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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles
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This Free Tool Can Determine Your Most Valuable Followers on Instagram and Twitter Brands that focus exclusively on amassing huge social followings may be overlooking the intrinsic value of their existing audiences, according to social media analytics firm SocialRank.The company, which launched early last year, began as a free web app for Twitter, enabling users to determine their “most valuable” followers (the accounts with the most reach and importance); their “most engaged” f
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs
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Great Entrepreneurs Share These Six Traits - And Some May Surprise You What does it take to be successful as an entrepreneur? Nellie Akalp shares six characteristics that can help you thrive in your entrepreneurial pursuits.
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs
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Failed Promises, Pricey Loans Keep For-Profit Education in Regulatory Crosshairs By Jon Berke
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs
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Detective's Vacation And Sick Time Not Excluded From Taxable Income Clarence William Speer was in Tax Court recently over the $53,513 of unused vacation and sick time that he was paid when he retired in 2009.  Now I have these rules about who I root for in Tax Court cases.  Generally it is the taxpayer, unless he is being really lame, which is not that unusual.  Some people get special consideration in my view, though.  In Mr. Speer's case, I give him extra credit
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs
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The Developer Opportunity That Exists In The Small Business World A number of technology vendors started off as small business offerings but eventually tried to move up the food chain - file sharing vendor Box and enterprise social network Yammer are two examples. The orthodox view is that the more lucrative opportunity that exists when creating enterprise products is an easier win. Box is a good example of a company that started off with a direct sales approach
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Fast Company
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Most Valuable Followers: How SocialRank Wants Your Brand To Get Closer To Its Audience Today, the social analytics company adds Instagram to its engagement-tracking galaxy. You follow?You tweet. And then you tweet again.Read Full Story
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homepage
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Sesa Sterlite renamed as Vedanta Ltd Vedanta Group CEO Tom Albanese says the name change promises a united and aligned identity—Vedanta
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homepage
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Al Jazeera protests ban by Indian govt The govt has placed a five-day ban on the broadcaster over maps shown by the channel that misrepresented Jammu and Kashmir
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Business Insider
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Lindsay Lohan mistranslates Arabic quote in epic Instagram fail Lindsay Lohan suffered a major social media fail on Monday after she instagrammed a quote in Arabic, but it didn't have the meaning she intended. While Lohan meant to say "You're Beautiful" to her 3.5 million followers... The translation is actually "You're a donkey."  Lohan posted the photo to Instagram without a caption, but tweeted a link to her Instagram page with the word
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Business Insider
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Half the things the most powerful doctor in America recommends don't seem to be supported by science A recent study into "The Dr. Oz Show" and one other popular TV health series, "The Doctors," found that of the shows they studied, roughly half the advice doled had little-to-no solid scientific evidence to back it up. The study only looked at a sampling of the shows, 40 episodes from each from early 2013. Regardless, the findings are important, especially now, as Oz has come u
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES
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In the news: Anil Ambani gives up LPG subsidy, monsoon forecast and more Though there is not a single business news story which can be termed less important, there are some which stand out among those we cover during a day. Here are the top five of them which we found the most relevant today.
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PSFK
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Traveling Pop-Up Shop Addresses Gender Wage Inequality Despite many of the advancements made by women in the 20th and 21st centuries, there is a marked pay gap in most industries between what men and women make. For every dollar a man earns, a woman in the same position will only make 76 cents. There have been several projects that have brought attention to this inequality, one organization is flipping the issue by having men pay more than women for
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The Times of India
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Juveniles may be tried as adults for rape, murder The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared amendments to Juvenile Justice Act that let juveniles between 16 and 18 to be tried as adults for heinous crimes such as murder and rape.
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The Times of India
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Honda reveals Concept D Crossover If you think the Japanese are too conservative as far as designing their cars are concerned then you surely haven’t seen Honda’s new Concept D Crossover.
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The Times of India
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IPL 8: Hyderabad beat Kolkata by 16 runs (D/L) Skipper David Warner led from the front with 91 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 16 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method.
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The Times of India
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Rahul pays left-handed compliment to Modi Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi mentioned US President Barack Obama's praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the latest issue of Time magazine.
