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Business Insider 5
At least 14 Somali, Afghan immigrants killed by train in Macedonia Skopje (AFP) - At least 14 immigrants from Somalia and Afghanistan were killed in central Macedonia when they were hit by an international passenger train, officials said on Friday.The train driver reported seeing several dozen people sitting on or near the track but was unable to stop in time, a local prosecutor said in a statement, adding that the accident took place on Thursday evening. Join th
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Business Insider 14
Turn's CEO Bill Demas is out and sources say the ad-tech company has cash issues Bill Demas, the CEO of demand-side platform (DSP) Turn, is leaving the company amid suggestions that the ad-tech firm has run into financial problems. A senior ad-tech industry source told Business Insider that Turn has run into "cash issues," which led to Demas' departure. A Turn spokeswoman confirmed that Demas will step down as the CEO of the company, once a successor has been named.
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The Times of India 21
Protests in Chennai, Bengaluru for net neutrality Workers of Free Software Foundation Tamil Nadu (FSFT) on Thursday protested for the cause of net neutrality at Edward Elliot's Beach in Chennai.
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India Today | Top Stories 400+
Arun Jaitley says 3 per cent deficit a challenge As per the fiscal consolidation roadmap outlined in 2015-16 Budget, fiscal deficit is to be brought down to 3.9 per cent of GDP in current fiscal, then to 3.5 per cent in 2016-17 and further to 3 per cent by 2017-18.
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The Economic Times 3
Sharif lends support to Saudi territorial integrity Nawaz Sharif has vowed to protect Saudi Arabia's "territorial integrity" and said his country would not remain a bystander.
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The Economic Times 100+
Farmer's suicide: Delhi cops refuse to share details Farmer's suicide: Delhi cops refuse to share details Police have cited legal nitty gritties to defy the DM's request who has been asked by the Delhi government to carry out a magisterial inquiry.
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The Economic Times
India offers support to make SAARC region polio-free The Health Ministers also adopted "Delhi Declaration" on public health challenges' .
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The Economic Times 2
Govt tables GST Bill in Lok Sabha amid protests Jaitley took a stand and said the bill had been already introduced in Lok Sabha on December 19, 2014 and suggested that the house take it up.
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The Economic Times 10
Over 35 lakh tonnes wheat arrives in Haryana mandis Haryana Agro Industries Corporation bought 3.95 lakh tonnes, while Haryana Warehousing Corporation purchased 5.84 lakh tonnes.
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The Economic Times
Post-crisis push was too ambitious: Credit Suisse CEO "In retrospect, for instance, I should have been more cautious about expanding the business early in the post-crisis rebound," Brady said.
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The Economic Times 8
Notices to 68 FIIs to recover Rs 602 cr tax on MAT | CBDT to settle claims within a month Notices to 68 FIIs to recover Rs 602 cr tax on MAT | CBDT to settle claims within a monthAccording to experts, foreign investors paying capital gains tax in their home nations will not be subject to the 20% minimum alternate tax in India.
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The Economic Times
China denies exodus of bureaucrats amid anti-graft drive China has about 10 million civil servants arranged in a strict hierarchy who are overseen by the ruling Communist Party
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The Economic Times 2
NGT lashes out at Rajasthan govt over illegal mining The green panel has asked the state government to file its report by May 18, the next day of hearing.
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Small Business Trends 21
3 New Google Reports Help You Build Your Mobile Following With all the talk of mobile lately and the importance of a mobile presence, many small businesses have started developing apps and getting involved in the app market. Having an app for your company is a great way to help your customers/clients use your services while on the go, and it helps give you another outlet to connect with them and gather data. With a few app optimization techniques and a
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Reuters 200+
Tunisian accused in migrant boat disaster appears in Italian court CATANIA, Italy (Reuters) - The presumed captain of a migrant boat that sank off Libya with the loss of more than 700 lives appeared before an Italian judge on Friday after prosecutors asked that he be charged with homicide and people-trafficking.
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BBC News - World 100+
Australia risks Anzac Day fatigue Australia risks Anzac Day commemorations fatigue
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BBC News - World 67
In pictures: Sony World Photography Awards 2015 Ebola, Molotov cocktails and prom night
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BBC News - World 48
VIDEO: Video shows US school stage collapse A stage at a school in Indiana, US, has collapsed during a musical performance, injuring dozens of people.
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BBC News - World 100+
Migrants killed on Macedonia railway Police in Macedonia say at least 14 migrants were killed by an express train as they followed a well-trodden route to western Europe.
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BBC News - World 100+
Chile town blanketed in volcanic ash Residents and emergency workers in southern Chile clear ash that has rained down on towns near the Calbuco volcano.
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BBC News - World 68
VIDEO: Key moments from Armenia ceremony Commemorations are under way in Armenia to mark the centenary of the start of killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks.
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BBC News - World 35
Artist's assistant jailed for theft A former assistant to US artist Jasper Johns has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after admitting he stole artworks from Johns' Connecticut studio.
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BBC News - World 100+
'Big, big problems' for Greek deal Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselboem warns that "big, big problems" need to be solved before any Greece debt deal can be agreed.
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES 4
How about buying a share in your brokerage? The strong performance by the domestic stock market has attracted lot of investors; thereby creating volume build up for the stock broking companies and improving profitability thereon.
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES 2
Arun Jaitley moves GST Bill for Lok Sabha debate Arun Jaitley took the stand that he had already introduced it in Lok Sabha on Dec 19, 2014 and suggested that the house take it up for discussion and its eventual passage.
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES 4
Infosys stock falls 6% after Q4 earnings lag estimates The stock closed at Rs 1,996.25 on the BSE, down 5.95 per cent from the previous close. The company posted a 3.5 per cent rise in quarterly net profit, lagging analyst estimates.
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Online Marketing Blog - TopRank® 60
Online Marketing News: Facebook Says Hello, Twitter Gets More Direct, Google Gets Mobile-Friendly The Periodic Table of Social Media - There’s a science to social media. From content and metrics to terminology, here’s a fun way to test and verify your social marketing experiments. Direct Marketing News New Direct Messaging Comes To Twitter - With today’s changes, the ice cream shop can opt to receive Direct Messages from anyone; so you can privately send your appreciation for the salted caram
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MediaNama: Digital Media in India 3
Funding roundup: Phone Warrior, FindYahaan, Happay and Coverfox Phone Warrior raises $450k from Lightspeed Venture Mobile app Phone Warrior has raised around $450k in a round of pre-series A funding from existing investor... .
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The Times of India 35
Infosys Q4 net up 3.5% at Rs 3,097 crore Infosys, India's second-largest IT services exporter, on Friday reported Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs 3,097 crore for the fourth quarter of FY15, versus Rs 3,250 QoQ.
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The Times of India 4K
Farmer's suicide: AAP's Ashutosh cries on TV AAP leader Ashutosh on Friday broke into tears while talking to deceased farmer Gajendra Singh's daughter during a panel discussion on a news channel.
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The Economic Times 500+
Infosys net profit down 4.6%; acquires Kallidus for $120 mn Infosys net profit down 4.6%; acquires Kallidus for $120 mnFor financial year ending March 2016, Infy projected revenue growth in range of 6.2%-8.2% in dollar terms & 10-12% in constant currency.
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The Economic Times 1
Bombay HC recuses itself from hearing petition in Adarsh scam The Bombay HC today recused itself from hearing a petition seeking a direction to CBI to produce evidence during its probe into the Adarsh Housing scam.
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The Economic Times 12
Bank of Piraeus to wipe debts of poorest clients The Bank of Piraeus decided to write off or restructure debts in response to the "humanitarian crisis" through which its poorest clients were living.
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The Economic Times 9
Gajendra Singh's family rejects Kejriwal's apology Rajendra Rathore who reached the native village of the deceased farmer, handed over a cheque of Rs 4 lakh to the family on behalf of BJP.
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The Economic Times 98
Infosys to buy Kallidus Inc for $120 million Kallidus, which operates under the brand name Skava is headquartered in San Franscisco, with offices in Atlanta, New York, London and Coimbatore.
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The Economic Times 4
Infosys doubles down on startups; announces incubator, invests in Airviz The company also announced that it will invest $2 mn in Airviz, a personal air quality monitoring startup from the Carnegie Mellon University.
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The Economic Times 1
China targets gambling hub of Macau in crackdown on graft These developments are in contrast to last year, when, according to Macau's Commission Against Corruption, no high-profile officials were questioned.
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Business Insider 16
Apple has released three new ads to tempt you to buy the Apple Watch (AAPL) After months of waiting, Apple's debut smartwatch is finally here. The Cupertino company has eschewed its usual bombastic launches in favour of a pre-order system that has produced excellent sales, but also widespread confusion among customers about the availability of the device. Retail chief Angela Ahrendts acknowledged in a leaked video that staff have been "bombarded with questions"
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 43
5 Businesses on the Brink of an IPO When peer-to-peer marketplace Etsy, party-supply retailer Party City and electronic-trading firm Virtu Financial all made splashy debuts on the stock-market last Thursday, the offerings seemed to reignite a relatively tepid IPO market.And subsequent offerings could be imminent. Thirty-eight total companies have currently filed with the SEC, according to data compiled by research firm PitchBook --
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MediaNama: Digital Media in India 5
Google revenues at $17.3Bn for Q1 2015; Paid clicks up 13% while CPC dips 7% Google has reported consolidated revenues of $17.3 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, registering a 12% increase from$15.4 billion in the same quarter... .
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Business Insider 14
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. There's a "disturbing" transparency issue plaguing the advertising industry. Yet the major ad agencies deny there's a problem. 2. Turn's CEO Bill Demas is out. Sources say the ad-tech company has cash issues. 3. Google paid its new chief business officer $130 million to come off the bench last year. Om
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Fast Company 62
Growing Pains: Can Seattle Become A Marijuana Tourism Mecca? When recreational cannabis consumption was legalized last year, pot tourists began streaming into Seattle. That's when things got sticky.When Washington state legalized recreational marijuana use last July, Seattle's tourism industry saw a new opportunity. Could Seattle become a hub for pot tourism, with eager visitors piling into local hotels and Airbnbs for an opportunity to try some of that fam
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Fast Company 35
What NOT to Do When You Work For a Jerk Sometimes the key to dealing with a bad boss is remembering what you shouldn't do when you're under fire.At some point, every working person has to deal with it: having a jerk for a boss. Whether it's the micromanager who continually targets his minions when something isn't being done exactly to specifications or the moody, know-it-all who lashes out in unprofessional ways, most of us can point to
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Inc.com 15
There's Big Money Out There-If You Don't Need It When it comes to billion-dollar startups, late-stage investors may to be chasing PR rather than returns.
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Inc.com 44
3 Tests to See If Your New Business Model Might Rock It isn't enough to be different. You need to be different in one of the right ways.
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES 2
Over 2,000 firms still don't have woman director on board Sebi had issued guidelines in February 2014 asking companies to appoint at least one woman director on their boards by October 1, 2014 which was later relaxed to April 1, 2015.
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES 4
Gold recovers on wedding season demand, global cues Traders said fresh buying by jewellers to meet wedding season demand and a firming trend at global markets mainly led to the recovery in gold prices.
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES 2
Reliance Group inks strategic alliance pact with Samsung Both Samsung Asset Management Co and its counterpart in the Reliance Group will explore areas for developing, managing, marketing and distributing each other's products in India and Korea.
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES 18
I-T to rule on MAT claims for tax treaty investors within a month Foreign investors in India have previously paid 15 per cent on short-term listed equity gains, 5 per cent on gains from bonds, and nothing on long-term gains.
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The Economic Times 2
Infosys arrests attrition at 13.4%; continues to promote design thinking Quarterly annualized attrition rates stood at 21.3% at the end of the December quarter, and were as high as 23.4% at the end of its first quarter.
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The Economic Times 52
Icertis spins out cloud solutions business into CloudMoyo CloudMoyo is a ‘born in the Microsoft cloud’ company, headquartered in Bellevue, WA with an innovation center in Pune, India.
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The Economic Times 4
SAP finishes 3rd round of sabbatical programme in India The Social Sabbatical is an initiative for social engagement and leadership development for SAP’s top talent.
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The Economic Times 4
Apple aims to ship 20 mn watches in 2015: Sources Apple usually works with three or more suppliers of tiny components like circuits in order to ensure stable supply if demand should spike, the supply-chain sources said.
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The Economic Times
Over 12,000 foreign defence personnel trained by India: Parrikar Parrikar added that a total of 65 friendly foreign countries have attended training in India during last three years.
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The Economic Times 1
Congress asks Centre to stop TRAI move Leading the protest, Congress' Delhi unit chief Ajay Maken alleged that the Centre was trying to empower corporates and telecom companies.
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The Economic Times 500+
Over Rs 1k-cr lying unclaimed in post offices: Prasad Department of Posts had submitted an application to the RBI on January 30, 2015 seeking licence for setting up Post Bank of India.
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The Economic Times 1
Strong sales boost Renault shares as tensions with France simmer Exane BNP Paribas analysts said the first-quarter sales were about 9 percent above the consensus forecast.
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The Economic Times 1K
Add 'third gender' column in all forms: RBI to banks Add 'third gender' column in all forms: RBI to banksThe SC had upheld transgender persons' right to decide their self- identified gender and directed the centre & state govts to grant legal recognition.
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The Economic Times 1
MIM's performance in civic polls "a matter of concern": Shiv Sena The MIM also captured Dalit votes, with five of the 13 Schedule Caste candidates it fielded winning the elections.
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HubSpot 46
How Celebrities Market Themselves: Inside Jordin Sparks' Rebranding Campaign Musical artists don't become famous just because their music is good. (Just watch Katy Perry's lip-sync malfunction at the NRJ Music Awards and you'll see my point.) Believe it or not, pop stars have to market themselves just like we have to market our businesses. And often, artists will hire entire marketing teams to do this, especially those trying to build their brand or rebrand entirely. Thes
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MediaNama: Digital Media in India 6
Made for India: report says Skype looking at application for low speed networks Microsoft’s internet telephony and video service Skype is planning to roll out a new application specifically designed to operate in India’s low speed 2G and... .
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 25
Getting a Merchant Cash Advance Is Easy But Repayment Can Be Onerous A Merchant Cash Advance is a short-term advance of funds against a business’s receivables. To pay it back, a fixed debit, or in the case of some companies, a percentage, is taken directly off each sale daily or weekly. The Merchant Cash Advance business is a whole new industry that is booming, mainly because bank lending criteria have become so tight since the Great Recession that very few small b
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TrendHunter.com
Unisex Bath Products - Purearth Boasts Minimalist Branding that Will Appeal to All Genders (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Purearth embraces unisex bath products that are great not only for individuals, but couples and family homes as well. After all, littering the washroom with various essentials can be an eyesore. It...
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BBC News - World 1K
Deadly capsize 'captain' in court A Tunisian man appears in a court in Italy accused of captaining a boat that capsized off Libya with the loss of more than 700 lives.
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Business Insider 200+
The coolest thing in the Apple Watch box — aside from the watch — is the plug (AAPL) Apple Watches are starting to arrive around the world today, and one of the coolest things in the box isn't just the watch itself, but the fancy folding plug. British plugs have three pins, which usually stick out of the plug. But Apple has decided to shake that up a bit by creating a folding plug which sits flat in the box, but is spring-loaded. Here's a Vine showing Apple's fancy new plug:
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES 5
Infosys sees FY16 income rising as much as 12% Bangalore-based Infosys has in recent years struggled to innovate and retain market share due to a staff exodus that impacted its ability to win lucrative deals.
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Business Insider 3K
There's a wild Easter egg hidden in Google Maps that insults Apple in the most childishly inappropriate way (GOOG, APPL) Rawalpindi is a vibrant Pakistani city known for its bazaars, ancient ruins, and array of religious shrines. But if you pay it a visit on Google Maps, you're going to notice something very unusual on the outskirts of the city — the Android "droid" mascot urinating on the Apple logo. Here's a screenshot. And if you don't believe us, just click here and see for yourself. The bizarre addit
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Reuters 49
Killing of U.S. al Qaeda media frontman seen as big blow for militants ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The killing of an American who directed al Qaeda's media campaign from his Pakistani hideout is likely to be a big blow for the militants, especially as they wage a propaganda war with Islamic State.
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PSFK 7
7 Stories You Need to Know Today PSFK Editors aggregate top news stories from around the web. Say cute-poop-emoji to the written word as iconography further takes over our systems of communication (Hopes and Fears) How much of your day-to-day information are you willing to give out to track the health of your “little swimmers”? Find out with the new Glow fertility app update (DailyDot) Artifical Intelligence might be on the verg
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PSFK 20
Plastic Caps Connect with LEGO to Save the Planet Consider the lowly water bottle cap. Every year people untwist and discard billions of these plastic tops, generating enormous amounts of waste to be dumped, recycled, or left littering the ground. Every year money and energy are spent collecting, transporting, processing and remanufacturing the recycled caps alone. But Brazilian company Clever Pack has developed an innovative new twist on the pl
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Business Insider 5
Barca v Bayern, Juventus v Real Madrid in Champions League semis Paris (AFP) - Barcelona will face Bayern Munich and Juventus will take on holders Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League after the draw was made on Friday.The draw throws up the tantalising prospect of seeing former Barcelona player and coach Pep Guardiola return to face his former club with his current charges Bayern, with the first leg to be played at the Camp Nou.The sides met i
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Business Insider 100+
Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis accused of being 'a time-waster, a gambler, and an amateur' Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis was today accused of being a "time-waster, a gambler, and an amateur" by a participant of the Eurogroup meeting on Greece's reform proposals taking place in the Latvian capital, Riga. The comments, reported by Bloomberg, show just how wide the divide between European finance ministers remains as negotiations over providing then next tranche of bail
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The Times of India 500+
Apple to ship more than 20m smartwatches in 2015 Apple Inc aims to ship at least 20 million Apple Watches this year, well above many analysts' forecasts, according to supply chain sources.
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The Times of India 7
Wishes galore on social media as Sachin turns 42 Birthday wishes of current and former colleagues poured in on social media as India's iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar turned 42 on Friday.
