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Business Insider 58
Think tank says improving America's roads and bridges is a great option for workers lacking college degrees America's crumbling infrastructure is no secret, but its rehabilitation could provide even more than a bustling network of trains, airports and highways. According to a May report by the Brookings Institute, a Washington think tank, infrastructure jobs help provide a path to long-term employment for workers who lack a college degree. “Only 12% of infrastructure workers have a bachelor’s degree or
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Rescuers race against clock to find survivors of China ship Jianli (China) (AFP) - Chinese rescuers were working through the night in a desperate race to find survivors from a capsized cruise ship, with more than 400 people still missing after the boat sank in a storm on the Yangtze river.By Tuesday night just 14 people had been confirmed as surviving after the Dongfangzhixing, or "Eastern Star," rapidly overturned late Monday, the official Xinhu
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The Obama administration's ISIS strategy faces a crippling contradiction The complicated web of open and tacit alliances in the Middle East has created a contradiction within the US strategy to combat the Islamic State terror group. The official account of the US embassy in Syria fired off a string of tweets yesterday condemning Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's bombing of civilians and noting that his regime is likely conducting air strikes in tandem with the Islamic St
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The privacy app that Google banned twice has filed an antitrust complaint in Europe Now that the European Commission is investigating Google for possible anti-trust violations, a tiny startup called Disconnect thinks the time is right to strike at the giant, too. Disconnect has filed an antitrust complaint against Google in Europe over Google's decision to ban Disconnect's privacy app from the Google Play app store last fall, not just once, but twice. It wants the EU to force Goo
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The 25 most popular tourist attractions in the world TripAdvisor recently released its list of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. The list is part of TripAdvisor's Traveler's Choice awards, which highlight traveler favorites based on ratings and reviews. From the impressive Burj Khalifa in Dubai to the stunning Church of the Savior on Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia, here are the world's highest-rated landmarks. 25. Panama Canal, Pan
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 81
6 Secrets Nobody Tells You About Personal Branding Personal branding is one of the most effective strategies available for modern businesses. Because consumers generally distrust corporate brands, personal brands offer a unique way to build trust, facilitate customer loyalty and ultimately increase revenue. In addition to being a novel marketing strategy, it can also help your business with recruiting and put you in a better position for a career
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Fitbit IPO could top $500 mn San Francisco (AFP) - Fitbit on Tuesday told US regulators that it may raise more than a half-billion dollars when it makes its New York Stock Exchange debut but remained mum as to when that would happen.The San Francisco-based company known for wearable devices designed to promote healthy lifestyles by tracking activity raised the high end of its target to $549 million for the initial public offe
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Auto sales were so strong in May it moved the needle on GDP May auto sales crushed expectations.  In May, the pace of auto sales in the US rose to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 17.79 million vehicles according to Autodata, a new post-recession high and the fastest pace in almost 10 years.  Economists had expected sales to come in at a pace of 17.3 million. In May, all of the major carmakers reported better-than-expected sales increases or smalle
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Marketing Land - Internet Marketing News, Strategies & Tips 82
Pinterest Makes Major E-Commerce Push With “Buyable Pins” Pinterest will give U.S. users the ability to purchase directly on the social discovery network later this month. The post Pinterest Makes Major E-Commerce Push With “Buyable Pins” appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Pinterest Adds One-Click Shopping With “Buyable Pins” by @AllieGrayFree Pinterest introduces Buyable Pins to the market, where Pinners can shop directly from the app.The post Pinterest Adds One-Click Shopping With “Buyable Pins” by @AllieGrayFree appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Pedal-Powered Washing Machine Cleans Clothes in Five Minutes Cleaning your clothes in a sustainable way used to mean choosing a low temperature or the eco setting on your machine. The Drumi offers a much greener way to wash your stuff, letting you power the machine with a pedal rather than electricity. The Drumi is a portable washing machine that can clean and dry your delicates in just five minutes. It has the potential to be made out of 40 percent recycla
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Home Printers Connect to Help Communities Find Missing Persons HP has partnered with Brazilian NGO Mães da Sé to leverage privately owned printers in disseminating information about missing persons. The project Imprima para Ajudar (translates to “Print to Help”) allows HP printer owners to help out in the search for missing people. Imprima para Ajudar works with printers that have the ability to print directly from emails which HP calls ePrint technology. If
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VIDEO: Night footage of Galapagos eruption Dramatic footage has emerged of Ecuador's Wolf volcano spewing lava into the ocean.
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VIDEO: Secret tests show US airport security lapses A top US official has pledged reforms after tests found that airport screeners allowed mock explosives and weapons through security checkpoints 95% of the time.
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Fail Of The Week: The Deadliest Multimeter Need a good multimeter? The Fluke 17B is an excellent basic meter that will last your entire career. It’s also $100 USD. Need something cheaper? Allow me to introduce the AIMOmeter MS8217. On the outside, it’s a direct copy of the Fluke 17b, right down to the screen printing but understandably lacking the yellow enclosure. $30 USD will get you an exact copy of a Fluke 17B, it would seem. Right? No
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Want A Steam Machine Today? You Can Buy These TV-Ready PCs Now I’m a PC gamer and I have the weird callus to prove it. However, local multiplayer is too good to give up completely. I like playing games on the TV with friends. That’s why I was so excited when I first heard the Steam Machine announcement. It sounded like the best of both worlds – PC gaming, through an interface designed for the couch, played on custom, touchpad-based controllers, on hardware ma
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 65
With the Right Incentives Loyal Customers Will Become Brand Advocates As consumers increasingly rely on their mobile devices, the tried and true traditional methods of marketing are no longer sufficient to compete on today's modern business landscape. No longer is it enough to pump out brand content. This is particularly true when it comes to marketing to Millennials who tend to trust the opinion of their peers more than they do content generated by brands that, let
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Knitting Is Good For You Knitting is the new yoga.
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Mercator says oil block makes first discovery in Cambay basin Mercator said its subsidiary Mercator Petroleum has made its first oil discovery in Cambay basin in Gujarat
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IT services market to grow 10.8% annually during 2014-2019: IDC IDC report says Indian IT services market grew 7.1% to Rs47,070 crore in 2014 over a year ago
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Key takeaways from RIL’s billion-dollar US shale sale RIL’s decision to sell its stake in the Eagle Ford midstream assets JV, EFS Midstream, along with Pioneer Natural Resources offers two key takeaways
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Expect lower EMIs as banks start cutting base rates EMIs on some loans will come down; but fixed deposits may suffer
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SAIL’s margins trimmed by falling steel prices An improvement in SAIL’s performance depends more on a reversal in declining steel prices
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Delhi govt may ban Maggi, other states collect samples for testing Karnataka and Haryana governments direct their officials to source samples and test them for food safety
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16 secretaries named to key ministries New appointments made in ministries including commerce, mines, HRD, powerand civil aviation
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Running for cover: Who needs NGOs? The government and civil society organizations are at each other’s throats. Charges and countercharges are flying thick and fast
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BSP threatened as BJP, Congress woo Dalit voters As both the BJP and the Congress fight to claim Ambedkar’s legacy, Mayawati’s party is facing an identity crisis
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Mark Mobius, ah! Ventures invest in motorcycle-washing start-up Entropy Innovations is an engineering firm that has designed an automatic motorcycle wash machine called Express Bike Wash
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Auto makers to launch more utility vehicles than small cars over next two years As many as 13 new models are being launched in the utility vehicle segment over this year and next
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DoT set to submit spectrum policy for cabinet nod Telecom Commission to meet on 11 June to finalize policy on sharing and trading of spectrum by telcos
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India to insist on permanent solution on food security Trade minister Nirmala Sitharaman will raise the issue at an informal meeting of WTO trade ministers in Paris on Thursday
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Climate change behind heatwave: Harsh Vardhan Earth sciences minister also blames climate change for the likely deficient monsoon, says no certainty about when the rains would arrive
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India gets a pat on the back for trade policies Envoys of other nations praise the pro-industry policies at India’s 6th TPR meet, want more action on investment
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Carter’s visit to focus on renewing defence pact, challenges in Asia Besides his Indian counterpart, Manohar Parrikar, Carter will also meet Narendra Modi, Ajit Doval and Sushma Swaraj
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Why Skymet is still sticking to its ‘normal’ monsoon forecast If El Nino is a continuation from 2014, then the monsoon in 2015 isn’t likely to fail
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REC, PFC, Ireda, others to raise Rs5,000 crore via tax-free bonds The companies will, in turn, lend the money to solar energy developers at a low interest rate of 10.5%
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Competition between rivals second to larger interest What sort of a working relationship should heads of rival companies share? We ask two rival chiefs and a consultant
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Lifehacker 41
List All Installed Applications on a Mac with a Terminal Command If you’re getting ready to set up a new computer or you need to format an old one, it’s useful to get a quick glimpse at everything you have installed so you can easily reinstall them later. OS X Daily shows how to do it with a Terminal command. Open up Terminal (Applications > Utilities) and type in:sudo find / -iname *.appThis will display all the apps you have on your computer. From there, you
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Business Insider 12
STOCKS GO NOWHERE, EURO SURGES: Here's what you need to know (SPY, DJI, IXIC, BOJA, EUR, USD, UST) Stocks failed to hold on to a rally on Tuesday but ended the trading session above the lows reached in the first half hour of trading. First, the scoreboard: Dow: 18,017.89, -22.48, (-0.12%) S&P 500: 2,110.46, -1.27, (-0.06%) Nasdaq: 5,077.45, -5.48, (-0.11%) And now, the top stories on Tuesday: US auto sales crushed expectations in May, rising to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 17
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The 11 best new iPhone and Android apps you might have missed recently There are so many iPhone and Android apps out there today that it's almost impossible to keep track of all the newcomers. Luckily, we've collected the best apps of the past month so you can find something new to try out. There's a beautiful new calendar app from Moleskine that's as elegant as their notebooks, a fun new game that's addicting but doesn't require much time, and a new app from Google
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Business Insider 90
Selling your old clothes is now a billion-dollar industry Used clothing is turning into a big industry. Popular consignment clothing chains like Buffalo Exchange, Crossroads Trading Co., and Second Time Around have opened a number of incredibly successful locations across the United States. Reselling clothing has exploded into a $16 billion industry, according to Racked.  While the stores' policies vary, they all tend to offer shoppers cash or store cred
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Air France pilots almost crashed into a volcano and are now receiving 'pedagogical, managerial, and medical support' Last month, an Air France Boeing 777 airliner nearly collided with the side of an active Volcano in Africa. According to Reuters, France's BEA air accident agency reported that the jet narrowly avoided a collision with Mount Cameroon near the Cameroonian capital of Douala on May 2. "The Boeing 777-200 F-GSPG was flying at cruising altitude between Malabo and Douala in stormy conditions,"
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12 ways you're sabotaging your career We all have bad habits. Sometimes we we're not even aware of them, or the effect they have on our lives or careers. "In fact, many of us have habits that sabotage our relationships, work flow, productivity, and bottom line results," says Sylvia Hepler, a career development specialist and author of "Learning Leadership Through Loss." "They can also sabotage our professional
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Lumber Liquidators' chief compliance officer has left the company Hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson discovered that Lumber Liquidators Chief Compliance Officer, Ray Cotton, has left the company. Business Insider was able to confirm that Cotton is no longer with the Toano, Virginia-based hardwood retailer.  Tilson, who is short Lumber Liquidators stock, first noticed that Cotton had left the hardwood retailer because of changes on his LinkedIn profile page. Tilso
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Senate Shoots Down All Bad Amendments to the NSA Reform Bill Senators on Tuesday afternoon voted against three amendments to the USA Freedom Act proposed by majority leader Mitch McConnell, each of which would have essentially gutted key provisions of the house-passed legislation. The amendments were bad news for both privacy and civil liberties, and by “filling the tree” with his amendments, McConnell essentially prevented Senators […] The post Senate Shoo
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Pinterest Is Finally Going to Let Us Buy the Things We Like Countless people already use Pinterest to discover and share things they like. Now they'll be able to buy them. The post Pinterest Is Finally Going to Let Us Buy the Things We Like appeared first on WIRED.
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Google doesn't want you to watch 'Aloha' When you Google the title of a recently released movie, Google is kind enough to gather all the theater showtime information at the top of the site. It's one of the easiest ways to find showtimes, and always my go to before I head to the theater.  Go ahead, try it. It works with every movie, even smaller independent films that are only showing at one or two theaters.  In spite of (and probably be
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The 25 best restaurants on the planet This year's World's 50 Best Restaurant awards were presented last night in London, and Spain's El Celler de Can Roca is back on top after slipping to second place in 2013  Organized by Restaurant magazine and co-sponsored by S. Pellegrino and Acqua Panna, the World's 50 Best list is based on the votes of more than 900 international journalists and restaurant industry leaders.   We rounded up the t
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Stewart Butterfield On How Slack Became A $2.8 Billion Unicorn Slack CEO and cofounder Stewart Butterfield explains how the startup became a unicorn, worth $2.8 billion, just a year after launching its corporate messaging service.
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If your spouse makes more money than you, you're more likely to cheat — especially if you're a guy If we needed another argument for equitable marriage, that argument is here.  According to a new study, published in this month's "American Sociological Review," partners who are economically dependent on their spouses are significantly more likely to cheat on them.  And while that's true for both genders, it's especially true of economically dependent men: 15%, compared to 5% of women i
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The Economic Times 21
Infosys' special investment panel to oversee acquisitions The committee is being chaired by new board member and managing director of Omidyar Network’s India operations Roopa Kudva.
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NASA to test supersonic parachute in flying saucer launch Miami (AFP) - The US space agency plans to try out the largest parachute ever deployed Wednesday during a flying saucer launch that will test new technologies for landing on Mars.The test flight of the flying saucer, known as the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, will be broadcast live on NASA's website beginning at 1:30 pm (1730 GMT).Since the atmosphere on Mars is so thin, any parachute that h
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US Senate curtails data collection The US Senate approves the Freedom Act so spy agencies can resume data collection, but with major restrictions.
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Help Make the Maker Map in Rhode Island this Weekend On June 6-7, 2015, designers, entrepreneurs, technologists, government leaders, and other innovators will convene in Providence and Middletown, RI for the first dual-city Rhode Island Hackathon. As part of the team who is organizing this event, I’d like to invite you to join us. The event is free of charge […] Read more on MAKE The post Help Make the Maker Map in Rhode Island this Weekend appeared
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4 Considerations When Determining the Best Leadership Structure for Your Business How owners organize the management of a small business has a huge effect on internal and external growth. The question is, which leadership structure works best?By nature, startups tend to start off with a horizontal structure, which follows an employee-centered approach -- fewer management layers with a wide span of authority. On the other hand, as small businesses grow, many adopt the traditiona
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How to Be Lovable Making yourself open to other people, learning to be vulnerable, and validating yourself rather than seeking validation are all key components to drawing the love of other people. This is not something that's going to happen overnight, but the more you practice accepting and loving yourself and loving other people, the more people are likely to love you! Steps Learning to Love Yourself Understan
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Pain, Fear, and Death Documented at Monkey Breeding Facility Videos and pictures documenting the horrific and unspeakable abuse of monkeys have generated a USDA inspection for violations at a primate breeding facility. If you have the stomach for it, you can see a video and some photos online. You can do something about it by filing a petition that already has more than 15,000 signatures. These monkeys really need your support.
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US equities helped by weak dollar; inflation lifts euro MSCI’s all-country world index up 0.4%, pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closes off 0.93%
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Baby Boomers are the sexiest consumers in retail Brands including McDonald's, Macy's, and Target are all desperate to attract millennial customers. But a recent report suggests they should be trying to accommodate Baby Boomers instead.  "While addressing older shoppers is often perceived as less sexy, they are a larger segment of the population than those under 35 and have significant disposable income," writes Sucharita Mulpuru at For
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Turkey may be heading for a political earthquake In the coming week, Turkey, a prominent US ally and a member of NATO, will be facing one of its most consequential political shakeups in years. Turkish voters will head to the polls on June 7 for parliamentary elections that could shape the future of the Turkish political system. And it looks like the all-powerful Justice and Development Party (AKP), led by the colorful and authoritarian-minded Tu
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5 ways the world's most controversial telescope could revolutionize astronomy The Thirty Meter Telescope on the summit of a mountain in Hawaii will be the most powerful optical telescope on Earth. It will be a true game-changer for astronomy. That is, if it's actually built. Native Hawaiian protestors halted the construction earlier this year. Many consider the mountain sacred ground and there are concerns that the construction could have terrible consequences for the delic
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How to Hide the "Get Windows 10" Icon from Your Taskbar This week, Microsoft officially announced Windows 10’s release date, and allowed you to reserve a copy through an icon that appeared in your system tray. But after that, the system tray icon just...stays there. Here’s how to get rid of it.That icon is pretty handy when it first pops up, and will likely download Windows 10 when it becomes available. It can also help you check your PC’s compatibilit
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Retirement means death for Army’s canines What happens to Indian Army dogs — including the decorated ones — once they are not fit to carry out their rigorous duty? They are euthanised, says an RTI reply.
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I told men to shave their beards and these are the harassing emails I got (Warning: This post contains explicit language.) A while back, I wrote about beards. Specifically, I declared the trend of increasingly gruff beards was over. For some reason, this article enjoyed some increased popularity in the last couple of days, thanks to a couple of Facebook posts As a result, I got some... fan mail. Here's the first message I received this morning:    And another, later in
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After 20 Years of Frowns, IHOP’s Logo Gets Happy IHOP wants to erase any negative connotations you’ve associated with the brand over the years. The post After 20 Years of Frowns, IHOP’s Logo Gets Happy appeared first on WIRED.
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 38
Why It Is Rarely Wise to Borrow From Your 401(k) When desperate for cash, borrowing from a 401(k) retirement account can be tempting. There are real consequences for taking an early withdrawal or loan, though.“If you’re thinking about borrowing from your 401(k) plan or any lending institution, be really strategic about your borrowing,” says Kim Jenson, UBS complex director in Chicago. “Understand why you think tapping into your 401(k) or borrowi
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US Congress curbs NSA surveillance, sends bill to Obama Washington (AFP) - The US Senate passed landmark legislation Tuesday that ends the government's bulk telephone data dragnet, reining in the most controversial surveillance program since the 9/11 attacks of 2001. The House of Representatives has already passed the measure, which also reauthorizes key national security programs that had lapsed early this week. With the Senate rejecting Republican at
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These 11 charts show how American houses have changed since the '70s Houses have been getting bigger and fancier for the last several decades, and we have the charts to prove it. Every year, the Census Bureau releases data on the characteristics of newly constructed homes, and they recently released info on houses built in 2014. We decided to take a look at how different aspects of new single family houses have changed over the last several decades.The number of b
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Here's what happened when a CIA agent got caught with a polygraph by airport security in Southeast Asia The day was supposed to be a routine travel day between CIA offices, a simple one-hour flight from the international airport in a Southeast Asian capital city to another city up-country. It was 1976, and as a CIA covert ops polygraph examiner, I had made hundreds of similar trips in the past without incident. By mid-morning, it had gone terribly wrong. After an hour-long taxi ride to the airport,
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U.S. Congress reverses post September 11 surveillance program WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed legislation reforming a government surveillance program that swept up millions of Americans' telephone records, sending the bill to the White House for President Barack Obama to sign into law.
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Wunderlist, one of our favorite to-do apps, just announced today that it’s been acquired by Microsof Wunderlist, one of our favorite to-do apps, just announced today that it’s been acquired by Microsoft. They say it’ll be business as usual and they’re not shutting down, and instead new features are on the way. You can read more on their blog here.
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With USB-C, Thunderbolt May at Last Fulfill Its Promise You might never need to buy another adapter again. The post With USB-C, Thunderbolt May at Last Fulfill Its Promise appeared first on WIRED.
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The Senate Finally Passes NSA Surveillance Reform After three failed attempts, the senate finally passed the USA Freedom Act on Tuesday evening. The president is expected to sign it into law later tonight. The post The Senate Finally Passes NSA Surveillance Reform appeared first on WIRED.
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Sepp Blatter: US FBI investigating outgoing FIFA chief | Global reaction | Resigns Sepp Blatter: US FBI investigating outgoing FIFA chief | Global reaction | ResignsThe FBI and US prosecutors are investigating outgoing FIFA President, who unexpectedly announced he was quitting his post.