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The Economic Times
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Netaji's daughter to visit India later this year: MEA Netaji's daughter to visit India later this year: MEA The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that Anita Bose Pfaff had conveyed to the Indian consulate in Berlin that she would be visiting India in the last quarter of this year when she intends to meet Modi.
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The Economic Times
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Kejriwal misled voters with poll promises: Congress complains to EC Ajay Maken submitted a memorandum to EC that Kejriwal's statements on the eve of 'Civil Services Day' constituted a violation of the election watchdog's manifesto guidelines.
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The Economic Times
Asia, Africa to cooperate in tackling all forms of terrorism in Jakarta Swaraj, who is representing India at Asia-Africa Conference in the Indonesian capital, participated in meeting ahead of the summit which finalised agenda for summit.
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The Economic Times
Italy urges EU, UN to tackle migrant crisis in Africa Italy called on European Union and UN to set up operations in African countries south of Libya to help stem the flow of migrants heading for Europe.
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The Economic Times
Ford unveils new Taurus influenced by China With its newest Taurus, Ford is joining the race to appeal to Chinese business buyers by offering bigger, more luxurious back seats.
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HBR.org
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Stop Fantasizing About the Perfect Job Some careers seem to maintain a powerful allure. Many people fantasizing about leaving their jobs for careers that seem to offer deep meaning, like teaching or non-profit work, or apparent autonomy, like entrepreneurship. Others are attracted by high-status, high-pay occupations such as law and consulting. Still others want to work in broadcasting or publishing, for example, which maintain a gl
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Business Insider
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Mobile and social are fueling massive digital-video advertising growth as dollars shift away from display ads Video is emerging as one of the top digital advertising formats on desktop and mobile.  Mobile will be the biggest driver of digital-video ad spend over the next few years.  Advertisers are rushing to snap up video ad spots as video viewership increases on mobile devices. Mobile video ad revenue will grow more than 3x faster than desktop through 2020. Digital video is gaining traction quickly on s
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Business Insider
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The most expensive diamonds ever sold at auction A "perfect" 100-carat white diamond sold for $22 million at auction this week. It may be an incredibly rare (and pricey) stone, but it's not the biggest or most expensive diamond ever sold. The most expensive diamond ever purchased at auction was a pink stone called the "Pink Star" that went for $82 million in 2013. The largest was a 118-carat oval. LeonMarkovitz at dadaviz put
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Business Insider
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Tech companies are already scared of this activist investor and now he's going into private equity Jesse Cohn is known for threatening to simply buy the technology companies he often targets as an activist investor. Now he may start doing that through a new private equity division his hedge fund, Elliott Management, is starting. The head of activist investments at hedge fund Elliott Management, Cohn, 34, is leading the hedge fund's latest foray into the tech buyout business, reports Bloomberg's
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles
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Fuel Up: Eating for Optimal Brain Function Being an entrepreneur often means being pushed to physical and mental limits daily. There are long hours; there's a consistent need to perform at full capacity in presentations and meetings; and there's the drive to stay sharp while determining the right strategic direction for the company.When people get busy or stressed, often the first thing sacrificed is healthy eating -- and that’s the opposi
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HubSpot
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How to Actually Get Found in Search in 2015 [Infographic] SEO is constantly evolving, leaving marketers to either keep pace with the updates or run the risk of falling behind. While this is stressful in and of itself, these constantly changing tides lead to a ton of questions when it comes time to actually optimize a web page. Do social signals carry any weight? Should I still invest in pay-per-click advertising? How much does mobile really matter? In a
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TrendHunter.com
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Drug Awareness Toilet Paper - This Printed Toilet Paper from Japan Discourages Unsafe Drug Use (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) In an attempt to raise awareness about the dangers of using semi-legal drugs in Japan, a paper company from Fuji City is helping a non-profit anti-drug organization to get the message out on rolls...
