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Researchers Suggest Previous Studies On Smartphone Addiction May Be Flawed

Researchers Suggest Previous Studies On Smartphone Addiction May Be Flawed
Researchers are now suggesting the there are some serious flaws in a large majority of studies and surveys that have been conducted in recent times which examines the impact on the psychological...

Myth Of Positive Health Impact Of Moderate Drinking Debunked In New Study

Myth Of Positive Health Impact Of Moderate Drinking Debunked In New Study
Earlier studies which had given rise to the notion that one or two drinks a day might protect against stroke have been negated in the results of a major genetic study which has also claimed a very...

10 Steps To Reduce Cancer Risk Suggested By Global Experts In A Cancer Prevention Report

10 Steps To Reduce Cancer Risk Suggested By Global Experts In A Cancer Prevention Report
The vital relationship between cancer diagnoses and diet, physical activity and weight were confirmed in a new study that examined the lifestyle factors that could prevent cancer. The study was...
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Oil Giant Shell Targets Commercial Production Of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Honda Targeting Sale Of 70,000 Prologue EV Units Annually In US From 2024

Concerns Of China’s Evergrande’s Ability To Service Debts Grips Markets

IHS Markit Report Predicts Further Light Vehicle Production In 2021 Due To Chip Shortage

Union Building Effort At Amazon’s Nine Canadian Sites By Teamsters: Reuters

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GM To Make Changes In Supply Chain Over Chips, Says CEO Barra

Eyeing African Market, Netflix Offers Free Plan To Kenyans: Reuters

Foreign Investors May Be Allowed To Buy Up To 20% In India’s LIC IPO

Ford’s Indian Workers Protest Against Firm’s Closure Of Indian Factories

Fears Over China’s Evergrande's Domestic Bond Payment Deal Soothes At Least For Now

Salesforce Rival Freshworks Aims To Raise Raises $1.03 Bln In U.S. IPO

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FedEx’s Quarterly Profits And Annual Forecast Hit By Labour Shortages

Salesforce Rival Freshworks Aims To Raise Raises $1.03 Bln In U.S. IPO

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FedEx’s Quarterly Profits And Annual Forecast Hit By Labour Shortages

FedEx’s Quarterly Profits And Annual Forecast Hit By Labour Shortages

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FedEx Corp., a United States based delivery company, reported a 7 per cent drop in its quarterly profits and lowered its full-year outlook on Tuesday. This was after labour shortages crimped earnings and drove up costs ahead the crucial holiday peak season.   After FedEx announced that staffing issues had caused a $450 m increase in costs year over year, shares in the Memphis-based company...
Salesforce Rival Freshworks Aims To Raise Raises $1.03 Bln In U.S. IPO

Salesforce Rival Freshworks Aims To Raise Raises $1.03 Bln In U.S. IPO

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The price of its initial public offering in the United States that will be offered by Freshworks, a business software company, will be well above the range that would be required to raise a fund of $1.93 billion, the company has said.   Freshworks, a direct rival of Salesforce, will be valued at $10.13 billion in the post-pandemic world where there is a growing demand for hybrid working....
Fears Over China’s Evergrande's Domestic Bond Payment Deal Soothes At Least For Now

Fears Over China’s Evergrande's Domestic Bond Payment Deal Soothes At Least For Now

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China Evergrande Group's main unit said Wednesday that it had reached a settlement with bondholders in order to settle interest payments on a domestic debt. This helped to calm fears of a default that could cause financial chaos worldwide.   China's central bank also injected 90 billion yuan ($14 Billion) into the banking system as a sign of support. This was after the country's financial...
Foreign Investors May Be Allowed To Buy Up To 20% In India’s LIC IPO

Foreign Investors May Be Allowed To Buy Up To 20% In India’s LIC IPO

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The Indian government could open up the initial public offering of state-owned Life Insurance Corporation to foreign institutional investors and allow them to purchase up to 20 per cent of the shares of the company, said reports quoting government sources.   India's largest ever initial public offering is expected to be LIC's listing. The government aims to raise as much as 900 billion...
Ford’s Indian Workers Protest Against Firm’s Closure Of Indian Factories