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Blatter 'under investigation in US' Outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter is being investigated by US officials as part of their inquiry into corruption, US media reports say.
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3 Tips to Beat the Debt Collectors When Facing Bankruptcy (Or Late With Bills) A crisis can hit at any time, and you may fall behind on bills. In fact, you may even find yourself facing guaranteed bankruptcy. That doesn’t mean you have to endure endless calls and countless threatening letters. Below are a few tips that can help you stay sane. The reality is that bad things happen to good people. You may lose a job. Someone in your family may get sick and face expensive, long
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SearchCap: Updated Bing Ads Editor, How To Fix A Bad Online Review & E-Commerce SEO Problems Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. The post SearchCap: Updated Bing Ads Editor, How To Fix A Bad Online Review & E-Commerce SEO Problems appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Career Spotlight: What I Do as a Fraud Analyst With millions of transactions happening online at any given moment, someone has to keep an eye out for fraud. Fraud analysts work hard to weed out those taking advantage of stolen information or deceptive practices and spot criminal trends to prevent them in the future.To learn a little about how this seemingly indomitable work happens, we spoke with Gilit Saporta, an analyst at fraud prevention s
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A startup thinks racing and fighting your friends' drones could be the next great outdoor sport Startup Game of Drones thinks that racing and fighting flying remote-controlled drones could be the next great outdoor sport.  Game of Drones founder Marque Cornblatt laid out his vision for drone sports in a Demo Day presentation at Highway1, a hardware startup accelerator run by international electronics part maker PCH.  Basically, Cornblatt said, drones as they are today have issues. They're ex
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Religious Accommodations in the Workplace Should non-denominational for-profit companies that use sexual imagery as an integral part of their branding be forced to accommodate religious attire? Do religious-based rights trump all other rights?
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Conversational Courage How can you summon your courage to engage in conversations that improve your relationships and your results? Here are three steps you can take to create quality conversations.
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4 Tips That Will Boost Your Chances of Landing That Interview The job market is starting to rebound.We have seen a difference recently in the number of resumes submitted for open positions. The long-term unemployed, who had previously given up on finding work, are trying again, and others, who had been reluctant to move from their current employer, are starting to test the waters. However, even if you are highly qualified, it can still be tough to land an in
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Season 3 of 'Hannibal' continues to be one of the best shows on TV Let’s take a minute to reflect on the miracle that is NBC’s “Hannibal.” The series is an adaptation of events and characters originally depicted in Thomas Harris' novels about famed serial killer and cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter prior to his eventual capture and imprisonment. It stars Mads Mikkelsen as the famed villain alongside Hugh Dancy as Will Graham, the troubled-yet-gifted forensic profiler
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The surge in US car sales is far from over May US auto sales were reported by car makers on Tuesday — and they were very, very good. The market is currently running at a pace of 17.8 million new cars and trucks for the year. That's massive. Even better — especially for the Detroit Big Three — a big chunk of those sales are trucks and SUVs, vehicles that General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler can make fat profits on.  The current sales pace is
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Report: The US is investigating Sepp Blatter Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter is being investigated by US authorities as a part of an ongoing corruption probe, according to reports from Josh Margolin and Susanna Kim of ABC News and Sam Borden of the New York Times. Both outlets, citing law enforcement officials, said authorities will attempt to flip one or more of the nine current and former FIFA officials who were arrested as part of th
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RBI makes loans cheaper, but warns of lower growth Loans, including those for purchase of houses and cars, have become cheaper following a widely-expected 25 basis point reduction in policy rates by the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday.
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Army euthanizes its ‘unfit’ dogs What happens to Indian Army dogs — including the decorated ones — once they are not fit to carry out their rigorous duty? They are euthanised, says an RTI reply.
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Met predicts 88% rains, India stares at 2nd straight drought The spectre of a second successive drought loomed larger over the country as India’s national weather forecaster on Tuesday significantly downgraded its monsoon prediction, saying it expected the season’s rains to be 88% of average.
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Mobile users may be compensated for call drops Frustrated by frequent call drops in the middle of conversations? You may soon be reimbursed money for the inconvenience.
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I just discovered Spotify after years of managing my music with iTunes and I'm never going back For over a decade, iTunes was my music hub. No longer. I finally tried Spotify Premium for the first time last month at the behest of my colleague Ben Gilbert, who also ditched his music collection in favor of Spotify. And unless Apple's upcoming streaming service is truly novel and remarkable, I can't see myself returning to iTunes. iTunes, to me, doesn't really symbolize music, but rather years
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Marketing Day: Pinterest’s Buyable Pins, Lithium Integrates Klout Data & A Social Video Chart Here's our recap of what happened in online marketing today, as reported on Marketing Land and other places across the web. The post Marketing Day: Pinterest’s Buyable Pins, Lithium Integrates Klout Data & A Social Video Chart appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Gawker Hell Is Working at the Huffington Post | Gizmodo NASA Has a Fix for the Billion-Dollar Proble Gawker Hell Is Working at the Huffington Post | Gizmodo NASA Has a Fix for the Billion-Dollar Problem of Splattered Bug Guts | Jalopnik That Fancy New Solar Bike Path In Amsterdam Is Utter Bullshit | Kotaku Tomorrow’s Spider-Man Comic Undoes One of Marvel’s Stupidest Mistakes | Kinja Popular Posts
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Data Analytic Technology: The New Game Changer Marjella Alma is founder and CEO of eRevalue Ltd., a women-led technology company with offices in London and NYC. eRevalue offers Datamaran™, an emerging issues management system that delivers real-time analytics on new forms of regulatory, reputational and competitive risk and opportunity. A former Director of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) – providers of the world’s leading standard for non-f
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Capital Markets Firms Balancing Risk And Return In Their Journey Toward Growth Capital markets firms have been operating in a difficult environment in recent years, facing a range of challenges including derivatives reform, capital constraints, reduced proprietary risk-taking and product commoditization. Most have invested heavily in meeting regulatory demands and are now shifting their focus once again towards growth. In order to navigate new challenges around volatile mark
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1 Atelier Breathes New Life Into Buying Bespoke Two months ago, 1 Atelier, a luxury handbag line, opened a pop-up shop in the heart of SoHo, a few blocks away from Prada, Versace and Mulberry. As a newcomer to the fashion fold, it takes a lot of chutzpah to open a store next to such widely recognized names, even if momentarily. But what is even more brazen than the choice of location (which was apropos, considering the target audience) is that
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Venezuela seeks allies outside OPEC to steady oil prices Vienna (AFP) - Latin American crude producer Venezuela, struggling to cope with sharply lower oil prices, is seeking support outside OPEC to stabilise the market, it said Tuesday before this week's cartel output meeting.Venezuelan Oil Minister Asdrubal Chavez is currently in the Austrian capital to participate in Friday's meeting of the 12-nation Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC
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One of the biggest winners of Sepp Blatter's resignation is women's soccer In a shocking move, Sepp Blatter announced on Tuesday that he will step down as president of FIFA. While most will wait to see who will replace Blatter and whether that will have a big impact on the alleged corruption that plagues the organization, there is one big part of the soccer world that will almost certainly receive both an immediate and long-term boost from his resignation: women's soccer
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Eruption Update: Japan, Reunion, Galapagos, and Chile Some updates from the world of volcanoes. The post Eruption Update: Japan, Reunion, Galapagos, and Chile appeared first on WIRED.
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Is Your C-Suite Prepared for the Windows 2003 Apocalypse? With the Windows Server 2003's end of service date coming July 14, on the heels of last year’s XP end-of-life, enterprise organizations must stay on their feet to keep their systems current, and most importantly, secure.Related: Here's How Drastically Microsoft Windows Has Changed Over the YearsThe popular opinion is that if you’re one of the millions still running the outdated server operating sy
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How Asian-American teens are told to downplay their 'Asianness' on college applications These days, college consulting companies have no qualms about using controversial strategies for helping their Asian-American clients avoid the so called "bamboo ceiling" and land a spot at a top college, the Boston Globe reported on Monday. James Chen founded Asian Advantage College Consulting, a California-based college consulting company, to help families navigate what he calls “the A
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Rohingya huddled in Bangladesh camps fear plan to move them on KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - More than 20 years after the first wave of Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar, fear is spreading through the sweltering camps of mud houses where they found shelter in southern Bangladesh that they will soon be on the move again.
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The 5 Most Endearing Behaviors of Exceptional Entrepreneurs Successful entrepreneurs have many extraordinary characteristics, however these 5 behaviors are what seem to make them the most endearing to others.
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How Athletes Inspire Us To Follow Our Dreams Everyone always says, "follow your dreams!" But not everyone does it. Channel the passion of those who do and make a career out of playing a game.
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Evil but Effective: Leadership Lessons From FIFA's Ex-Boss Sepp Blatter may have been corrupt, sexist, amoral, and egotistical, but he proved again that you don't have to be popular to be in charge.
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WWF Taps Those With Nearly Extinct Family Names To Save Nearly Extinct Tigers The wildlife advocate uses unique data to help people empathize with a species in danger of disappearing. The post WWF Taps Those With Nearly Extinct Family Names To Save Nearly Extinct Tigers appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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Oil prices jump to 2015 high | OPEC hopes for price recovery Oil prices jump to 2015 high | OPEC hopes for price recoveryA sharp fall in dollar on improved eurozone economic data sent New York oil prices to fresh 2015 highs Tuesday.
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Wall Street ends down; utilities fall as bond yields jump US stocks eased as a jump in bond yields hit utilities and other top dividend payers, but energy gains and optimism Greece is near a deal.
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RBI policy review: Rajan cuts repo rate 25 bps “I would characterise (the policy) as neither conservative nor aggressive. It’s in some sense a Goldilocks policy — just right given the current situation,” he said.
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'If violation proved, pan-India action against Maggi next week' Kerala announces ban, Delhi says product unsafe; a new controversy for Nestle in Coimbatore
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Emami buys Kesh King for Rs 1,651 cr SBS Biotech's promoter Sanjeev Juneja expected about Rs 2,200 cr for Kesh King
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Met dept sounds monsoon alarm The new projection came a few days after official figures showed production in the farm and allied sectors contracted in the second half of 2014-15
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Stocks on crash course as Sensex falls 660 points The broader-based National Stock Exchange's Nifty index ended at 8,236.45, down 196.95 points or 2.34% over the previous day's close
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Rajan signals pause after 25-bp rate cut EMIs set to become cheaper with SBI, others trimming base rates
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VIDEO: Students question Elders in BBC debate Four members of The Elders face questions from young people on a range of topics including migration, Islamic State and climate change.
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Entrepreneurial Moms, It’s Time to Give Up the Guilt ‘Tis the season when entrepreneurial moms feel the relief of school ending, only to be immediately gripped by summer guilt. That’s the guilt of hearing your kids say, “But why can’t you take me to the beach? Tommy’s mom does!” or “Why can’t I stay home with you instead of going to day camp?” Even if you’ve arranged your business so your children can be home with you, summer is the season of worki
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Columbia grad accused of high-profile rape speaks out about 'bullying campaign' The alleged rapist of a fellow Columbia University student, Paul Nungesser, gave an in-depth interview to German newspaper Die Zeit claiming he endured a "bullying campaign" while finishing his studies at Columbia. Nungesser, an international student from Germany, told the paper that following accusations in 2012 that he raped classmate Emma Sulkowicz, he was the victim of public bullyin
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COOPERMAN: Hillary Clinton 'crapping' on hedge funds makes me 'nauseous' Billionaire hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman is tired of Hillary Clinton "crapping all over hedge funds."  Aside from the fact that he tends to support Republican candidates, that's one main reason why he's not going to vote for her. "I don't need anybody crapping all over what I do for a living," Cooperman, 72, told CNN Money's Cristina Alesci.  He added that Clinton "ha
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Watch FIFA chief Sepp Blatter resign and call for a 'profound overhaul' After 40 years of involvement with FIFA, President Sepp Blatter announced his resignation at a Tuesday press conference in Zurich, Switzerland. Blatter explains that the organization is in dire need of change and new leadership.  Produced by Emma Fierberg. Video courtesy of Associated Press. Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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Therapists Tell Therapy Stories What really happens behind the closed doors of a therapy session? Six therapists share stories.
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Your Child is Not Your BFF Managing the friendship between parents and teenagers can be tricky. When parents understand their role more clearly, a friendly relationship can develop without the boundary confusion that can result from over-sharing, anxiety about separation, and confused messages.
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Observing the damaged brain for clues about dreaming In recent years, a number of important scientific breakthroughs in understanding dreams have come from research involving neurological conditions.
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Is the Tongue the "Sword of a Woman?" The current evidence about sex differences in gossip indicates that beliefs about females being more likely to use gossip in an aggressive fashion are based upon more than just a stereotype. However, this does not mean that women are more aggressive or “nastier” than men. Men and women simply differ in their preferred style of aggression.
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Don't Act So Shocked (even if you are) A little under-reacting can go a long way! When parents respond with emotion to negative attitudes or behaviors, communication is cast aside in favor of an argument. Learning to grin and bear it for a few moments can help us listen, choose our reactions, and help communication to continue.
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7 Tips on How to Do Accounting For a Kickstarter Campaign If business loans make you wary, venture capitalists haven’t come knocking and you don’t happen to have a trust fund flush with cash, consider an alternative: launching a crowdfunding campaign on a platform like Kickstarter. Crowdfunding can be a great alternative source of funding for your startup or small business.Related: Crowdfunding Nearly Tripled Last Year, Becoming a $16 Billion IndustryBut
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Most Popular Way to Send Money Online: PayPal Sending money to other people is easier now than it’s ever been, and there are several great apps that can do it quickly, and for free. Earlier in the week we asked for your favorites, then looked at five of the best ways to send money online, and now we’re back to highlight the winner of our poll.First place was hotly contested (as it should be), but the veteran of the bunch, PayPal, took the top
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Maggi fiasco: Celebs may relook ad contracts A day after the Central government declared that celebrities endorsing products or services would be liable for legal action if the advertisements they figure in were found to be misleading, several actors went back to their contracts to ensure they were insulated against legal troubles.
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Gawker to Vote on Unionizing, Because New Media Is Old Now Gawker writers are voting to decide if they should unionize. The result could spur tech workers in general to think harder about organizing. The post Gawker to Vote on Unionizing, Because New Media Is Old Now appeared first on WIRED.
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Google is building an app that will make you never want to eat junk food again Bad news for those of us who like posting pictures of our food to Instagram: Google is working on an app that uses artificial intelligence to tell you how many calories are in the photo, according to a report in Popular Science. It's called Im2Calories, and in a demo given by Google research scientist Kevin Murphy last week, it was able to tell you how many calories were on an eggs, toast, and bac
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Cisco pays millions to the two executives that just resigned (CSCO) As incoming Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins builds his own leadership team, he's making it worth it for executives of the old regime to turn in their resignations. The two top executives who announced their departures on Monday, COO Gary Moore, and president Rob Lloyd are getting millions of dollars in their exit package, plus a lot of stock, according to a regulatory filing to the SEC. Each of them are g
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Everyone thinks Elizabeth Warren went too far in a too-personal letter she wrote to the SEC chairwoman Elizabeth Warren wrote a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White on Thursday and it got pretty personal. The populist Massachusetts Senator called White out on a number of issues, ranging from CEO pay, to the special waivers that the SEC granted felon banks last month that allowed them to continue doing business – and even White's own conflicts of interest related to her f
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WikiLeaks offers $100,000 bounty for the secret chapters of Obama's landmark Pacific trade deal WikiLeaks is trying out a new incentive to encourage whistleblowers to come forward: money. On Tuesday, WikiLeaks announced that it is offering a $100,000 reward to anyone with the 26 still secret chapters of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a controversial trade deal negotiated behind closed doors between the US and eleven Pacific nations. “The transparency clock has run out on the TPP. No more se
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Warren Buffett could've been worth $102 billion (BRKA, BRKB) Warren Buffett is now the world's third-richest person. But he could be even richer.  On Tuesday, Bloomberg News reported that Buffett was recently passed by Amancio Ortega, the Spanish fashion magnate, as the world's second-richest person.  Buffett's net worth currently stands at $70.2 billion, but according to Bloomberg, without his philanthropic giving Buffett's net worth would be $102 billion.
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Cam Newton's $103 million contract is a game-changer for NFL quarterbacks Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers have agreed to a new five-year, $103 million contract, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. It's a monster deal. The contract includes $30 million in the first year and a record-setting $67.6 million in potential earnings over the first three years of the deal. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that $60 million is guaranteed. We still don't know how much o
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Sensex sees biggest fall in a month The benchmark dropped 2.37% to close at 27,188 points. The Nifty fell 2.34% to 8,236, below its 200-day moving average.
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PMO tells Home Ministry to tighten FCRA regulations ​PMO is said to be keen to have the new measures in place by June 15 in the interest of India’s “economic security”.
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VIDEO: World reacts to Blatter resignation As Sepp Blatter steps down, the BBC gauges world reaction to his resignation.
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6 Cool Math Games for Android Who needs math skills? Or at least, that’s what every schoolchild in the country asks themselves whenever they sit down to solve a quadratic equation or perform trigonometry. Sadly, we all need math skills. Although high-level calculus might be a bit beyond everyday requirements, the ability to perform fast mental arithmetic, work out percentages, and understand basic equations is useful in the su
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A Startup's Biggest Pitfall Is Not Finding the Right Salesperson A startup cannot survive without revenue, and more important, revenue growth that will impress investors. Often, this success rests squarely on the shoulders of your sales team. Therefore, your sales team will make or break your success. Members of your sales team are arguably the most important hires you are going to make. You have to get it right!The problem is, more often than not, it is so eas
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Genes Orchestrate Musical Ability It might take practice to get to Carnegie Hall but scientists found that it takes a set of dozens of genes in the brain working together to make that practice pay off. Click here for a transcript of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Jerry Yang: Yahoo's early Box competitor 'wasn't a very good product' (BOX, YHOO) Box, valued at around $2 billion, is a leading business file storage and sharing service that went public earlier this year. Its 29-year old founder and CEO Aaron Levie is one of the funniest Silicon Valley personalities that never seems to run out of interesting stories to tell. Last week, he shared another fun story during his podcast called Founder Calls. He had Yahoo cofounder Jerry Yang as a
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Learn Android Development from Google Experts with These Free Courses Google announced all kinds of new things at last week’s I/O conference, including a way to learn Android development from actual Google instructors. Here are the free online courses you can enroll in today.The training courses available are all hosted through online learning platform Udacity, and are developed and taught by Google instructors from the Developer Platform team. Included are courses
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Smuggling a way of life along Bengal border Delivering a lecture at a BSF function on May 22, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval had asked the force to rise above being a gun-firing outfit and collect intelligence by developing contacts with border people and engaging in their welfare.
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High lead levels found, Delhi may ban Maggi Maggi noodles is in trouble in Delhi amid indications that the state government may move to ban it.
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HP has a new logo for its Enterprise business after the company splits in two, and it's symbolic (HPQ) HP CEO Meg Whitman took the stage in Las Vegas on Tuesday at the company's huge annual customer conference to talk about the future of HP. She reiterated that by November, HP will become two huge companies: HP Enterprise and HP Inc. The new HP Enterprise, naturally, needs a new logo and...drum roll please...this is it. The green box on top represents new opportunity, Whitman says. The box is green
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Color-Clashing Paint Ads - Battling Paint People Ads Reveal Colors That Do Not Complement Each Other (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) These advertisements of battling paint people reveal which colors clash when used together. In a humorous stunt to promote Hemple's paint collection, the brand uses these cute ads to gain...