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Business Insider
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Hotel Tonight on the Apple Watch lets you book last-minute rooms from your wrist in seconds Hotel Tonight is bringing its spontaneous room-booking app to the Apple Watch, Business Insider has learned. The Hotel Tonight app for Apple Watch brings the core functionality of the iPhone app over to your wrist, allowing anyone to quickly browse and book last-minute hotel rooms on the fly. "What we've done is condensed the Hotel Tonight experience into the form factor of the watch," H
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Business Insider
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Josh Hamilton's $125 million contract has become a disaster for the Los Angeles Angels Following the 2012 season, the Los Angeles Angels picked up one of the top free agents available when they signed former MVP and five-time All-Star Josh Hamilton to a five-year, $125 million contract. A little over two years later, the contract has become one of the worst in baseball. In his final three seasons with the Texas Rangers, Hamilton hit .313 with a .952 OPS and averaged 33 home runs. M
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Marketing Land - Internet Marketing News, Strategies & Tips
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How Intent Data Leads To Better, More Personalized Marketing Can we ensure that viewers will respond with delight to our display advertising every time? Contributor Alex LePage says no, but argues we're getting close to being relevant at least. The post How Intent Data Leads To Better, More Personalized Marketing appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Business Insider
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Tim Cook has made a fool of anyone that dared to question how he was running Apple (AAPL) Exactly one year ago today, I wrote one of the most poorly timed things I've ever written.  It was the day before Apple reported earnings, and I said, "It's time to consider whether Tim Cook has mismanaged Apple." Analysts were anticipating Apple's revenue growth would only be 1% for the March quarter of 2014. They thought iPhone sales growth would only be 3% for the quarter.  Considerin
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Business Insider
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A horrified mom sparked a major debate after live-tweeting her son's abstinence-heavy sex ed class Professor and author Alice Dreger attended sex education class with her son last week and was not happy with what she saw. Having a large Twitter following already, she live-tweeted the experience and some of what she said was retweeted more than 100 times. (We've embedded all of her tweets at the bottom of the post.) Now, thanks to the attention she brought to the issue, the district will likely
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Lifehacker
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Make Cut Flowers Last Longer with Hairspray Sure, hairspray does a fine job of keeping hair in place, but did you know hairspray can also preserve fresh flowers and keep them from wilting?That’s the tip from this flower infographic from UK online florist Serenata Flowers. In this method, you have to dry the flowers, but the look of your bouquet should last much longer than its typical expiration date. (You can see example results at Rue La
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles
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How a NY Food Cart Is Becoming an International Brick-and-Mortar Chain Back in 1990, Egyptian immigrants Mohamed Abouelenein, Ahmed Elsaka and Abdelbaset Elsayed decided to try their luck at a quintessential New York venture—they opened a hot dog cart. But what they quickly learned was that the city didn’t need more hot dogs. Instead, Muslim cab drivers were urging them to serve halal foods, which adhere to the dietary practices required by Islamic law. Seeing how la
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Business Insider
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I miss the days when I only had to pay once for a video game These days, game companies and developers are monetizing their games to their full potential. It’s not enough to sell a game just once: If you don’t sell extra content, you could be leaving millions of dollars on the table. We’re seeing this kind of upsell everywhere, including big name titles like “Assassin’s Creed: Unity” and most recently “Mortal Kombat X.”  So, why is this happening? Because i
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Business Insider
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The highest-paying entry-level jobs for the class of 2015 If you want to make money right out of school, become a tax attorney. At least, that's the conclusion you can draw looking at the data from personal finance site WalletHub's 2015 analysis of the best and worst entry level jobs. They identified the best and worst of the bunch by comparing 109 different professions based on 11 key metrics — including which jobs pay the most out of the gate. See the
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Business Insider
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We tried Lululemon's 'Anti-Ball Crushing' pants to see if they lived up to their name   Lululemon has become the brand for women's yoga and fitness wear. They're now attempting to break into the male market with their new ABC ('Anti-Ball Crushing') pants. A few BI boys got fitted and put these pants to the test. Produced by Joe Avella and Sam Rega. Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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Reuters
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Turkey wrestles with century-old legacy of Armenian massacres DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - When as a child Nezahat Eleftos discovered a bundle of photographs stashed in a family chest, her grandmother made a confession: some showed her Christian brothers who perished in mass killings in southeast Turkey during World War One.