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Reuters 100+
As Yemen bombing subsides, Saudi may struggle with peacemaker role DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has bombed Yemen for four weeks but may be little closer to imposing influence in its war-torn neighbor.
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The Economic Times
Greece offers some concessions as 'tired' creditors urge progress Merkel said "everything must be undertaken to prevent" Athens running out of cash, underlining Germany's determination to keep Greece in the euro zone.
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The Economic Times 1
MHA to shift Army attack case to NIA The army convoy was on its way to Longding district in Arunachal Pradesh from an army base in Assam's Tinsukia distric when it came under attack in Toip area in Tirap district.
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The Economic Times 2
Fruit, vegetable production rate set to decline in 2014-15 India's share in global horticulture during the years 2011-12 to 2013-14 has been increasing, and its production is estimated to rise by 2.1% during 2014-15.
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The Economic Times
Seven EU nations cleared to give utilities free CO2 permits: Commission The European Commision in an update on its website, cleared the most free permits for Poland, with 53 million, followed by Czech Republic with 22 million.
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The Economic Times
'Complaints of over-billing, unsatisfactory services at CGHS He said that the funds released under the scheme for establishment of VRDLs during 2013-14 are Rs 34 crores and Rs 30 crores respectively.
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The Economic Times
No mobile coverage in about 55,669 villages so far, says Telecom Minister Even after 20 years of launch of mobile services in the country, around 55,669 villages do not have mobile coverage till now.
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The Economic Times
Maha reported 257 farmer suicides in Jan-Mar: Govt Agriculture is a state subject, Kundaria said, adding that state governments take necessary measures for development of farm sector and welfare of farmers.
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The Economic Times 1
Govt ordered SFIO probe in 139 cases: Arun Jaitley The cases for alleged frauds also cover the current fiscal until April 20, Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley said in a written reply to LS.
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The Economic Times 400+
Govt unveils online return facility in bid to improve ease of doing biz Govt unveils online return facility in bid to improve ease of doing bizRegistered firms will now be able to file online a single return under the eight central labour laws through the Shram Suvidha portal.
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Hack a Day 23
Hackaday visits Toronto, Canada Canada! Just in time for Spring to hit. I went to Toronto to speak at FITC, an arts and technology conference, co-host a Hackaday meetup with HackLab TO, visit the DigiPlaySpace at TIFF, and to check out Globacore’s new digs. FITC is a conference which celebrates the creativity in technology. Pictured above is Diorama Rama designed by [Christopher Lewis] and [Creative Technologists of Toronto] and
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 42
Follow This 5-Step Process to Create Your Own Free Press Mark Cuban listed Never Hire A PR Company as one of his commandments for startups, yet one of the most common entrepreneur complaints to VCs is; “I need money to hire a PR agency in order to get eyes on my product and boost sales.” It's a vicious circle.What's an entrepreneur to do? Create your own press.The reality is that editorial pieces written and pitched to the press by you will be far more
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NextBigWhat 6
Internet Enabled Smartphones In India To Reach 435 Million; App Downloads 9 Bn By 2019 [Report] The year 2014 saw India’s breakthrough in the digital world; topped as the world’s fastest growing smartphone market. Towards the end of 2014, India had around 116 million internet enabled smartphones and the number is expected to have a breakneck growth to reach 435 Million smartphones by 2019. The advertisement industry witnessed a significant growth with the ecommerce players cutting out a majo
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BBC News - World 2K
Native Americans quit Sandler set Several Native American actors walk off the set of an Adam Sandler comedy, claiming the film is "totally disrespectful" of Apache culture.
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BBC News - World 400+
Johnson free to play for Sunderland Sunderland say Adam Johnson can continue to play for the club after he was charged with under-age sexual activity offences.
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BBC News - World 3K
Vatican link in 'al-Qaeda' arrests Suspected extremists being investigated in Italy over links to al-Qaeda may have been planning an attack on the Vatican in 2010, prosecutors say.
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BBC News - World 100+
Grey's 'McDreamy' in dramatic exit Patrick Dempsey's character Dr Derek Shepherd, known as McDreamy, makes a surprise exit from US medical drama Grey's Anatomy.
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BBC News - World 200+
UN workers kidnapped in DR Congo Three people working to remove mines for the UN peacekeepers in DR Congo are kidnapped in an area close to the Rwandan border.
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES 33
Fruit, veg production rate set to decline in 2014-15 Minister of State for Agricutlure Sanjeev Kumar Balyan said due to drought in several parts of the country, the growth rate in the segment "will remain at 2.1 per cent", as against 3.2 per cent in 2013-14.
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES 3
EPFO gets govt nod to invest 5% corpus in stock markets "We will invest 5 per cent of the investible funds of EPFO into the ETF. The new investment pattern has been notified about two-three days ago," Labour Secretary Shankar Aggarwal said.
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YourStory.com 200+
India drops to 117th rank in the world happiness report. Time for entrepreneurs to build happiness? According to a UN report, India ranks 117th in happiness. It ranks below nations like Pakistan (81), Palestine (108), Bangladesh (109), Ukraine (111) and Iraq (112). India’s rank has dropped six notches from the 2013 report, when it was on the 111th spot. Being evident that India has not fared well in a global ranking of the happiest nations, it is time for Indian entrepreneurs and innovators to w
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WIRED 74
Finally: A Rolls-Royce for Fancy People Rolls-Royce has built 25 Phantom Limelight motor cars for the richest and famousest of the rich and famous. The post Finally: A Rolls-Royce for Fancy People appeared first on WIRED.
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WIRED 100+
An Ode to the Lost World of the Film Projection Booth One theater owner gave Taylor Umphenour permission to shoot what is now a relic: the 35mm projection booth. The post An Ode to the Lost World of the Film Projection Booth appeared first on WIRED.
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WIRED 86
Crowdfunded Science Is Here. But Is It Legit Science? More and more scientists are turning to crowdfunding to get money to run their experiments. The post Crowdfunded Science Is Here. But Is It Legit Science? appeared first on WIRED.
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WIRED 1K
Write the Perfect Email to Anyone With This Creepy Site Crystal is definitely creepy, perhaps useful, and almost certainly a look at how we'll communicate in the future. The post Write the Perfect Email to Anyone With This Creepy Site appeared first on WIRED.
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homepage 11
RBI’s misplaced priorities? It’s time to overhaul the entire priority sector concept and not fine-tune it, which RBI has done
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs 39
How Ironic: America's Rent-Controlled Cities Are Its Least Affordable The handful of major U.S. cities with rent control are also the most expensive. A closer look shows that this is no accident.
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PSFK 8
Wearable Device Helps People With Vision Loss Navigate Obstacles A partnership between Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Schepens Eye Research Institute has developed a device to assist those with damaged peripheral vision. The device is a pocket-sized, wearable collision detection device that works like the backing up alarm in newer-model cars. It reacts to objects that are getting nearer to the user, whether that’s because the user is approaching the object, or
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PSFK 7
I Created Meals Using a Cognitive Computer with Mixed Results Last Friday, we were fortunate to have Jonas Nwuke from IBM Watson at PSFK 2015 to talk about cognitive computing and the future of artificial intelligence. Ahead of the conference, Jonas was kind enough to give us beta access to Chef Watson, a cognitive cooking platform developed in partnership with Bon Appétit, in order to help us create a few Watson original recipes. As one of the few New York
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India Today | Top Stories 400+
AAP's Ashutosh breaks down on TV, Gajendra's family not moved "If he had only taken out two minutes of time that day, the tragedy would not have happened," Gajendra's younger brother Devendra Singh said.
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The Economic Times 400+
Govt eases biz, companies can now file single return for 8 labour laws online Govt eases biz, companies can now file single return for 8 labour laws onlineRegistered firms will now be able to file online a single return under the eight central labour laws through the Shram Suvidha portal.
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The Economic Times 3
BJP showing different faces at center and state on Gorkhaland As expected, the move has made Gorkha Janamukti Morcha, overwhelmed. “It proves how strongly BJP at topmost level supports our Gorkhaland dream.
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The Economic Times 11
Botched strike highlights dangers of US drone war: Pak Islamabad said it was shocked and saddened by the incident and offered sympathy to the families.
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The Economic Times 5
Offer for Nokia's Chennai plant very little, IT dept tells Delhi HC The IT department told the Delhi HC that the amount offered by an "arm's length buyer" for Nokia India's Chennai mobile making plant is "very little".
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The Economic Times 1
China to bring in tougher food safety regulations A number of major firms including Wal-Mart Stores Inc , McDonald's Corp and KFC parent Yum Brands have been hit by food safety scandals in China.
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The Economic Times 300+
Banks, states asked to help farmers: Jayant Sinha Banks, states asked to help farmers: Jayant SinhaMoS for Finance Jayant Sinha said that the Reserve Bank has also issued necessary guidelines to banks to provide relief to the crisis-ridden farmers.
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The Economic Times 1
Rajapaksa fears prosecution of entire family by new Lankan govt Former Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa expressed fears that the new government led by Maithripala Sirisena might end up prosecuting his entire family.
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The Economic Times 4
Government may extend DBT to some other schemes Arun Jaitley also emphasised that subsidies on commodities like food and fertiliser will be continued to support the weaker sections of the society.
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The Economic Times 5
Madhya Pradesh tops certified organic farm area list Every farmer will be provided Rs 20,000 per acre in three years for seed to harvesting of crops and transporting produce to the market.
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Business Insider 33
My Apple Watch just arrived — here's what it's like to take it out of the box (AAPL) Apple Watches are starting to be delivered today for people around the world who ordered them. Initial orders for the device were online-only — you couldn't walk into an Apple Store and buy one. Here's what it looks like to open up an Apple Watch box: It arrives in a heavy, rectangular box. It doesn't say Apple on the side. But here's a clue: It has the same neat tear-off strip as other Apple box
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10 things you need to know before the opening bell (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ, GOOG, SBUX, HSBC, MSFT, AMZN) Here is what you need to know. The Nasdaq finished Thursday's session at an all-time high. The tech-heavy index closed at 5,056.06, eclipsing its March 2000 peak. Back then, it Euro-area finance ministers are becoming increasingly frustrated with Greece. The troubled country's self-imposed deadline to secure bailout funding is Friday, and there is still no deal. According to a source cited b
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How Sugar Is Sabotaging Your Success as an Entrepreneur Successful entrepreneurs know that a disciplined and dedicated work ethic is critical to building their businesses. It takes commitment to set goals, meet deadlines and learn quickly from our mistakes, but too many of us are pulling the rug out from under ourselves every single day by the dietary choices we make. We work long, hard hours, and, if we’re not careful, we find ourselves taking shortcu
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WordPress 4.2 Now Available, Speeds Up Publishing & Sharing Latest version includes updates to Press This, streamlined plugin updates and more. The post WordPress 4.2 Now Available, Speeds Up Publishing & Sharing appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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The Apple Watch Has Landed, YouTube Celebrates Turning 10, & More… [Tech News Digest] Apple Watch arrives, YouTube turns 10, Twitter launches Highlights, Snapchat suffers bug, Telltale loves Marvel, and Downton Abbey is better with lightsabers. The Apple Watch Launches Today Today is the day a certain section of society have been waiting for for many months. Yes, it’s Apple Watch launch day. Apple first announced its Watch in September 2014, before fully unveiling it in March 2015.
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Adobe gives all of its employees a $1,000 gift card with basically no strings attached (ADBE) KickStart is a little-known initiative Adobe, the creative technologies company, offers its employees. The company has dished out thousands of red boxes to its employees. Inside is a candy bar, Starbucks gift card, and a debit MasterCard pre-loaded with $1,000. Adobe says this is all you need to kickstart an innovation idea: It could be an app, or an enhancement to an existing Adobe product that m
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7 SEO Tactics that Sound Smart but are Actually Dumb by @neilpatel We’re in an era of SEO in which there is far less wiggle room for tactics and techniques. Here are some SEO mistakes you need to avoid.The post 7 SEO Tactics that Sound Smart but are Actually Dumb by @neilpatel appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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'Over 100' children killed in Yemen At least 115 children have been killed in a month of fighting and air strikes in Yemen, UN children's agency Unicef says.
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'Al-Shabab' kills Kenyan chief Suspected al-Shabab militants have abducted and killed a traditional chief in northern Kenya, according to a local elder.
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Calculate Your Overall Savings Rate to Measure Your Financial Health When it comes to planning your financial future, it’s common to look at how much your investments are making or employer matching benefits. One number can give you a birds-eye view on your overall situation: your personal savings rate.Simply put, your personal savings rate is the percentage of your income that gets put towards your savings/investments and not spent. Calculating your savings rate c
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Why Infosys should stay the course: Challenging present, promising future Lower attrition, higher dividends, an acquisition and a bonus issue has failed to assuage investors. But CEO Vishal Sikka should focus on an 18-24 month strategy.
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NetSuite Expands Omnichannel Commerce Platform With Bronto Software Acquisition $200 million deal announced Thursday, expected to close in Q2 this year. The post NetSuite Expands Omnichannel Commerce Platform With Bronto Software Acquisition appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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With Hello, Facebook adds caller ID feature to its app basket The app available on Android has a caller ID feature that can match phone numbers of incoming and outgoing calls to Facebook profiles
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PSFK Conference 2015: Updates on NY’s Underground Eden The abandoned Williamsburg Trolley Tunnel, near New York’s J/M/Z Essex Street subway station, has remained unused since 1948, when New York City’s last trolley systems were dismantled. With the success of New York’s High Line park, Dan Barasch had an idea for creating green space in New York’s increasingly crowded conditions: the Lowline. A speaker at the PSFK CONFERENCE 2013, he made a return vi
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BSNL announces free nightly calls. Cool story bro. Can we fix the sorry broadband service too? I remember getting unlimited night calls packs on my mobile when I first got a mobile over a decade ago (yes, I was young then... .
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Al-Qaida 'may have targeted Vatican': Police Terrorism suspects under investigation in Italy may have been planning an attack against the Vatican, one of the prosecutors leading the probe said on Friday.
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HSBC reviews moving HQ out of Britain Europe's biggest bank HSBC is considering moving its headquarters here out of Britain following "regulatory and structural reforms" imposed after the 2008 financial crisis.
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Most miserable countries in the world revealed The reasons behind Togo's position at the bottom of the ladder perhaps starts at the highest level, with a government frequently accused of human rights abuses and corruption.
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Rajya Sabha passes transgenders rights bill, a first in 45 years The Bill wants the government to take steps to bring the transgender community, facing social stigma and ostracism, into the mainstream.
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Brand vs. Non-Brand: Measurement Is Key As search professionals, we all know that measuring our campaigns is the first key to developing a strong and competitive presence in search. However, there should be a difference in how you measure top line performance for your brand vs. your non-brand search efforts.
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Notices to FIIs to recover Rs 602 cr towards MAT Notices to FIIs to recover Rs 602 cr towards MATAccording to experts, foreign investors paying capital gains tax in their home nations will not be subject to the 20% minimum alternate tax in India.
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Govt unveils online return facility to ease biz norms Registered firms will now be able to file online a single return under the eight central labour laws through the Shram Suvidha portal.
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Bihar storm: Rajnath Singh conducts aerial survey "The Centre is fully behind the state government in this hour of crisis. We will provide all necessary help to the state govt," Singh said.
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Blog: How PM, Rahul Gandhi are striking a balance Blog: How PM, Rahul Gandhi are striking a balance
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'Distress, drought not only factors behind farmers' suicides' Rural Development Minister Birender Singh said Gajendra Singh, did not take the extreme step to protest the controversial Land Bill.
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Review: Asus ZenBook UX305 The sleek and shiny Asus ZenBook UX305 goes for a mere $700, and it performs far better than you'd expect at that price. The post Review: Asus ZenBook UX305 appeared first on WIRED.
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This is the only US store selling the Apple Watch right now Friday is the day the Apple Watch officially launches, but only one store in the US is selling them to customers who haven't placed a pre-order. And it's not even an Apple Store — it's a fashion boutique in West Hollywood, California. The Los Angeles Times reports that people began lining up outside the Maxfield store on Melrose Avenue on Thursday afternoon, but photos on Twitter show that the mas
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Smart shopping list tells users when wanted items are nearby Add / Remove Smart brands are quickly moving beyond simple e-commerce, using omni-channel retail to maximize their sales and customer relations. Now, from Australia, Booodl is a smart shopping list which helps consumers get the most out of their physical shopping trips by connecting the online and offline worlds. Booodl is a smartphone app that notifies consumers when they come in close proximit
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It Turns Out Business Really is an Art It just wouldn’t be right to have a month without a graph cartoon, so here’s another take on this staple. This one came about after reading a review of an art exhibit nearby where, I kid you not, the phrase “transformative piece touching on themes of joy, desire, and loss” was used. Well, if you’re a cartoonist that’s catnip, so this idea popped right out. This article, "It Turns Out Busines
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Infosys acquires US-based Kallidus for $120 million This is Vishal Sikka's second acquisition in three months Read more
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Download the Right Productivity App Every Time with This Simple System There’s an irony between how much time we spend waste trying out new productivity apps, and how much time and effort those apps actually save us. Here’s a simple system to ensure you only adopt productivity apps that actually contribute to your productivity. When it comes to downloading productivity apps, the sole concern should always be: “Is this app actually going to aid my productivity?” Not “
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The executive producer who helped reinvent Top Gear has quit Another one bites the dust. Top Gear's executive producer has quit the motoring show following the termination of frontman Jeremy Clarkson's contract with the BBC last month. Andy Wilman, who is an old friend of Clarkson and was responsible for reinvigorating the now widely successful show in 2002, had previously denied he was leaving the production team after he sent an email to the Top Gear crew
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This is the first thing you'll want to do when using an Apple Watch (AAPL) People around the world are starting to unpack their Apple Watch today — and it takes a lot of getting used to. I've been using the Apple Watch for a few hours, and after 40 minutes the constant notifications started to annoy me. The problem is that no matter what apps you have installed on your watch, the default setting is to mirror all of the notifications from your phone. That means that you'l
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Internet roundup: Cleartrip’s Apple watch app and eBay’s ad deal with Zirca Digital Cleartrip launches application for the Apple Watch Online travel booking company Cleartrip has introduced a new application for the Apple Watch, the company’s blog... .