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Beyond San Andreas: Hidden Sea Faults Threaten Giant California Quakes While actor The Rock dodged boulders in "San Andreas" this weekend, a new study highlighted seafloor cracks that could hurl tsunamis at Los Angeles. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Downtown Los Angeles Experiences Rare "Reverse Meteorological Spring" Spring weather in downtown LA and other areas of Southern California flip-flopped this year as temperatures cooled from March to May -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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UK Government Urges Action As Cost Of Cyber Security Breaches Doubles A staggering 90% of large businesses  in the United Kingdom have reported they have suffered an information security breach, alongside 74% of small and medium-sized businesses. The average cost of the most severe online security breaches for big business can now reach £3.14 million ($4.8 million). It starts at £1.46 million, up from £600,000 in 2014, according to government research published toda
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What Lance Armstrong misses most about being one of the world’s most popular athletes Lance Armstrong, who won a record seven Tour de France titles and was later stripped of his victories because he used performance-enhancing drugs, appeared Tuesday on “The Dan Patrick Show,” where he was asked about how he’s treated in public these days, whether there was still cheating going on at the Tour de France, and what he found "most addicting" during his tainted reign on top of
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An analysis of drug use in movies vs. real life over the past 100 years New York Film Academy put together this in-depth videographic analyzing how film and television have shaped our perception of drugs, along with its possible effects on viewing audiences.  Video courtesy of the New York Film Academy  Follow NYFA: On Facebook & Twitter Follow BI Video: On Facebook  Join the conversation about this story »
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Martin O'Malley has reportedly become Wall Street's 'public enemy number one' Fox Business Network correspondent Charles Gasparino claims a lot of his sources have been talking about Martin O'Malley since the former Maryland governor launched his White House bid on Saturday. And Gasparino says Wall Street is angry with the Democratic presidential candidate. "Martin O'Malley is now like, I would say persona non grata — public enemy number one in in the halls of Goldman
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Boeing begins production on single-aisle 737 MAX The company said it had begun building the wings for the first 737 MAX slated for flight-testing in its plant in Renton, Washington, south of Seattle.
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Yoga Day: PM Modi is set for Guinness World Record Yoga Day: PM Modi is set for Guinness World RecordPeople in 176 countries are expected to join the Raj Ghat spectacle from their own countries, replicating the same movements.
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Sikorsky to cut 1,400 jobs, citing falling oil production The Stratford, Connecticut, subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. on Tuesday also cited weak demand for international military products.
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Chinese economy faces more pain than gain this year Chinese economy faces more pain than gain this yearGDP growth slowed to 7.4 per cent last year, its weakest since 1990, and Beijing is calling for around 7 per cent growth in 2015.
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User-Generated Couture Ads - The 'Choo Hounds' Accessory Ad Stars Jimmy Choo's Most Furry Followers (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) British accessories label Jimmy Choo is promoting its Choo Hounds capsule collection with the help of its consumers and their pets. Jimmy Choo recently worked with artist Rafael Mantesso and his...
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John Kerry's leg surgery a success US Secretary of State John Kerry undergoes successfully surgery on a broken leg and will be "walking by Wednesday", his doctors say.
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Early poll plan for Macedonia strife The EU says that it has brokered an agreement for early elections in Macedonia to end months of unrest sparked by corruption allegations.
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Decoding Big Data for Business Growth (Infographic) These days, everybody wants to throw around the phrase “big data” like it’s some kind of savior that’ll combat shorter attention spans and the demand for increasingly granular marketing messages tailored to the “personalized generation.”The thing is, big data is only helpful if it’s actually used. If all you do is gather data -- or worse, talk about gathering data -- you’ll be left behind competit
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Mischief Managed: The Facebook Privacy Nightmare Caused By One Chrome Extension I solemnly swear that I am up to no good. That about sums things up. For a short while, a Chrome extension called the Marauder’s Map was letting Facebook users track their friends’ exact locations. Here’s what you need to know about this Facebook privacy breach. The Marauder’s Map The name comes from Harry Potter, where the Marauder’s Map shows the exact locations of everyone in Hogwarts. In reali
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A former SpaceX exec is reinventing the high heel with the help of an astronaut and a rocket scientist When Dolly Singh first met Elon Musk, it was 2007, and SpaceX had already seen its share of rocket launch failures.  Singh had spent the past six years as a recruiter in southern California, matching those who could build rockets with the companies who wanted to enter the next frontier. Then there was Musk, who to the aerospace community was the software guy from Silicon Valley, and he wanted Sin
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How to Prevent Burnout From Spreading Like Wildfire Burnout has been described as the "new normal", but does it really have to be inevitable? Stress levels are escalating and wreaking havoc on individuals and organizations. Today's market pressures warrant preventative measures and collective action to helping people and the institutions they work strive towards greater health.
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Instagram Turns Up The Volume On Its Ad Plans In the coming months, the visual social network will open ad buying to more businesses and enable Facebook targeting. It also is adding new direct response ads. The post Instagram Turns Up The Volume On Its Ad Plans appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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10 Tricks to Make Yourself a WhatsApp Master Such is the popularity of all-encompassing messaging tool WhatsApp that Facebook was tempted to part with $16 billion to get ahold of it. It’s designed to be as simple and straightforward to use as possible, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some hidden tricks and features that you might not know about. Let us guide you through some of the best.1. Switch to the webAs we’ve previously mentioned on
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Tata doctors find way to cut oral cancer risk Tata Memorial Hospital, the cancer hub in Parel, announced a breakthrough on Tuesday that could not only reduce the risk of death for oral cancer patients by 36% but also prevent recurrence of the disease by 55%.
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'GDP growth weaker than what numbers suggest' Given the weakness in the economy, Rajan said he decided to front-load the rate cut although there was some uncertainty in terms of prices. In an interaction with the media, the governor spoke of the rationale behind the policy.
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Reduction in health budget just rumours: J P Nadda In an exclusive interview, health minister Jagat Prakash Nadda said improving the healthcare delivery system was one of the key priorities of the Modi government. He also said talk about reduction or no increase in allocation for health was a myth.
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9 of 10 Indians lack adequate protein The typical Indian meal, whether served in a home in Mumbai or Delhi, is woefully deficient on proteins, said a survey released on Monday.
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Google designers had an ‘almost hallucinatory moment’ when Larry Page finally said that products needed to look beautiful (GOOG) Google didn't hire its first classically trained visual designer until 2006, seven years after its founding. In 2009 it bragged about testing 42 shades of blue for its signature hyperlinks, not to figure out which looked best, but to see which encouraged more people to click.  An internal team once discovered that Google's logo across dozens of products were all slightly different — a few pixels o
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Google-backed Magic Leap is asking people to make apps for its holographic computer when barely anyone has seen it Magic Leap, the secretive company backed by Google to the tune of $542 million, is letting the light in just a little bit with the launch of a developer platform that will let folks build apps on top of its mysterious product, TechCrunch reports. Magic Leap is a wearable device that lets you project holograms into the environment that you can interact with. It sounds to Microsoft's HoloLens, which
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The thin white line of future drug control The UK Government have announced they want to change the drugs law and ban “[any] substance which is capable of producing a psychoactive effect”. It’s a fairly clumsy attempt to tackle the wave of ‘legal highs’ but there’s a little psychopharmacological gem, hidden away, in the Home Secretary’s letter that accompanies the proposed changes. There’s been plenty of news coverage of the proposed blank
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Post Maggi fiasco, food cos highlight safety | Celebs say they are soft targets Post Maggi fiasco, food cos highlight safety | Celebs say they are soft targetsThey are preparing to limit any collateral damage by declaring more ingredient details on packaging, highlighting product safety in ads.
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L-G Jung's office claims jurisdiction over ACB L-G Jung's office claims jurisdiction over ACBNajeeb Jung’s office said so far the L-G had not received any proposal for the deputation of the Bihar Police personnel and the matter will be “duly examined.
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India stands to lose if Capt Kalia case goes to ICJ India stands to lose if Capt Kalia case goes to ICJThe same line — that ICJ has no jurisdiction over India and Pakistan — was taken by the Congress-led UPA in 2012 when Kalia’s father took up the case to the Supreme Court.
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VIDEO: MH370 relatives settle out of court Two Malaysian children whose father was a passenger on flight MH370 have received an out of court settlement for negligence.
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Solving Rubik’s Cube With An FPGA For their final project for ECE 5760 at Cornell, [Alex], [Sungjoon], and [Rameez] are solving Rubik’s Cubes. They’re doing it with an FPGA, with homebrew robot arms to twist and turn a rainbow cube into the correct position. First, the mechanical portion of the build. The team are using a system of three robot arms positioned on the left, right, and back faces of the cube relative to a camera. Whe
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Broke your femur? Broke your femur? Stuck at home with a months-long illness? Today at Lifehacker: After Hours, we’re talking about how to keep up with your sex life when you’re sick or injured.
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Strengthen Your Memory by Noticing When It Does Things Right You might think you have a bad memory, but it might be that you just have a bad memory strategy. By catching the moments when your memory works well, you’ll learn how your memory works and adapt your strategy for the better.Regularly misplacing your car keys doesn’t have to mean that you’re a forgetful person overall. It just means you have the wrong perspective on how your mind works. Kevin Horsl
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Learning as a Sandwich Having students think about what they're going to learn (ahead of time), and then talk about what they did learn (afterwards), really helps. And one classic version of this technique offers a radical challenge to traditional education...
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A Virtual Identity Crisis in the Making So, what's your avatar look like?
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Privilege And The Nature Of Inequality Are different life outcomes due predominately to the circumstances of one's birth, or do people make more of their luck than we give them credit for? Some data on lottery winners for Florida can help us work towards an answer to that question.
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The Greatest Skill Every Successful Founder-CEO Must Learn: Letting Go Entrepreneurship is a deeply personal endeavor, especially for founder-CEOs who must believe in their companies above anything else. Indeed, a startup is not terribly different from parenting, in that thousands of hours are spent nurturing children and and helping them to grow. In both the result is a strong attachment; in startups, the attachment is inherent in every step of the building process.
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Chimps Would "Cook" Food If They Could A new study suggests that chimps have the cognitive skills necessary for cooking—such as patience—even if they don't control fire. Christopher Intagliata reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Tata doctors find way to cut oral cancer risk Tata Memorial Hospital, the cancer hub in Parel, announced a breakthrough on Tuesday that could not only reduce the risk of death for oral cancer patients by 36% but also prevent recurrence of the disease by 55%.
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Bruce’s transition to Caitlyn transfixes US By the time Caitlyn Jenner acknowledged the million follower milestone, she had already reached two million followers, attesting to the unprecedented interest in gender transition issues, including legislative initiatives for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) community in the US.
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American airports fail 95% of security tests They confiscate your aftershave and cologne, they extract batteries from your devices, and they even take away your water bottle. They ask to take off your shoes, belt, cap, and just about everything short of the clothes on your back.
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JD(U)-RJD tie-up on the brink over CM pick The JD(U) told the RJD in clear terms on Tuesday that the issue of projecting Nitish Kumar as the chief ministerial choice in the Bihar elections was non-negotiable and there was no scope of even discussing this.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook just took a huge potshot at ad-driven companies like Google and Facebook Apple CEO Tim Cook is not too happy about how big Silicon Valley tech companies are using your personal information, reports The Verge. In a speech delivered remotely to a dinner in Washington, DC hosted by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, where he was being honored as a "champion of freedom," Cook said: Our privacy is being attacked on multiple fronts. I'm speaking to you from
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Pinterest to Add Buy Button for Revenue Generation Pinterest has unveiled transactional pins. Will its “Buy Button" work better than Twitter’s and Facebook’s version?
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Elon Musk is so obsessed with hiring, he wanted to poach the best yogurt shop employee Elon Musk's recruiting strategy at SpaceX was to demand the best person on the planet — whether they were there to build a rocket or serve ice cream on campus.  "Elon isolated to say, 'Find me the single best person on the freaking planet, then convince me why out of how many billion people on the planet that this is that guy,'" said Dolly Singh, SpaceX's former Director of Talent and CE
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Monsoon forecast at 88% poses challenge for PM Monsoon forecast at 88% poses challenge for PMThe new estimate is lower than the 93 per cent forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in April.
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Slack CEO: Rest Easy, Email. We're Not Out to Kill You Stewart Butterfield says his $2.8 billion workplace-collaboration startup has other goals in mind.
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24 Shortcuts Only Top Salespeople Know Everything you need to know about selling in 24 easy-to-remember lists.
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8 Smart Devices for Getting One Drool-Worthy Night's Rest We sleep for a third of our lives, why not make the best of it?
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5 Reasons to Schedule That Summer Vacation As a business owner its hard to drop everything your doing and take time off. For me planing a vacation and the idea of going on a vacation is extremely stressful, I love my work and feel comfortable in my daily work routine. That said burnout can be just around the corner and it's extremely important to take time off and travel, here is why.
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How Microsoft Plans to Stay Ahead of the Technology Curve Why do app companies make great acquisition targets? Their popularity provides instant proof of customer demand and mobile-friendly technology.
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Why Pinterest's New Buy Button Is a Big Deal Every big social platform is adding commerce, but Pinterest has a big advantage.
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Murray ready for 'big' Ferrer test Andy Murray faces David Ferrer while Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal meet for a place in the French Open semi-finals.
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Why do so many Chinese students choose US universities? Why do so many Chinese students choose US colleges?
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Barman Gayle 'signs' for South Devon Somerset's former West Indies captain Chris Gayle 'signs' for South Devon and also helps out behind the bar.
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Poor managers 'still rewarded' - CMI A new report by the Chartered Institute of Managers finds that a third of "under-performing" managers were given bonuses in 2015.
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VIDEO: Singapore's equestrians hope for gold Two Singapore horse riders and their trainer are hoping for gold at the South East Asian Games in Singapore.
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Take A Bite Out of the Math of Math Mathematician Eugenia Cheng, tenured in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. and currently Scientist in Residence at the School of Art Institute of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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U.S. May Take First Step to Curb Airline Emissions This Week The EPA plans to determine whether CO2 from aircraft endangers public health, a first step to regulating emissions from the aviation sector, sources said -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Rand Paul wants the infamous '28 pages' of secret 9/11 files released For more than a decade, a chunk of a high-level Congressional report that allegedly shows ties between 9/11 terrorists and the Saudi Arabian government has been classified. Now, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to make the redacted section public.  On Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) joined a group of bipartisan lawmakers promoting legislation that would release a 28 page report deta
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SMX Advanced 2015 Live Blog: AMA With Google Search Google Webmaster Trends Analysts Gary Illyes speaks with Search Engine Land founding editor Danny Sullivan to close day one of SMX Advanced. The post SMX Advanced 2015 Live Blog: AMA With Google Search appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Feel-Good Pet Ads - This Heartwarming Pet Food Ad Shows That Dogs Bring Out the Good in Us (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Pet food company Pedigree unveiled a heartwarming pet food ad that promotes healthy dog food and human equality. The commercial titled ‘The Walk' is filmed in black and white, giving a...
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Nitish's friends leave little choice for Lalu Prasad Nitish's friends leave little choice for Lalu Prasad For the last few weeks, Lalu Prasad has been pressuring the JD(U) with Manjhi, and public statements by senior RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh.
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C'garh CM complains about Telangana to Rajnath C'garh CM complains about Telangana to RajnathThe home minister, who visited Chhattisgarh last week, has now asked the CM to convene an urgent meeting with Telangana’s DGP.
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Tech Mahindra sees digital revenue to cross Rs.3,100 Cr by year-end TechM's had assumed that a tenth of that would come from new digital technologies, but growth has exceeded expectations.
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Jaya lives up to her nickname ‘Iron Lady of the South' Jaya lives up to her nickname ‘Iron Lady of the South'The Chief Minister is putting up a brave front, but her movements have been largely restricted.
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Samsung Signage TV Giveaway : There’s Still Time to Enter Is the signage for your business old and weathered — or just plain old school? You work hard to promote your business, products and services, only to have outdated signage drag your brand down. Fortunately, there’s a way to transform signage for your small business. And it may only be a few tweets away! Enter the Contest Here’s a reminder that there’s still time to win one of two Samsung Digital
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Occupation children shunned in post-war Germany and Austria The babies Allied forces left behind in Germany and Austria
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VIDEO: Calligraphy meets graffiti Street art meets Arabic calligraphy on a towering scale
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Gray, White, and Vinyl: The Designer Toy Workspace The things we collect, when properly showcased, add more personality to our rooms. Today’s featured workspace is charming in a nerdy way.The space belongs to photographer Marc Tan. The gray walls aren’t overwhelming, thanks to the large window and mostly white furniture. It’s the accessories that make this room stand out from your generic workspace—featuring the Nightmare Before Christmas, Kaws, a
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Major rejig: Govt appoints 17 secretaries In a major top-deck reshuffle, the government on Tuesday appointed 17 secretaries, including new ones for education, commerce, power and civil aviation.
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Less representation, but safety up for women in T Former minister Konda Surekha had been thought to surely get a ministerial berth in the run up to the formation of the first Telangana movement.
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Doctor revives Sunanda autopsy row The Sunanda Pushkar postmortem controversy was revived on Tuesday as the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) sought the Delhi high court’s nod to replace Dr Sudhir Kumar Gupta as head of its forensic department, prompting allegations from the latter that he was pressured to give a false report on the death of Shashi Tharoor’s wife at the behest of the AIIMS director.
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Soaring prices of pulses worry govt Domestic production is likely to plummet because of unseasonal rains and there is no immediate availability of the key food item for import from other traditional markets. The deficit monsoon forecast is also likely to have impact on pulse production making the situation grimmer.
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With Blatter's exit, calls for new face, fresh start for FIFA ZURICH (Reuters) - Sepp Blatter's shock resignation as FIFA president, hours before it emerged he was under investigation by U.S. authorities, prompted widespread calls for root-and-branch reforms at soccer's world governing body on Wednesday.
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The 5 Most Common Frustrations Of An Entrepreneur The best part of being an entrepreneur is having the independence to make your own decisions, the flexibility for a better work/life balance, and personal satisfaction from driving change. But nobody said it would be easy. The road to business success is filled with challenges and frustrations that most aspiring entrepreneurs never even imagined.
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PM's income insurance idea may not win over farmers PM's income insurance idea may not win over farmersPM plans to provide millions of farmers with income insurance linked to crop prices, officials say, but it may not do much to ease rural distress.
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'RBI way behind curve in cutting rates' | Rajan wasted ammunition? 'RBI way behind curve in cutting rates' | Rajan wasted ammunition?The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)’s reluctance to cut interest rates may hurt India’s stock markets, said Shankar Sharma.
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Capturing the 1960s and 70s on film Peaceful protests and grieving riots through an amateur's lens
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VIDEO: The day Iran buried Ayatollah Khomeini Photojournalist who captured Iran in mourning for spiritual leader
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All 'failing' schools to be academies Every school rated inadequate by Ofsted in England, up to 1,000 over five years, will become an academy, under a new bill to be published later.
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Business Insider 41
Steve Jobs knew what the Internet was really for way back in 1996 (AAPL) Way back in 1996 —  just a little after eBay, years before PayPal, and well before today's announcement of a "buy" button on Pinterest  — late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs knew that the true kings of the Internet would be those who knew how to sell a product. In an interview for Wired's February 1996 issue, entitled "Steve Jobs: The Next Great Thing," the Apple co-founde
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It's mind-boggling how the 5 most valuable internet companies have changed over the past 20 years In 1995, the internet was just about to get started. It was only a year after big internet companies like Yahoo and Netscape were founded. Fast forward 20 years later, and the web business landscape looks a lot different from back then. In fact, only 1 out of the 5 most valuable public internet companies from 1995 are still in the top 5 list, according to Mary Meeker’s “Internet Trends” report.#5
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Judge me by my actions: Modi to Muslim leaders Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appealed to the Muslim leaders to judge him on the basis of his actions and performance not by what his opponents have been saying about him.
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Google Panda Update Coming In Upcoming Weeks Google's Gary Illyes says webmasters can expect a Panda refresh within the upcoming weeks. The post Google Panda Update Coming In Upcoming Weeks appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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The Economic Times 24
How open software has become a source of grief for tech majors DeitY announced the open source policy in March, making it mandatory for all software applications and services of the government to be built using open source software.
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Bond investors likely to shift to short-term funds K Ramanathan of Spectrum Wealth Solutions said investors could book profits in gilt funds and long-duration income funds.
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Hadron collider turns on data tap The Large Hadron Collider has re-started scientific investigations after a two-year pause.
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Asian stocks lower on Greece worries Asian markets were mostly lower on Wednesday as concerns about Greece's ability to repay an IMF loan due on Friday knocked confidence among investors.
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Google: We Are Working On Making The Penguin Update Happen Continuously At SMX, Google says they hope to release a new Penguin update that is updated by itself in the next several months. The post Google: We Are Working On Making The Penguin Update Happen Continuously appeared first on Search Engine Land. Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
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Psychology Today
The Need for Safety in Therapy- Part One One of the fundamental ways that we can help clients distinguish the past from the present is to give them the sustained and predictable experience of feeling safe.