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs
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Why The Greatest Leadership Tool You've Ever Overlooked Is Gathering Dust on Your Bookshelf Here’s a depressing (yet unsurprising) fact: 42% of all college graduates will never read another book after graduation. Even I have contributed to this epidemic of literary abandonment, and I was an English major.
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs
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A Republican President Could Kill The Cannabis Industry If a conservative Republican were elected President, he could kill the growing cannabis industry.
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs
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Top 5 Sports Law Stories For 2015 (April 22, 2015 Update) Last year was an historic year in sports law, highlighted by the National Labor Relations Board's March 26, 2014 ruling that Northwestern University football players may form a union, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California's August 8, 2014 ruling that the NCAA's restraints on college-athlete pay violated antitrust law.
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs
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REIT Activist Scores Win In Associated Estates $2.5B Sale To Brookfield Land and Buildings, the activist real estate investment trust (REIT) investor run by former Citigroup stock analyst Jonathan Litt claimed a major victory on Wednesday in Associated Estates Realty Corporation's $2.5 billion sale to industry giant Brookfield Asset Management.
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BBC News - World
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VIDEO: Yemenis desperate for end to violence Saudi Arabia accuse Iran of using the conflict and backing the Houthi rebels to create a pro-Shia 'Yemeni Hezbollah'.
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BBC News - World
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Trains 'had to queue' at Auschwitz So many trains full of Jews used to arrive at Auschwitz that often two would have to wait while people from the first were "processed", a former Nazi SS guard says at his trial.
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PSFK
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The NBA is Using Projection Mapping to Wow Crowds Pre-Game In a collaboration with The Famous Group and Benchmark Productions, the floor of the Staples Center dropped away suddenly, replacing itself with a gigantic ball-pit right under the feet of the totally unfazed players. I attended the Clippers vs. Nuggets game last week and was privy to one of the coolest pre-game intro sequences to any sporting event. It was gaudy, disorienting, and utterly insane
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Psychology Today
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Making Our Mark Imagine if change were as simple as having people contemplate the mark they want to leave on the world.
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Psychology Today
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Dying, Demented, and Alone Once upon a time in American medicine, you could usually rely on the presence of a spouse, family member, or friend to help make decisions for patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease. That is likely no longer going to be the case. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released a startling fact about a changing America: most people are single.
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The Economic Times
State Street lags with financial advisers as mkt share slips State Street, which lost its long-time No. 2 spot among ETF providers in the first quarter to Vanguard Group, does less than its competitors in giving them the data.
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The Economic Times
Gitanjali Gems shares soar over 9% on biz restructuring Shares of Gitanjali Gems today surged over 9 per cent after the company announced major restructuring of its business to create better synergy within group companies.
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The Economic Times
Total confirms eyeing 20 per cent stake sale in Laggan Tormore Total confirmed it was considering selling a 20 percent stake in the Laggan Tormore project in the North Sea but said it would not reduce its position further.
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The Economic Times
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Yokohama offers to make Kakinada smart city: AP govt Japan's Yokohama City Council has come forward to collaborate with Andhra Pradesh to develop Kakinada district headquarters into a smart city.
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The Economic Times
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Exports likely to remain below $300 bn in FY16: FIEO India's exports in the current fiscal will fall further and are unlikely to touch even the $300-billion mark on account of decline in the container volumes at ports and poor order book position, according to exporters' body FIEO.
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The Economic Times
LSE may strike deal with rivals in two years, CEO tells media London Stock Exchange Group , among the world's oldest exchanges, may strike a deal with one of the big four Western exchanges within two years.
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The Economic Times
'Very limited expectations' of Greece deal on Friday: Germany Germany says expectations are low that a eurozone meeting on Friday will yield an agreement with Greece that would allow the immediate release of urgently needed bailout funds.
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The Times of India
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Akhilesh lays foundation stone of Bennett University Senior finance ministry officials sought to calm a tax row on Wednesday, promising foreign investors a favourable environment, but stopped short of scrapping unpopular plans to claim retrospective payments.
