate, and simply measuring things is the first step towards automating a house or creating the next great blinkey invention. In what is probably the most capable measurement system in the running for this year’s Hackaday Prize, [jithin] is w
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Google to release monthly data on self-driving car accidents Google will release monthly reports on the performance of its self-driving cars, and it disclosed summaries of the 12 accidents that involved the vehicles.
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China, Japan reopen stalled finance talks amid tensions Chinese and Japanese finance ministers are reopening talks aimed at deepening economic cooperation that were delayed over strained relations.
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Inclusion of China A shares in MSCI may spook Indian markets Analysts say that if China A shares are included in MSCI index, the weight of China is likely to increase by 13% to 38% in MSCI EM Index.
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Bangladesh media describes PM Modi's visit as 'historic' Dhaka's streets are being adorned with life-size cutouts of PM Modi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee & Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina.
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Malaysian quakes kills two, leaves 17 climbers missing on Mt. Kinabalu The quake Friday was centered northwest of Ranau district in Sabah state on Borneo island. Two bodies were recovered from Mount Kinabalu late Friday.
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Malaysia quake-stranded climbers rescued, more feared missing Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) (AFP) - Malaysian rescuers brought 137 hikers down to safety Saturday after an earthquake had stranded them atop Mount Kinabalu, but reports said at least two people were killed and 16 remained missing.The 6.0-magnitude quake struck near the picturesque mountain, a popular tourist destination, early Friday, sending landslides and huge granite boulders tumbling down from th
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11 dead, 8 missing on Malaysian peak after quake Kundasang (Malaysia) (AFP) - The strong earthquake that jolted Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu left at least 11 people dead and another eight missing on Southeast Asia's highest peak, a government official said Saturday."As at noon time, 11 bodies have been recovered (2 identified) and eight people are still missing," Masidi Manjun, the tourism minister for the Malaysian state of Sabah on Born
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Thousands to greet Pope in Bosnia Pope Francis is due in Bosnia-Hercegovina, where he is expected to make a plea for peace and reconciliation in the country.
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LIVE: Modi reaches Dhaka, receives rousing welcome Modi, who arrived at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in a special Indian Air Force aircraft, Rajdoot, was received, in a break from protocol, by his Bangladeshi counterpart, Sheikh Hasina.
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Why Vladimir Putin is key to Ukraine success with IMF loan Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the trump cards in Ukraine's drive to extract itself from Moscow's orbit.
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PM arrives in B'desh; Hasina receives him at airport PM arrives in B'desh; Hasina receives him at airport Modi is scheduled to hold talks with Sheikh Hasina and ink several agreements, especially in the field of connectivity and trade.
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Delhi's ITO Metro station to open from Monday The ITO metro station is one of the more awaited stations of the Delhi Metro in phase III.
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No Delhi MP has adopted any village: Birender Singh Union rural development minister Chaudhary Birender Singh said that no village has been adopted under PM's Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna scheme by Delhi MPs.
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Thousands protest in Honduras for President Hernandez's resignation Earlier this week Hernandez admitted his ruling National Party had accepted money that had been misappropriated from social security funds.
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China, Japan worried about volatile commodity prices The finance ministers of China and Japan raised concerns on Saturday about volatile commodity prices and the dangers that they pose to the global economy.
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Swift: Apple's biggest breakthrough that many do not know about Swift: Apple's biggest breakthrough that many do not know aboutSwift gets good marks from developers for safety and modernity, with coders ranking it high on the ease of explaining to a computer what you want it to do.
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