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The Times of India 16
Addl HC judges get 3-mth extension amid NJAC row With the Supreme Court yet to decide on the constitutionality of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), the Modi government is giving incumbent additional high court judges a three-month extension to address the massive case pendency and large-scale judicial vacancies.
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The Times of India 12
Palace on Wheels chugs into Gujarat Very soon, Palace on Wheels, the luxury train of Rajasthan Tourism, will chug off from the city’s station. The train will undergo a metamorphosis as it will now host board meetings, product launches and also marriage parties on the move.
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Here’s who insiders think could replace Twitter CEO Dick Costolo (TWTR) Wall Street is not in love with Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, but finding a substitute won’t be easy. Twitter's mediocre financial performance last quarter, its ongoing challenges with stalling user growth, and Costolo's past stock sales have led many investors to wonder if it’s time for a leadership change. Those calls could become louder when Twitter has its annual shareholder meeting in San Francis
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Divers comb capsized China ship, hopes fade for survivors JIANLI, China (Reuters) - Rescuers searched a sunken cruise ship in the Yangtze River on Wednesday for more than 400 missing people, many of them elderly, but hopes of finding more survivors were fading in what could be China's worst shipping disaster in almost 70 years.
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Rohingya huddled in Bangladesh camps fear plan to move them on KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - More than 20 years after the first wave of Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar, fear is spreading through the sweltering camps of mud houses where they found shelter in southern Bangladesh that they will soon be on the move again.
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Asian markets dip, hopes of Greek debt deal Equity markets in Asia slipped early on Wednesday as a widespread spike in debt yields dented the allure of risky assets.
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Body found in missing girl search A body is found by police searching for a 13-year-old girl who had been missing for nearly three days.
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Customers Pay by the Minute at This International Coffee Chain When you walk into the Ziferblat Café in Shoreditch, a trendy suburb of London, you’ll notice an abundance of clocks. Those clocks aren’t just a design choice. Time is actually a very important concept at the shop. Even the name means clock face in Russian and German. Time is so important at Ziferblat because that’s what customers are actually paying for when they go there. The coffee, tea, and c
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Obama signs bill reforming surveillance program WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed into law on Tuesday legislation passed by Congress earlier in the day reforming a government surveillance program that swept up millions of Americans' telephone records.
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India sees UK hand in ISI-Afghan intel deal India suspects British involvement in putting together a controversial agreement between Pakistan’s ISI and Afghan intelligence service, NDS.
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1st seaplane service to start from Ozar to Pune Despite heavy opposition from environmentalists, the much-touted commercial seaplane service in Nashik will finally start from June 15. The promoters of the service visited the city on Tuesday to complete the formalities and announce the services.
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Business Insider 29
More layoffs at Quirky, the New York startup that changed its business model after burning through $150 million Quirky, the New York City startup with the goal of "making invention accessible," has laid off at least 30 employees, two former employees tell Business Insider. A third former employee placed the total at 20 people. Founded in 2009, Quirky lets ordinary people submit ideas — like like bendable power strips and money straps for mobile devices — which it then turns into real products sold
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Obama signs new US surveillance bill into law: White House Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama signed into law landmark legislation passed by the Congress just hours earlier that ends the government's bulk telephone data dragnet.The bill, The USA Freedom Act, significantly reverses American policy by reining in the country's most controversial surveillance program since 9/11. It also reauthorizes key national security programs that had lapsed early
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BBC News - World 100+
Australia’s growth beats forecasts Australia's economy grew at a better-than-expected 0.9% in the first quarter of 2015, compared to the previous quarter, boosted by mining together with financial and insurance services.
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IoT Enabled Thomas The Tank Engine This month the popular “Thomas the Tank Engine” toy celebrated its 70 anniversary. As a fun project, [tinkermax] wanted to bring this traditional toy into the age of IoT, while preserving its physical appearance and simple charm. He used a model called the “Diesel” which seemed big enough to house the electronics, but proved otherwise once he inspected the innards. He needed to fit in an ESP8266 m
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From Internet of Things (IoT) to Economy of Things: new frontiers for startups The annual Communicasia conference and expo in Singapore is a good time to take stock of regional and global telecom developments, network with industry, discover new gizmos and startups, and party late into the night! Major themes this year are Internet of Things (IoT), smart cities, ubiquitous broadband and enterprise mobility. See my coverage of the 2014 sessions on innovation and startup showc
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Blatter resignation ends crazy week in football Zurich (AFP) - Police calmly entered a Zurich hotel last Wednesday to arrest seven FIFA barons and spark a raucous week in football's history that ended with football leader Sepp Blatter serenely announcing he will quit."Unbelievable," was the reaction of one FIFA executive member who requested anonymity. Russia's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, also an executive member, said the decision
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The Economic Times 4
Tricks to turn you into a computer Jedi Even people who use computers every day, don't know that they can do much more with a computer without the need of installing any extra programs.
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ET Review: Asus Zenbook UX305 The Asus Zenbook UX305 offers great colours, fantastic viewing angles (178 degrees up & down) and adequate brightness.
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12 stocks in focus in Wednesday morning trade Indian markets are expected to trade in a range. Here is a list of twelve stocks which are likely to remain in focus today.
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Pullback rally over? Nifty may take support at 8,000 The Indian markets ended at day’s low on Tuesday following hawkish commentary from the Reserve Bank of India on interest rates.
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Business Insider 2
US Congress curbs NSA surveillance; Obama signs into law Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama signed into law landmark legislation ending the government's bulk telephone data dragnet, significantly reversing American policy by reining in the most controversial surveillance program since 9/11.The bill was given final passage earlier Tuesday by the US Senate, after being approved by the House several days earlier.The measure reauthorizes key national
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What is the Best Type of Career for Your Personality? Different people are meant for different jobs. Your personality type can actually lead you to the perfect career. Of course, not everyone knows their exact personality type, which means that finding the career type that is right for them could be difficult. Are you a leader? Are you a helper? Are you good at convincing people of something? It’s hard to know! But don’t worry, because just answering
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Amazon just announced a new shipping program that could steal more business from your local convenience store Even if you're an Amazon addict, there are some things that don't make sense to order from The Everything Store.  For example, you likely wouldn't bother shelling out a shipping fee for a $5 toothbrush you could easily pick up from your local convenience store.  But Amazon just announced a new policy that could change that. This week, the company banished its $35 minimum on free shipping. Instead,
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Microsoft Confirms Acquisition Of The Maker Of To-Do App Wunderlist Microsoft has announced that it has acquired Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder, the creator of the highly acclaimed to-do list app, Wunderlist. The company says the addition of Wunderlist to its product portfolio fits squarely into its ambition of reinventing productivity in a mobile-first, cloud-first world. Wunderlist has over 13 million users who have created over 1 billion to-do logs, but in order t
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The Times of India 3
Met predicts 88% rains, India stares at second straight drought The spectre of a second successive drought loomed larger over the country as India’s national weather forecaster on Tuesday significantly downgraded its monsoon prediction, saying it expected the season’s rains to be 88% of average.
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Djokovic and birthday boy Nadal push Serena into shade Paris (AFP) - World number one Novak Djokovic and nine-time champion Rafael Nadal duel for a French Open semi-final place on Wednesday in a match-up that has been discussed and dissected ever since the draw was made.The two great rivals meet for the 44th time and for the fourth year in succession at Roland Garros.Nadal, who is 29 on Wednesday, takes a 70-1 record at the tournament into the marquee
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The Economic Times 12
Mark Mobius invests in Mumbai startup The angel investment led by Mobius in his personal capacity was followed by AdvantEdge Startup Incubator through deal making platform ah! Ventures.
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The Economic Times
Australia's economy outpaces forecasts, peers in first quarter "It supports the argument for the RBA to sit back and evaluate how the easing to this point has filtered through the economy."
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The Economic Times 28
5 factors that may cushion Sensex from more pain There are many factors that are likely to provide cushion to indices and boost them to 8,600 levels in the short term.
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Nifty seen opening lower; may retest 8200 levels Tracking the momentum, the index may retest its crucial psychological level of 8,200 levels.
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China May services PMI rises to 53.5, new business up Employment at services firms grew at the fastest rate since January 2013, the survey showed, another encouraging sign for policymakers.
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Psychology Today
To Chet (son of Tom) Hanks: No innocent Racial Slurs No one can talk their way out of the intended group-division and hierarchy pushed by the language bigotry of racial slurs. That because the social psychology of it is that language-bigotry of any group slur is intended to push an “us versus them” way of thinking, feeling and behaving.
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Opening Bell | IT firms, L&T, Bhel, Emami in spotlight IT services market is expected to post a compound annual growth rate of 10.8% in rupee terms between 2014 and 2019
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Delhi-Based Little Black Book Secures $150K From Google India’s Rajan Anandan & Others The online platform for city and lifestyle guide, Little Black Book, has raised US $150K in seed funding from angel investors. The investors include Rajan Anandan of Google India, Niraj Singh of Outbox Ventures, Sachin Bhatia of MakeMyTrip, Singapore Angel Network and Aseem Vadehra of Vadehra Art Gallery. The funds raised will be mainly utilized for expanding its technology base. Apart from that,
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Pinterest Jumps Onto The E-Commerce Bandwagon With ‘Buyable Pins’ Pinterest has long hailed its power of helping people discover new products and soon users will actually be able to buy those pinned products from within the app. The company has announced that it will launch ‘Buyable Pins’ that will allow sellers to place a ‘Buy It’ button besides products they post on the service. The move is being lauded as Pinterest’s first move into e-commerce, as it fights
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India can become a manufacturing powerhouse, says Oerlikon's global CEO   Armed with 'faith' in the India story, Oerlikon's global CEO Brice Koch shares the Swiss technology conglomerate's plan to expand its presence here Read more
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Breaking bread: Reinventing the naan   Subject to the capricious whims of the nation's palate, the naan was in danger of fading into the background. The last few years, though, have seen considerable reinvention and a grand revival Read more
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Why family identity matters   A strong brand can help to keep family businesses together Read more
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The Times of India 100+
IMD's forecast: 2nd straight drought this year The spectre of a second successive drought loomed larger over the country as India’s national weather forecaster on Tuesday significantly downgraded its monsoon prediction, saying it expected the season’s rains to be 88% of average.
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The Times of India 74
Govt may order telecom companies to compensate users for call drops Frustrated by frequent call drops in the middle of conversations? You may soon be reimbursed money for the inconvenience.
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Business Insider 4
Tsipras to meet EU's Juncker as Greece debt deadline looms Athens (AFP) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker Wednesday for make-or-break bailout talks with a deadline looming for Athens to make a critical repayment.Greece and its international creditors have exchanged proposals to reach a deal to unlock 7.2 billion euros ($8.0 billion) to help Athens make Friday's repayment, but months of fracti
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CEO Vacation: The Founder Of The Luxury Marketing Council Luxuriates In The Isolation Of Nature The Luxury Marketing Council chairman and founder, Greg Furman, goes off the grid for his annual vacation in Canada's north. He tells why he has been doing it for 30 years, and what he brings back each year.
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India Today | Top Stories 19
Make in India logo not inspired by ad: Govt One of the most famous Make in India logos comprises of a lion with industrial wheels, while a similar picture has been noticed in the advertisement campaign of Cantonal Bank of Zurich.
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BHEL surpasses power capacity addition target Accelerating its project execution momentum, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has surpassed the capacity addition target, set by the government for utility projects, by 19 per cent.
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Inc.com 85
4 Surprisingly Valuable Leadership Lessons You Can Learn From the Transformers New research shows leaders can glean real wisdom from Optimus Prime and Megatron.
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Rajan's Made in India policy: Has RBI guv wasted his ammo? | Govt confusion over Re Rajan's Made in India policy: Has RBI guv wasted his ammo? | Govt confusion over ReIt's odd for Rajan to raise the inflation forecast and simultaneously cut interest rate. He could have either waited to figure monsoon out.
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UN Chief to convene Ebola recovery conference next month In preparation for the rains the WFP has prepositioned supplies and WHO is strengthening national capacities, even in unaffected areas.
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Tricks to turn you into a computer Jedi Even people who use computers every day, don't know that they can do much more with a computer without the need of installing any extra programs.
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Morning Bets: 'BUY' or 'SELL' ideas from experts for Wednesday ET Now spoke to various experts and here's what they have to recommend for today's trade.
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Myanmar needs to treat Rohingyas as citizens: US "Rohingyas need to be treated as citizens of Burma," Richard told reporters at a press briefing in Jakarta. "They need papers to show that.
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ET Review: Asus Zenbook UX305 The Asus Zenbook UX305 offers great colours, fantastic viewing angles (178 degrees up & down) and adequate brightness.
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The Economic Times
Obama signs bill remaking NSA phone records program "This legislation will strengthen civil liberty safeguards and provide greater public confidence in these programs,'' Obama said.
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The Economic Times 3
Bull market is here for another 12-18 mths: StanC "The global markets are headed for high volatility in the months to come, but Greece debt issue would take the centre stage."
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The Times of India 56
Govt invites bids for Rs2500cr train sets project Delhi to Mumbai or Kolkata may just be an overnight journey with railways taking the first concrete step to bring about change in the way trains are run-from being driven by locomotives now, to train sets in the near future.
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The Times of India 38
Tata docs find way to cut oral cancer risk Tata Memorial Hospital, the cancer hub in Parel, announced a breakthrough on Tuesday that could not only reduce the risk of death for oral cancer patients by 36% but also prevent recurrence of the disease by 55%.
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The Times of India 36
Retired judge now in Bollywood potboiler Retd HC judge tries actor's role in Bollywood film
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Blog: PM Narendra Modi’s ordinance raj
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India Today | Top Stories 2
No compromise on Nitish as CM choice, says JD-U Reflecting continued discomfort within the RJD over declaring Nitish Kumar as the chief ministerial candidate of the alliance, RJD vice president Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Tuesday said there was no need to declare Kumar as a CM nominee.
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Maggi samples found unsafe in Capital test The Delhi government on Tuesday said lab tests have found that the level of lead was more than permissible limit. Delhi is the second state after Uttar Pradesh where the samples have been tested negative.
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Stock markets likely to open negative A note by Angel Broking said, "Indian markets are expected to open on a negative note tracking the SGX Nifty."
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Contingency plan to deal with poor monsoon ready: Govt The government is ready with contingency plans in 580 districts to deal with poor monsoon, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Tuesday.
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BOJ's Sayuri Shirai says sees no immediate need for further easing Sayuri Shirai said she saw no immediate need to expand monetary policy further as the broad inflation trend was expected to improve.
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'African Davos' to focus on continent's upbeat economic future The theme of this year's meeting, which will be attended by delegates from 75 countries is "Reimagining Africa's Future".
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BBC News - World 3K
Hopes fade in Yangtze boat rescue Divers spend the night searching a cruise ship which capsized in China's Yangtze River, but the death toll rises to 18 and hundreds are still missing.
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YourStory.com 81
With 100K SKUs and 25K transactions, eShopbox aspires to drive B2B fashion e-commerce in India While we see plenty of vertical plays in consumer-facing e-commerce space, only a handful of startups followed vertical approach in e-commerce enablement (B2B) space. Of late, e-commerce enablement is largely dominated by horizontal players like Martjack, Shopify, KartRocket, Zepo and Buildabazaar. They power e-stores across various verticals like apparel, food, jewellery, and electronics, among o
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Asian stocks subdued, euro stands tall Asia stocks subdued amid spike in key debt yields; euro high after rallying on euro zone data, Greek debt hopes
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Sepp Blatter’s departure signals sweeping overhaul of global soccer His departure creates both an unexpected opportunity and deep uncertainty at Fifa, an organization battered by decades of scandal
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Rupee opens higher at 63.76 per dollar The partially convertible rupee opens at 63.76 per dollar compared with its previous close of 63.82
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Best YouTube Video Ad In Last 10 Years? Turkish Airlines “Kobe Vs Messi: The Selfie Shootout” For its #10YearsofYouTubeAds contest, users were asked to vote on their favorite video from a list of 20 finalists. The post Best YouTube Video Ad In Last 10 Years? Turkish Airlines “Kobe Vs Messi: The Selfie Shootout” appeared first on Marketing Land. Please visit Marketing Land for the full article.
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The Times of India 42
Hyundai's SUV Creta to take on Duster, Eco Sport Hyundai is set to fire competition in the mini SUV segment with the launch of a sub-Rs 10 lakh SUV ‘Creta’. The SUV will be pitted against vehicles such as Renault Duster and Ford Eco Sport.
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The Times of India 300+
Why Blatter resigned and what now for Fifa? Sepp Blatter and Joao Havelange have run Fifa since 1974, handing out power to national federations and regional chiefs who awarded the men with loyalty.
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MediaNama: Digital Media in India 4
Rockstand partners with READ India for rural learning initiatives Rockstand has partnered with READ India to give away various e-books to villagers at 16 READ India centres across the country. This will include various... .
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Digitized Sportswear Catalogs - The LACOSTE LT12 Collection is Unveiled in an Interactive Lookbook (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) The LACOSTE LT12 Limited Edition collection is showcased in an interactive lookbook that can be viewed on the sportswear label's website. The catalog lets shoppers click on models in order to...
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Income insurance idea may not win over farmers Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to provide millions of farmers with income insurance linked to crop prices, officials say, but it may not do much to ease rural distress, with small farmers standing to benefit little.
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Sensex extends losses, falls below 27,000-level The 30-share Sensex resumed higher at 27,230.68 and hovered in a range of 27,276.22 to 26,698.26 before quoting 26,811.66 at 12.30 pm, showing a sharp fall of 376 points or 1.39 per cent.
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Rupee trims initial gains against dollar, rules steady at 63.82 In restricted activity, the rupee was steady at 63.82 against the American currency in late morning trade owing to alternate bouts of demand and supply transactions of dollars.
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China relatives hope for 'miracle' in race to find ship survivors Jianli (China) (AFP) - Relatives of more than 400 people missing after a cruise ship capsized on China's Yangtze river were hoping for a "miracle" Wednesday, as authorities said they were racing against time to find any survivors.State media said just 14 people have been rescued from the "Eastern Star" which overturned late Monday in a storm, with just a section of its hull vis
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Maldives promoting radical Islam; can be threat to India More than 20,000 people took to the streets on May 1, calling for the release of jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed.
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Once bustling Niger town in lockdown over Boko Haram Hundreds of police and soldiers from Niger and neighbouring Chad, and some of the French troops deployed in the region since August 2014.
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Burundi on the brink of economic collapse The consequences of the political crisis in Burundi and protests are potentially disastrous for the country's already faltering economy.
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China ship disaster: Relatives hope for 'miracle' Relatives of more than 400 people were hoping for a "miracle", as authorities said they were racing against time to find any survivors.
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VIDEO: Pele: 'Fifa needs honest people' Football legend Pele has been speaking exclusively to the BBC about the Fifa corruption scandal.
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VIDEO: Creditors to offer Greece new plan Greece's international creditors have agreed a new plan to be offered to Athens in an attempt to solve its debt crisis.
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Greek PM set for Brussels talks Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is to take part in talks in Brussels where he will be presented with a new plan to solve Greece's debt crisis.
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9 startups will present at the India Demo Day in New York City on June 5 India Demo Day (IDD) is a platform designed to give Indian startups access to overseas markets and investors. The platform has been launched in partnership with incubator at the Indian School of Business, DLabs, and DS Ventures. Shwetank Verma, Founder of DS Ventures, is a serial entrepreneur and a former private equity professional. Shwetank describes the platform as “an attempt to solve two pain
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The FaaS track to reclaiming Indian agriculture Yesterday, we announced a $3.3 million investment in EM3 AgriServices, a pioneer in providing end-to-end precision-grade farm operations from land preparation to crop harvesting on a pay-per-acre basis. These services help small hold farmers improve productivity by over 20% with cost savings to boot, and provide access to technologies that were hitherto out of reach due to the high capital investm
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Carving new routes through roots – Amrapali’s story For most brands, their crowning moment is defined by revenue markers, or going international, or something else. For some others, like Amrapali, it’s a lot more literal. The Jaipur-born jewelry brand’s crowning moment was being commissioned by Harrods, London, to design an exquisite crown in celebration of the Queen’s diamond jubilee in 2012. Besides Harrods, Amrapali has quite a few defining feat
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Is it better to invest in early stage startups than in the stock market? Equities have always been considered to be a risky but rewarding bet. Over the past five years the index has delivered an annual average return rate of 14% (average return rate of 10% in the last 10 years). One would have often heard ‘investment advisors’advising to invest a portion of their savings into the equity markets, based on their ‘risk-appetite’. So at a time when FDs and debt funds can
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Why the Rat Turns Left - Is it a Political Statement? For the past 100 years, psychologists have run rats through mazes to get to the bottom of this mystery.