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The Times of India
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Kejriwal under attack after farmer’s suicide in full public view at AAP rally Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal came under attack on Wednesday after a farmer committed suicide during his party's rally against the Modi government's Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill.
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Business Insider
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The sad state of inequality in America in 12 charts Hillary Clinton reportedly commented that the US needs a "toppling" of the 1% when she saw a chart of changes in real income during a meeting with economists. Looking beyond just the real incomes of the 1%, several other measures show that inequality in the US has been rising for the last few decades. We put together a dozen charts and maps that show some of the core issues of inequality
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Business Insider
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Floyd Mayweather has $15 million worth of exotic cars that he doesn't drive sitting in his garage Floyd Mayweather Jr. has more money than he knows what to do with. He's the highest-paid athlete in the world, and is expected to pull in well over $100 million when he fights Manny Pacquiao on May 2. Mayweather, who's known to flaunt his wild spending habits, gave ESPN a look inside the garage at his Las Vegas house in an MTV Cribs-like segment with Stephen A. Smith. In the tour, Floyd showed Smi
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Hack a Day
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VCF East X: Amigas And Non-Apple Macs The Amiga 1000, the original Amiga, was introduced in 1985, making this the 30th anniversary of the Commodore Amiga. Of course this needed to be represented at the Vintage Computer Festival, and [Bill Winters] and [Anthony Becker] were more than up to the task: The guys brought with them a representation of nearly every Amiga, and also have a few neat gadgets to plug into these cool little boxes.
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Scientific American Content: Global
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Money Is Driving a Wedge in Teen Health Large study reveals adolescents from low-income families have more physical and psychological issues -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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WIRED
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How to Detect Sneaky NSA ‘Quantum Insert’ Attacks Security researchers with Fox-IT in the Netherlands have found a way to detect Quantum Insert attacks. The post How to Detect Sneaky NSA ‘Quantum Insert’ Attacks appeared first on WIRED.
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WIRED
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What if Your Computer Cared About What Makes You Smile? Smile Suggest is unthreateningly, unambiguously a lark, but what if it didn't have to be? The post What if Your Computer Cared About What Makes You Smile? appeared first on WIRED.
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MakeUseOf
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3 Emotions Caused by the Internet That There Are No Words For Sometimes there’s just no word for a particular idea. Shakespeare knew, in those circumstances, to just make one up – which is why we have words like “assassination”, “cold blooded” and “swagger” today. English regularly borrows words from other languages, especially when there’s no equivalent. For example: the German word “schadenfreude” started popping up a lot in the early 1990’s, thanks to The
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles
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How Customer Service Reps Should Answer The 3 Most Common Questions In spite of the popularity of online shopping, most people still prefer talking to a live customer representative when they have questions or complaints. In fact, in a 2013 study, 61 percent of people cite having a telephone number to call customer service as their most desired method of customer support. Training your customer service team to respond to your customers' needs is imperative to succ
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Small Business Trends
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25 Businesses You Can Start for Less Than $100 Are there really businesses you can start for less than $100? Laurie Davis started the dating website eFlirt.com with $50 and a Twitter account, reports Young, Fabulous and Self-Employed. Her successful enterprise has been profiled by the New York Times, The Washington Post, Good Morning America, and many other media outlets. Starting something online may be an obvious choice, but the variety of
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Business Insider
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In first, gay US chorus to tour Cuba Washington (AFP) - A US gay men's chorus on Wednesday announced a first-of-a-kind tour of Cuba, hoping to highlight the fight for equal rights as the communist island opens up.The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington DC, which has performed in the US capital since 1981, said it would tour Cuba from July 10 to 18 and take part in public events to promote gay rights."As we know from our long history
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Business Insider
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Everyone expects Microsoft to report a weak quarter (MSFT) Microsoft will report quarterly earnings after market close on Thursday and no one is expecting the company to blow it out of the water with huge profits. Analysts on average expect Microsoft to report revenues that increased about 3% to $21.1 billion. But they expect profits to slide to $0.51 from the year-ago $0.68, the biggest drop in profits in years. They project the drop because of a few thi
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Lifehacker
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Google Settings Is a Super Useful Android App You've Probably Ignored Way back in 2013, Google quietly added the “Google Settings” app to Android (not to be confused with Android’s normal “Settings” app). At first it didn’t have much, but over the years, it’s added a ton of useful features, especially for the privacy-conscious. If you haven’t checked it in awhile, it’s worth a second look. Disable a Ton of Activity Tracking in Account History Under Account History,