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This Infographic Teaches You How to Grow Dozens of Vegetables Since the dawn of civilization, humanity has been growing food to stave off hunger. While most of us go to a store for this now, growing your own food can be as rewarding as it is delicious. If you’re not sure where to start, this chart will give you all the essential info.This graphic, courtesy of Fix.com, is a cornucopia of tips on how to get your own vegetable garden started. It details which v
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LearnVest CEO: How to Get Great Advisors to Care About Your Startup When it comes to finding wise 'sherpas,' you get what you give, Alexa von Tobel believes.
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Google paid Eric Schmidt nearly $109 million last year while stock slumped The hefty raise came in a year that saw Google's stock drop by 5 percent amid investor concerns about the company's big spending on far-flung projects.
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Meet the Swede Who Is Helping San Francisco Get Fit For a company that was big in Sweden, the move to the US proved to be a big challenge.
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How to Help Someone Develop Emotional Intelligence If you are one of the unlucky people who must deal with a clueless colleague or a brutish boss, you’re not alone. Sadly, far too many people at work lack basic emotional intelligence. They simply don’t seem to have the self-awareness and the social skills that are necessary to work in our complicated multicultural and fast-moving companies. These people make life hell for the rest of us. What c
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Agents will not be able to book multiple tickets, neither will you: IRCTC Last month, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) implemented a new rule, that will allow only one ticket per user in one... .
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As Armenia marks 1915 killing, Berlin calls it genocide YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenia marked the centenary on Friday of a mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks with a simple flower-laying ceremony attended by foreign leaders as Germany became the latest country to respond to its calls for recognition that it was genocide.
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New VR Tech Lets You Explore Worlds at the Nanoscale A startup is fusing VR and nanotech to make cyberpunk fantasies come true. The post New VR Tech Lets You Explore Worlds at the Nanoscale appeared first on WIRED.
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This is our favorite part of the new MacBook The newest MacBook from Apple isn't for everyone, but it sure is a ridiculously good looking laptop. Take a look at what we think is the most beautiful part of the new MacBook. Produced by Will Wei. Additional camera by Joe Avella. Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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This horrific one-day chart sums up why biotech investing requires nerves of steel (AERI, IBB) Shares of Aerie Pharmaceuticals erased more than two-thirds of their value in a few minutes on late Thursday. The stock closed nearly 2% higher at $35.39 per share, giving the company a market value of $850 million. Then shortly after the end of trading, the company announced that Rhopressa, an experimental eye drop, failed a late-stage test. In after-hours trading, shares crashed by more than 70%
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Jet Airways special fare starts at Rs 1,755 Travel under the scheme must commence and be completed between April 26, 2015 and September 30, 2015, the airline says on its website. The Indore-Ahmedabad fare under the offer stands at Rs 1,860.
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Why investors should ignore Vishal Sikka’s rosy outlook for Infosys If Sikka’s strategies don’t bear visible fruit soon, the Infosys stock could start underperforming peers, after enjoying a great ride since the time he took over
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Mr Abe goes to Washington Shinzo Abe’s visit to the US thus comes at a moment of clarity in bilateral relations
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Déjà View | Haunting tales of woe Two villages and a story that never changes
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The Khan Market gastro survey The best-selling dish in each of its 30 eateries
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Minecraft Fans Invited to Design a National Park Parents may be looking for reasons to coax their square-eyed offspring away from the flicker of the computer screen but the South Australian government is taking a more entrepreneurial approach to young gamers. Australia’s next national park could be designed on the video game Minecraft – and by primary school children – if a new venture by the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges natural resources ma
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will.i.am and W Hotels Climb into Bed Together for Sustainable Luxury On beds and bedside tables around the world, a new design in sustainable fashion has rolled out in collaboration between will.i.am’s EKOCYCLE and Starwood Hotels & Resorts. From April 13, guests at the W will sleep in recycled sheets and power their phones in portable chargers created in part from plastic Coca-Cola bottles. The mass initiative to promote ‘sustainable luxury’ is a part of a gre
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Durable goods orders jump, but a key detail was not good The March durable goods orders report is out, and the numbers are mixed. Headline orders jumped 4.0%, beating expectations for a 0.6%. Nondefense capital goods orders excluding aircraft — an important measure of business spending — unexpectedly fell by 0.5%. Economists were looking for a 0.3% gain. Refresh this page for updates.Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: Here's how much se
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Infosys Q4 net up 3.5% at Rs 3,097 crore IT services major Infosys today reported 3.5% growth in consolidated net profit to Rs 3,097 crore for the quarter ended March 31.
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Huge setback for ISIS as 250 jihadists killed A senior commander in the Iraqi army claims his forces have killed hundreds of Islamic State jihadists and retaken swathes of territory in Anbar province, where the extremist group launched a counteroffensive in recent weeks.
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Hit by beef ban, Indian butchers eye Jersey cows Several states led by the BJP have either brought new laws to ban beef or tightened curbs on killing cattle.
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The year of reality: Now is the perfect time to invest for 2016 Returns from your investments may well be muted in 2015 after the strong run of equities and bonds in 2014. Time to build your portfolio for 2016.
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How ISIS lures Americans A year after ISIS became a household name in America, using brutality and savvy propaganda to challenge al Qaeda and its affiliates for jihadist adherents, U.S. prosecutions of would-be recruits have exploded.
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British police arrest 14-year-old on terror charges One of the youngest suspects yet has been arrested on terror-related charges in England.
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Report: North Korea to double its nuclear arsenal According to a Wall Street Journal report, North Korea could have 40 nuclear weapons by the end of next year. CNN's Elise Labott has more.
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New photos show how thieves stole $300 million London's Metropolitan Police have released photos showing exactly how thieves broke into a London Hatton Garden Safe Deposit. CNN's Erin McLaughlin reports.
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The Ultimate Online Editing and Proofreading Checklist As we all know, content creation isn't as simple as just stringing together a few words and hitting "publish." At least all high-quality content creators know this. If you really think about it, the editorial process has quite a few steps -- from ideation, to concepting, to production, to proofreading, editing and copyediting. Unfortunately, it's that last part that often gets undermine
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Govt allows investing 5% of EPFO corpus in markets Govt allows investing 5% of EPFO corpus in marketsThe overall corpus of EPFO at present stands at Rs 6.5 lakh crore, but the outstanding investible funds are worth about Rs 1 lakh crore.
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Equities at all-time high after Nasdaq record There were also some positive signs from previously deadlocked negotiations between Greece and its international creditors.
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Al-Qaeda leaders hiding in Af-Pak still a concern: US Al-Qaeda leaders hiding in Af-Pak still a concern: US The US has said top al-Qaeda leaders hiding in the Af-Pak region continue to be a concern and local authorities have limited willpower and capabilities to act against the terrorist outfit.
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Unseasonal rains: Ind-Ra sees NPAs jumping by 0.4% The last month's unseasonal rains will lead to an increase in the gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of the banking system by up to 0.40 per cent due to a rise in the total agricultural advances, according to India Ratings.
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5 HTML & WordPress Hacks for Non-Coders by @KGarvSEO Kathleen Garvin of SEMrush shares solutions to common HTML and WordPress issues online editors face regularly.The post 5 HTML & WordPress Hacks for Non-Coders by @KGarvSEO appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Airwheel Q5 Review And Giveaway Orthodontists of the world, rejoice. You’re about to become very, very rich. It turns out someone had the bright idea to attach an electric motor to a unicycle, creating the Airwheel Q5 in the process, and spawning an unprecedented demand for restorative dental surgery. That’s right. An electric, self-balancing, self-propelling unicycle. It’s as ridiculous as it sounds. But despite the inherent ab
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Holy moly, Amazon shares are going nuts after blowing away expectations (AZMN) Amazon shares have been up as much as 12% in pre-market trading after the company blew away expectations with earnings on Thursday evening. We've flipped through a dozen analyst reports on Amazon. They're all impressed by the quarter. Basically, sales are better than expected, Amazon's various investments are paying off, and profitability is something that seems to be coming. Also, Amazon Web Ser
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A former Wall Streeter came up with a brilliant idea to turn compliments from strangers into high-end philanthropy Over a decade ago, designer Joan Hornig became disheartened with swanky benefits that failed to engage people in the cause at hand. "When I was growing up as a business person, all we did was go to benefits," Hornig told Business Insider. "Lunch, dinner, breakfast. It was very much [about] the style of what we were doing." Rather than discussing the issue at hand, attendees of
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When It Comes to Sales, the Phone Is Your Most Powerful Tool Don't miss Grant Cardone's "How To Make Millions On The Phone" live video webcast, Tuesday April 28 at 5 p.m. ET. Sign up here today.The Internet connects everyone on this planet instantaneously. Social-media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Google+, YouTube and LinkedIn are being used multiple times a day to catch up on the latest news, find out what your friends are doing, get attention a
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Modest but Momentous: Hubble’s Brilliant, Unsung Images [Slide Show] NASA’s iconic space telescope has delivered gorgeous astronomical pictures for a quarter century, but some of its keystone discoveries come from far more humble images. Here are Scientific... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Greece carries out first privatisation under leftist government Athens (AFP) - Greece's radical left government on Friday carried out its first privatisation since coming into power three months ago, by selling a 20-year horseracing gambling licence to a subsidiary of Czech-Greek company Opap for 40.5 million euros.Alexis Tsipras's government had been largely opposed to the planned sale of state assets by the previous government, and had vowed to halt such pri
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It'S Official: The Comcast-Time Warner Deal Is Toast The news leaked yesterday, but now it's official — the merger deal between Comcast and Time Warner is officially dead. Comcast was offering $45 billion for Time Warner Cable. Combined, the companies would have created the biggest cable company in the country. The government shot down the deal. On CNBC, CEO Brian Roberts said, "We thought we could get the deal approved." Here's the full p
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Easy Copy Automatically Sends Text You Copy to Other Apps Android: Copying text on your phone is already a bit of a pain, but bouncing back and forth between apps just to make a call is an even bigger hassle. Easy Copy helps fix this by letting you launch actions on your text like making a phone call or searching for an address.The app is invoked any time you copy text. Just select text like normal, hit the Copy button, and Easy Copy will appear like an
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German student death accused 'sorry' The 18-year-old accused of causing the death of student teacher Tugce Albayrak cries in court as he admits hitting her.
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Reprieve for China wife on death row A Chinese court gives a two-year reprieve to a woman sentenced to death for murdering her abusive husband.
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Govt ordered SFIO probe in 139 cases: FM Arun Jaitley The cases for alleged frauds also cover the current fiscal until April 20, Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
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Samsung hints at new smartwatch on Apple Watch launch day The South Korean tech giant's official blog post showed images of smartwatch with a round face - which would be a first for Samsung - and naming several partners, including Baidu Inc, Yelp Inc and CNN.
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These are all of the worst policies currently being pitched in the General Election By now, all the political parties in May's general election have released their manifestos, telling voters where they stand on important issues like taxes, immigration, and housing. Of course, not every pledge is foolproof. Here are some of the most nonsensical policies we've seen so far. Conservatives — Right to Buy 2 The right to buy scheme is the policy of allowing council tenants to purchase
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Digitized Holiday Branding - This Target Retail Display by PERCH Features Interactive Elements (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) This Target retail display is designed by PERCH Interactive and tells a story with the help of modern technology. Designed this past holiday season, the digital display lets shop visitors interact...
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HSBC mulls moving HQ out of Britain Europe's biggest bank HSBC is considering moving its headquarters here out of Britain following "regulatory and structural reforms" imposed after the 2008 financial crisis.
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A first in 45yrs: RS passes pvt bill on transgenders In a rare legislative action, a private member's bill seeking to protect the rights of transgenders was passed unanimously by voice vote in Rajya Sabha on Friday.
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IPL: Sunil Narine again reported for suspect action Kolkata Knight Riders' mystery spinner Sunil Narine has been reported for a suspect bowling action during the 2015 Indian Premier League.
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Stephen Curry hit his most ridiculous shot yet to help Warriors finish a 20-point comeback Stephen Curry had his biggest moment yet when he hit two three-pointers in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime against the New Orleans Pelicans. Golden State Warriors eventually pulled away in OT and took a 3-0 lead. Curry has a history of ridiculous shots. The game-tying shot is the most ridiculous one yet. The Warriors were trailing the Pelicans by 20 points entering the fourth q
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U.S. business investment plans fall for seventh straight month WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business investment spending plans fell for a seventh straight month in March, likely weighed down by a strong dollar and lower energy prices, suggesting the economy could struggle to rebound from a soft patch hit at the start of the year.
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Global equities at all-time high after Nasdaq record There were also some positive signs from previously deadlocked negotiations between Greece and its international creditors.
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Day-long bandh in Jammu over AIIMS, recruitment policy Shops remained closed and traffic was off the roads in city following the bandh called by JCCI, and supported by various political, social, transport and trade bodies.
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Arvind Kejriwal's apology on farmer's death exposed him: BJP Delhi BJP said Kejriwal's "conditional" apology over the suicide of a farmer has exposed his "horrifying" face, and questioned his "silence" on the issue during the last three days.
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At least 115 children killed in Yemen since March 26: UNICEF At least 115 children have been killed and 172 maimed in the violence raging in Yemen since Saudi-led air strikes began on March 26, the UN children's agency said.
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Summit to urge 'self-restraint' in South China Sea: Report A Southeast Asian summit will urge "self-restraint" in the South China Sea but avoid directly criticising Chinese actions that have fanned tensions in the contested waters.
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Rare legislative act: RS passes bill on transgenders Rare legislative act: RS passes bill on transgendersIn a rare legislative action, a private member's Bill seeking to protect the rights of transgenders was passed unanimously by voice vote in Rajya Sabha.
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4 Steps To Showing Up Big Everyday Are you a business owner, freelancer and/or hustler trying to make your own go of it? Then you have a responsibility to yourself to show up big everyday. By show up big I mean show up feeling your best and ready to perform at peak levels. One of the kings of showing up big is Tony Robbins. This man shows up feeling his best and giving a performance of a life time every time he puts on a li
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The incredible story of one family's journey with a transgender 5-year-old girl who lives as a boy On Tuesday night, "NBC Nightly News" debuted the first of Kate Snow’s series on transgender children. The segment, titled "Jacob's Journey," was a huge hit with viewers. Nearly eight million people tuned in to watch the story of five-year-old Jacob Lemay, who was born a girl but has identified as a boy since birth. Since the six-minute segment was posted to NBC News' Facebook,
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The new show all of Wall Street is talking about has another huge guest coming Iconic financial TV show "Wall Street Week" is back and the guest lineup so far has been on point. Sunday's episode will feature activist hedge fund manager Barry Rosenstein, the founder of $11 billion JANA Partners, according to sources familiar. Rosenstein is especially timely since his fund recently disclosed a $2 billion stake in wireless tech developer giant, Qualcomm. This episode'
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This is what an Apple Watch appointment looks like (AAPL) If you're interested in buying the Apple Watch, we highly recommend you visit an Apple Store and try one on for yourself. Here's what that process is like: First, you visit Apple's website (or click here) to schedule a try-on appointment. Once you select your state, you can see various stores where you can try on the different Apple Watch models. Once you enter your Apple ID, you can select a day
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Slack's CEO reveals what it's like building the fastest $2 billion startup in history Stewart Butterfield has created two companies that have shaped the way we use the Internet. In 2004 he co-founded Flickr, the photo-sharing service, which was acquired by Yahoo a year later. Last year saw the debut of Slack, an office communication tool that is both powerful and playful. The company just became the fastest startup in history to reach a $2 billion valuation. We talked with Butterfi
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Firefox Marketplace: What You Need to Know Have you browsed for apps in the Firefox Marketplace or did you not even realize the site existed? The Firefox Marketplace is full of options for Android devices as well as for the desktop. Here is what you can expect from the site and its desktop-specific apps and games. How to Use Firefox Marketplace To access the Firefox Marketplace, just click on Tools in your menu and then select Apps. Once y
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Thinking about Death Can Make Life Better Contemplating our mortality can ease our angst and make our lives more meaningful -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Comcast Drops Bid for Time Warner Cable Comcast has dropped its much-criticized plan to acquire Time Warner Cable after federal regulators recommended increased scrutiny of the proposed deal. The post Comcast Drops Bid for Time Warner Cable appeared first on WIRED.
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Apple Watch Hits Stores: Weekly News Roundup In this weekly news edition, we roundup everything you need to know as the Apple Watch hits select stores today. But don't rush to your nearest Apple Store to get your hands -- or wrists -- on it. Shoppers can only purchase the wearable online or by appointment at certain trendy boutiques in London, Paris and Tokyo, as the tech giant tries to market the gadget as a must-have fashion accessory. Acc
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Trial and Error Is No Way to Make Strategy For decades now, both consultants and academics have been arguing that the world has become so fast paced, so hypercompetitive, so complex, so ambiguous, and so uncertain, that the death knell has sounded for strategy’s central concept of sustainable competitive advantage. Competitive advantage has become fleeting, easily disrupted by actors both inside and outside an industry. The common presc
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Eat High Cellulose Vegetables to Suppress Hunger and Stay Full There are three guarantees in life: death, taxes, and hunger when you’re on a diet. Expanding your tummy through voluminous food, however, can help keep your grumbling stomach at bay.Examine.com discusses why any means of expanding the stomach will lead to appetite suppression:The body naturally produces a variety of peptides and hormones that suppress hunger. One class of receptors, called mechan
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Comcast ends $45 bn bid for Time Warner Cable New York (AFP) - Comcast and Time Warner Cable on Friday announced they had scrapped their mega-merger plans, amid opposition from US antitrust regulators."Today, we move on," Comcast chairman Brian Roberts said in announcing the end of a $45 billion deal to merge the two cable and broadband giants. "Of course, we would have liked to bring our great products to new cities, but we st
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Malaria vaccine offers partial protection: final results Paris (AFP) - The world's most advanced malaria candidate vaccine offers young children partial protection that wanes with time, but could shield millions against the deadly parasite, its developers said Friday.Researchers published the final results of a years-long trial with the drug RTS,S in The Lancet medical journal."We finally have in our sights a candidate vaccine that could have a rea
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The Apple Watch is already wiping the floor with the entire smartwatch market (AAPL, GOOG) The Apple Watch is on fire: KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo estimates that Apple's debut smartwatch has sold more than 2.3 million units since preorders opened, MacRumors reports. The device doesn't actually start making its way to customers until April 24 at the earliest, but Kuo believes that more than 2 million people globally have coughed up to get their hands on the device. Apple hasn't r
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O'Sullivan is 'boy who cried wolf' Nobody believes Ronnie O'Sullivan when he says he's going to give up snooker because he says it so often, says Shaun Murphy.