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Buffer Zone Posters - Volkswagen's Posters Show Where It's Important to Keep a Safe Distance (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) In order to get the word out about how important it is to keep a safe distance from other cars on the road, Volkswagen set up a series of comical advertisements in Spain for its ACC System....
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America’s unwanted Ivy-Leaguers are flocking to India Engineers and entrepreneurs are quiting America for home to find a technology industry with more green-field opportunities than Silicon Valley
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Live: Sensex tumbles 450 points, debt-heavy stocks crash Here are the key developments affecting the domestic and international markets today
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IIM Bangalore’s courses now available on EdX IIM Bangalore (IIM-B) has launched a series of free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in partnership with EdX, reports NextBigWhat. IIM-B had joined the open... .
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The 10 most important things in the world right now Hello! Here's what you need to know for Wednesday. 1. Sepp Blatter is resigning as president of FIFA amid a $150 million bribery scandal that led to the arrest of several high-ranking FIFA officials last week.  2. More than 400 people are still missing and 18 bodies have been recovered after a cruise ship capsized on China's Yangtze river in a storm Monday night. 3. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsi
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Retired judge now in Bollywood potboiler Retd HC judge tries actor's role in Bollywood film
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MF Simplified: What is SIP? How does it work?
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Mail Today Exclusive: 11 Indians joined ISIS killers, claims IB report The report on the status of Indians fighting for the terror group was prepared in response to a Parliament question in March, but the reply was not given since these were secret intelligence details that could not be made public.
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Delhi to witness rain, thunderstorm: Met dept The minimum temperature is also expected to reach 22 degrees Celsius.
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Arkin Net Raises $15M in Series B from Nexus Venture Partners and Strategic Investors Data center startup, Arkin Net has raised $15mn from Nexus Venture Partners and industry veterans including B.V. Jagadeesh (formerly CEO at NetScaler). Arkin also announced the availability of their Platform and Cloud Service, that brings unprecedented visibility and converged operations to software-defined data centers (SDDC). With a radically simple Google Search-like experience, Arkin Platform
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Stocks in focus: Apollo Hospitals, SBI and more Shares of Apollo Hospitals may stay in focus today as it has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of a 51 per cent majority stake in Assam Hospitals which runs a 220 bed profitable hospital in Guwahati.
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Apollo Hospitals acquires 51% stake in Assam Hospitals "The acquisition of Assam Hospitals Ltd, that runs a hospital in Guwahati, would be for an overall consideration not exceeding Rs 57.25 crore", Apollo Hospitals said.
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Louisiana Governor Jindal to make 'major announcement' about 2016 plans: NBC (Reuters) - Republican Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal will make a "major announcement" about his 2016 plans in New Orleans on June 24, NBC reported.
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Allies back Iraq plan against ISIS, Baghdad seeks more help PARIS (Reuters) - Western and Arab states carrying out air strikes on Islamic State fighters backed on Tuesday Iraq's plan to retake territory from the jihadist movement after being accused by the Iraqi premier of not doing enough to help Baghdad push back the insurgents.
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Core Gulf OPEC members in 'consensus' on oil ceiling "There is consensus among Gulf OPEC countries, and others, to keep the ceiling unchanged," a senior Gulf OPEC delegate said.
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Judge me by my actions: PM Modi to Muslim leaders Judge me by my actions: PM Modi to Muslim leadersThe PM said he "neither believes in politics which seeks to divide people on communal lines nor will he ever speak communal language".
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TDP may suffer more defections in Telengana On Sunday afternoon, the ACB sleuths arrested Revanth and sent him to judicial custody for allegedly attempting to bribe a nominated legislator.
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Hackaday Prize Entry: Welding Plastic Filament There are a lot of neat toys and accessories that rely on 3D printing filament. The 3Doodler is a 3D printing pen, or pretty much an extruder in a battery-powered portable package. You can make your own filament with a Filastruder, and of course 3D printers themselves use up a lot of filament. [Bodet]’s project for this year’s Hackaday Prize gives those tiny scraps of leftover filament a new life
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ECB to take cautious tone on economy at policy meeting: analysts Frankfurt (AFP) - The European Central Bank, convinced that its controversial bond purchase programme is working, will nevertheless remain cautious about the outlook for growth in the euro area at its meeting on Wednesday, analysts said.The ECB's decision-making governing council is unlikely to announce any new moves at its regular policy meeting, central bank watchers predicted.Instead, analysts
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Six Steps for Coming Out to a (Potential) Sweetie as Poly Because most people grow up thinking monogamy is the norm in the US, people who want to date others in consensual non-monogamous relationships often have to introduce the concept to dates. This blog gives 6 steps for coming out as poly to a current or potential sweetie.
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Amazon debuts free shipping on small goods, no minimum order The new initiative applies to all customers, including those not enrolled in Amazon Prime
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MTS India data card base increases 9.4% to 1.8M users in Q1 2015 The data card base of Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) which operates in India as MTS India, grew to 1.8 million subscribers for the quarter ended... .
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Spirited Scavenger Hunts - Goose Island Beer Co.'s Wild Goose Chase is a City-Wide Search for Prizes (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Despite its name, the Wild Goose Chase hosted by the Goose Island Beer Co. is one where pursuit won't be futile. The beer brand's Wild Goose Chase is a city scavenger hunt where...
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The Secret To Success In Business: Focus On Impact When a company puts its focus on money, everyone loses. In contrast, author Wendy Lipton-Dibner observes that when companies turn their focus away from money and turn to ethical growth strategies for delivering one-of-a-kind products and services that make a measurable difference in people?s lives.
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7 Tips For Building Wealth From Millionaire Blogger FrugalTrader
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Not leaving India permanently, says Taslima "I often go to USA.To give lectures and to see my family.I havn't left India permanently. Indian govt always provides security. Pet cat is waiting", Nasreen tweeted.
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AAP govt asks parents to sting donation-seeking schools Delhi education department  has directed all school managements to allow parents carry their mobile phones inside school premises.
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Healthcare Startup AllizHealth Raises $350K From Mumbai Angels & Others Angel Investors Healthcare Startup, AllizHealth has raised $350K (INR 2 crore) in funding from Mumbai Angels and other individual investors. The investors include Dr. Ranjan Pai, Chairman of Manipal Education and Medical Group. Pune-Based AllizHealth provides a cloud based wellness solutions with a platform for efficient collection, storage and analysis of health data to identify and track health risks and provi
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ED slaps Rs 136 cr notice against Goa mining firm Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday slapped a Rs 136 crore show cause notice on a mining firm for alleged violation of forex laws in connection with its probe in the illegal exploration of iron ore in Goa.
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Kerala withdraws Maggi noodles, sales stopped At least 20,000 bakeries in the state have also decided not to sell any brand of noodles from Wednesday.
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Six limitations of Microsoft Windows 10 The new OS will eliminate several software programmes, which were present in its predecessors, such as, Windows Media Center, the card game Hearts, and Windows 7's desktop gadgets.
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Nifty heading towards 8000? What experts say The intensity of the ongoing correction suggests that the pull-back rally, which began at a low of 7997 and extended upto 8,489, is over.
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Punjab and Haryana: Below-par rain for past 16 years IMD's monsoon update predicts 85 per cent seasonal rains for northwest India, indicating that rain woes for Punjab and Haryana could continue.
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Divers comb capsized ship in China's Yangtze river, death toll jumps to 18 Scores of divers searched a capsized ship in the Yangtze River on Wednesday for more than 400 missing people, many of them elderly tourists.
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Coriander at Rs 118 per kg as rains ruin crop Coriander has become dearer with prices increasing nearly 50 per cent compared to a year ago, thanks to untimely rains in Rajasthan.
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Nestle slips over Maggi, is it still a buy? | Food cos play safe Nestle slips over Maggi, is it still a buy? | Food cos play safeNestle India plunged over 10% in trade on Wednesday as one state after another ordered examining safety of its noodle brand Maggi.
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Green buildings in Mumbai may get up to 20 per cent discount A green or sustainable building involves a structure and process of constructing the structure that is resource-efficient and environmentally responsible.
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Secy transfer a wake-up call to the lax aviation ministry? The aviation policy has been pending for several months and the new rule for Indian carriers to fly abroad is also yet to be cleared.
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How brick kilns on India-Bangladesh border act as hubs of illegal migration When PM Modi travels to Bangladesh on June 6 to engage on a host of issues, the BSF would like him to bring up the issue of brick kilns also.
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Emami rallies on Kesh King buy for Rs 1651 crore Emami Ltd rallied as much as 4.7 per cent in trade on BSE, after the mid-tier FMCG firm said that it acquired the 'Kesh King' brand.
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Sub-par monsoon, inflation risk: Narendra Modi's challenges Immediately after taking office a year ago, the Modi government finds itself confronting the challenge of sub-par monsoon and risk of inflation.
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Why Americans want to pop made in India hepatitis drug for 1% of the cost Why Americans want to pop made in India hepatitis drug for 1% of the costThe drug is showing up for sale alongside illegal goods and narcotics on the dark web, which can be accessed through identity-hiding software.
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Indian services PMI contracts in May as firms hike prices Firms increased prices at their fastest pace since April 2014 as input costs jumped, which alongside an ongoing heat wave curbed spending.
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YourStory NCR Meetup #BreakingThrough on June 6 The National Capital Region in India has been buzzing with activity and it’s been a while since YourStory conducted a meetup in the region. Now, we’re coming to Gurgaon along with knowledge partner iSeed for a meetup. For entrepreneurs the meetup intends to get founders of early stage companies together and discuss some of the challenges they’re facing. The meetup is scheduled for June 6, 2015 at
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Flavors of Reclusiveness Options for soloing that even social people might want to consider.
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Indian services sector contracts in May The HSBC services PMI fell below the 50 level that separates growth from contraction, coming in at a 13-month low of 49.6 in May from April’s 52.4
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Colorless Cap Collections - The New Era Monochrome Range Boasts Snapback and Bucket Hat Styles (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) The New Era ‘Monochrome' collection boasts a range of colorless caps that are designed with the urban hipster in mind. This monochromatic accessory range features black and white...
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Two more 'highly paid' executives exit SpiceJet Sandeep Verma and V K Khosla stepped down last Friday, sources said on Tuesday.
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Shareboard The post Shareboard appeared first on NextBigWhat.
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The First Batch Of Apple HomeKit Compatible Devices Have Broken Cover The first batch of connected devices that are supported by the Apple HomeKit platform have finally made their way to store shelves, just days ahead of company’s annual developer conference. Elgato Eve Sensor Device manufacturers Lutron and Insteon now have HomeKit products available, while others such as Elgato, Ecobee and iHome will soon unveil their own connected home accessories. Apple introduc
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Monsoon: India Inc. worried, doesn't see demand falling The Met's gloomy monsoon forecast not only spooked markets on Tuesday but also created a fresh set of fault lines for India Inc.
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PM Modi's intervention sought for release of fishermen A fishermen body today sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention to secure release of 14 persons arrested by Sri Lankan navy .
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Additional high court judges get 3-month extension amid NJAC row Modi government is giving incumbent additional high court judges a three-month extension to address the massive case pendency and large-scale judicial vacancies.
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Monsoon woes: India badly needs a good year of rains Poor monsoon will delay the revival of consumption demand, which has been curbing revival of the investment cycle and growth.
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Brazil set to raise interest rates again despite recession fears 48 of the 49 economists surveyed expect the central bank's monetary policy committee to raise its benchmark Selic rate to 13.75 percent.
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Samsung to expand mobile payments service to China, Europe Co will expand its mobile payments service to markets such as China, Europe after an initial launch in South Korea and US later this year.
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As key allies leave, next election may be Canada PM's last Harper, who led his right-of-center Conservative Party to victory in 2006, is seeking to pull off a rare 4th consecutive victory.
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England can still win Ashes - Cook England captain Alastair Cook believes his side can beat Australia, despite a crushing defeat by New Zealand at Headingley.
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Odds of Qatar hosting the World Cup slashed after Sepp Blatter’s resignation The odds on Qatar losing rights to the world’s most-watched sporting event were slashed to 5-4 from 5-1 on Tuesday at UK bookmaker William Hill
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Nestle India plunges over 10%, biggest drop in 9 years, on Maggi row The stock is the worst performer on BSE100, BSE200 and BSE500 indices
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3 pavement dwellers run over by two-wheeler Three people, including two senior citizens, who were sleeping on a pavement at Parry’s in Chennai, were fatally run over by a two-wheeler in the wee hours of Wednesday. Three others suffered minor injuries in the accident.
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What have you done against Tytler: Court asks CBI Tytler is accused of influencing a key witness of the violence by transferring Rs 5 crore to his sister's account in Canada.
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10 things you need to know before European markets open Good morning! Here are the things you need to know in markets today. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is meeting European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker today for make-or-break bailout talks. Greece and its international creditors have exchanged proposals for a deal to unlock €7.2 billion (£5.2 billion, $8.0 billion) to help Athens make Friday's repayment deadline. The European Centra
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Hyundai to drive in new SUV Creta in second half of 2015 HMIL, which already sells top-end SUV SantaFE and i20 Active, is aiming at the 5-seater SUV Creta to be out in the latter half of the year.
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VR Iyer appointed as Member (Finance) of Irdai V R Iyer, who retired as Chairperson and Managing Director of Bank of India, has been appointed as Member (Finance) of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI).
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India Inc welcomes RBI rate cut, expects more in future In the monetary policy review on Tuesday, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan revised the repo rate to 7.25 per cent and reverse repo rate to 6.25 per cent.
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HSBC services PMI contracts for first time in 13 months Firms increased prices at their fastest pace since April 2014 as input costs jumped, which alongside an ongoing heat wave curbed spending.
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Service tax hike to have marginal effect on household expenses An estimate by Economic Times shows that a family that spends over Rs 30,000 a month on various services will see its bill rise by a mere Rs 350.
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Going the wrong way: Today’s economic debate is misguided Today public and policy attention is being hijacked by numbers spewed out by a statistical establishment that is fast losing its credibility.
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UAE non-oil business growth slows marginally in May: PMI Output growth rose to a three-month high index reading of 62.8 points in May from 62.0 points in April.
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Volvo Car Group sales drop 1.3 pct in May The Sweden-based company sold 39,919 cars in the month, with sales down 4.0 percent in Sweden and up 8.6 percent in the rest of Western Europe.
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ECB to take cautious tone on economy at policy meeting The ECB, convinced that its controversial bond purchase programme is working, will nevertheless remain cautious about the outlook for growth.
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Japan, Philippines huddle amid increasing China concerns In a speech in Tokyo on Wednesday, President Benigno Aquino III criticized what he called China's "unlawful territorial claim.''
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Lincoln Chafee to unveil presidential run, puzzling longtime allies Chafee's formal announcement is set for Wednesday. He surprised many when he announced in April plans to explore a presidential run.
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NSA Surveillance: Things to know about newly approved USA Freedom Act President Barack Obama has signed into law the USA Freedom Act, which extends three expiring surveillance provisions of the 9/11-era USA Patriot Act.
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Warnings over IS cyber-threats A growing band of hacktivists is helping Islamic State spread its message by attacking media organisations and websites, a security company suggests.
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Online real estate enabler segment coming up, Mumbai-based Propstack raises $3M Series A DMG Information Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of DMGT has made a strategic investment of $3 million of Series A funding in Propstack in participation with Real Capital Analytics. This is its first investment into the Indian data and technology business for commercial real estate ad. The company aims to increase its business stake in India over the next few years. The funds raised will be used to expa
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H&M to open its first India store at Delhi around September The 25,000 sq. ft store will come up in Delhi’s Select Citywalk mall
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Godzilla gets residency in Tokyo Tokyo (AFP) - Fictional city-wrecking monster Godzilla has been granted special residency in Tokyo's Shinjuku ward, as a newly-installed model of the lizard's huge head proves a pull to visitors.Marking "the emergence of the 12-metre (40-feet) high Godzilla head on a terrace on the eighth floor of Shinjuku Toho Building... we issued a special certificate of residence to Godzilla," a Shin
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Hope for gold rush: Punjab, Haryana on top The sports ministry's ambitious Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme has announced 84 beneficiaries so far in two separate batches, who will be allocated funds in the run-up to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Of these, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh together have the maximum representation with 26 athletes, roughly one-third of the total number.
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Telcos may soon return your money for call drops Frustrated by frequent call drops in the middle of conversations? You may soon be reimbursed money for the inconvenience.
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Sena mantri ‘stalls’ 500 eco clearances Even as chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is wooing investors and trying to make it easier to do business in the state by cutting red tape, the state environment minister has arbitrarily held up clearances for more than 500 industrial, irrigation and mining projects in the state.
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Terror threat drives Taslima to US The murder of three Bangladeshi bloggers and repeated threats to her life from terror groups has promoted Bangaldeshi author-in-exile Taslima Nasrin to leave Delhi and move to US. On Tuesday, she confirmed to TOI that she was in the US and said: “I will be back in India soon.”
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Govt raises heat on foreign funding for NGOs ​PMO is said to be keen to have the new measures in place by June 15 in the interest of India’s “economic security”.
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India to tourists: Share photo of your taxi number An alleged incident of rape last year by a driver contracted by Uber had attracted national and global headlines.
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Make in India logo not plagiarised: Govt The report said the campaign for the Cantonal Bank of Zurich was designed by Swiss designer Nadine Geissbülher, and was launched on July 4, 2013.
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Assad's forces may be aiding new ISIS surge Building on recent gains in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State militants are marching across northern Syria toward Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, helped along, their opponents say, by the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Gold rush: Punjab, Haryana on top of TOPS The sports ministry's ambitious Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme has announced 84 beneficiaries so far in two separate batches, who will be allocated funds in the run-up to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
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Maggi faces heat across India, Delhi govt stores ban sale The Delhi government on Wednesday issued orders to stop the sale of the noodle brand from Kendriya Bhandars.
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Jupiter Infomedia shifts from BSE SME to BSE mainboard platform Jupiter is the fourth company, after Anshu's Clothing, SRG Housing and Bronze Infra-Tech, to shift from the SME platform to the main bourse this year.
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Services growth falls for first time in 13 months The HSBC India Services Business Activity Index fell to 49.6 in May, from 52.4 in April since output prices in the private sector rose further, with the rate of inflation strongest in 13 months.
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Global smartphone subscriptions to double by 2020: Ericsson The company said it expected there will be 6.1 billion smartphone subscriptions globally by the end of 2020, up from 2.6 billion in 2014.
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Toyota to explore Ford's SDL in-car smartphone app interface SDL is an open source platform that integrates smartphones apps with vehicles through dashboard buttons, display screens and voice recognition technology.
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Allahabad-born NRI Sunil Gulati strong contender for FIFA president's post Allahabad-born NRI Sunil Gulati strong contender for FIFA president's postSepp Blatter was re-elected only four days ago but resigned after a corruption scandal led to the arrest of more than 10 top FIFA officials.
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India's import framework remains complex: WTO Despite many measures, India's import regime remains complex, especially its licensing and permit system, and its tariff structure.
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Live: Sensex continues sinking spree, down nearly 500 pts Live: Sensex continues sinking spree, down nearly 500 ptsThe S&P BSE Sensex continued its slide, a day after the RBI disappointed with just a 25 bps rate cut. Adding to the woes was IMD downgrading its forecast on monsoon to 88% from 93%.
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Wednesday's gossip column Papers react to Blatter news, Man Utd have bid for Real Madrid's Bale and Varane rejected, Man City want Isco, plus more.
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Samsung delays planned start of new smartphone payments service Samsung Pay will kick off services in the US and South Korea from September when the company unveils its next high-end device
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U.S. says 10,000 Islamic State militants killed in nine-month campaign PARIS (Reuters) - More than 10,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed since the international coalition started its campaign against the militant group nine months ago in Iraq and Syria, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.