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HBR.org
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A Brief History of the Ways Companies Compete Since the late nineteenth century, we have seen five distinct movements in the way companies compete. The first was efficiency. This was the original purpose of forming corporations — to facilitate the production of products and services with the least amount of wasted time, materials, and labor.  The attempt to turn business into a science of efficiency, also known as “Taylorism,” marked the hig
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Make:
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MakerBot’s New Tool Converts 2D Sketches to 3D Designs MakerBot snuck a bold feature into the latest version of their PrintShop iOS app: a tool called Shape Maker that transforms photos of 2D designs into 3D printable models. It’s a neat feature, particularly for educators, but it’s also a cogent bid to ease more 3D printer owners from printing others’ designs to creating […] Read more on MAKE The post MakerBot’s New Tool Converts 2D Sketches to 3D De
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Startup Raises $20 Million for Smartphone Windshield Projector Hardware startup Navdy has reportedly raised $20 million to manufacture their eponymous gadget, which projects smartphone alerts directly onto an automobile windshield. “From the way information is presented, the clarity of the image, the flexibility of the gesture recognition to the way Navdy sits on your car’s dashboard, we are obsessing over every […] Read more on MAKE The post Startup Raises $
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Movidius Raises $40M for Augmented Reality Venture Vision processing startup Movidius, which contributed computer vision technology to Google’s Project Tango development kit, announced a $40 million funding round this week, with Summit Bridge Capital leading the surge. “We are entering the Golden Age of accelerated computer vision,” said CEO Remi El-Ouazzane. Movidius’ work on Project Tango, a development kit that […] Read more on MAKE The post Mo
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Business Insider
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Ben Affleck gives heartfelt apology for trying to cover up his slave-owner ancestry Ben Affleck has broken his silence over a controversial decision to leave out an ancestor's history of slave ownership on PBS documentary series, "Finding Your Roots." "I didn't want any television show about my family to include a guy who owned slaves. I was embarrassed," he wrote on Facebook Tuesday. "The very thought left a bad taste in my mouth." Affleck's request
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BBC News - World
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Hatton Garden heist damage revealed Images of the hole drilled by thieves into the vault at a Hatton Garden safe deposit company in central London are released by the Met Police.
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BBC News - World
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Court orders asylum seekers' return The home secretary must return an asylum seeker and her son to the UK just months after ordering their removal, the Court of Appeal rules.
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Marketing Land - Internet Marketing News, Strategies & Tips
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US Digital Ad Spend Hits New $49.5 Billion High In 2014; Mobile & Social See Greatest Growth Search remains the biggest spend overall, with desktop search as the biggest single channel at 38% of spend. The post US Digital Ad Spend Hits New $49.5 Billion High In 2014; Mobile & Social See Greatest Growth appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Make:
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Raspberry Pi E-Paper Display Doubles Kickstarter Goal A Raspberry Pi-compatible e-paper display — the technology used on the Kindle and other e-readers for its low power consumption and ease on the eyes — has nearly doubled its Kickstarter goal of £10,250 by press time, with 17 days left in the campaign. “I wanted something that would just sit […] Read more on MAKE The post Raspberry Pi E-Paper Display Doubles Kickstarter Goal appeared first on Make:
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Business Insider
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Toyota is taking on the hydrogen fuel-cell car haters — including Elon Musk (TSLA, TM) Elon Musk doesn't have a high opinion of the hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered car. Back in 2013, in Germany, he infamously called the technology "so bullshit." He's also referred to fuel-cells as "fool cells."  Toyota, on the other hand, is big on fuel-cells and hydrogen. The automaker is bringing a new vehicle, the Mirai, to market later this year, after revealing the hydrogen-powe
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PSFK
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Cook Perfect Meals With a Smart Stove Knob Meld improves cooking by tracking the temperature of your dish according to what’s optimal for that specific recipe. The technology, currently a Kickstarter campaign, consists of three components: a knob, a clip and an app. The Meld Knob fits on most stoves and takes control of one set of burners. It changes heat levels according to instructions in the app and the temperatures reported by the cli
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PSFK
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Service Lets Travelers Track Bags Like Parcels…Finally SITA’s BagJourney tracks a traveler’s baggage while in transit, and is currently being marketed to airports and their administration as an extra service they can provide to customers. If you’ve sent packages over the past two decades, you’re almost certainly familiar with the parcel tracking services used by UPS, USPS and FedEx to help senders and receivers watch the progress of their packages. A
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WIRED
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Science Is Closing in on Dark Matter, But Beware the Hype The past few weeks have brought a bevy of dark matter announcements. Some of the observations and claims have been genuinely thrilling, but some have been dubious. The post Science Is Closing in on Dark Matter, But Beware the Hype appeared first on WIRED.