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Ellen Pao faces $1m legal bill The woman who challenged sexism in Silicon Valley now faces a $1m legal bill unless she agrees not to appeal.
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Moore not a fan of demand film trend Oscar-winning actress Julianne Moore criticises the trend for simultaneous cinema and on demand release dates for films
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Google Wants Beta Testers For New App Indexing Features Are you an Android developer who has apps with App Indexing enabled? Google wants you to beta test some new features. The post Google Wants Beta Testers For New App Indexing Features appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Mobilegeddon: Google Confirms Mobile Friendly Update Live In Some, But Not All, Data Centers Google's John Mueller confirmed the mobile friendly algorithm is rolling out and is actually completely live at some data centers. The post Mobilegeddon: Google Confirms Mobile Friendly Update Live In Some, But Not All, Data Centers appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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'Over Rs 1,000 crore lying unclaimed in post offices' "Main reason for unclaimed amount is non-withdrawal of money by depositors after maturity of their investment in small savings schemes discontinued long back," Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
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I Dare You To Change This Numerical Calculation Here is an example of a numerical calculation for the motion of a mass on a spring. You can change the code and see what happens - you can be a programmer. The post I Dare You To Change This Numerical Calculation appeared first on WIRED.
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9 Clever Ways to Rethink the Selfie These nine photography projects are a retaliation against the thoughtless snapshot. The post 9 Clever Ways to Rethink the Selfie appeared first on WIRED.
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Meet the Duo Behind the Killer Horror/Sci-Fi Mashup Spring Everything you need to know about Benson & Moorhead, the directing duo behind the quirky, romantic horror/sci-fi flick Spring. The post Meet the Duo Behind the Killer Horror/Sci-Fi Mashup Spring appeared first on WIRED.
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What South Africa Teaches Us About Job Creation Traveling in South Africa this month, I saw a country where the need and potential for entrepreneur-driven job creation are great, but the social enablers are lacking, and the consequence is a costly and painful vicious cycle.
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Cloud Wars: Can Microsoft Overtake Amazon? The cloud -- a service that lets people and organizations rent computing services for a monthly fee -- has turned into a battlefield of giant companies.
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IRS Paid $3 Billion In Tax Credit Mistakes Plus $5.8 Billion In Erroneous Refunds A government report reveals more errors at the IRS. This time, IRS paid out $3 billion in erroneous tax credits to companies that didn't earn them.
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Fast Company 49
Quiz: How Much Do You Know About The Billion-Dollar Legal Weed Biz? Everything you need to know about legal pot, without having to smoke it.The legal marijuana market is expected to reach $8.2 billion by 2018, and entrepreneurs and investors are rushing to get an early slice of the industry. Take our quiz below to learn more about the booming business of weed. Then, check out the rest of our #RebrandingPot coverage here.Read Full Story
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The Secrets To Being Creative On A Deadline An Emmy award-winning comedy writer, a podcast producer, and a former Twitter executive share how they master creativity on tight deadlines.Deadlines are an unavoidable part of any kind of work. But the pressures of meeting deadlines can be even more intense when you are in the business of being creative. How do you make sure that the ever elusive muse is there when you need it most?Read Full Stor
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Will Gawker Employees' Decision To Organize Make Unions Cool Again? Freelancers Union founder on what Gawker's editorial employees' recent announcement means for the next generation of labor organization.For a while now, I've been sensing a surge of support for the idea of unions, even as the national media, elected officials, and even many workers have conducted a decades-long death watch of the labor movement. While traditional unions have, indeed, been declinin
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Free App Friday: 5 Tools That Will Spark Your Creativity Jot down your thoughts, write without distractions, share a virtual whiteboard, and more.It'd be great to be able to go from zero to maximum creativity at the drop of a hat. Most of us, however, need to ramp up quite a bit. Whether you're looking for a little shot of inspiration or you've got a great idea that you don't want to get away, these apps can help.Read Full Story
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Handheld device samples real world colors to use in digital design Add / Remove Digital designers often take inspiration from real world colors and we have seen a number of devices which make this process easier. Scribble is a pen that can scan the color of any object and immediately begin drawing in that color, and now the Cube is the handheld equivalent of a digital pipette — it collects and stores color information from physical surfaces and enables the user t
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Psychology Today 5
Lust and Loyalty: When Sex and Love Don’t Mix The difference between fantasy and hot-blooded betrayal.
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Lifehacker 7
Beware Breaking the Contribution Limit of Your IRA If you can max out your IRA every year, you’re in good shape. Not only are you saving for your future; you’re also taking advantage of the tax benefit of an IRA. Because of this benefit, the IRS has strict rules for how much you can contribute. Be careful not to exceed their limit, because you’ll be penalized.For 2015, the contribution limit of traditional and Roth IRAs is the lesser of:$5,500 (or
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Gawker Everybody Loves Raymond Actor Dead From Apparent Suicide | Gizmodo Security Researcher: It’s Gawker Everybody Loves Raymond Actor Dead From Apparent Suicide | Gizmodo Security Researcher: It’s “Trivial to Bypass Security Tools on Macs” | io9 Fuck Belle Gibson And The Enablers She Rode In On | Jezebel Funeral Strippers Are an Actual Thing in China |
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6-year-old dies while playing cricket in Hyderabad A six-year-old boy died while playing cricket after he was hit on the chest by a powerful shot.
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Sabka Internet: Telcos subtly oppose neutral net The campaign claims to be in favour of net neutrality but it mixes in elements of zero rating and suggests IP Voice providers should be treated like mobile providers.
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25 stunning photos from iconic Hubble telescope
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VAROUFAKIS: Greece is now ready to make 'big compromises' for a deal Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis says his country is now willing to make "big compromises" as the Eurogroup meeting in Riga draws to a close. That's according to Bloomberg. Just over a week ago Varoufakis was saying he was very confident that a deal would be done Friday — but by the time it came, so little progress had been achieved that pretty much nobody expected an agreement. A
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How Stephen Curry scored 6 points in 9 seconds to complete the most insane comeback of the year The Golden State Warriors overcame a five-point deficit in the final 12 seconds, hit a ridiculous three-pointer to force overtime, and beat the New Orleans Pelicans 123-119 in the most dramatic game of the playoffs so far. When you break down the final 12 seconds, you find that a combination of New Orleans errors, Golden State savviness, and Stephen Curry brilliance formed the perfect storm that r
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MICHAEL LEWIS: The 'Flash Crash' trader's arrest is a 'parody' of Wall Street Michael Lewis has a lot of questions about the 2010 "Flash Crash" and the arrest of Navinder Singh Sarao in connection with it. Like, why did it take so long? But there's one thing the "Flash Boys" author is sure of: Sarao is "not some kind of exception to the standard operating procedure in finance. He’s a parody of it." Lewis outlined his thoughts in a Bloomberg Vie
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Bombshell discovery about supervolcano
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Son of Hubble to peer back to dawn of time If you're hunting for the earliest galaxies and clues about potential life on other planets you are going to need a very big mirror and a golf ball of gold.
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Weak rural growth may be more damaging if rains fail: HSBC According to the global financial services major, a weak monsoon endangers both growth recovery and steady disinflation. But of the two, rural growth could hurt more.
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NHRC to suo motu take up farmer's suicide case NHRC will suo motu take up case of suicide of Gajendra Singh, during farmers' rally organised by AAP, if no official complaint is lodged with panel, NHRC chief said.
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AAP leader Ashutosh breaks down on national TV AAP leader Ashutosh breaks down on national TV Ashutosh today broke down on national television when deceased farmer Gajendra Singh's daughter posed questions to him about her father's death at a rally which the party had organised.
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Forex at new high of $343.2 bn as FIIs pour dollars in mkts Forex at new high of $343.2 bn as FIIs pour dollars in mkts FCAs, a major part of the overall reserves, increased by $2.727 bn to $318.859 bn during the week under review, the RBI data showed.
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AAP's Sanjay Singh meets family of deceased farmer Gajendra Singh Singh met family of Gajendra Singh, the farmer who allegedly hanged himself from a tree at Jantar Mantar in Delhi where AAP's farmers' rally was in progress.
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UIDAI generates 81.78 crore Aadhaar numbers UIDAI generates 81.78 crore Aadhaar numbers Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has generated as many as 81.78cr Aadhaar numbers, covering 67 per cent of the population in the country.
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25 Tips for Earning Customer Loyalty As most marketers have experienced at some point, it’s one thing to hook customers, another beast completely to retain them. Improving customer loyalty should be a priority, or those customers you worked so hard to convert could vanish before you even know what happened.To avoid that, here are 25 ways to better your company’s customer loyalty.1. Share your values.To build a strong relationship wit
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Tiny Geometrical Cafes - This New Coffee Shop in Paris is an Expansion of the City's Java Scene (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Located in the 14th arrondissement, this new coffee shop in Paris is a welcome extension of the city's java scene that is generally contained in one area. A project three years in the making,...
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Get an iPhone 6 Battery Case for Just $40 – 33% Off So you just got a new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus! Congratulations! But how’d you like to make it even better by protecting it and adding 150% to its battery life? Well, that’s just what you’ll get with Rocketcases Afterburner iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus battery case. For a limited time, you can snag these cases on MakeUseOf Deals for a huge discount. For the iPhone 6 version, you’ll be paying just $4
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Over 7 million turkeys and chickens euthanized in Midwest this year from bird flu outbreak Death by bird flu is not pretty. A chicken might start sneezing and coughing, struggling to breathe. Or its stubby legs might wobble as the bird struggles to move, eventually falling down or losing consciousness. In 48 hours, it will be dead, because there is no cure for this virus, which is hitting farms across the U.S. Midwest in what has been described as the worst bird flu outbreak in recent m
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A hero for gorillas -- and poachers When Edwin Sabuhoro found out that poachers were rife in his community, he came up with a unique program, using his own money, to get them to stop.
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COAI: Supporting Zero Rating Services Is Supporting Net Neutrality The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) which is comprised of network providers such as Airtel, Vodafone and Idea has started a campaign dubbed #sabkainternet in order to show their support for Net Neutrality in India. It might have come as a hurrah moment for many net neutrality advocates, but dwelling a bit deeper into the prospects of what the COAI is really trying to do, reveals som
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Celebrate Spring with These Popular Hammocks, On Sale Today Only For most of the country, it's finally warm enough to go outside again, but not too hot to be miserable. What better way to celebrate than finding a good book and spending an afternoon on a hammock? Today only, Amazon's selling popular Vivere double hammocks with steel stands for just $94, complete with free shipping. That's the lowest price ever listed on these 4.6 star-rated hammocks, and an abs
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To Make Poached Chicken Taste Good, Steam It In Glutamate-Rich Stock “My favorite kind of chicken is poached chicken”—said no one ever. Poached chicken, while low in fat and high in protein, has an inclination to be dry and bland — but it doesn’t have to be if you follow a few key tips.Recently, the good folks at America’s Test Kitchen overhauled the dish with an updated technique that ensures succulent poached chicken that’s actually worth making. It involves cook
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China's Great Green Wall Helps Pull CO2 Out of Atmosphere China contributed the most to a global increase in carbon stored in trees and other plants -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Abercrombie & Fitch's infamous hot salesclerk policy is over Abercrombie & Fitch has abolished its infamous "Look Policy" in an attempt to reach more shoppers. For years, the teen brand recruited good-looking people who shopped there and referred to associates as "models." The former policy "banned French-tip manicures, certain hair-styling products and, among other things, mustaches," writes Lindsay Rupp at Bloomberg. N
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The US has a National Raisin Reserve, and its existence is being threatened by a Supreme Court case Raisin farmers are asking the Supreme Court to stop the government from seizing part of their crop every year for the National Raisin Reserve. Wait — there's a National Raisin Reserve? Yes, the United States has a National Raisin Reserve. AP explains: The National Raisin Reserve — which is overseen by the Fresno-based Raisin Administrative Committee — is part of post-World War II-era program th
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Weak U.S. business spending data hints at sluggish growth rebound WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. business investment spending plans fell for a seventh straight month in March, weighed down by a strong dollar and lower energy prices, suggesting the economy was struggling to rebound from a recent soft patch.
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Al Qaeda group may have targeted Vatican Italian authorities said they had launched a "vast anti-terrorism operation" Friday, going after suspects associated with al Qaeda who had discussed a range of targets, including the Vatican.
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Why Turkey won't say the G-word Sitting on a sunny bench in Istanbul's Gezi Park, Fadime Gurgen dismisses the controversy surrounding the 100th anniversary Friday of the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire with a wave of her hand.
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VIDEO: Migrant crisis: Sicily under strain Migrants have been coming to Catania, Sicily, for thousands of years, but the recent wave of migration has put extra pressure on already struggling city. Tom Donkin reports.
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VIDEO: Ceremony marks Gallipoli campaign A ceremony has been held in Gallipoli to mark the 100th anniversary of the campaign which took place during World War One.
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Funeral strippers told to cover up If you were mourning the loss of a loved one in China, at least the entertainment might have cheered you up. Until now.
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When Looking for a Solution, Stop Staring at the Problem When it comes to losing your keys, or your phone, or your favorite pen, it’s true that the one place you’ll never look is right under your nose. But when it comes to problems, in life or business, what’s right under your nose is usually the only thing you can see. For most of us, that view often looks a lot like a brick wall.You know the routine. You identify the problem, you define it, outline it
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Wall Street opens up, Nasdaq set to extend record (Reuters) - Wall Street opened up on Friday as strong results from tech behemoths Google, Amazon and Microsoft set the Nasdaq Composite on track to extend its record close set the previous session.
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Now firms can file single return and comply with 8 labour laws The Labour Ministry launched an online facility for firms to file a common return on its portal to comply with eight labour laws at one go, saying that the move will improve ease of doing business and reduce costs.
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Infosys aims to become $20 bn company by 2020 Speaking to reporters, chief executive officer and managing director Vishal Sikka said: "It is an aspirational goal. We use that to organize our thoughts. I believe we can get there."
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Microsoft brings Solitaire back to Windows 10 as built-in app The Solitaire game on Windows 10 is the same modern version where users will no longer have to search around the Windows Store to find the game.
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People are already testing how long the Apple Watch can survive underwater (AAPL) People all over the world are receiving their Apple Watches in the mail today, and 9to5Mac discovered that the FoneFox team in Australia has already started testing how long the watch can survive underwater. Apple officially states that the Apple Watch is water resistant with a rating of IPX7, which means the watch can be submerged at depths up to 1 meter for up to 30 minutes. Apple CEO Tim Cook,
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Biogen shares are tanking because a 71% surge in profits just wasn't enough (BIIB, IBB) Sometimes a 71% surge in profits is not enough. Shares of Biogen fell by over 6% to as low as $401 per share in early trading on Friday. Earlier, the biotech company announced first quarter results that missed on earnings and revenues. The numbers: Net profit escalated to $822.5 million, or $3.49 per share, from $480 million, or $2.02 per share, a year earlier. Investors had expected $3.59 a shar
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The cofounder of Uber has a new app with a wait list that's 80,000 people long Garrett Camp, the cofounder of Uber, has a new on-demand app that lets you summon a whole network of people to help you shop with the press of a button. But don't count on trying it anytime soon. Operator, which was officially unveiled on Thursday, already has more than 80,000 people waiting to try it out once it exits its private beta phase: Camp came up with the idea for the app with Robin Chan
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CNN.com - World 80
Inside the fight to free Warren Weinstein When Warren Weinstein was taken hostage by al Qaeda in the summer of 2011, his family in Maryland was initially reluctant to take their case to Congress.
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Prisoner executions near in Indonesia The Indonesian government has ordered preparations for the execution of 10 inmates on death row, including Filipino maid Mary Jane Veloso and Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.
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How to survive a drinking session in Korea Most companies in South Korea have hoesik at least once a month and sometimes every week.
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The Vast Opportunity Of Audience-Based Search Marketing Google may soon allow advertisers to use first-party data targeting in their search campaigns, and contributor George Michie explains why this change will benefit advertisers and customers alike. The post The Vast Opportunity Of Audience-Based Search Marketing appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Indonesia executions ‘near’, inmates’ kin fear worst Relatives and diplomats rushed to an Indonesian prison island on Friday ahead of the looming executions of nine foreign drug convicts who are set to be shot in defiance of international anger.
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This is how an incredibly crude piece of anti-Apple graffiti appeared on Google Maps (AAPL, GOOG) If you visit the Pakistani town of Rawalpindi on Google Maps today, you're in for a shock — you will be greeted by an image of the Android "Droid" mascot urinating on Apple's logo. Google and Apple might be bitter rivals, but Google insists that its employees aren't to blame. A spokeswoman for the company told me that the bizarre image was created by Map Maker: A Google app that lets us
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Is this the world's smallest painting? Paintings smaller than a nib of a pencil have gone viral attracting buyers and followers from around the world.
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Apple Watch Unboxed (Aapl) It's here! The first batch of Apple Watches are arriving to some lucky US customers on Friday. My dad actually managed to get his blue Apple Watch Sport on launch day, and he took photos of it being unboxed for Business Insider. He's a pretty great guy like that.Here's the box the Apple Watch comes in. Pretty long and narrow. My dad can be such a tease sometimes. It's a box within a box! #boxcep
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PM to pitch for narrowing of trade deficit with China PM to pitch for narrowing of trade deficit with China The trade deficit between India and China widened to $40 bn in 2014-15 and could reach $60 bn in the next five years if the issue is left unaddressed.