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IndiaProperty launches customised property search app called Discover Online real estate portal IndiaProperty has launched an IndiaProperty app which features a mobile property search engine called Discover. The Discover “engine” analyses data from the... .
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India's fastest train completes final test run The sixth and final trial for Gatimaan Express, the first semi high-speed train service between Delhi and Agra, was completed on Tuesday, during which the train covered the 195-km journey in 115 minutes, clocking a maximum speed of 160-plus kmph. Prime Minister Narednra Modi is expected to flag off the train, touted to be the country’s fastest, in the second week of June
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India to lose if Captain Kalia case goes to ICJ The same line — that ICJ has no jurisdiction over India and Pakistan — was taken by the Congress-led UPA in 2012 when Kalia’s father took up the case to the Supreme Court.
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Sikh man beaten up for looking like a Muslim in US An 82-year-old Sikh grandfather was brutally beaten with a steel pipe by a man who reportedly targeted him for looking like one of “those people”.
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Soon, 17 new spots to behold Taj Mahal from Remember visiting the Taj Mahal and being photographed on the Diana bench? It may have served as the most enduring image of the Monument of Love so far, but Uttar Pradesh government plans to add 17 more viewing points that will accord equally “magnificent,“ if not more, views of the Taj.
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Britain's house prices will not stop rising until earnings do UK house prices rose by 0.3% in May, reaching the average price of £195,166 ($299,759), says Nationwide. However, the British lender added that while annual house price growth is now "running at less than half the pace prevailing in mid-2014," UK property prices will continue to soar as long as earnings keep rising. “The annual pace of house price growth slowed to 4.6% in May," said
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10 things in tech you need to know today (AAPL, FB) Good morning! Here's the tech news you need to know today. 1. Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts recorded a video advising staff that the Apple Watch is about to be sold in stores. It was previously available to buy online. 2. Samsung is reportedly preparing to announce the Samsung Galaxy S6 Plus. It could have a 5.5 inch screen. 3. Instagram is going to start showing users ads based on their Face
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Saudi-led alliance launches air strikes on Yemen capital SANAA (Reuters) - Air strikes by a Saudi-led Arab alliance shook Yemen's capital Sanaa on Wednesday, mainly targeting military bases aligned with the dominant Houthi group, residents said.
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India should also breach ceasefire, says Shiv Sena "If a small country like Pakistan can violate ceasefire so many times, it would not be wrong for India to violate ceasefire to straighten their crooked tails," Sena said.
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Tanu weds Manu Returns collections set to cross Rs 225 cr worldwide The movie has already earned Rs 165 crore worldwide within two weeks of its release, its makers have claimed.
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India's import framework still remains complex, says WTO India is streamlining its Customs procedures and implementing trade facilitation, but the country's import structure still remains complex, WTO has said.
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ExpressBikeWash Secures Funds From Mark Mobius Mumbai-based bike washing startup, ExpressBikeWash has raised an undisclosed amount in funds from Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton Executive Chairman and AdvantEdge Startup Incubator. “Our future plan is to empower all manual washing centers with an automated washing machine. Petrol pumps, malls, corporate parks, societies are the potential B2C target areas. We see a huge potential at captive area
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Online Marketplace For Customized Merchandise Icustommadeit Raises $250K In Funding Pune-based marketplace for customised merchandise Icustommadeit has raised $250,000 in its second round of funding led by Virendra Shahney and Dr Paresh Doshi. The startup will use the newly raised capital to improve technology for a better user interface and also to grow internationally within the next six months. Icustommadeit looks to connect individuals looking for unique bespoke creations wi
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How to Generate Content Ideas Using Buzzsumo (and APIs) Posted by Paddy_MooganContent is an important part of any digital marketing strategy. Whether it be content for links, conversion, education, search or any number of things. In this post I want to focus on one area—content that drives awareness of your brand. One tangible way to measure awareness is by looking at new visitors that a piece of content attracts which is pretty easy (although not alw
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How to play banking stocks? Experts' views Bank Nifty fell below the 200-DMA, while the S&P BSE Bankex slipped over 1 per cent to hit an intraday low of 20393.65.
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Jaypee Group stocks plunge on high volumes, rate woes Jaypee Group cos - Jaiprakash Associates, Jaiprakash Power and Jaypee Infratech - are witnessing sharp sell-off on huge volumes.
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MH370 search will not be expanded further: Australia The hunt for the aircraft has been a complex undertaking, with Australia initially concentrating on a remote 60,000 square kilometre area of the ocean.
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Chris Sacca explains the 4 key elements of his investing philosophy Lowercase Capital founding partner Chris Sacca has developed an eye for spotting startups that will grow into global behemoths.
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Cisco pays millions to executives that just resigned As Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins builds his own team, he's making it worth it for executives of the old regime to turn in their resignations.​
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1984 riots: CBI to answer on allegations against Tytler 1984 riots: CBI to answer on allegations against TytlerThe court, which was hearing arguments on CBI's closure report filed in the case against Tytler, has now fixed the matter for June 26.
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Rate-sensitives, debt-laden cos tank as more rate cut hopes fade, Unitech slips 50% Rate-sensitives, debt-laden cos tank as more rate cut hopes fade, Unitech slips 50%What is worrying for these companies is the waning of prospects of further rate cuts amid IMD's forecasts of deficient monsoon rains this year.
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US says 10,000 Islamic State militants killed in 9-month campaign Antony Blinken said there had been a great deal of progress in the fight against Islamic State but that the group remained resilient.
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Goldman: We expect the Fed to hike rates in September, but there's a 'strong' case for delaying There aren't many reasons why the Federal Reserve cannot begin raising interest rates in 2015. But then maybe the Fed should wait until 2016.
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Turkey may be heading for a political earthquake This supermajority would allow the AKP, under Erdogan's guidance, to launch a referendum aimed at changing the Turkish constitution.
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Apple CEO takes potshot at Google and Facebook Apple CEO Tim Cook is not too happy about how big Silicon Valley tech companies are using your personal information, reports The Verge.
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Govt hikes minimum import price on arecanuts The government today said it has increased the minimum import price on arecanuts by Rs 52 to Rs 162 per kg.
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Iglesias injury 'worse than expected' Enrique Iglesias, who sliced his fingers on a drone, will need extra time to recuperate after it is discovered his injuries are worse than expected.
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Sony 'could lose James Bond rights' Sony Pictures could lose the rights to distribute further James Bond films when its deal with producers MGM expires this year.
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Australian football chief says 2022 World Cup race 'not clean' Sydney (AFP) - Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy on Wednesday said the race for the 2022 World Cup was "not clean" and he has shared what he knows with authorities."We ran a clean bid. I know that others did not, and I have shared what I know with the authorities, including Michael Garcia who undertook a two-year investigation into the 2022 World Cup bid," he sa
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Rate-sensitive stocks take a hit after RBI policy BSE Auto Index was down 1.75%, BSE Realty was down 2.21% and Bankex fell 0.66%
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Britain's Labour should run own pro-EU campaign: leadership favorite LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party should run its own campaign to persuade Britons to remain inside the European Union, lawmaker Andy Burnham, frontrunner to become the party's new leader, said on Wednesday.
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Gourmet Dessert Shops - Belgrade's Mandarin Pastry Shop Boasts Artisanal Treats and Bold Branding (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) This gourmet dessert cafe marries artisanal treats with a virbant brand identity and interior design. Mandarin is a chic pastry shop that tourists are encouraged to visit on their next trip to...
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E-commerce companies bet big on native ads For Flipkart and Snapdeal, it's not enough that they are among the biggest advertisers in the country — they want to be ad companies of sorts themselves.
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Man without hands drives well, refused licence Despite having no hands, a 44-year-old businessman Vikram Agnihotri proved his driving skills at regional transport office (RTO), Indore on Tuesday, but transport officials are reluctant to issue licence to this physically challenged person.
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Qatar claims NO workers have died while building its World Cup stadiums There is a graphic circulating the internet right now, which compares the death tolls for constructing different World Cups and Olympic games - Qatar comes out, by far, the worst. An estimated 1,200 migrant workers have died since Qatar started constructing its 2022 World Cup stadiums. The country was awarded the competition in 2010. The death toll graphic comes from the Washington Post, while th
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French and Spanish companies are hiring like crazy right now Eurozone purchasing managers index (PMI) figures are out today, giving us an idea of how the service sector did in May. The PMIs are widely watched business surveys that attempt to signal the way a sector is going before it is recorded by official data. The key takeaway is that while growth is slowing, jobs are booming. The Eurozone composite reading, which includes both manufacturing and service
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Kashmir an unfinished agenda of partition: Pak army chief 'Contours of future wars are fast changing. Our enemies are supporting terrorism to stoke sub-conventional conflicts and destabilise our country,' he said, while speaking at National Defence University in Islamabad.
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Live: Sensex continues sinking spree, down nearly 500 pts Live: Sensex continues sinking spree, down nearly 500 ptsSensex continued its slide, a day after the RBI disappointed with just a 25 bps rate cut. Adding to the woes was IMD downgrading rain forecast.
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Bobby Jindal to make announcement on election on June 24 Jindal, has repeatedly said he would announce his decision about a White House bid after the state legislative session ends June 11.
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Major roadblocks still remain in resolving Iran nuclear issue France, which has demanded strictness in implementing the economic sanctions against Iran, indicated that discussions might slip into July.
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Spanish services sector expands rapidly in May as firms hire : PMI Spain's recovery from a deep recession accelerated in the first quarter, and unemployment is slowly falling.
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Greece's ruling party of misleading voters: Wolfgang Schaeuble The pointed words, in an interview published on Wednesday, will do little to soothe tensions building up between Athens and its creditors.
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Nissan China sales up 0.1 per cent in May The May number was the first time the automaker has reported changes in China sales on a wholly retail rather than wholesale basis.
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Bangladeshi writer Taslima says will return to India Taslima Nasreen, the 52-year-old writer has been living in exile since 1994 in the wake of death threats by Muslim fundamentalist outfits.
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Some Snap-Fits For Thought While laser cutters, desktop mills, and 3D printers might be wonderful tools for rapid prototyping, it’s best to have a strong understanding on a few techniques to really “digitize” those sheets of Delrin and roles of PLA into something meaningful. In a nutshell, we need to know how to cut-or-squirt parts that fit together. [Yoav] has a few tips for HDPE. The first technique is a clip-on, clip-off
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Bharti Airtel to raise more than $500 millon by selling bonds The issue would be a “benchmark” one with a tenor of 10 years and has been rated by rating agencies Fitch, S&P and Moody’s
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Oil prices drop as oversupply weighs on markets Opec not expected to cut output at Friday meeting; some analysts say Opec quota could rise
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Unitech, Suzlon, Jaiprakash Associates and other debt-heavy stocks plummet S&P BSE Sensex extends Tuesday’s losses and falls as much as 1.29% or 351.18 points to close at 26,837.20 points
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Chimps would cook if given chance, research says Chimpanzees — like humans — prefer cooked food, understand the change from raw to cooked food, and even have the ability to save and transport food over distance for the purposes of cooking.
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Maggi row: After Delhi govt, Big Bazaar bans sale in their stores Delhi government on Wednesday banned sales of Maggi noodles, the brand from Swiss foods major Nestle, from its stores after it found lead and monosodium glutamate in the eatable beyond permissible limit.
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Will return to India when I feel safe: Taslima Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, who has relocated to the US after death threats by radicals from her country, on Wednesday said she has not left India permanently and will return when she feels safe
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Pinterest forays into ecommerce with a buy button Social bookmarking website Pinterest unveiled a way to buy items on the website through what it calls “Buyable Pins” marking its foray into ecommerce. The... .
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Rafael Benitez named new Real Madrid coach Madrid (AFP) - Rafael Benitez will take charge of Real Madrid next season after the club confirmed he had signed a three-year deal with the Spanish giants on Wednesday."Real Madrid will present today, Wednesday, June 3, Rafa Benitez as the new coach of the first team for the next three seasons," the club said in a statement.  Join the conversation about this story »
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Samsung ranked No. 1 brand in Asia While Samsung's sales may be under pressure, its reputation in Asia is holding up. A Campaign Asia-Pacific's study shows, without question, that Asia trusts the Samsung brand.
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Nestle feels heat over Maggi row, stock crashes over 10% Samples of Maggi noodles taken in the national capital were found "unsafe" for consumption during tests by the Delhi government, which decided to initiate a case against Nestle India.
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Live: Sensex ends 351 points down | 5 reasons behind the slide Live: Sensex ends 351 points down | 5 reasons behind the slideSensex continued its slide, a day after the RBI disappointed with just a 25 bps rate cut. Adding to the woes was IMD downgrading rain forecast.
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Did China's capsized ship sink in a minute? The ship's captain and chief engineer, who swam to the shore and alerted about the tragedy, were taken into custody for questioning by local police.
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Prospective leader Andy Burnham says Britain's Labour should run own pro-EU campaign Burnham, who is likely to succeed Ed Miliband, has said Labour Party should run its own 'Yes' campaign rather than a joint campaign with others.
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Maruti Celerio diesel launched at Rs 4.6 lakh Maruti Celerio diesel launched at Rs 4.6 lakhThe Celerio diesel is powered by the DDiS 125 engine, which is a two-cylinder 793 cc unit capable of 47 bhp at 3,500 rpm and 125 Nm of torque.
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Greece will not pay IMF on Friday without prospect of a deal The payment of 300 million euros is the first of four this month totalling 1.6 billion euros from a country that depends on foreign aid to stay afloat.
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Samsung Electronics not to merge with Samsung SDS Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has no plans to merge with sister company Samsung SDS Co Ltd, a senior executive said on Wednesday.
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Goa minister slams CM, joins opposition-led special status chorus Recent statements by Amit Shah and Laxmikant Parsekar virtually ruling out the possibility of special status for Goa, have caused a political storm.
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Germany to issue 30-year linker for first time The linker will have a starting volume of between 2 billion euros and 2.5 billion euros.
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Japan government eyes urban drone ban According to draft regulations the government revealed Tuesday, drone flying would be prohibited in Japan "except during daytime".
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CLSA cuts Sensex FY16 target to 28,500 on growth, inflation concerns CLSA is of the view that the govt is concerned on the rural slowdown and might undertake policies to revive rural wage inflation.
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India’s fastest train completes test run in record time India’s fastest train completes test run in record timeOn Tuesday, the train, which has no stoppages in its 195-km route, began its journey from New Delhi station at 11.15 AM.
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Lifesaving bindi is a wearable iodine supplement Add / Remove In rural India, iodine deficiency contributes to the medical problems of millions of women each year. Despite the country supplementing its salt with the vital nutrient, there are still an estimated 350 million Indians who don’t get enough in their diet. That deficiency can cause complications during pregnancy, preventable brain damage and more. Now, an initiative called Life Saving D
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Benitez to be Real Madrid manager Rafael Benitez will be presented as Real Madrid manager following his departure from Napoli, the Spanish club confirm.
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Maruti launches Celerio diesel priced at Rs4.65 lakh onwards The Celerio diesel powered by an 793cc engine offers a fuel economy of 27.62 kmpl and the model also marks the global launch of the DDiS 125
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Maggi noodles ordered off shelves due to lead level Many states have either ordered the withdrawal of Maggi noodles from shops or are carrying out further tests on noodle samples before taking action
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How to Give Yourself a Facial Have you ever treated yourself to a facial? A good facial starts with cleansing your face gently. Then you steam and massage it to improve circulation and bring a healthy glow to your skin. Use a mask that works well with your skin type, and finish with toner and moisturizer. Your facial will leave your skin fresh, bright and beautiful. Steps Cleansing and Exfoliating Pull your hair back from yo
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Blog: Egoist AAP, LG and hapless residents of Delhi
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SC stays pre-medical entrance test results An apex court vacation bench comprising Justice Prafulla C. Pant and Justice Amitava Roy said it would decide whether or not to re-conduct the exam after receiving the police report.
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Chelsea is getting a HUGE slice of the Premier League's revenues Britain's football Premier League just revealed that Chelsea will receive £98.9 million ($152 million) out of the income generated from the sale of central broadcasting rights (UK and international) and other central commercial rights.  It is perhaps unsurprising considering it won the Premier League title this year. When the Premier League announced its payments to clubs for the 2014/15 season, i
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2,000-year-old natural pearl found at remote Australian site Sydney (AFP) - Australian scientists said Wednesday they have uncovered a "very rare" 2,000-year-old natural sea pearl -- the first found on the vast island continent -- while excavating a remote coastal Aboriginal site.Archaeologists were working the site on the north Kimberley coast of Western Australia when they came across the unique gem below the surface, said Kat Szabo, an associat
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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. Here's who insiders think could replace Twitter CEO Dick Costolo. Those tipped for Twitter's top post include big names from outside the company. 2. Apple's CEO Tim Cook just took a huge potshot at ad-driven companies like Google and Facebook. Cook said that Apple thinks companies that make money from users' per
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Maruti Suzuki India launches diesel variant of Celerio Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Wednesday launched a diesel variant of hatchback Celerio, powered by parent Suzuki's first diesel engine, priced between Rs 4.65 lakh and Rs 5.71 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
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HCC shares extend fall on stake sale in Mumbai asset In the financial year 2010-11, HCC Group had raised around Rs 300 crore when it had sold its 74 per cent stake to ILFS Milestone Fund.
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CLSA cuts December-end Sensex target to 28,500 CLSA is of the view that the govt is concerned on the rural slowdown and might undertake policies to revive rural wage inflation.
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ECB meets as Greece debt deadline looms ECB sat down to its regular policy meeting Wednesday as Greek Prime Minister Tsipras headed to Brussels for make-or-break bailout talks.
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Oil and gas turn their backs on coal as climate deal nears About 40% of the world's electricity comes from coal. Many are in energy-hungry economies like China, India where coal is an affordable option.
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Euro zone business growth loses some steam in May, hiring jumps The output price sub-index rose to 49.5 from April's 49.2. Official data on Tuesday showed prices in the bloc rose 0.3 per cent last month.
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VIDEO: Would you wear your phone's charger? Cindy Sui visits the Computex technology show in Taiwan and sees some of the latest gadgets, including a wearable charger.
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OECD chops world growth forecast down to 3.1% However the report said OECD expected growth “to be shared more evenly across regions of the world”
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5 Pre-Designed PowerPoint Templates for Creating SlideShare Presentations While we all know that SlideShare is a highly visual platform, the most important aspect of any SlideShare presentation isn't actually the design -- it's the story. “Before you become a master presentation designer, you must be a great storyteller first,” writes Tourism Australia's head of social Jesse Desjardins in his SlideShare presentation You Suck At PowerPoint! (which has 2 million+ views).
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World's biggest particle smasher to start unprecedented tests Geneva (AFP) - The world's biggest particle smasher was set Wednesday to start unprecedented experiments after a two-year upgrade to crank up energy levels to enable it to hopefully unlock more mysteries of the universe.The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which was used to prove the existence of the Higgs Boson -- which confers mass and is also known as the God particle -- was undergoing last-minute
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Maruti Celerio diesel launched at Rs 4.6 lakh The Celerio diesel powered by an 793cc engine offers a fuel economy of 27.62 kmpl and the model also marks the global launch of the DDiS 125, first diesel engine designed and developed by Suzuki Motor Corporation.
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Social media hurting young Indians’ sex lives Digital intimacy, it would seem, has diluted the physical connection between sexually active partners.
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Fifa probe: Interpol issues red notice to 6 Interpol has put six men with ties to Fifa on its most wanted list, issuing an international alert for the global football body's two former officials.
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Mocktale: No Maggi, no college! More trouble for Nestle seems to be brewing as Delhi government might ban Maggi in the state. 10 out of 13 samples tested were found to have lead content higher than permissible limits.