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Psychology Today
A New Stress Test for Partnerships Compatibilities are easy. They're the free space on the bingo board of love. The incompatibilities will get you if you don't manage them well. Here's a quick but powerful test for inventorying the incompatibilities.
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The Economic Times
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'India not worried over Pak-China economic corridor' 'India not worried over Pak-China economic corridor'India is not worried over the $46-billion economic corridor between Pakistan and China as an economically strong Pakistan would bring regional stability, India's envoy said.
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The Economic Times
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'Grasping the nettle or nettling the graspers' 'Grasping the nettle or nettling the graspers'"According to our calculations, a deficient monsoon, if it comes true, will shave off 0.50% from our GDP forecast of 7.9% for fiscal 2016," it said.
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The Economic Times
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Govt nod to proposal to try 16-18 year olds as adults Govt nod to proposal to try 16-18 year olds as adultsA proposal to try juveniles in the age group of 16 to 18 years accused of heinous crimes under adult laws was cleared by the government today.
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The Economic Times
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US home sales hit 18-month high; prices accelerate US home resales surged to their highest level in 18 months in March as more homes came on the market, a sign of strength in housing ahead of the spring selling season.
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The Economic Times
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Govt approves Rs 5,150-crore road projects in Haryana, UP and Maharashtra Govt approves Rs 5,150-crore road projects in Haryana, UP and Maharashtra The government today approved three highway projects with a total cost of Rs 5,150 crore in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
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The Economic Times
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Terror in Pakistan poses challenge to China-Pak corridor: Think-tank Terrorism and "internal rebels" specially from Pakistan's restive Balochistan province pose a challenge to the proposed USD 46-billion economic corridor, a state-run think-tank said, days after President Xi Jinping unveiled China's biggest overseas investment.
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The Economic Times
Hazare writes to PM Modi on land ordinance, again Hazare has written to prime minister Narendra Modi holding that even the fresh ordinance issued earlier this month did not fulfil the promises he had made on protecting the farmers' interests.
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The Economic Times
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Nor'wester ravages 12 districts of Bihar, toll rises to 42 At least 42 persons perished in the severe Nor'wester which ravaged 12 districts of Bihar last night, state CM Nitish Kumar today said on his return after an aerial survey.
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The Economic Times
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Jaitapur nuclear project new flash-point between Shiv Sena and BJP Shiv Sena, partner in the ruling coalition, today dubbed the Jaitapur nuclear power project in the coastal Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra as "monster".
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The Economic Times
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Australia sees huge trade opportunities in India Australia said India provides huge trade opportunities and expects the bilateral trade to rise manifold in coming years as it pushed for early conclusion of an economic cooperation pact with New Delhi.
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US man cited for ‘killing’ computer with handgun Police in Colorado have cited a 37-year-old man for carrying his computer into an alley then shooting it eight times with a handgun after what authorities said had been a long battle with the uncooperative machine.