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Parl Panel lauds Coal Ministry for successful mine auction A Parliamentary panel has lauded the Coal Ministry for successful auction of coal blocks and garnering Rs 2.09 lakh crore from the mines' sale.
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Logic Noise: Sequencing in Silicon In this session of Logic Noise, we’ll combine a bunch of the modules we’ve made so far into an autonomous machine noise box. OK, at least we’ll start to sequence some of these sounds. A sequencer is at the heart of any drum box and the centerpiece of any “serious” modular synthesizer. Why? Because you just can’t tweak all those knobs and play notes and dance around at the same time. Or at least we
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More fighting, air strikes in Yemen, civilian death toll exceeds 550 ADEN (Reuters) - Fighting between Yemen's warring factions raged in southern and central parts of the country and air strikes hit Houthi militia forces in Aden on Friday, but there were no fresh moves toward dialogue.
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Beyond PowerPoint: 4 Linux Presentation Tools Presentations are a curious thing. Many people hate them with the passion of a thousand burning suns. Yet there are many who love experimenting with typography and color in their slides. Regardless of which team you’re on, you should know there are other options for presentations on Linux besides LibreOffice Impress. I’m not talking about online tools like Prezi, because this time the spotlight is
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Extraordinary Design Lessons From 4 Companies That Changed the World These companies have made billions through great design. What lessons can we learn?
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New Study Shares Secret to Winning and Keeping Millennial Customers Surprising research reveals how to win Millennial customers and the unexpected action you can take today.
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7 Reasons Now is the Time to Write a Book A well-done paper book can do wonders for your personal brand.
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Google's HR Boss: Focus on These Interview Questions In his new book the head of hiring at the search giant suggests an incredibly useful (and completely free) resource for effective interview questions.
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3 Tips to Turn Difficult Conversations into Productive Ones Giving negative feedback or letting an employee go is an unfortunate part of being an entrepreneur. Follow these tips to make the process a productive one.
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Is Your Brand a Rebel, Lover or Hero? Branding is both science and art, and the most enduring brands develop their allure through a highly strategic process.
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How two entrepreneurs turned foreclosure flipping into a $3.5 million business Banks that own foreclosed properties know little about renovations. Enter PresPro, with a big dream and a bigger contact list.
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How To Create A Successful App Business Focus your attention on these four components that have the potential to set your app business up for success.
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11 Habits to Radically Improve Your Life Right Now You can change your life for the better, starting right now. So what are you waiting for?
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7 Reasons to Just Say YES The only way to capitalize on the opportunities that arrive on your doorstep is to say YES. It's a tiny word that can do big things.
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Are You Guilty of Committing These Mobile-Friendly Mistakes? With Google rolling out its latest algorithm change earlier this week, many business owners may be scrambling to make necessary adjustments after seeing themselves take a plunge in mobile search results.
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Type "Send Directions" Into Google to Navigate on Your Phone Android/Chrome: Headed somewhere? Instead of opening up your phone and searching for a location, you can now just type “Send Directions” into Google on your computer, and send those directions right to your mobile device. It’s as simple as it sounds. Just make sure you’re using Chrome, are logged into your Google account, and have an Android device connected to that account. Then: Open up Google
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6 Tips for Successfully Splitting Equity in Your Startup Something interesting happens between the time an idea is developed and it becomes extremely profitable. Typically, everyone who had a role in the process -- no matter how small or large -- begins to jockey for position and to fight for a piece of the company. In other words, everyone wants some equity, regardless of the amount of work they’ve put in. As a member of the founding team, you should t
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CEOs, Stop Trying to Manage the Board It’s understandable that most CEOs try to manage their boards. With directors often attempting to take a more active role in decisions these days, CEOs naturally feel a bit threatened. They’re trying to lead a group of people who typically lack the time or expertise to fully understand what’s going on — but who have real power. At most companies, despite all the best intentions, managing the bo
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19 business-etiquette rules every professional should know Professional social situations can be awkward. And, unfortunately, many people wind up making fools of themselves because they don’t understand that etiquette rules in business differ from those in standard social settings. In "The Essentials of Business Etiquette," Barbara Pachter writes about the rules people need to understand to conduct and present themselves appropriately in profe
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I paid $71.20 for 13.1 miles of pain and it was the best purchase I ever made I've written about my frugality in the past — how I learned the difference between a want and a need at a very young age when I tried to order chocolate milk at a local restaurant rather than asking for (free) water. That lesson stuck with me, and became fully integrated into my philosophy on budgeting, which boils down to one sentence: Don't spend money, take advantage of freebies, and recognize
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Here's which 'Full House' cast members are — and are not — returning for Netflix's spinoff show There's a lot of discussion flying around over who's actually coming back for Netflix's "Full House" spinoff and who isn't. After weeks of speculation, the deal apparently came through earlier this week and was quickly announced by original star and and the spinoff's executive producer, John Stamos. “Five minutes ago, they called, they sealed the deal,” Stamos revealed live on ABC's &quo
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Americans and Chinese both love SUVs (GM, F, FCAU) The two best car markets in the world right now are the US and China. You might think this would be awesome for the Chinese, and you'd be right. But to a large degree, the Chinese auto market is an extension of the US market, given that many US, European, and Japanese car makers – everyone who sells cars in America – do business in the Middle Kingdom. The US market is the world's most competitive.
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VIDEO: Inside one of the world's most secretive countries Eritrea is one of the most closed countries in the world, with no independent media or political opposition and a widely criticised human rights record.
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Wenger is not my rival - Mourinho Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho plays down rivalry with Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger before Sunday's derby.
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Mobile Fanatics: Where Social, Video And Calls Intersect As mobile goes front and center with call analytics, columnist Bill Dinan urges marketers not to ignore other media channels like social and video. The post Mobile Fanatics: Where Social, Video And Calls Intersect appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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What to Wear to Swim in America's Most Polluted Waters [Video] A swim with sewage aims to call attention to cleaning the Gowanus Canal, and other polluted waters in the U.S. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The grim job that haunts Italy's migrant patrols CNN's Ben Wedeman joins the Calabrese, an Italian patrol boat as it traverses the Mediterranean looking for migrants
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At camp, red dots signify migrants who died at sea The "master folder" is one of the most important documents at the migrant refugee camp in Djibouti.
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The migrants trying to give birth in Europe It took one Somali woman seven months and 4,000 miles to trek to Libya. From there, she hoped to cross the Mediterranean Sea so her baby could be born in Europe. She didn't get there.
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Cut The Crap: The Real Reason Delighting Users Is Fundamentally The Only SEO Strategy Google is a self-serving publicly traded company. Columnist Nate Dame investigates why that makes delighting users and influencing brand preference the only viable cornerstones of SEO. The post Cut The Crap: The Real Reason Delighting Users Is Fundamentally The Only SEO Strategy appeared first on... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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How IPL is India’s Super Bowl for advertisers A look at some of the big spenders on advertising in the popular cricketing league this year
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75% Of Companies Struggle With Overwhelmed Employees - Here Are Three Tips To Cope In a large research study on human capital trends, 65-75% of organizations identified an issue called the “overwhelmed employee.” Leaders agreed this was a critical issue but said they didn’t know what to do about it.
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Challenges And Opportunities When Doing Business With The Government For entrepreneurs like author Carl Dorvil, government programs open up a lot of cash and opportunity -- but there are major pitfalls to beware of.
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IRS Forced To Release Names Of Targeted Groups So we had another Tea Party decision on April 1 of all days. NorCal Tea Party Patriots is one of the ten organizations in a lawsuit against the IRS because of delays and intrusive scrutiny while they were applying for exempt status. They want it to be a class action suit, but they need information from the IRS to determine what organizations should be in the class. Here is what they are looking
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What's Your Technology Company Worth? Strategic Versus Operational Valuation Everyone fights about valuation: investors, entrepreneurs, wives, husbands, kids, bankers, lawyers, ex-wives, nerds, ex-husbands – everyone.
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Tax Cuts For The Rich Don't Create Many Jobs, But What About Tax Hikes? Want to create some jobs? Then cut some taxes. But make sure you cut them for the right people.
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5 Essential Pieces of Gear for Street Photographers Enough with the snapshots of your cat and your eggs Benedict. There’s real life happening outside your door—go document it. The post 5 Essential Pieces of Gear for Street Photographers appeared first on WIRED.
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A breakdown of the $229 billion gun violence tab that American taxpayers are paying every year American taxpayers pay roughly $12.8 million every day to cover the costs of gun-related deaths and injuries— and that is a conservative estimate, according to a new report released by Mother Jones on the cost of gun violence in America. The true cost, however, is not fully known, partly because of the vast sum that's been spent by the NRA and other gun rights activists to shut down research relat
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43 genius things you can do with a sponge You can never have enough sponges in your home. Even if you don’t like washing dishes with it, the absorbent sponge has ample uses that go beyond cleaning. From makeup to car maintenance, the sponge can be used in ways you've never imagined. Here are 43 things you can do with a sponge: BEAUTY Get gradient or ombré nail art: Trim a sponge to the size of your fingernail and paint your nail the ligh
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Derrick Rose is dominating in his first playoffs since 2012, and the rest of the NBA should be terrified Nobody knew what to expect from Derrick Rose heading into his first playoff series since 2012. But over the first three games of round one, Rose has assuaged any fears of playoff rust by looking dominant and helping the Bulls to a 3-0 lead over the Milwaukee Bucks. Most encouragingly, he has kicked it into another gear just weeks after returning from a knee injury. Thursday night's double-overtim
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People are making fun of the Apple Watch by taping actual apples to their wrists A few clever Twitter users have found their own way to poke some fun at the Apple Watch, which officially launches on Friday. Over the past several months, people have been creating their own makeshift watches by strapping actual apples to their wrists. Some are more creative and detailed than others — while a few people simply dumped a whole apple on top of their normal wristwatches, others have
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The Latest in Microcontrollers: 11 Cutting-Edge Boards That Are Driving Diversity In the last year and a half, we’ve seen an explosion of new boards, and there doesn’t appear to be any reason to expect the trend to slow down in the near future. Read more on MAKE The post The Latest in Microcontrollers: 11 Cutting-Edge Boards That Are Driving Diversity appeared first on Make:.
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6 Magic Questions to Unlock the Meaning of Your Dreams Let go of the need to analyze the isolated dream as a stand-alone entity, but to look for its meaning as it relates to your own current reality.
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Why Is Air Pollution So Bad for Your Brain? Air pollution has long been associated with health risks including asthma and an increased risk of stroke. New findings show that air pollution also damages the human brain.
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Family demands 'martyr's memorial' for Gajendra Family of Gajendra Singh have softened their stand against AAP party after meeting its senior leader Sanjay Singh and speaking to Arvind Kejiriwal over phone on Friday. They demanded the title of "shahid kisan" for Gajendra and a job for one of his children in the Delhi government.
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Concerns after China ‘edits’ human embryos Global scientists renewed calls to halt controversial research to genetically edit human embryos after a Chinese team published details of a breakthrough attempt in this new frontier in science.
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Singapore: 2 Indians save toddler stuck on parapet Two Indian nationals in Singapore were on Friday hailed as heroes and commended for saving a dangling toddler stuck between the rails on a parapet of a second floor apartment block.
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IPL 2015: Bangalore rout Rajasthan by 9 wickets
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Russ Chadinha of PROS: Automating Quotes and Pricing Improves Revenues and Customer Experience Many products and services today come in a bunch of different configurations. Just think about the options you face when shopping for computers, phones, a car, or even plans for wireless and cable services. Screen resolution, hard drive size, color, etc. Keeping up with which customizable pieces work with others manually makes it more difficult to make the right offer to the right customer at the
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Judge who blamed 14-year-old girl for being raped by teacher to receive lifetime achievement award The Montana judge who blamed a 14-year-old girl for being raped by her teacher has been honored with a lifetime achievement award by a local bar association. Former state District Judge G. Todd Baugh of Billings was chosen for the honor despite suggesting the girl shared blame for the incident and sentencing her assailant to only one month in prison. Yellowstone Area Bar Association President Jess
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'Most of military needs met by indigenous sources' 'Most of military needs met by indigenous sources'In 2012-13, when the entire cost of procurement was Rs 83,090.18 crore, indigenous sources constituted 63.4 per cent.
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Rupee hits 3-1/2-month low of 63.56, down 24 p vs dollar Continued selling by foreign investors on worries regarding the controversial tax issue too kept the rupee under pressure.
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No plan to divest stake in BSNL, Air India: Government Notably, both the firms have been running into losses for several years and their employees have been protesting against any move to privatise the firms.
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Adaptive Headlights Could Help Drivers Avoid Hitting Bambi [Video] Robotics researchers are building a headlight that quickly adjusts to changing conditions, allowing drivers to see through rain and snow, follow GPS directions and dodge roadway obstacles -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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This pop-up camping tent takes less than 1 minute to set up [33% off] Here's a great deal right in time for summer. The SandalWood Easy Popup tent is 33% off right now. The tent is designed to house three people. It is moisture-, dust-and water-resistant, as well as UV protected. It comes with double zipper entry, and the screen keeps all the gross bugs out. (Woo!) Setting up the tent and putting it back together takes less than one minute. "The Easy Pop Up Te
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Make a Good First Impression by Assuming Someone Already Likes You First impressions can be a lot of pressure. The goal is usually to get the other person to like you, and being nervous can have the opposite effect. For a calm, warmer first impression, assume the person already likes you.It’s referred to as social optimism or the acceptance prophesy, and research supports that it’s effective in making a good first impression. In a study titled Deconstructing the
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Don't Let Bumps in the Road, or Other People's Skepticism, Stop You From Success It is the mid 1980s, and I am 27 years old. For the last six years, I’ve been selling my handmade soft sculptures on the street, at state fairs, and eventually, in a retail store. I’ve been learning how to create products people want. But it’s still been a tough way to make a living. And I’m beginning to feel like I may have hit rock bottom. My friends and family have begun to side-eye me. In thei
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Assessment: Are People Likely to Misunderstand You?
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An analyst has a warning about iPhone sales: 'I hate to throw cold water on a great party but ... ' (AAPL) Apple reports earnings on Monday, April 27. Ahead of earnings, analysts have been getting increasingly optimistic about iPhone sales. Katy Huberty at Morgan Stanley, for instance, said the tool she uses to gauge demand based on web searches suggests Apple sold 55.5 million iPhones. She says Apple may report even better sales because it had to fill channel inventory. She says iPhone sales could com
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Diet Pepsi is getting rid of one of its cornerstone ingredients in a desperate attempt to sell more soda Diet Pepsi is removing aspartame from its recipe. "The company will begin to replace aspartame with a blend of sucralose and acesulfame potassium in Diet Pepsi, Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi and Wild Cherry Diet Pepsi sold in the US in August," reports Duane Stanford at Bloomberg. Diet Pepsi's sales fell 5.2% last year. Consumers have become increasingly wary of aspartame, an artificial, m
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China clampdown on funeral strippers Chinese authorities vow to clamp down on strippers performing at funerals.
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Pakistan: Deaths show US drone risk Pakistan says the deaths of two Western hostages in a US drone strike demonstrates the dangers of using such tactics.
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Niger battles meningitis outbreak A mass immunisation programme to protect children against meningitis starts in Niger, as the death toll rises from 85 to 129.
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EU allows sale of more GM food crops The EU approves the sale of 17 more genetically modified (GM) crops - mostly for use in animal feed.
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Chile volcano causes flight problems The eruption of the Calbuco volcano in southern Chile is causing many international flights to be delayed or cancelled.
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How the CEO of guy-rating app Lulu organizes her pink-filled work space Lulu, an app that allows women to anonymously rate men on a scale of 1 to 10, brings a playful twist to the online dating sphere. Women can rate men on everything from appearance to ambition to gentlemanliness, allowing them to get the real dirt on a man even before they start dating. Lulu CEO Alexandra Chong recently gave us a peek into her work space, which was recently designed as part of a pa
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Here are five stocks making huge moves today (SPX, DJI, IXIC, BIIB, AMZN, SBUX, MSFT, GOOG) We're in peak earnings season. In early trading on Friday, these five stocks were making big moves after reporting quarterly results: Amazon rallied by up to 15% after its earnings blew past forecasts. The company also said Amazon Web Services, its cloud computing business, is doing much better than expected. Microsoft rallied by up to 9%, beating earnings expectations despite a softer PC market
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Marketing Land - Internet Marketing News, Strategies & Tips 66
Video Is A Marketer’s Best Friend Video is the perfect medium to enhance your existing strategies, says columnist Michael Litt, and will help you nurture leads and close deals. The post Video Is A Marketer’s Best Friend appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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The 5 Happiest Countries And What Makes Them So Happy Only one country in North America is amongst the world's happiest. » Continue reading: The 5 Happiest Countries And What Makes Them So Happy » Read HealthiestBlog.com, the new site from PsyBlog's author Related articles: The Age At Which People Are Least Happy With Their Lives The Number of Children That Makes Parents Happiest How Aging Changes What Makes You Happy People Are Happier When
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A woman with cancer inspired Facebook's most controversial employee perk Last year, Facebook announced it would pay for its female employees to freeze their eggs. The decision was controversial; some felt the company was encouraging women to work so hard that they'd missed their natural birth cycle. Others celebrated the decision as one that empowered women to become mothers at whatever age they want. During a discussion with Bloomberg's Emily Chang, Facebook COO Shery
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Psychology Today 6
Dropping Your "Me" Story You are not experiencing suffering, you are suffering your experience.
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Five Fascinating Findings About Anger Anger is everywhere. It influences our behavior in ways we can’t possible imagine. Here are five examples.
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India Today | Top Stories 11
Mountaineer Malli Mastan Babu's body brought to his village in AP Mastan Babu, who had set a record of climbing seven summits, left for Argentina towards the end of March. He went missing on March 24, and was found dead in the Andes few days later.