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Persuasion Depends Mostly on the Audience Dale Carnegie once noted that the only way to get someone to do something is to get that person to want to do something. Thus all persuasion is ultimately self-persuasion. Even if I put a gun to your head, you are still free to decide what to do, albeit admittedly somewhat constrained. Scientific meta-analyses show that we are more likely to be persuaded when requests are congruent with our val
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Customer-Centric Org Charts Aren’t Right for Every Company The new conventional wisdom on corporate structure is that companies can do better by organizing themselves around customer groups. The logic sounds compelling: A customer-centric structure, as the approach is known, can help a company understand its customers better, develop deeper relationships with them, and improve customer satisfaction. Some 30% of Fortune 500 firms, including Intel, Dell, I
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What It Was Like to Be a Manager in Ukraine Most of the world views the turmoil in Ukraine as a geopolitical and humanitarian catastrophe. In my former position as Managing Director of Philip Morris Ukraine where I was based from January 2012 until February 2015, I was forced to see it as a business crisis that threatened our people, operations, and bottom line. When peaceful protests turned into violent clashes between demonstrators and
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It’s OK to Move Down (Yes, Down) the Value Chain Leaders of many companies — in industries ranging from contract manufacturing, and software services to consulting and health care — tell us the same thing: “We want to move up the value chain.” This seems to make a great deal of sense: Moving to higher- and higher-value work (from the customer’s perspective) makes it possible to command a higher margin. Moreover, customers often see this highe
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Going on Vacation Doesn’t Have to Stress You Out at Work Vacations are the things that dreams and cruise commercials are made of. Ideally, you come back refreshed, recharged and ready to go. But sometimes, the exact opposite is true. Who among us hasn’t said at some point, usually the day before we leave, “Trying to take this vacation is so stressful, it would have been better not to go at all!” Sometimes vacation stress is unavoidable, but most time
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Maggi in soup: 10 things to know The brand Maggi has suffered a huge dent due to the ongoing controversy surrounding its ingredients. Here is all that you need to know about the controversy.
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Infosys forms panel to oversee acquisitions by CEO Sikka The panel formed on the company's board will review all large acquisitions of Infosys and get approval of board members on the same.
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Realty stocks sink, Unitech crashes 52% Shares of Unitech nosedived 51.63 per cent to Rs 6.50 -- its 52-week low at the BSE.
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Greek uncertainty acting as 'brake on growth' Markit's chief economist Chris Williamson says "any escalation of the Greek crisis could rapidly derail the recovery.''
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New DPP will take some more time: Manohar Parrikar New DPP will take some more time: Manohar Parrikar Parrikar, who had earlier said that DPP, the framework for defence procurement, will be out by May, admitted that it will take some more time.
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Tributes for Gopinath Munde on first death anniversary Tributes were paid to union minister Gopinath Munde on his first death anniversary today with his family and BJP workers remembering the leader.
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Hong Kong retailers shut shops as Chinese tourists stay away Some analysts forecast an up to 15 per cent fall this year, but for some retailers the drop is not big enough to offset weak sales.
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OECD calls US dip a blip, but chops world growth forecast It predicted the world economy would grow at a rate of 3.1 per cent this year, down from the 4.0 per cent increase it projected in March.
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European parliament hits back at Russia blacklist European parliament head Martin Schulz on Tuesday said he was limiting access to the institution to the Russian ambassador to the EU.
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Azerbaijan sees its annual oil output at 40-45 mln tonnes Azerbaijan plans to keep its annual oil output at 40-45 million tonnes but aims to double annual natural gas production from 29 bcm.
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Eurozone jobless rate falls to 11.1% The eurozone's unemployment rate fell in April, official figures show, while a separate survey indicates job creation in the bloc is running at a four-year high.
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Coulson cleared as trial collapses Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson is cleared of perjury as the case against him collapses.
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Eastwood to direct 'Sully' film Clint Eastwood is to direct a film based on the memoir of Chelsey 'Sully' Sullenberger, the pilot who crash-landed a passenger jet on New York's Hudson River in 2009.
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No More Greasy Touchscreen? KFC Has Bluetooth Keyboard Tray Liners Have you ever gone out to grab a quick bite at your favorite fast food restaurant, but couldn’t use your phone while chowing down because of the grease? It’s a real problem for those of us who want to multitask or just can’t put our phones down, not even for food. Well, KFC has the solution. It’s called the KFC Tray Typer, a Bluetooth keyboard tray liner that allows you to type on your phone with
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What Princess Charlotte will look like at age 21 Kids — they grow up so fast.  Princess Charlotte is just one month old, but she'll be a young lady before we know it.  Hello Party, a party decor supplier in the UK, has given us a glimpse into the future by visualising what the princess will look like as she gets older.  The company says on its blog that it worked with a team of designers to create images of the princess at ages one, four, eight
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6 FIFA executives have been added to Interpol's most wanted list Interpol on Wednesday added six men with ties to FIFA to its most wanted list, issuing an international alert for two former FIFA officials and four executives on charges including racketeering and corruption. Two of the men, former FIFA vice president Jack Warner of Trinidad and former executive committee member Nicolas Leoz of Paraguay, have been arrested in their home counties. Warner has since
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Nexus leads $15 M Series B funding round in Pune-based Arkin Arkin Net, the startup which is building the industry’s first multi-vendor SDN operations platform to change how enterprises operate their software-defined data centers, has raised $15 million Series B investment from Nexus Venture Partners, key strategic investors and industry veterans, including B.V. Jagadeesh (formerly CEO at NetScaler). Arkin ties together the data center silos across virtual
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Myanmar lands 700 migrants, U.S. says Rohingya should be citizens JAKARTA/MAUNGDAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar brought ashore more than 700 "boat people" it had kept at sea for days aboard a seized vessel, as the United States on Wednesday called on the country to help solve a migrant crisis by recognising the rights of its Muslim Rohingya minority.
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Microsoft acquires productivity and to-do app Wunderlist Microsoft has acquired the 6Wunderkinder, the parent company and creator of the to do list app Wunderlist for an undisclosed amount. It appears that the... .
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OECD calls US dip a blip, but chops world growth forecast Paris (AFP) - The OECD on Wednesday sharply lowered its global growth forecasts for 2015 and 2016, dragged down partly by a "transitory" shortfall in US performance and by businesses and governments skimping on investment."Global growth is projected to strengthen in the course of 2015 and 2016, but will remain modest relative to the pre-crisis period," the Organisation for Econ
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Microsoft accidentally announced its new WiFi service (MSFT) Microsoft just gave us an accidental preview of its new WiFi service, which will let users connect to millions of WiFi hotspots across the globe. Microsoft WiFi looks like a revamp of Skype WiFi, which lets subscribers access the hotspots that pop up in coffee shops, hotels and train stations from lots of different providers using one log-in. This includes Boingo, Xfinity WiFi and Gowex hotspots i
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Big part of challenge in India is helping sellers grow their online business: Tom Szkutak, Amazon The biggest difference between the Indian and Chinese market is that in India the primary focus is on sellers and connections of sellers, Amazon’s CFO &... .
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Facebook Is Testing A New Business Friendly ‘Saved Replies’ Feature Facebook is apparently testing a new feature called ‘Saved Replies’ for business pages that allow owners to write, save and then re-use canned messages when communicating with customers. The feature is clearly aimed at making it easier for businesses to respond to incoming customer service inquiries and responding to customer feedback via Facebook. According to TechCrunch, the Saved Replies featu
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Maharashtra plans cloud seeding to combat monsoon blues The revenue, relief and rehabilitation ministry issued tenders last month inviting bids for cloud seeding operations in different parts of the state.
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Gold, silver extend gains on global cues, jewellers buying Extending gains for the second straight day, gold prices rose by Rs 70 to Rs 27,340 per ten grams at the bullion market on Wednesday, largely on firm global cues along with increased buying by jewellers.
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PNB cuts fixed deposit rate by 0.25 pc on select maturities The reduction will be effective from June 8, PNB said in a statement.
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L&T wins Rs 468-cr defence order for naval floating dock Larsen & Toubro (L&T) bagged a Rs 468-crore contract from the Ministry of Defence for the design and construction of a floating dock for the Indian Navy (FDN).
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Personalised debit cards for India Post account holders "The deal, valued at Rs 30 crore, is estimated to be completed in the next three years," an official statement said.
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Greece in last-ditch EU talks to break debt deadlock Brussels (AFP) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday for make-or-break bailout talks with a deadline looming for Athens to make a critical repayment.Greece and its international creditors are at a critical phase in talks to reach a deal to unlock 7.2 billion euros ($8.0 billion) to help Athens make Friday's 300 million euro r
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Carefree Grunge Apparel - This Cheap Monday Campaign Revives Nostalgic and Effortless Menswear (TrendHunter.com) (TrendHunter.com) Jake Lucas and Anna Nevala don carefree, grunge fashions in the Pre-Spring 2016 Cheap Monday campaign. The models are captured by photographer Boe Marion while reviving the nostalgic styles of the...
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Indelible ink mark on voter's forefinger to be bigger Indelible ink mark on voter's forefinger to be biggerThe recent order says that the ink "will be applied on voter's finger from top of the nail to the bottom of the first joint of the left forefinger".
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Dubai to be world's 7th leading maritime center by 2020 Dubai ranked 5th under the Ports and Logistics indicator and was named one of the five largest port operators in the world by headquarters.
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Wipro announces average salary hike of 7%, keeps it in line with TCS and Infosys Wipro announces average salary hike of 7%, keeps it in line with TCS and InfosysTCS handed out average salary hike of about 8% for employees in India, while Infosys rolled out average wage increase of 6.5% in March.
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BP CEO sees oil price "softness" in second half of 2015 Bob Dudley said on Wednesday he sees "some softness" in oil prices in the second half of the year as global supplies continue to grow.
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Tagore, Gandhi's ideas best way to counter terrorism: President President said the ideas of truth, dialogue and non-violence espoused by Tagore and Gandhi provide the best way to tackle the challenges of terrorism.
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OECD says Japan not on track to meet fiscal targets Japan's overall consumer prices will rise 0.7 percent this year and inflation will pick up to 1.1 per cent next year, OECD said.
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Nuclear deal will reduce Iran enrichment capacity: US adviser Dr Colin H. Kahl said the current deal being hammered out was the best on offer, despite many sceptical voices in the US and elsewhere.
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Greece in last-ditch EU talks to break debt deadlock Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday.
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Eurozone unemployment drops to 11.1% in April: Eurostat Unemployment in the eurozone dropped to 11.1 per cent in April, official data showed on Wednesday, dipping from the previous month.
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Business Insider 7
THE SUMMIT: The story of the deadliest day on the world's most dangerous mountain "The Summit," a documenatry that chronicles the deadliest day in K2's history, is now available to stream on Netflix.  The film, directed by Nick Ryan, attempts to piece together what happend on a single day in 2008, when 11 climbers perished on the second-highest mountain in the world.  The incident became a major news story that summer, although the details of what happened on that day
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5 Ways To Make An Office A Nice Place To Work, Not A Soul-Sucking Pit Of Despair You probably don't go to work every day in a place that improves your well-being—but you could.While there are numerous opinions on how office environments should be designed and organized, there's no denying workplace well-being should be a priority for every organization. New ideas and creative design approaches continue to emerge that empower companies of all scale and business focus to take st
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This Is The Guy Who Keeps Nike In The Creative Spotlight Greg Hoffman, Nike's VP of global brand creative, on the parallels between sports and building positive buzz around a brand.From a hugely popular video series on the 2014 FIFA World Cup to elaborate interactive displays related to the 2015 NBA All-Star game, Greg Hoffman's global team keeps Nike in the spotlight. And as his crew creates ads, store designs, promotions, and more, Hoffman says he app
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Fast Company 7
Nivea Made A UV-Sensitive Doll To Help Teach Kids The Importance Of Sunscreen The Nivea Doll lets little kids play the parent to help protect it from the sun.Last year, Nivea created an award-winning print ad that was also a mobile app that helped parents keep track of their wee ones at the beach.Read Full Story
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A Cardboard Room In A Box You Can Set Up In 10 Minutes Why bother taking a trip to an Ikea when all the flat-pack furniture you need can be delivered in a single box to your doorstep?When they descend upon campus in September, the next wave of doe-eyed froshes will face, for the very first time, the blank slate of an empty dorm room. It is a blank slate usually filled by the cheapest objects of home decor a few hours at Ikea can afford. But even shitt
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Slack With Friends, Lovers, And Geeks: How The Hot Workplace App Is Getting Personal Slack for couples. Slack for hobbies. Slack for dating. Who needs Gchat, anyway?Every day, 750,000 workers log into enterprise chat software Slack to communicate with colleagues. Todd Kennedy, a 37-year-old CTO at a software startup, also uses the service—to talk with his wife, Julie.Read Full Story
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5 Simple Ways to Segment Your Social Media Audience "How can I get more leads from social media?" This is a question I get often from marketers who are struggling to find and prove the value of social media to their business. Generally, it's followed by an explanation of the various social media tactics they have tried to address this concern. Maybe they'll publish more often or change up the type of content they share. Maybe they'll eng
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Business Insider 63
RANKED: The 9 unhealthiest restaurant dishes in America A new report by the Center for Science in the Public Interest has identified the unhealthiest restaurant meals in America.  The center's nutrition experts reviewed menus at 200 restaurant chains in the US to find the meals heaviest in calories, saturated fat, sodium, and sugar for its annual "Xtreme Eating" list. Restaurants that made the list include The Cheesecake Factory, Outback Stea
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11 Things Every New Content Marketer Should Know to Crush This Field “You can’t become successful just by going to college or by following any formula.” –Peter Thiel PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel is known for throwing cold water on the higher education system – even sponsoring a fellowship that pays young people not to go to college. Recently, he made it clear that he doesn’t want to tear down college, he wants people to take command of their own fate no matter th
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NextBigWhat
Mumbai-Based Startup Propstack Secures $3M In Series A Funding Led By DMG Information Property data and technology startup, Propstack has raised US $ 3 Million in series A funding round led by DMG Information, a subsidiary of British media firm Daily Mail & General Trust. The other investors include New York-based data and analytics company Real Capital Analytics. The funds raised will be used to expand its services across the country and launch additional products and strengt
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Why Startups Succeed or Fail [Bill Gross] Despite a copious amount of enthusiasm, painstaking planning and maybe even a gold mine of an idea, most startups fail. Bill Gross, CEO of Idealab – a business incubator based in Pasadena, riddled with this hair-pulling frustration that he sees in most of the soon-to-be-founders that he meets, decided to get to the bottom of things. Startup Success Mantra By Bill Gross Idealab has fostered the cre
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Tim Cook just sent a powerful warning to the US government (AAPL) Apple CEO Tim Cook has reaffirmed his support for strong encryption at an awards ceremony on Tuesday, TechCrunch reports — and slammed law enforcement plans to undermine it as "incredibly dangerous." Cook's pro-privacy speech comes just days after Facebook introduced support for the technology on its social network for the first time. Strong encryption has become a contentious issue, and
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Business Insider 8
The BBC accidentally tweeted a 'technical rehearsal' for the death of the Queen A BBC reporter accidentally tweeted that the Queen had been taken ill to hospital, even though she hadn't. The Telegraph reports that BBC journalist Ahmen Khawaja tweeted this morning "BREAKING: Queen Elizabeth is being treated at King Edward 7th Hospital in London. Statement due shortly: @BBCWorld." But the Queen wasn't ill. She was in hospital, but it was just a normal health check-up.
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Bet On Water, Win At Gin: Martin Miller's Success From Iceland There's nothing like taking one of the world's hot button environmental issues -- water -- and turning it into your company's defining and most pivotal asset. Here's how Martin Miller's gin bets on water, and wins.
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Transitions At The Top - See The Gaping Hole? The new book ?Transitions at the Top? is powerfully valuable - but dangerously incomplete.
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RBI still not comfortable on inflation, says Rajan The Reserve Bank of India is not more comfortable over inflation now than it was at its previous policy in April, Governor Raguram Rajan said in a TV interview on Wednesday.
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Business Insider 19
A simple 8-letter message is permanently breaking people's Skype apps (MSFT) There's a nasty new bug going around Skype, VentureBeat reports — it's an 8-letter message that can break the recipient's app so badly they need to totally reinstall it. It's similar to another bug currently at large on iPhones. Receiving a certain string of unicode characters on iOS can cause Messages and other apps to crash, and even force the device to reboot entirely. The bug is caused by a fa
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World could run on renewables in 10 years: Campaign World could run on renewables in 10 years: CampaignAn international campaign to tackle climate change has claimed that the world can run on renewables in 10 years.
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Deutsche Bank partners with Microsoft,HCL in tech lab launch Deutsche Bank will launch three innovation labs this year, partnering with big development firms to speed creation of financial technology.
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'Deficient monsoon will overburden thermal plants' 'Deficient monsoon will overburden thermal plants'Piyush Goyal said there will be more pressure on the country’s thermal power generation plants if the monsoon rains are deficient this year.
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World Bank approves $250 million loan for J&K flood recovery project Due to unprecedented heavy rainfall in September 2014, J & K suffered severe floods with massive loss of lives and infrastructure.
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Pakistan not signing NPT; treaty discriminatory, says Aizaz Chaudhry Already, 190 states have signed the treaty, which came into force in 1970. But nuclear states India and Pakistan have stayed out of it.
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Meghalaya CM for setting up more 'haats' along Bangla border The 'haat' would be jointly inaugurated through video conferencing from Dhaka during Modi's two-day visit to Bangladesh beginning June 6.
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Jaganmohan Reddy launches 2-day protest against TDP govt's 'failure' YS Jaganmohan Reddy today launched his two-day long 'samara deeksha' protest to highlight the "failures" of the TDP government in the state.
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VIDEO: S African FA briefing on World Cup The South African Football Association holds a news conference to discuss claims about alleged payments for the 2010 World Cup.
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New Nigeria leader in foreign trip Nigeria's President Buhari is making his first foreign trip since taking office last week, visiting Niger where he is expected to discuss Boko Haram.
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Footballer denies child sex charges England and Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson appears in court to deny charges of sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl.
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San Andreas shakes up UK box office Earthquake disaster movie San Andreas - starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson - has topped the UK and Ireland box office in its opening weekend.
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US: 10,000 IS militants killed More than 10,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed since a US-led coalition launched a campaign against it nine months ago, the US says.
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IRA membership case collapses The case against two senior republicans accused of IRA membership has collapsed in Belfast.
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6 word puzzles that only finance geeks will understand Take this Wall Street word challenge to test your knowledge of finance lingo. Produced by Sara Silverstein and Justin Gmoser Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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NASA Mission Control Marks 50 Superb Years of Space Science On the 50th anniversary of NASA's Mission Control Center, we look back at where it all started. The post NASA Mission Control Marks 50 Superb Years of Space Science appeared first on WIRED.
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Reddit AMA: TRAI’s role on Net Neutrality is now moot Rajeev Chandrasekhar, an independent Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Bangalore, decided to come on Reddit for Ask Me Anything (AMA) session. The... .
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Alert: Today Is The Last Day To Grab UnPluggd And ProductGeeks Early Bird Discount ! Ladies and Gentlemen Today is the last day to grab early bird 25% discount for UnPluggd, India’s biggest startup conference AND ProductGeeksConf, a niche conference totally focused on talks related to product management, marketing and growth hacking. ProductGeeksConf is scheduled for June 19th and will bring India’s best product minds together. UnPluggd is happening on June 29th and in between the
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23 tough interview questions heard at Facebook Facebook is one of the most sought-after workplaces in the tech industry.
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Nestle in another soup: Live larvae found in milk powder sample The Drug Administration Department (food safety wing), tested the NAN PRO3 milk powder, bought by a cab driver and the initial report by one of its food analysts found live larvae in the sample.
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Wipro hikes employee wages by 7 per cent The average salary hike would be seven per cent for offshore employees, Wipro Global Head (Human Resources) Saurabh Govil said in a statement.
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Business Insider 6
Bank of America thinks investors are suffering from 'Stockholm syndrome' — and the outcome looks ugly "Stockholm syndrome" is a term used to describe when hostages begin to empathise with, and even trust, their captors. It's also what Bank of America Merrill Lynch thinks is happening to investors going big on shares right now — and their captors are central banks. The bank's European Equity Strategy has put out a note saying investors are facing a "lose-lose" situation by pilin
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The Amazing and Miraculous SEO Powerhouse: Evergreen Pages by @neilpatel Content marketers and SEOs love to talk about “evergreen content.” What many SEOs don’t realize is just how powerful the evergreen page can be.The post The Amazing and Miraculous SEO Powerhouse: Evergreen Pages by @neilpatel appeared first on Search Engine Journal.
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Govt relaxes FDI conditions for NRI investments Govt relaxes FDI conditions for NRI investmentsThe decision is expected to result in increased investments across sectors and greater inflow of foreign exchange remittances.
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Govt ready to tackle deficient monsoon: Agri Minister Agriculture Minister exuded confidence over tackling deficient monsoon, minimising production losses and its possible impact on overall economy.