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UVA Dean: Rolling Stone 'damaged my reputation and falsely portrayed the work to which I have dedicated my life' A University of Virginia dean featured in Rolling Stone's retracted feature on sexual assault at UVA has spoken out after months of silence, blasting the article for putting heartless words into her mouth that were not her own. "Using me as the personification of a heartless administration, the Rolling Stone article attacked my life's work," UVA dean of students Nicole Eramo writes in a
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Greek cash seen lasting into June, no EU deal imminent ATHENS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Greece can scrape together enough cash to meet its payment obligations into June, euro zone and Greek officials said on Wednesday, playing down fears of an imminent default as hopes receded of a deal with its creditors to release fresh aid.
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Shots, a Justin Bieber-backed selfie app, just raised $8.5 million Shots, a Justin Bieber-endorsed app that lets users share selfies, has raised $8.5 million in funding from WI Harper Group, Launch Fund, Upfront Ventures, 500 Startups, and Rodney Jerkins. Bieber led Shots' $1.1 million seed round last year. He still uses Shots to share selfies with other celebrities, backstage photos at his shows, and pictures of his dog. He also regularly promotes Shots on his T
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Replace Carbs with Cauliflower to Stick to a Low-Carb or Paleo Diet Many people choose to limit carbs in their diet, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have rice or pizza—well, rice or pizza made from cauliflower.The vegetable is surprisingly versatile, as the Telegraph’s recipe suggestions reveal. In addition to making “rice” pilaf and pizza crust from cauliflower, you can use it in place of a potato in a Spanish tortilla or make spiced cauliflower fritters for a t
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8 Savvy Ways to Promote Your Event Planning Business This excerpt is part of Entrepreneur.com's Second-Quarter Startup Kit which explores the fundamentals of starting up in a wide range of industries.In Start Your Own Event Planning Business, the staff of Entrepreneur Media Inc. and writer Cheryl Kimball explain how you can get started in the event planning industry, whether you want to work part- or full-time planning anything from a first-birthday
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7 Tech Solutions to Rev Up Your PR Efforts Whether you’re an entrepreneur getting ready to launch a new product or a PR professional working with clients to tell their stories to the world, it’s important to take a moment to acknowledge that public relations of today is a far cry from what it was even five years ago.For starters, nothing has changed the PR industry more than technological innovation. This evolution, known as “PRTech,” has
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The US built a secret replica of Iran's nuclear facilities deep in Tennessee's forest to help gain an edge in negotiations The US government built "a secret replica of Iran’s nuclear facilities" deep in the forests of Tennessee to gain an edge in its negotiations with Iran, reports The New York Times. This "Manhattan Project in reverse" is situated on the grounds of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It uses placeholder centrifuges meant to represent Iranian equipment — an assembly that including
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The Upper East Side elite are sending their nannies to a 'boot camp' where they learn how to use Uber A member of a prominent New York City family has created a boot camp for domestic workers whose employers are unsatisfied with their cooking, cleaning and cab-summoning skills. Jill Wilpon, whose husband is banker Lyle Wilpon, worked in executive search and corporate staffing for two decades before starting Chorz, a staffing service for maids and nannies, the New York Post reports. And now, she ha
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Here's everything coming to Netflix in May It's almost May, so you know what that means! Netflix has rolled out its list of new releases to the streaming site.  "Inglorious Basterds," "Legally Blonde," and a group of shows from History, Lifetime, and A&E including "Duck Dynasty" and "Counting Cars" will all be available. We'll continue to update this list throughout the month. Here's what you sho
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Google launches mobile phone network Google announces Project Fi, a mobile network that will piggyback existing services in the US but offer different terms.
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Bangladesh seal Pakistan whitewash Bangladesh thrash Pakistan by eight wickets to complete a 3-0 one-day international series whitewash.
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US plane makes emergency landing A Chicago-bound plane is forced to make an emergency landing in Buffalo, New York, after suffering a "pressurisation problem," officials say.
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Eric Schmidt: Here are the three most important things Google is working on Google's self-driving cars and robots get a lot of press, but the company's real future is in machine learning, the technology that enables computers to get smarter and more personal, says Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. Schmidt's remarks came during a conversation with Box CEO Aaron Levie on stage at BoxDev 2015, the newly-public cloud storage company's developer event in San Francisco.  During the
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