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First experiment on 'editing' human embryos ignites ethical furor Scientists warn that altering the DNA of human sperm, eggs, or embryos could produce unknown effects on future generations.
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Woods commits to Players Championship Los Angeles (AFP) - Tiger Woods will tee off at the Players Championship next month, the 14-time major champion confirmed on Friday.The former world number one, who came back from a two-month layoff to finish equal 17th at the Masters, hasn't played the US PGA Tour's flagship event on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass since he won it in 2013."Looking forward to going back to THE PLAYERS this
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Haunting pictures of the decaying WWII 'pillbox' bunkers that remind Europe of its dark past As conflict in World War II ramped up, both the Nazi and Allied forces raced to fortify their shores from invading troops. They built thousands of structures, from simple rudimentary "pillboxes," small concrete rooms with peepholes for firing weapons, to more complex fortresses with multiple purposes. Now, with the end of the second World War almost 70 years behind us, many of these str
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Attend The Outreach Marketing Virtual Summit – Free Online Conference [Ad] by @jrdoog This is a sponsored post from GroupHigh. GroupHigh is hosting its third Outreach Marketing Virtual Summit on April 28. Not only is this a free conference, but it’s online so anyone can tune in from anywhere! When: Tuesday, April 28th from 10:00AM to 6:00PM ESTWhere: OnlineWho: 50+ presenters who are digital marketing thought leadersCost: FREE!How to join: Sign up here Streams All Day The conferen
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#MarketingNerds: How to Successfully Integrate SEO Into Your Website by @AkiLiboon In this #MarketingNerds episode, Carolyn Shelby of Tribune Publishing talks about switching website platform without hurting your SEO rankings.The post #MarketingNerds: How to Successfully Integrate SEO Into Your Website by @AkiLiboon appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Arrest over FB content: 66A dropped, UP police tells SC SC was told that police would go ahead with prosecution of a Bareilly boy for allegedly posting objectionable comments on Facebook against SP leader Azam Khan.
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Nitish praises PM for 'quick' response to Nor'wester Nitish praises PM for 'quick' response to Nor'wester"I want to thank the honourable Prime Minister and the honourable Home Minister for their assurance to provide help to the disaster hit Bihar," he said.
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Safeguards in place to check misuse of P-Notes: Jayant Sinha "... safeguards have been put in place to prevent the misuse of PN route," Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
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FTA talks with India may conclude by year-end: Australia Australia today said that negotiations with India on free-trade agreement are on track and expected to be concluded by the end of the year.
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Don't abandon Dirext Taxes Code: Par panel to govt Asking the government not to abandon the Direct Taxes Code (DTC), a Parliamentary panel today said this new law needs to be enacted to replace the existing Income Tax Act.
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Government cracks whip after PM Narendra Modi-led ACC is snubbed Government cracks whip after PM Narendra Modi-led ACC is snubbedCracking the whip, DoPT in its April 22 letter has now specified a new process to ensure regular updation of AVMS and timely submission of ACC proposals.
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IFC raises $250 million 'masala' bonds Those securities christened as “masala bond’ have offered 6.45% rate with three and a half year maturity.
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M&M Fin shares pare early gains; down nearly 1% at close The scrip closed at Rs 278.50, down 0.91 per cent on the BSE. During the day, it rose by 3.89 per cent to Rs 292.
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Five Ways a Thief Can Profit From Your Stolen Hardware Criminals steal your PC, your laptop, your smartphone – by burglarizing your house or by snatching them from you. Then what happens? The problem with the everyday is complacency. The majority of us have smartphones and we don’t think twice about grabbing them from our pockets to answer a text. This makes us targets. One technique commonly takes place at bus stops. You get your phone out, and a thi
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Video Metrics Every Marketer Should Be Watching Roughly half of companies currently use video in their marketing strategies, and two-thirds of marketers expect to do so in the near future. But how do they actually measure the success of these videos? For many marketers, the key focus is view count. But if you look under the hood of what really drives a video strategy, it becomes clear that view count is primarily a vanity metric. You have no
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Getting my groceries delivered saves me money — and the reason why is purely psychological I love getting my groceries delivered. Ever since I moved to New York in August, I've been using Instacart and FreshDirect. Living in the city without a car makes shopping for bulky items an ordeal. So I love the fact that I don't have to make a trip to the store, wait in line, and then carry my heavy groceries home. But since I'm on a tight budget, I always feel guilty about spending an extra $4
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The Red Flags You Should Look Out for During Your Job Search Just as companies have to weed out the good candidates from the bad, you need to be able to tell the good companies and positions from the ones that will just waste your time. Here are some red flags in job descriptions and interviews that can warn you about a potentially terrible job. Warning Flags in Job Descriptions Sometimes all you have to do is carefully read the job description. Certain ph
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Search In Pics: Google Bumper Cars, Game Of Thrones & Day At The Beach In this week’s Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have, and more. Google Bumper Car: Source: Google+ Google At The Beach: Source: Google+... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Ashley Madison's CEO explains how 'female equality' is driving women to cheat The boss of extra-marital affairs dating website Ashley Madison said that "female equality" is behind its "exponential growth" because it has led to an increase in "appetite" from women to cheat on their partners. In fact, Ashley Madison is growing so rapidly that it is looking to launch an IPO in London imminently so it can raise £135 million ($200 million) to fuel
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How do drone strikes go wrong? How does a ‘perfect weapon’ fail?
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Amateur leads Boston Marathon for a mile A former professional triathlete reveals he overtook the elite field in the Boston Marathon so his daughters could see him on television.
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How The Pareto Principle Affects Your Analytics Data, From #SEJSummit Speaker Ryan Jones by @wonderwall7 Our SEJ Summit Chicago event was held on April 15th, and we were happy to have Ryan Jones, of SapientNitro, presenting. Ryan covered the Pareto Principle, which is the concept that 80% of the effects come from 20% of the work. Ryan tied this into how you can use data and analytics to get the most bang for your 20%. While Chicago was a hit, our next event, SEJ Summit London, is now less than four w
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'The Invisible Man' created in Swedish lab Swedish scientists have created for the first time in the lab a perceptual illusion of having an invisible body among humans.
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Telcos call for 'same service, same rules' on Net Neutrality Cellular operators have been at the receiving end ever since social media blasted out against their perceived attempt to tamper with Net Neutrality.
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Four Asus ZenFone 2 features you can't ignore Asus on April 23, 2015 launched the ZenFone 2 in India . The phone comes in three variants and is priced between Rs 12999 to Rs 22,999. we take a look at four features of the phone you can't ingnore.
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Guantanamo ex-inmate granted bail in Canada, May release likely Ottawa (AFP) - A Canadian court on Friday granted bail to former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr, who was 15 when he was captured on an Afghan battlefield in 2002 and sent to the US jail in Cuba.Khadr's lawyer Nathan Whitling told AFP the conditions of his release -- granted pending the outcome of his appeal of his US conviction over the killing of a US soldier in Afghanistan -- are to be determine
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Starbucks plans to start selling better coffee Starbucks' CEO Howard Schultz has become obsessed with selling better coffee. The brand has plans to sell coffee from its premium roastery in more than 1,000 stores, Schultz told investors on a recent conference call. Starbucks recently opened a 15,000 square Reserve Roastery and Tasting Room in Seattle. Schultz calls the luxury roastery "the Willy Wonka of coffee." Customers can sign
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The Little-Mentioned Consequence of Selling Marijuana As more and more states legalize marijuana, businesses selling the leafy green weed are, um, cropping up. But marijuana still remains illegal under federal law, and that creates a potentially significant problem for entrepreneurs aiming to sell the crop: the inability to register a federal trademark.Related: Dixie Elixirs Wants to Become the First National Marijuana BrandTrademarks -- words or gra
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10 Body Language Mistakes That Could Cost You The Job
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The Art Of Annoyance: How To Build Success Through Persistence My nature is somewhere in between an introvert and extrovert. As a kid I was very shy, but I could also be a loud mouth and a leader among my friends. I guess when I was comfortable, I was an extrovert and when uncomfortable, I was an introvert. I was also very laid back, something I used to think of as a great quality. My motto was live and let live--you do what you need to do, and I will do what
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Four British Startups Breaking Through The Billion Dollar Mark Four British technology companies have achieved valuations of $1bn this year alone
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Why You Shouldn't Celebrate The Collapse Of Comcast's Bid For Time Warner Cable Those in fear of a cable monopoly or oligopoly will claim victory when Comcast abandons its Time Warner Cable bid in the face of un-winnable regulatory hurdles. But, they'll then have to hope service and pricing improves at a time when the finances of the cable industry are becoming far more stretched.
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What 'Ghostbusters' Taught Me About Entrepreneurship I think we can all agree that throughout the rich and vast history of cinema, one film stands out among the rest. Forget about Citizen Kane or Casablanca. I'm referring of course to the 1984 classic, Ghostbusters. In addition to being my favorite movie of all time (Fun fact: when I was five years old I insisted that my mother refer to me exclusively as Peter Venkman), I've found that it is full
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Startup Disruptors Drive Digital Investing Revolution When the financial industry crumbled in 2008, people?s perception of banking was forever changed. Investors lost trillions of dollars in net worth. People learned the hard way that banks were fallible, with too much power, not enough transparency and an unfair profit margin. The resulting ?Great Recession? confirmed for many the
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Hate Needles? This 3-D Printed Device Makes Injections Pain-Free Three college freshmen invent a disposable, 3-D printed device that numbs the skin around an injection site.No one likes being jabbed with a needle. Some people can't stand it at all. According to research in the Journal of Family Practice, at least 20% of Americans have needle phobia, and as a result, many skip critical preventive procedures like vaccines and flu shots. That's a public-health pro
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Haunting Photos Of Abandoned Factories Chart Industrialization's Demise Dramatic shots of disused factories around the world reveal an economic force on the wane.Korean photographer Taewon Jang grew up intimately familiar with the world of industrialization. His father spent 36 years working for a cement factory, during which time Taewon witnessed the industry's evolution first hand—including the loss of factories and the jobs it provided. "Many of the basic indu
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We did the math: Here's how much movie theaters mark up your popcorn and snacks Movie theater chains like Regal and AMC make huge profit margins on the sale of food and drinks at the concession stand. Without these gross profits both companies would be losing hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Find out which items are marked up the most and which are the best deal. Produced by Sara Silverstein and Alex Kuzoian Follow BI Video: On Facebook Join the conversation abou
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TFF 2015 Panel: Social Media Content Creators Are Transforming Film Snap it, Vine it, Tube it — these words are synonymous with ephemeral filmmaking in the digital age. With the rise of video bloggers and Youtube comedians, traditional distribution for film has radically shifted. Social media content creators have become powerful agents for storytelling given their ability to reach and engage millions of viewers with a single six-second clip. A panel at the 2015
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India ranks 117th in world happiness index Happiness is a warm puppy to some, and to others, happiness is a long weekend when the alarm doesn’t need to be set.
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To Cut Methane from Cows, Put a Price on Carbon California's cap-and-trade system spurs farmers to install biogas digesters -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Bing Follows Google's Lead and Launches Shopping Campaigns Much like Google did last year, Bing is now beta testing shopping campaigns, which give advertisers more sophisticated management and performance tracking capabilities.
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The Economic Times
Decline in number of HIV positive cases: Government Number of HIV positive cases reported annually in the country has declined by 57% to 1.16 lakh in 2011 as compared to 2.74 lakh in 2000, LS was informed.
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Crompton Greaves' shares end nearly 3% lower After falling 7.77 per cent to Rs 155.40 in intra-day trade on the BSE, shares of Crompton Greaves recovered some of the lost ground and finally ended at Rs 164.20.
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Infosys tanks 6% on dismal Q4; mkt cap dips Rs 14k-cr The stock plunged 5.95 per cent to settle at Rs 1,996.25 on the BSE. In intra-day, it had tanked 6.62 per cent to Rs 1,982.
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The Economic Times
PM to hold meeting for naming eminent members to NJAC The government had on April 13 brought into force the controversial law to appoint members to the higher judiciary, a task which so far had been the responsibility of a five- member Supreme Court Collegium.
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Make additional allocation for crop loans this fiscal: Panel Panel has suggested that government should make "sufficient additional" allocation for interest subvention for crop loans in view of farmers facing distress due to weather vagaries.
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8 Business Practices That Increase Productivity Productivity is on the decline in America: The Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that during the fourth quarter of 2014, nonfarm business output increased by 3.2 percent, and hours worked increased by 5.1 percent; but productivity itself decreased by 1.8 percent. This is a disturbing trend for any business to deal with, for both salaried workers and entrepreneurs.Related: 10 Tips for Staying Focus
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5 Tips For Asking A Question On MakeUseOf Answers Ever had a burning question about the technology you use, and didn’t know the answer? We all have, at some point. You might have turned to the Internet looking for the solution, but ultimately didn’t find the answer you need. There’s a better way. MakeUseOf Answers is a bit like Yahoo Answers, but with one key difference. The people who answer your question are the same people who write for us, an
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Eccentrics camp out in London to await royal birth London (AFP) - Camped outside St Mary's Hospital in London, eccentrics decked out from head to toe in Union Jack colours are counting down to the latest addition to Britain's royal family."Diana superfan" John Loughrey cannot hide his excitement, dancing a jig and singing on the pavement."Get down here, you're missing something, the atmosphere is electrifying," he said, as hosp
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DEAL OF THE DAY: This fitness storage belt for runners is 37% off right now If you're looking for something that will hold your smartphone and wallet while you run, this belt is for you. The "Rise Up" fitness belt comes with 4 pockets and a keychain, making it ideal for storing smartphones, cards, ID keys, and other small objects. The belt has a reversible flip design, meaning you can turn it inside out and wear the pockets on the inside for maximum security. Pl
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Poo Poo Pee Doo What You Like in the Friday Open Thread Ok I’m Moon and it’s the 24th of April, and you know what that means! that it’s the 24th of April. And that means I’ll be your waiter for the Friday Open Thread.I could say so much about what and whom I love, but for now, let this pic serve:So..... I’d have posted a cat, but who can compete with last week’s animated feline fest? Not me. Not yet. Maybe next time. If they let me do this again, that
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Saudis say 'killer' was IS agent Saudi Arabia says a young man arrested for the murders of two police officers has confessed to acting on orders from the Islamic State jihadist group.
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Hartlepool fans 'should not black up' Hartlepool fans set to dress up as Bob Marley for a game at Carlisle should avoid "blacking up", says Kick it Out.
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Hubble's Repairman Reflects on the Telescope's Legacy Twenty-five years ago, on April 24, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope soared into orbit. Since then, its great discoveries have been legion, and the story of how it became the most successful and... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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This Mexican teen was forcibly sent to the US after being mistaken for a Texas woman's abducted daughter 14-year-old Alondra Luna Nunez was reunited with her family after a bizarre case of mistaken identity. Nunez was originally sent to Houston to live with a woman who claimed she was her daughter and had been taken illegally by her father to live in Mexico years earlier. Produced by Jason Gaines. Video courtesy of Associated Press. Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this st
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An instinct for fairness lurking within even the most competitive It stings when life’s not fair – but what happens if it means we profit? As Tom Stafford writes, some people may perform unexpected self-sabotage. Frans de Waal, a professor of primate behaviour at Emory University, is the unlikely star of a viral video. His academic’s physique, grey jumper and glasses aren’t the usual stuff of a YouTube sensation. But de Waal’s research with monkeys, and its impl
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Air traffic rises 20.57% in March quarter However, the carriers filled less number of seats in March against February, according to the data released by the DGCA.
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Paytm forays into eCommerce; to compete with likes of Flipkart Paytm, in which world's one of the largest e-tailers Alibaba had picked up stake, expects its eCommerce entry to help revenue run rate to more than double to $4 billion (Rs 25,417 crore) by year-end from $1.5 billion now.
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Goodbye, Productivity: Microsoft Is Bringing Back Solitaire for Windows 10 If Windows 8 felt like a radical departure from previous iterations of Microsoft’s long-loved operating system, the tech giant is looking to inject a bit of fun familiarity back into Windows 10, which is slated for a summer release.Solitaire, which was removed from Windows 8 alongside other classics including Hearts and Minesweeper, will be baked back into Windows 10, Mashable reports. While Sol
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The Mint Planner, 24 April 2015 From music and movies to dance and drama, there’s plenty to do or experience over the coming week
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When does Greece actually run out of money? Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts published a note titled "Grexhaustion" earlier today — and for financial journalists, analysts and investors, it certainly feels that way. Greece has now been rolling from crisis to crisis for several months, while negotiations with Europe to unlock a €7.2 billion ($7.83 billion, £5.16 billion) tranche of bailout cash are not progressing at a very f
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ClassPass Acquires Competitor Fitmob ClassPass is on a tear.The company, which allows users to take unlimited fitness classes for $99 a month, has raised more than $54 million, is currently in 34 markets and just acquired competitor FitMob, for an undisclosed amount, TechCrunch reports.Both services buy discounted classes from a growing number of boutique fitness studios and gyms, and then allow their members to sign up for individua
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Tech-Free Oasis in Paris Gives You Room to Explore Yourself Seymour+ is a space in Paris that encourages self-exploration and creative development without the use of phones, computers, books and magazines. By engaging with a series of interactive installations and using a pen and paper to record ideas, visitors are given a framework to uncover their creative potential and rethink the role that technology plays in their lives. Upon entering the two-story f
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Billboard Lets You Pour Yourself Out a Cold One Carlsberg have made what they claim is “Probably the Best Poster in the World” by turning it into a working beer tap. Carlsberg Billboard Doubles as Self-Service Beer TapCarlsberg have made what they claim is “Probably the Best Poster in the World” by turning it into a working #beer tap.Check it out: http://www.psfk.com/2015/04/carlsberg-billboard-self-service-beer-tap-fold7-mission-media.html
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The Shocking Truth about ECT Should the media be reporting on medical treatments when they lack the time and expertise to full present information?
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How Well Do You Understand Your Emotions? How tuned in are you to your emotions?