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Nuclear deal will reduce Iran's enrichment capacity: US adviser The current deal being hammered out was the best on offer, despite many sceptical voices in the US and elsewhere, including Gulf Arab states.
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RBI rate cut hopes wither after weak monsoon forecast The Reserve Bank of India's new inflation mandate could stop it from lowering interest rates again this year if drought strikes.
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Kashmir is unfinished agenda of partition: Sharif Kashmir is unfinished agenda of partition: Sharif In one his strongest remarks on Kashmir, army chief General Raheel Sharif today said it is an "unfinished agenda" of the partition in 1947.
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Disinvestment target of Rs 69,500 daunting: Official sources The Cabinet has already approved the sale of 5 per cent stakes in ONGC, BHEL and NTPC, and 10 per cent each in IOC, NALCO and NMDC Ltd.
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Rate-sensitives tank on waning prospects of more rate cuts Investors are turning risk-averse and dumping rate-sensitive, highly-leveraged companies after RBI's monetary policy announcement
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15 stocks by experts to bet on in sinking mkt | Rajan on rate cut 15 stocks by experts to bet on in sinking mkt | Rajan on rate cutDespite the headwinds, experts feel the long-term uptrend still remains intact and investors should use dips to build their portfolio.
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Popular TV actors set to boost government efforts to promote Yoga A collaborative effort would reinforce the vision of PM Modi and the UN endorsement of designating June 21 as International Yoga Day.
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Russia slams European Union 'witch hunt' against its diplomats European parliament head Martin Schulz said he was limiting access to the institution to the Russian ambassador to the EU and one other diplomat.
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Private equity firm FFL raises new $2 billion fund This is the firm's first fund since 2008, when it raised $1.5 billion.
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Dutch PM Mark Rutte says Grexit still can't be ruled out Dutch PM said an exit of Greece from the euro zone could still not be excluded and that bridging the gap between Athens and its creditors remained difficult.
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Alexis Tsipras calls on lenders to show "realism" Tsipras said he was travelling to Brussels later on Wednesday to discuss the Greek proposal to end the standoff with lenders.
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Ratan Tata picks stake in fashion portal Kaaryah | Wipro gives 7% pay hike Ratan Tata picks stake in fashion portal Kaaryah | Wipro gives 7% pay hike The company declined to disclose the quantum and value of the stake, which Tata Group's former chief has invested in his personal capacity.
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French tests on 359-year-old body French scientists carry out tests and a post-mortem examination on the remarkably well-preserved body of a 17th Century woman found in the south-western city of Rennes.
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OECD gives global economy 'B minus' The global economy has been given "B-minus " grade equating to "muddling through" by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Tributes to teenager after body find Tributes are made to missing teenager Amber Peat after a body is found near her home in Nottinghamshire.
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10 Truths That Sustain Successful Entrepreneurs As an entrepreneur, you will run into a number of challenges along your journey. You will likely also run into advice from virtually every resource imaginable. I have found that no matter what your goals are, the industry you are in or what you are looking to achieve, there are a few pieces of solid that always apply that help entrepreneurs succeed. Here are the 10 that I find most important:1. Yo
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Hack a Day 13
ShakeIt – an interactive light game Learning becomes interesting when you make it fun, interactive and entertaining. [Arkadi] built ShakeIt – an interactive game for the Mini MakerFaire in Jerusalem to demonstrate to kids and grownups how light colors are mixed. It is a follow up to his earlier project – Smart juggling balls which we featured earlier. The juggling balls consist of a 6 dof sensor (MPU 6050), a micro controller, trans
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7 Stories You Need to Know Today PSFK editors select top news aggregated from around the web each day. Joseph Coughlin ruminates on a series of increasingly demanding generations and what this means for the future of old age (Big Think) Apple’s outsourced Internet of Things project HomeKit is seeing its first products come to market this week (ABC) As tech firms invest in Artificial Intelligence talent, Facebook follows suit, op
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A Lamp You Only See When You Need It Hide and Seek lamps will go invisible when not being used but light up a room when turned on. A Lamp You Only See When You Need ItHide and Seek lamps will go invisible when not being used but light up a room when turned on.Learn more: http://www.psfk.com/?p=284196 Posted by PSFK on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 These lamps can be sitting on a nightstand unnoticed until a switch is flipped and a ser
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Trade in Your Browsing Data for a Fair Share of Prizes The Big Data band and NYC’s Basura has created a web app that lets you “sell” your browsing history, cookies and other private information for a chance to win rewards. The project is called Nice 2 Hack You and to qualify, just share your sensitive information to your social accounts. Nice 2 Hack You works best with Google Chrome and requires a two-month history on your computer. Using algorithms,
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Business Insider 13
Incredible 11-year time-lapse shows One World Trade Center being built This time-lapse video by Earth Cam shows the construction of One World Trade Center from October 2004 to Memorial Day 2015. Hundreds of thousands of high definition images were captured over the past 11 years to complete this beautiful time-lapse. Video courtesy of Earth Cam Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation about this story »
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Game Theory: How to put oneself in someone else's shoes about John Nash I knew and about his magical theories.
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Pinterest Announces Buyable Pins We’ve all heard the rumors, but yesterday it was confirmed. Pinterest announced that Buyable Pins are coming in the next few weeks. For consumers, this simplifies the steps from pinning to purchase. For ecommerce, Buyable Pins could change the way that people shop.  Here’s a quick rundown on Buyable Pins and how they affect you, both as a consumer and a business. How Does it Work for Consumers? N
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The stock market is becoming a 'lose-lose' situation (SPX, SPY, QQQ, TLT, IWM, DIA) It's about to be a lose-lose situation for stock market investors.  In a note to clients on Tuesday, Bank of America's Michael Hartnett wrote that with the Fed set to raise rates and the US economy underperforming, we could be be facing a tough period for investors this year.  Hartnett writes: We have been urging caution. No bear market, but mid-2015 environment is lose-lose: end of global easing,
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Lifehacker 29
How to Pay Off Debt and Still Take Your Dream Vacation When I was in student loan and credit card debt, I knew the smart thing to do was pay it off. But I also wanted to travel. It’s a tough spot: you want to keep paying off debt, but don’t want to give up your travel dreams while you still have time for them. Or heck, maybe you just want a vacation.Most experts recommend paying off debt before you travel, and it makes sense. You don’t want to get dee
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Live larvae found in Nestle milk powder sample Facing trouble in many states over the safety of its popular Maggi noodles, Nestle India has courted fresh trouble after a preliminary test by a state agency of a sample of their milk powder allegedly found live larvae in it.
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Maggi row: Clean chit from Maharashtra, Goa; No excess lead, says Kerala Amid a row over alleged lapses in food safety standards of instant noodles Maggi, Maharashtra, Goa and Kerala said there have been no negative reports about samples tested so far.
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WIRED 13
5 Essential Pieces of Gear for Making Better Podcasts This pro-level equipment will ensure your oratories are recorded with unmatched clarity. The post 5 Essential Pieces of Gear for Making Better Podcasts appeared first on WIRED.
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Meet the Exec Pushing Google to Fix Its Dismal Diversity WIRED sits down with Nancy Lee, Google’s head of diversity strategy, who's tasked with tackling one of tech's most intractable problems. The post Meet the Exec Pushing Google to Fix Its Dismal Diversity appeared first on WIRED.
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This New Ship May Look Old-Timey, But It’s Packed With Tech Despite its classic look, the Oliver Hazard Perry is packed with state-of-the-art technology. The post This New Ship May Look Old-Timey, But It’s Packed With Tech appeared first on WIRED.
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I Made an Untraceable AR-15 ‘Ghost Gun’ in My Office—And It Was Easy I have no technical understanding of firearms and little mastery of power tools. Still, I made a fully metal and functional AR-15. The post I Made an Untraceable AR-15 ‘Ghost Gun’ in My Office—And It Was Easy appeared first on WIRED.
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Join a Team of Elite Firefighters as They Prep for Hell For wildland firefighters, preparation is an essential, intense part of their job. The post Join a Team of Elite Firefighters as They Prep for Hell appeared first on WIRED.
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TV Is Losing Ground to the Internet Where It Really Counts As more people stream shows, growth in TV ad spending is expected to slow. The post TV Is Losing Ground to the Internet Where It Really Counts appeared first on WIRED.
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New Livestream App Lets Strangers Watch You Use Your Phone It's about to get really real: Unicorns is a new app that lets you livestream whatever it is you're doing on your phone all day. The post New Livestream App Lets Strangers Watch You Use Your Phone appeared first on WIRED.
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10 things you need to know before the opening bell (SPY, SPX, DIA, QQQ, JPM, BP) Here is what you need to know. The OECD cut its outlook for global growth. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cut its growth forecasts for 2015 and 2016. The group sees global growth of 1.9% in 2015 and 2.5% in 2016. As for the US, the organization dropped its 2015 forecast to 2.0% from 3.1% and 2016 forecast to 2.8% from 3.0%. The OECD pinpoints weak investment for the slow
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A devastating Credit Suisse note says Britain's economy is totally screwed Credit Suisse's pension research chief Amlan Roy just published a devastating analysis of the UK's population demographics. He concludes, in part, that the ageing population of the UK is making the economy unsustainable, absent of some major change in the makeup of the population.  "Health and pension promises towards older people pose a serious future challenge to the UK’s financial sustaina
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The Danger of the Founder Mythology There is a myth out there that startup founders are special… very, very special. Magazine covers and articles propagate this myth. Founders are irreplaceable. Unique. No one can possibly be as irrepressibly dynamic, interesting, visionary or driven as a founder.
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Why and How Entrepreneurs Should Read Public Company Filings Good entrepreneurs crave information. They meticulously analyze their industry, competition, and internal data, constantly optimizing for success. But finding reliable and accurate sources is extremely challenging. I can definitively say that most people are full of it. So where does one turn to get a handle on reality? I?d offer up an unlikely source that has helped me tremendously: the public ma
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Forbes - Entrepreneurs 6
The One-Upmanship Anger Management Strategy Most self-made millionaires are quite adept at skillfully managing their emotions in their business dealings. Very often, the most important emotion to control is anger. By not letting anger get the better of them, self-made millionaires avoid magnifying their insecurities, which can produce more anger, cloud reason, and result in poor decision making. While you may derive a transitory pleasure fr
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How To Develop Superior Thought Leadership Content Than The Competition Thought leadership is a very effective way to significantly develop new business. Clear proof of this is the growth in number and effort from all manner of firms and individuals to become thought leaders. The effectiveness of this approach will only intensify as competition increases, clients become choosier as well as more cost-sensitive, and reaching motivated prospects continues to get more dif
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Asian, Middle East Cities Lead in Growth for International Visitors With the majority of the world's economy back on track after the great recession, the middle class is once more starting to travel. This time around, though, things are different. The American dollar is now stronger than it was five years ago, leading to better spending power in Europe, Japan and in developing countries around the planet. Air connectivity has also increased. Qatar, Emirates and Et
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Inc.com 12
How This Designer Set Out to Cure Your Aching Back Overcoming the design challenges behind building one of this year's best-designed products of 2015.
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Grow Your Business Without Sacrificing Your Life How one business owner got his hand caught in the cookie jar while on a vacation in Paris with his wife...
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5 Widely Accepted Leadership Strategies That Don't Always Work The smartest leaders don't always apply the most widely accepted leadership approach in every situation.
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Working 9-to-5 becoming a less popular way to make a living If you want an income, or you're an employer looking for help, it may be time to scrap the idea of the traditional 9-to-5 arrangement.
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Pros and cons of freelancing for workers and companies Thinking of making the leap to freelance, or hiring an independent contractor? Here are some pros and cons to keep in mind.
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Tech Tips: Your guide to the myriad of phone-upgrade options Upgrading your phone is no longer as simple as paying $100 or $200 and extending your service contract by two years.
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Business Today| LATEST HEADLINES
Capgemini bags multi-mn euro contract extension from Nokia The additional three-year agreement will see Capgemini continuing to optimise Nokia's order management operations worldwide, the company said in a statement.
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Jamie Dimon is a billionaire (JPM) Jamie Dimon is a billionaire.  According to the Bloomberg Billionaires index, Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan, joins his mentor Sandy Weill as one of the few banking executives to become a billionaire.  Bloomberg writes that Dimon derives a bit less than half of his $1.1 billion net worth — $485 million — from his stake in JPMorgan, with the rest of his net worth coming from an investment portfolio spu
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Investors host startups in their unused homes in return for equity Add / Remove Nourishing and growing a startup requires a few essentials: funding, a committed team, and the time and space to work. Concentrating on that last factor is matchmaking service Cribb — a platform which enables a network of investors and celebrities to offer promising startups the use of their vacant homes for free, in return for equity. Billed as an Airbnb for startups, Cribb helps sta
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The Economic Times 6
Sensex ends 351 points down, Tata Power sinks 6% It was the second straight day of carnage on D-St, a day after the RBI disappointed the markets with just a 25 bps rate cut.
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The Economic Times
LS Speaker,RS Deputy Chairman greet Jaya on her return as CM Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha P J Kurien today greeted J Jayalalithaa on her return as Chief Minister.
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The Economic Times
Dubai Emaar Properties beachfront project to cost $2.7 billion Emaar Properties' mixed-use beachfront development in Dubai's Al Mamzar district is expected to have a preliminary cost of 10 billion dirhams.
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The Economic Times 1
China's Phicomm to invest $100-mn in India in 3 yrs China-based mobile handset maker Phicomm, which entered Indian market with the launch of 4G smartphone today, will invest $100 million over the next 3 years.
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The Economic Times
Shenzhen Air signs deal with Boeing worth $4.3 billion Shenzhen Airlines has struck a deal with Boeing Co to buy 46 B737 planes for $4.3 billion, the carrier's parent Air China Ltd said.
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The Economic Times
EU head Juncker confirms talks with Alexis Tsipras to sort out 'problems' Aides to Tsipras said he was coming to Brussels to present Juncker his government's 46-page proposal to meet the demands of its bailout.
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The Economic Times
Lloyds hit by $305 million court decision on ECN bonds Lloyds had wanted to redeem the notes, at par, before they were due to mature at dates ranging between 2019 and 2029.
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The Economic Times
Pranab Mukherjee meets Belarus President, discusses bilateral ties During the talks with Lukashenko, the President discussed a host of issues which included increasing trade ties between the two countries.
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The Economic Times 6
Maggi banned in Delhi for 15 days | Live larvae found in Nestle milk powder sample Maggi banned in Delhi for 15 days | Live larvae found in Nestle milk powder sample A fresh decision will be taken after 15 days after rechecking the new Maggi stocks in government labs, health minister Satyendra Jain said.
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The Economic Times
Angel Merkel under pressure on coal ahead of G7 climate push Looking ahead to the summit, Greenpeace launched protests across Germany under the banner "Climate Chancellor or Coal Chancellor?"
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The Economic Times 1
Capgemini bags multi-million euro contract extension from Nokia Capgemini started working with Nokia since 2010. The contract, which was due to expire in 2017, has now been extended to October 2020.
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BBC News - World 17
Writer Taslima Nasreen flees to US Award-winning Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has fled from India to the US after she was named as an al-Qaeda target, a rights group says.
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BBC News - World 92
Senegal singer 'had fake millions' Senegalese singer Thione Seck is charged with money laundering after fake banknotes worth millions of dollars were found in his house.
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MakeUseOf 8
Google Counts Calories In Food Porn, Free Amazon Shipping On Small Items [Tech News Digest] Google counts calories, Amazon ships potatoes, Steam offers refunds, Caitlyn Jenner tweets, Bethesda teases Fallout 4, and Bing launches its own self-driving car. Google Wants to Ruin Your Food Porn Google is developing technology that can count the number of calories in a plate of food from nothing but a photograph. The artificial intelligence project known as Im2Calories will be able to guesstim
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PSFK 5
UNICEF Wants Wearables for Those Who Actually Need Them The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is keen on starting a revolution in the wearable tech field to help children and women. In a competition called Wearables for Good, UNICEF together with ARM and frog design will gather submissions from individuals or teams that want to leverage the the tech category for improving lives of those in need. The international organizations wants wearables to
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PSFK 5
The Rag and Bone Man Designs Beautiful Rooms from Trash Paul Firbank, the Rag and Bone Man who repurposes London’s scrap yards into bespoke home ware,  is shaping what it means to be a resourceful and sustainable designer in the 21st century. Often, the artist can be found in his warehouse mixing and matching random, recycled items until they take form with a story of their own. After each new piece is completed, it is stamped with a serial number and
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NextBigWhat
Boxme The post Boxme appeared first on NextBigWhat.
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NextBigWhat 2
Speech Recognition Startup Uniphore Raises Fund From IDG Ventures Chennai-based Uniphore Software Systems has raised an undisclosed amount in funding from IDG Ventures. The funds raised will be used to scale its core technology development efforts and expand its reach and presence in multiple markets across the globe. Uniphore’s solutions allow any software application to understand and respond to natural human speech, enabling humans to use the most natural of
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Reuters 34
South Korea test-fires missile that can strike all of the North SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Wednesday test-launched a new ballistic missile that can hit all of North Korea, the president's office said, developed under a new agreement with the United States that lets Seoul extend the weapon's range to up to 800 km (500 miles).
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Entrepreneur: Latest Articles 19
How Au Bon Pain's Executive Chef Puts Her Line Cook Experience to Good Use Tastemakers is a series dedicated to major restaurant chains' executive chefs and other under-recognized experts who shape how America eats, dishing on what they're cooking, food trends and more. Katherine See may no longer be working the line in the kitchens of some of Boston's most famous restaurants but that doesn't mean she isn't still dedicated to a hands-on approach to food.As Au Bon Pain's
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Psychology Today
How Early Academic Training Retards Intellectual Development In the absence of an appropriate intellectual foundation and motivation to learn, students acquire academic skills by rote, in shallow, meaningless ways. This not only wastes students' time, but can cause serious harm to their future intellectual and academic development. Here's some of the evidence.
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Lifehacker 30
Google Maps Begins Showing Live Public Transit Info Google Maps has already been pretty good at providing public transit info. The one problem is that it only went on typical schedules. If there was a delay or a particular route was canceled, Maps wouldn’t let you know. Now, that changes with the addition of real-time transit info.Google is rolling out real-time public transit schedules for certain areas. If you’re in the UK, Netherlands, Budapest,
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Business Insider 4
Here comes the ECB ... (EUR, USD) The European Central Bank is set to release its latest rate decision at 7:45 a.m. ET.  Expectations are for the ECB to keep interest rates unchanged, with the central bank maintaining a -0.2% deposit rate, a 0.05% main refinancing rate, and a 0.3% marginal lending facility rate.  The main focus will be what ECB president Mario Draghi has to say in his press conference, though markets do not expect
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Business Insider 4
Europe is still spending its way back to health Europe's recovery continues to be driven by people spending spare cash at the shops.  Eurostat latest retail sales figures show growth beat expectations last month, as retail sales grew by 2.2% in May compared to the same time last year. That's higher than the 2% rise economists had forecast. May's sales figure was also 0.7% higher than the previous month's. April saw a 0.6% month-on-month fall in
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The Times of India 86
Non-Hindus need permit to visit Somnath temple Now non-Hindus will have to take permission from office of general manager of Shree Somnath Trust before entering into Somnath Temple for darshan. It has been made mandatory to all non-Hindu pilgrims.
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The Times of India 5
I had stopped endorsing Maggi 2yrs ago: Big B Actors Madhuri Dixit, Amitabh Bachchan and Preity Zinta could land in trouble if advertisements for Maggi noodles featuring them are found to be misleading, says the Consumer Affairs Ministry.
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The Times of India 100+
Maggi row: Clean chit from Maharashtra, Goa; no excess lead, says Kerala Amid a row over alleged lapses in food safety standards of instant noodles Maggi, Maharashtra, Goa and Kerala said there have been no negative reports about samples tested so far.
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The Times of India 5
Sensex tanks over 350 points, ends at 26,837.20 A day after it crashed by 660 points, the sensex, provisionally tanked over 350 points to close at 26,837.20 on Wednesday.
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MediaNama: Digital Media in India 2
Zomato’s food ordering app Zomato Order extended to Mumbai & Pune Zomato’s food ordering app Zomato Order has now been extended to Mumbai. The company claims that the app lists around 1000 restaurants in Mumbai where... .
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