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Change daughter's poetic name: China court to dad A Chinese court has declared "illegal" a "poetic" name given by a father to his daughter, as under the new rules parents have to name their wards after close relatives to discourage new trends of fashionable or unorthodox names.
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US bill to bring in more doctors from India The lawmakers say foreign physicians scheduled to serve their residencies at American hospitals are encountering extremely long delays in obtaining J-1 visas from US embassies in their countries.
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Farmer suicides 'complicated' issue, formal finance is key: RBI RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said one should neither take it "lightly" nor offer easy explanation as these are "complicated matters".
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Gold is getting smoked (GLD) Gold is getting smoked. On Friday, the price of gold was down more than 1.5%, or nearly $20 an ounce, to as low as $1,176, the lowest price for the precious metal since late March. Overall, April has been a mixed month for gold, which spent much of the month bouncing around the $1,200 an ounce level. But on Friday, with US stocks drifting higher, the Nasdaq at all-time highs, and the S&P 500
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I spotted a trend in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, and it led to a legendary investment I had noticed in the opening days of the Arab-Israeli War that the Egyptian Air Force was succeeding in shooting Israeli jets out of the sky, which made no sense to me — Israeli's air force was far superior — and I tried to figure out why. I learned that it was because the Egyptians were developing advanced electronic warfare equipment they had received from the Soviets. I jumped on a plane and st
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Sebi issues cease and desist orders against Asian Corp Sebi found in its probe that Asian Corporate and its proprietor Dilip Anantrai Desai were engaged in providing investment advisory services to the investors on payment of fees.
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Indiabulls Housing Finance net up 22% on loan growth For the full fiscal 2014-15, the private sector mortgage lender's net profit rose to Rs 1,901 crore from Rs 1,568 crore last year.
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IT sector sees highest ever PE deals as Ecom cos attract big-ticket investments More than 400 deals worth Rs 72,910 crore were announced in the sector in the past year, according to Grant Thornton-IVCA Technology Dealtracker.
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AAP leader Sanjay Singh visits deceased farmer's kin Sanjay Singh today met the family of the deceased, Gajendra Singh, and told them that Delhi government would consider their demands, including for martyr's status for the farmer and a government job for his kin.
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Greece carries out first privatisation under radical left govt Greece's radical left government on Friday carried out its first privatisation since coming to power by selling a 20-year horseracing gambling licence to a subsidiary of Czech-Greek company Opap for 40.5 million euros ($44 million).
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Wall Street opens up, Nasdaq set to extend record Wall Street opened up as strong results from Google, Amazon and Microsoft set the Nasdaq on track to extend its record close set the previous session.
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NIA to probe killing of 3 armymen by NSCN militants in Arunachal The three Army personnel of the 4 Rajput Regiment were killed and four others injured when suspected NSCN insurgents had ambushed the Army convoy.
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Intel Core M: What’s so Great About the Processor? The Intel Core M is the most hyped processor in years, and with good reason: it’s at the heart of a new revolution in laptops. As with all new processors, performance is key to the hype. Yet for once it’s not about raw speed, it’s about power and efficiency. With its low power consumption and low heat generation, Core M doesn’t need a fan to stay cool, so manufacturers can build laptops that are t
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No More Trucks: Send Packages Through Underground Tubes Instead The delivery service is a series of tubes.Here's an idea to cut congestion and pollution around major cities: dedicated freight pipelines that flow from out-the-way distribution centers to urban hubs.Read Full Story
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21 Things I Didn't Know About The Apple Watch Until I Started Wearing One Initial ruminations on a tiny device that's bursting at the seams with new ideas, features, and approaches.Today is launch day for the Apple Watch. In some ways, that's more of a ceremonial rite than a statement of practical reality. With Apple's online-only ordering, you can't just barge into an Apple Store and plunk down your money, though you apparently might be able to find one at a handful of
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BitTorrent Lays Off 40 Employees The company that pioneered the popular "torrenting" file transfer method has significantly reduced its staff.BitTorrent laid off 40 of its 150 employees on Thursday, a source told Fast Company. The cuts were made in an effort to streamline business and focus on a smaller suite of products, according to sources speaking to BuzzFeed.Read Full Story
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U.N. aid chief urges Syria sanctions, Jolie pleads for refugee help UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations aid chief urged the Security Council on Friday to impose an arms embargo and sanctions in Syria for violations of humanitarian law as special envoy Angelina Jolie pleaded with council members to visit millions of Syrian refugees.
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Chart shows just how crazy the Golden State Warriors' Game 3 win was The Golden State Warriors overcame a 20-point fourth-quarter deficit to win Game 4 of their playoff series against the New Orleans Pelicans thanks to a bunch of breaks going their way and one ridiculous shot from Stephen Curry. The chart below, based on data generated by Inpredictable.com, shows just how improbable the comeback was. With the Warriors trailing 89-69 at the start of the fourth quart
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Six Leadership Skills Not Quite Taught At Harvard Business School Harvard teaches leadership but if you want to learn what works best in running a startup, use six principles from this alumna
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5 Ways to Work More Effectively From Home Trying to be productive at home can feel like a fool's errand. Here are a few tactics to help you work effectively when you're not physically in the office.
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How to Win on Shark Tank ZinePak co-founders Brittany Hodak and Kim Kaupe explain how they got ready to pitchMark Cuban, Daymond John and more. Their appearance onABC's Shark Tank broadcasts tonight.
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How to Cope With the Stress of Being a New Mother and an Entrepreneur Sashka Rothchild, Founder and CEO of Standbuy reveals how she balances being a new mother and a social entrepreneur.
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CEOs Don't Need Pay Cuts, They Need Reality Checks Take Only What You Can Afford, Even If It's Peanuts
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Why You Should Keep Employees in the Loop on Company Finances Jim Secord, CEO of Kashoo, talks about the benefit of sharing financial details with employees and investors.
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10 Tips Mark Cuban Would Give His Younger Self As one of the most well-known sharks on Shark Tank, Mark Cuban didn't get where he is with luck alone. However, just like any other entrepreneur and investor, he had plenty of stumbles along the way. Just imagine how successful Cuban would be had he been able to give his younger self advice.
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What killed the $45B Comcast/Time Warner merger? A combination of the No. 1 and No. 2 U.S. cable companies would have put nearly 30 percent of TV and about 55 percent of broadband subscribers under one roof, along with NBCUniversal, giving the resulting behemoth unprecedented power over what Americans watch and download.
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Passion vs Profit - The Inventor’s Struggle to a Saleable, Scabable Business An analysis of traditional business arguments concerning passion and profit and how crowdfunding and creativity are changing the way entrepreneurs do business.
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Do Your Homework Before You Open a Franchise Business -- or, in This Case, Five Franchise Players is Entrepreneur's Q&A interview column that puts the spotlight on franchisees. If you're a franchisee witih advice and tips to share, email ktaylor@entrepreneur.com"If you carry entrepreneurial DNA, working a 9-to-5 job just isn’t an option," Michael Dravo says, explaining his need to work for himself. In that context, he started with an HVAC franchise but has now m
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Joinery 101: Make Rabbet Joints to Learn a Skill You'll Never Outgrow Rabbet joints may not be the prettiest of wood joints, but sometimes they’re just the best option you have. Here’s how (and when) to use them.Dovetail and mortise and tenon joints get lots of love (for good reason), but when you need a rabbet joint nothing else will do. A rabbet is closely related to the Dado joint, as they both cut a recess into a piece of wood, but a rabbet joint is done at the
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20 dishes everyone should try in Cuba The relationship between the US and Cuba is thawing. Obama has officially removed Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, which is good news for travelers who've been holding off on a visit to the country. Cuba has some beautiful scenery — and some delicious food. From croquetas stuffed with melted cheese and ham to sticky sweet plantains, Cuba's cuisine offers rich and tasty flavors.Kn
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Poland bars Putin-backed bikers Poland refuses entry to Putin-supported biker group Night Wolves, saying it cannot ensure security for the gang on its WW2 commemorative ride.
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McGough: 'Children need more poetry' Poet Roger McGough says not enough children's poetry books are published, as 2015 Children's Poetry Award shortlist is announced.
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Malawians boycott South African shops South African-owned shops in Malawi stay closed after calls for a boycott from activists angered at recent xenophobic attacks.
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In the news: Infosys Q4, Paytm's eCommerce foray, invisible man created 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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Even though I know better and am fully aware of the very real limitations and have read all the tepi Even though I know better and am fully aware of the very real limitations and have read all the tepid reviews and know that first generation Apple products aren’t worth the trouble and like most humans, enjoy having a bigger number in my bank account, I still bought an Apple Watch. Here’s why. [Gizmodo]
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An Anti-Creativity Checklist for 2015 Five years ago I published a version of this tongue-in-cheek checklist on HBR.org that highlighted how organizations kill creativity. It really touched a nerve—people flooded the post with examples from their own organizations of how their managers and colleagues stifled innovation. Even clichés like “We’ve always done it this way” seemed to be alive and well back then. Given all the talk in re
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The top 10 essentials you need this spring We asked our friends at MR PORTER.COM, the men's style destination with same-day delivery in Manhattan and London, for expert style advice. This week's topic: the 10 essentials you need this spring. Men, by and large, do not shop according to the new fashion season so much as to current climatic one. Come February 1, clothing stores start stocking Spring/Summer shorts and t-shirts despite the fact
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In the eye of a social media storm Want to safeguard your company’s image? Then invest in crisis management and have a response mechanism ready before outrage on Twitter or Facebook tarnishes it
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Download, Share And Pay What You Want - Moving The eBook Goalposts It is one of the burning and ongoing questions facing content producers – namely how do you price and sell digital versions of products that are also available as CDs, books, magazines, newspapers and movies.
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Essential Apps For CEOs On-the-Go For CEOs, smartphones now outrank laptops and tablets as the go-to device when they are out of the office. Busy CEOs are doing more than just making calls and sending emails. They are also relying on apps to enable them to monitor, react to, and – most important of all – remain proactive with their business operations.
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Mylan's Formal Offer For Perrigo Will Heat Up Pharma Dealmaking Mylan on Friday morning unveiled its formal offer for Irish-domiciled drugmaker Perrigo, offering $60 a share in cash and 2.2 million Mylan shares, valuing the target at around $220 a share at current prices or $31 billion.
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Family Christian Seeks New Path After Failed Attempt at Redemption By Pat Holohan
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Tidal's Woes Echoes Those of Beats Music Cries declaring Jay Z's Tidal as a "flop" may be premature. Here's why.
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Chipotle Just Introduced Two New Ways for You to Get Your Burrito Fix This week brought more ways than ever to get your Chipotle fix.Today, Chipotle launched a mobile application for the Apple Watch, allowing customers to order from their wrists. Similarly to Domino's smartwatch app, the mobile app is designed for preexisting customers and saves your recent and favorite orders for a speedy re-ordering process. After ordering, the watch provides a countdown of how lo
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This is what happens to your stock when someone sends a fake email saying the CEO has resigned (ISP) Here's something you don't see everyday. On Friday, shares of Italy's second-largest bank Intesa Sanpaolo spiked lower abruptly after an email was sent around that said the company's CEO was stepping down. Except this was a hoax. According to Bloomberg News, the fake email sent around was, "linked to a site registered on April 2 through a hosting company in South Africa." "The mo
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Rand Paul has been taking poker lessons from the notorious 'King of Instagram' and Snapchatting it In Rand Paul's most recent Snapchat story, the presidential hopeful shared a clip of himself taking poker lessons from famed "King of Instagram," Dan Bilzerian. Welcome to 2015! Bilzerian, who has become an internet superstar after amassing millions of followers on Instagram — following his photos of naked women, guns, and piles of cash — is a renown poker player. The Daily Caller's Kai
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Turn Your Phone into Your Own Personal Weather Station San Francisco-based startup Sunshine is hoping to provide more accurate weather forecasting and real-time conditions than ever before. That is, if you’re willing to help. The new network aggregates weather data automatically using built-in barometric sensors in its users’ smartphones. Users can also report severe weather hazards like icy roads and oncoming storms to help and protect fellow users.
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US university mulling ban on swastika The prestigious George Washington University here is contemplating a ban on swastika, a sacred symbol for Hindus and Buddhists, as authorities believe it resembles the Nazi symbol and may hurt the sensibilities of some Jewish students.
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EU rescue ships head for Libya, as migrants die also in Balkans BRUSSELS/SKOPJE (Reuters) - British and German warships made ready to sail for waters off Libya as Europe ramped up rescue operations in the Mediterranean after up to 900 desperate migrants drowned last weekend on a boat heading for Italy.
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The new Attorney General should probably freak Wall Street out way more than the old one The Senate has finally confirmed Loretta Lynch to be the next US Attorney General. What does this mean for Wall Street? What does Wall Street think of her? We asked a bunch of sources close to the industry and to the Department of Justice. They paint a picture of someone who, having worked in New York, has a much firmer grasp on the financial sector than her predecessor, but who will nevertheless
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How to Create Engaging Powerpoint Presentations From Start to Finish [Infographic] I don't know about you, but there are a number of really awful things I'd rather endure than sitting through a boring Powerpoint presentation. Seriously, I'd rather eat burnt popcorn, go get my oil changed, or dare I say it, get a paper cut in between my fingers than suffer through a bad deck. The reason being that visual content, when leveraged correctly, has the ability to capture your audien
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Oil rig count plunges to the lowest level since October 2010 (USO, WTI, OIL, VDE) The number of active rig counts in the US keeps tumbling. Data released Friday from oil driller Baker Hughes showed that this week, the number of active rigs fell by 31 to 703, the lowest since October 2010. The number of combined oil and gas rigs fell by 22 to 932 to the lowest level since July 2009. Ahead of the release, West Texas Intermediate crude oil fell by as much as 1% to about $57 per ba
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A former Navy captain just identified the biggest flaw in the US's aircraft carrier strategy The actual strategic value of aircraft carriers, which are incredibly expensive to build and maintain, has been a recurring debate among military thinkers. Now, a retired Navy captain has offered one of the fullest arguments yet that the US needs to radically rethink its naval strategy and shift away from its focus on aircraft carriers. Writing in the National Review, retired Navy Captain Jerry H
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Paytm forays into e-commerce; to compete with likes of Flipkart Paytm forays into e-commerce; to compete with likes of Flipkart Paytm announced the formal version of its wallet app which allows users to transfer money between themselves, along with a seller app for SMEs.
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Nasdaq hits 15-year high, propelled by Amazon, Microsoft Nasdaq hits 15-year high, propelled by Amazon, MicrosoftA majority of the ten S&P sectors rose, with the consumer discretionary index gaining 1.1 per cent on the back of Amazon.
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India Inc's overseas borrowings down 25 per cent in March Indian firms raised over USD 2.66 billion from overseas markets through the external commercial borrowing (ECB) route last month, down 25 per cent, RBI data showed.
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Bihar govt sanctions fund for input subsidy to farmers amid damage of crops Bihar government sanctioned Rs 1,750 crore to be withdrawn from the contingency fund as input subsidy to farmers whose crops were damaged in storm.
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Formal finance key to farmer suicides issue: Rajan Formal finance key to farmer suicides issue: RajanHe also said that lack of formal financing is bigger problem than excessive burden of informal financing.
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Heart attack, malaria killed 3-times more CRPF men than operations Thrice number of CRPF jawans fell prey to depression, heart attack and malaria than were killed in anti-Naxal operations across country between 2009-2013.
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From Hotels to Airports: Our 2015 Business Travel Award Winners From yoga at the airport to flexible check-out times at hotels, the world of business travel suddenly seems friendlier. Glitches are givens for constant travelers (hello, weather delay) but technology is helping today’s traveling ’treps vault hurdles like being stranded without an office or convenient parking. Here we salute the innovations that are making business travel more interesting, comfort
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Here's more proof that companies are jumping on Microsoft Office 365 like crazy (MSFT) Microsoft's Office 365 has become a bona fide success in terms of the number of people starting to use it. Although there are still some concerns that it will ever be as profitable a business as the Office software it is replacing, Office 365 has officially crossed a new milestone. It just became the most deployed app on Okta, a cloud service that companies use to manage passwords and employee acc
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These teens became Coachella VIPs after their Instagram accounts caught everyone's attention Remember when the best you could hope for at a music festival was seeing a great performance by your favorite band? Nowadays, festivals like Coachella are not only perfect for taking in live music, but also for becoming an instant style star. on That's what happened to Charlotte D'Alessio and Josie Canseco, according to BuzzFeed. on The beauteous teens snapped some pho
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Manny Pacquaio will make $2.25 million off of his trunks in the Floyd Mayweather fight The Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao fight is going to make a ton of money for everyone involved. The fight is expected to generate $300 million in total for the two fighters. Nick Gioncgo of World Boxing News reports that Pacquaio could earn an additional $2.25 million in trunk sponsorships from six different brands. For comparison, the total sponsorship revenue in 2012's Mayweather-Miguel Cotto f
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Judge mulls charges for migrant disaster ship skipper Catania (Italy) (AFP) - The Tunisian captain of a migrant boat in which at least 700 people drowned was to learn Friday what charges he will face over the deadly disaster.Mohammed Ali Malek, 27, appeared before a judge in the Sicilian city of Catania after being accused by prosecutors of causing the tragedy.The 20-metre (66-foot) former fishing boat Malek was in charge of capsized and sank off Lib
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Facebook "Hello" Brings Local Search to Calls Facebook is testing an app called "Hello" that will allow users to see names and images of incoming callers on mobile regardless of whether or not they are saved as contacts.
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Why Prenups Aren't Just for Rich People When most people think prenup, they think of protecting assets. When you don’t have any assets, it’s only natural to disregard the idea. But prenuptial agreements aren’t just something wealthy people should consider. There are plenty of reasons to consider one even if you don’t have a huge net worth.Planning attorney Ann-Margaret Carrozza tells LearnVest:It’s very common for someone with a degree
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Tidal's Woes Echo Those of Beats Music Cries declaring Jay Z's Tidal as a "flop" may be premature. Here's why.
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Cannabis Industry Happy To See DEA's Leonhart Go, But New AG Lynch Is No Friend The cannabis industry may be happy the DEA's Michelle Leonhart is leaving, but the new Attorney General Loretta Lynch will be no friend to them.
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Shipwreck Champagne Reveals Old Wine Secrets Analysis of 168 bottles of bubbly that sat at the sea bottom for 170 years shows how the old-timers tweaked their champagne taste. Cynthia Graber reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Google Removes Image Of Android Robot Peeing On Apple Logo From Google Maps A prankster edited an area of Google Maps outside the city of Rawalpindi to show the Android robot relieving himself on Apple's logo.Just outside the city of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, was an Android robot peeing on an Apple logo. At least, it was there on Google Maps, south of the city and west of the Takht Pari Forest, until Google removed the offending map modification along with another nearby.Read
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11 mind-melting photos will make you realize how shockingly small the Earth is The earth feels pretty large, and we feel pretty tiny living in it. But we rarely, if ever, stop to think about the vast beyond. And we should! "There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world," former astronomer Carl Sagan has said. "To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and
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Libya: EU military action over migrants 'unwise' The head of the Libyan Army has rejected the possibility of cooperating with any EU military intervention in his country intended to stem the flow of undocumented migrants trying to reach Europe.
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Iranian convoy turns away from Yemen; U.S. warship backs off A convoy of Iranian ships headed toward Yemen is now moving away from the war-torn country, days after the U.S. deployed warships to the Yemeni coast, according to two U.S. defense officials.
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Learn How to Make an LED Tank Top Leah Buechley created a tank top that can light up any animation you program into it. The design uses basic materials available in most homes, plus a circuit board outfitted with 84 LED lights and placed in a pattern on the top’s chest at two-inch intervals. Buechley’s design assumes you know a little about programming, a tad about soldering, and just enough about basic circuits. It’s a DIY proje
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The Grass Moment If we want to raise kids who aren't self-centered, we should stop emphasizing compliance and instead foster a willingness to question authority
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DoD’s New ‘Transparent’ Policy on Cybersecurity Is Still Opaque When the U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter laid out the Pentagon’s new cybersecurity strategy this week, few were expecting it to break news. And, indeed, his talk at Stanford’s Hoover Institution on Thursday offered no surprises. But the secretary did set up an expectation during his speech on which he ultimately failed to deliver. […] The post DoD’s New ‘Transparent’ Policy on Cybersecurit
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There’s a ‘Star Wars’ Easter egg in a lot of Marvel movies Marvel and Lucasfilm's "Star Wars" franchise are both owned by Disney. Now, they share even more than just a common owner. Have you caught the "Star Wars" Easter egg that pops up in a lot of Marvel movies? In almost every single "Star Wars" movie, somebody loses an arm or a hand. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) famously loses his hand to Darth Vader, in an iconic scene
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The Wall Street regulators won Deutsche Bank joins HSBC, Citigroup, UBS, Morgan Stanley and other big banks who have all made major moves to slim down and run leaner, simpler operations. In other words, the Wall Street regulators won. Post-crisis regulation like the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act wasn't meant to make bankers less "greedy" or to make Wall Street a warmer, fuzzier place. It wa
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Betting odds predict the most popular names for Prince William and Kate's new baby Paddy Power Bookmakers, a company that specializes in online betting on sports and politics, is now taking bets on the name of Prince William and Kate Middleton's new baby. The baby is due any day now. Produced by Jason Gaines. Video courtesy of Associated Press. Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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Book Review: The Nurture Effect Books and recommendations from Scientific American MIND -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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$50k in Play: Thirty Projects Will Win Custom PCBs this Week This week we’re giving away $1500 in OSH Park codes to thirty different projects. Submit your project to the 2015 Hackaday Prize now! $50,000 over the next 17 weeks! For each of the last four weeks we’ve awarded prize packages to three projects just for submitting ideas. Now it’s time to crank up the rewards. Over the next 17 weeks we will give away $50,000 in prizes. We’re kicking off the week by
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How to Travel With Your Kids and Keep Everyone Happy One of the best experiences you can give your children is traveling to new, different places. They’ll grow as people while creating lasting memories with you. Here’s how you can level up your next family trip.Involve Them in the Planning ProcessKids of any age will be more invested in the trip if you get them involved in the planning process. For younger kids, ask them for one or two things they w
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13 Antivirus Software Options for Your Business Antivirus solutions come in many forms, but they are still absolutely critical to the security of your business. When considering which program to get, real-time protection is the feature to look for. This means that you are protected all the time your computer is on. The program is continually scanning all incoming URLs and files for threats. It’s like having your own security guard at your fron
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MPs made accountable for transfer of accommodation between House Committees The problem arose when a sitting MP of one House of Parliament got elected to the other, and wished to retain the same accommodation.
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PepsiCo to launch aspartame-free Diet Pepsi in US PepsiCo Inc said it would replace its current Diet Pepsi offerings in US with those free of aspartame, an artificial sweetener that has come under scrutiny.
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EU clears key hurdle to Lafarge, Holcim merger European Commission said it had now approved the sale those assets to Irish building materials group CRH, finding that posed no separate competition risk.
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India should be named Bharat? SC seeks response India should be named Bharat? SC seeks response'India should be named Bharat', a demand on which the Supreme Court has sought comments from the Centre and the states.
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Infosys' CEO Vishal Sikka says hitting $20 bn revenue by 2020 feasible and viable Infosys' CEO Vishal Sikka says hitting $20 bn revenue by 2020 feasible and viableTerming the $20 bn revenue as an "aspirational goal", Sikka said this would require a growth rate of 13-14% y-o-y cumulatively, which is "achievable".
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Infosys predicts FY16 revenue growth below industry projection, again IT-services exporter sets an ambitious target to touch $20 billion in revenue by 2020 fuelled by new-generation services and acquisitions Read more
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Don't Let Too Much of a Good Thing Crash Your Startup A startup can fail for a host of reasons. Lack of funding, low market interest and poor preparation can all lead to your demise. But would you ever expect that having too much popularity could put you under?Sudden growth, paired with a poorly maintained inventory, can cost your company more than you realize. That’s why it’s vital to make sure you’re ready for success before you even hit the market
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FDNY: 1 dead after crane collapses in midtown Manhattan Fire officials say a boom-crane accident in midtown Manhattan has left a man dead. The Fire Department of New York says the accident occurred shortly before noon Friday near 44th Street and Second Avenue. The crane was attached to a truck. The cause of the accident isn't immediately clear. Not sure but construction worker may not have survived this accident. pic.twitter.com/t4BLAU09fD — Andrew
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Make: 3
Pocket Universe: Next Level Infinity Mirror At some point in your life you’ve probably been in a gym or other location that had mirrors facing each other, and wondered about the reflection that seemed to repeat into itself infinitely. This technique can be replicated by using two two-way mirrors with lights inside, making it appear as […] Read more on MAKE The post Pocket Universe: Next Level Infinity Mirror appeared first on Make:.
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Sew Kitschy, Sew Cool: How to Cross-Stitch Furniture Feeling crafty? Learn how to cross-stitch furniture and give your dressers, drawers, tables, or chairs a creative upgrade that’ll make even older pieces look fresh and new! Want to do something really fancy to your furniture? Gather your tapestry yarns and find the drill bits, this DIY’s just for you. […] Read more on MAKE The post Sew Kitschy, Sew Cool: How to Cross-Stitch Furniture appeared firs
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Smart TV 3D: Is It All It’s Cracked Up to Be? The smart TV still has potential to revolutionize home entertainment. If you’re unfamiliar with smart TVs, now may be the time for you to catch up and see what you’ve been missing. Now with Smart TV 3D technology, you have even more options to consider. Long story short, Smart TVs are TVs with built-in Internet capabilities that allow you wider access to media than a traditional TV. But before you
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The Exclusive Inside Story Behind Times New Ramen, 2015's Best New Font Ryder Ripps on the font's noodly genesis, its surprise endorsement by Kendrick Lamar, and why it will change the type world forever.Times New Ramen is a new font by the perpetually tongue-in-cheek designer Ryder Ripps, creative director of the progressive brand marketing agency OKFocus and New York Times profiled net artist: a goofy Twitter joke turned into a nigh-illegible typeface that you can a
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London set for 'greatest ever race' Defending champion Wilson Kipsang and world record holder Dennis Kimetto will go head-to-head at Sunday's London Marathon.
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VIDEO: Coastguard rescue 80 Libyan migrants The coastguard have rescued 80 migrants on Friday after their boat got into difficulties while trying to sail from Libya to Europe.
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What everyone gets wrong about buying cheap airfare, according to the ‘Man Who Flies For Free’ 10 to 20 years ago, it was common practice to leap on last-minute or standby fares that were dirt cheap. The airlines were trying to get rid of unused inventory, and people were able to fly for very affordable prices. But according to Scott Keyes, a reporter for Think Progress and author of “How To Fly For Free” and “How To Find Cheap Flights," this is no longer the case. “That used to be tru
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The Remedy for Unproductive Busyness Raise your hand if you feel busy. Keep it up, still, if you think the busyness is hurting your productivity. If your hand is still up, then you should keep on reading. It’s very easy to succumb to the temptation of staying busy even when it is counterproductive: It is the way our brains are wired. But there is a remedy that we can employ to translate that predisposition into productivity. Resea
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Here's Hezbollah's game-changing secret drone base For years, the Lebanese Shi'ite militant organization Hezbollah has incorporated unmanned aerial vehicles into their arsenal, developing perhaps the most sophisticated aerial capabilities of any non-state armed group on earth. IHS Jane's has now used Google Maps to locate their airbase in northern Lebanon, according to an analysis published on April 23rd. Hezbollah is arguably the Arab world's mo
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What It Takes To Win 1M YouTube Subscribers ? Be An Expert, Not A Movie Star Andy Warhol famously declared “in the future everyone will have their 15 minutes of fame”, but did he know that it would be the democratisation of video content that would turn his prediction into a reality, and that the more determined and persistent performers amongst us would be able to convert our 15 minutes of fame into a career, lifestyle and recognition factor that would put even the likes
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens first trailer
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Startup Cooking: 5 Ways to Manage Like Joe Torre, Former New York Yankees Manager Joe Torre's coaching tenets are directly applicable to managing a startup team successfully.
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Today's Best Deals: MacBooks, Hammocks, Bluetooth Headphones, and 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 Deals Today's Best App Deals Today's Best Media Deals Today's Best Gaming Deals This Week's Best Apparel DealsTop Deals We've seen our fair share of cheap
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15 smart questions to ask at the end of every job interview It's important to remember that every interview is a two-way street. You should be interviewing the employer just as much as they're interviewing you because you both need to walk away convinced that the job would be a great fit. So, when the tables are turned and the interviewer asks, "Do you have any questions for me?" take advantage of this opportunity. It's the best way to determine
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Trade in Your Headphones for a Personal Movie Theater Designed by Dashbon, Mask piggybacks on the popularity of stereo headphones and the growing success of personal, portable virtual reality. It consists of a visual display that bridges the earpieces of headphones, where a connection to any HDMI cable will play a movie or video game. Mask is only slightly larger and thicker than normal headphones, and contains a 1366-by-768 resolution screen for ea
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Popup Penthouse Experience Incorporates Lincoln Black Label Aesthetic Lincoln offered some special guests a chance to stay in a popup residential penthouse during the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. The Black Label at Home program is a traveling hospitality event which made a two-week stop in NYC following locations in Hollywood Hills and Miami. The Manhattan penthouse encompassed three floors and a roof deck of a building near Union Square. A living room,
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The Times of India 5
New beginning, new crematorium Setting a unique example of equality by burying the animosity between warring castes, in a first of its kind endeavour, the five cremation grounds (crematorium) in the tiny village have turned into one.
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The Times of India 13
MPs start GST debate that seeks to transform India into a common market The proposed GST would harmonize a mosaic of state and central levies into a national sales tax which business and policy makers hope would boost manufacturing and reduce corruption.
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Scientific American Content: Global 36
Should Humpback Whales Be Removed from the Endangered Species List? Have decades of protection allowed the endangered humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) to recover? That's the question asked this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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6 Practical Steps to Learning How to Build a Startup Despite the rush in every academic institution to offer more courses on entrepreneurship, I still haven’t found it to be something you can learn in school. Of course, you can pick up the basic principles this way, but the problem is that the practical rules for success are changing so fast that no academic can keep up. The best thing you can learn in school is how to learn.Related: The 7 Elements
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The Economic Times
Rally suicide: Kejriwal trying to cover up grave crime, says BJP BJP today charged that the Delhi Chief Minister was "trying to cover up his grave crime" of not saving the farmer whom it claimed AAP had tried to use as a "pawn" in politics.
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After diplomatic blitz, EU sees progress by June towards UN climate deal EU expects that countries emitting more than half of world greenhouse gases will publish plans for fighting global warming by mid-year to help build UN deal due in December.
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The Economic Times
Xi Jinping to meet Taiwan's ruling party leader next month China said President Xi will have meeting with chairman of Taiwan's Kuomintang next month amid efforts by the two sides to work out a rapprochement.
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Fast Company
Take The Fast Company News Quiz What happened this week? Here's our quiz for April 24, 2015.What happened 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 Profits Rise as Ad Revenues Increase Google reported a 4 percent increase in profits for Q1, driven by a steady growth in ad revenues. The company was hurt by the recent strength of the U.S. dollar, however.
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Good Problem Solvers are Curious and Empathic, Not Just Intelligent We all know that a high IQ is a desirable, useful quality. But beyond intelligence, your curiosity quotient and emotional quotient are important, too.Harvard Business Review explains what exactly the curiosity quotient (CQ) and emotional quotient (EQ) are, and how they function:…People with higher EQ tend to be more entrepreneurial, so they are more proactive at exploiting opportunities, taking ri
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Nishikori, Ferrer into Barcelona semis Barcelona (AFP) - Reigning champion Kei Nishikori moved into the semi-finals of the Barcelona Open with 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 win over Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut on Friday.The Japanese is the heavy favourite to retain his title after Rafael Nadal's shock defeat to Fabio Fognini on Thursday and impressively romped through the deciding set after being forced all the way for the first time this week.Nish
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Floyd Mayweather has a disturbing history of domestic violence World champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. stands to make well over $100 million in his fight with Manny Pacquiao on May 2. As he prepares for that big fight — one that will draw in viewers who've never watched a boxing match in their lives — much of the coverage of Mayweather's life outside the ring focuses on his wild spending habits. We all know he buys more luxury cars than he can possibly driv
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Scientific American Content: Global 18
Culture Bites: The Changing Nature of the Food Truck Industry What do you normally have for lunch? Leftovers? A sandwich? Do you bring it from home or do you buy it from a local eatery? In New York City, a sandwich from a deli (with a pickle and a bag of chips)... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Statue of Liberty in NY evacuated The Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island in New York have been evacuated, the National Park Service has said.
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Saudi airstrikes destroy Houthi military targets in Yemen Saudi airstrikes over Yemen have resumed once again, two days after Saudi Arabia announced the end of its air campaign.
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CARE worker in Yemen: 'Things are all unraveling so quickly' Since the fighting broke out in Yemen on March 25, my husband, five sons and I have been prisoners to our home.
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Moving into Manufacturing? MakerCon Can Help You Make the Leap The Business of Making is a core value track for MakerCon, the only conference by and for leaders of the Maker Movement. MakerCon exists to celebrate and share information among leading Makers — and developing products, manufacturing them, and getting through distribution mazes are key to the experience. With that […] Read more on MAKE The post Moving into Manufacturing? MakerCon Can Help You Make
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What it's like to eat a $225-per-person, 3-hour dinner at Eleven Madison Park, the best restaurant in America Eleven Madison Park was just named the best restaurant in America, and we can see why. With Michelin-starred chef Daniel Humm at the helm, the French-influenced bistro serves exceptional greenmarket cuisine that surprises and delights. Food blogger Julian Fang captured the experience of dining at Eleven Madison Park in spring 2011, for his website Jewelz. He opted for the 11-course tasting menu, w
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Flamethrower meets firehose in the ultimate battle of fire and water Fire or water: Which is stronger? A group of firefighters decided to find out: One man stands behind the shield with a firehose while another remotely activates the flamethrower. A few guys stood around to watch, likely to extinguish any fires that got out of hand. Seriously, do not try this at home. The firefighters took a couple of shots: The first one didn't go so well for the guy operating the
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Jet Far, Far Away in an R2-D2 Dreamliner Earlier this month, All Nippon Airways (ANA) announced the launch of its five-year Star Wars Project, a collaboration that will include a new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner decked out as R2-D2. As the project’s website reveals, the plane’s fuselage will feature painted versions of R2’s radar eye, utility arms, holographic projectors, and various other attributes. ANA noted that the Dreamliner will star
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Meditation Improves Brain Function There is a great deal of evidence that meditation, in particular mindfulness meditation, improves the brain, and the research is teaching us a lot about how and why that happens.
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Managing Student Expectations After High School If as a parent you’ve been handing out money without teaching your children about budgeting, you’ve done them a grave disservice. Teach your children about budgeting, living within their means, and having an emergency fund.
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Bing Providing Detailed Answers From Third-Party Web Sites Like Google Bing is now providing long form answers taken from third-party web sites. The post Bing Providing Detailed Answers From Third-Party Web Sites Like Google appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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The Art of eCommerce Upselling Let me ask you two questions: is ecommerce a new and better way of doing business? And, is ecommerce better than offline shopping? For many “experts” (such as investors and journalists), it is. However, I disagree. Ecommerce is exactly the same as doing business in the offline world, except it is in the online world (groundbreaking, I know). Most of the knowledge companies have gathered in the las
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5 Simple Ways to Recover the Lost Art of Productive Meetings Meetings.Just referencing the dreaded "M" word can cause heart palpitations and sweaty palms for fear of yet another hour of your life that you’ll never get back. I don’t know about you, but there’s enough gray hair on my head already, and having another meeting isn’t going to help them go away. So what to do?First, meetings are designed for a purpose, but what generally happens is that
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