Ford’s Indian Workers Protest Against Firm’s Closure Of Indian Factories

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On Tuesday, hundreds of workers from a Ford Motor Co. factory in Gujarat state in the West of India sat on the protest at the plant, demanding that the factory's closing plan be abandoned and that workers are given other jobs.   Clad in blue uniforms, the workers protested outside Ford's Gujarat plant that makes engines as well as cars. They said that the planned closure of the plant would...
Eyeing African Market, Netflix Offers Free Plan To Kenyans: Reuters

Eyeing African Market, Netflix Offers Free Plan To Kenyans: Reuters

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Video streaming service Netflix is aiming to spark growth in the key African market of Kenya by offering customers a free mobile plan that would allow them to see about o a quarter of the company’s TV shows and movies in the country.  The strategy was launched in the country form Monday, the company told Reuters.   The free connections are accessible on Android cell phones and will...
Concerns Of China’s Evergrande’s Ability To Service Debts Grips Markets

Concerns Of China’s Evergrande’s Ability To Service Debts Grips Markets

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The dangers of China Evergrande Group defaulting on its pile of debts posed a potential threat over apprehensive business sectors on Tuesday, as investors searched for indications of mediation by Beijing to stem any likely cascading type of influence across the global economy.   Experts pointed out the danger of Evergrande's inconveniences turning into the country's "Lehman second"....
Honda Targeting Sale Of 70,000 Prologue EV Units Annually In US From 2024

Honda Targeting Sale Of 70,000 Prologue EV Units Annually In US From 2024

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The planned electric Prologue sport utility vehicle from Honda Motor Co, which the company plans to launch for the United States market, is expected to be the corner stone for the US business unit of the company as it targets to achieve initial annual sales of 70,000 units after the vehicles are launched in the market in 2024.   The Japanese car maker also has set a target of achieving a...
Oil Giant Shell Targets Commercial Production Of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Oil Giant Shell Targets Commercial Production Of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

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Royal Dutch Shell wants to encourage airlines around the world to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and plans to start producing low-carbon jet fuel at a commercial scale by 2025.   The lack of alternative technologies to jet fueled-engines has made the aviation sector to be one of the toughest sectors to tackle green house gas emissions even as the sector accounts for about 3 per cent of...
Union Building Effort At Amazon’s Nine Canadian Sites By Teamsters: Reuters

Union Building Effort At Amazon’s Nine Canadian Sites By Teamsters: Reuters

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Campaigns to organize employees to form a trade union at least nine Canadian facilities of the United States based e-commerce giant Amazon.com was launched by the Teamsters Union of Canada, according to a report from Reuters based on interviews with union officials.   As a first step, the employee union launched a campaign to organize employees earlier this week at one of Amazon's Canadian...
GM To Make Changes In Supply Chain Over Chips, Says CEO Barra

GM To Make Changes In Supply Chain Over Chips, Says CEO Barra

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The largest American auto company General Motors Co is planning to bring in changes to its supply chain as a part of its strategy to combat the continuing global semiconductor chip shortage that has prompted mots companies to curb production, said the firm’s Chief Executive Mary Barra on Friday.   "We're going to make some pretty substantial shifts in our supply chain," Barra said in an...
IHS Markit Report Predicts Further Light Vehicle Production In 2021 Due To Chip Shortage

IHS Markit Report Predicts Further Light Vehicle Production In 2021 Due To Chip Shortage

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The global production of light vehicles is expected to fall by about five million this year because of a global shortage of semiconductors as well as delayed packaging and testing of the chips, claimed a report from IHS Markit said.   That marked the largest estimated drop in vehicle production outlook within the last nine months.   The challenges to t global supply of...

World

Rainfall At Ice Summit In Greenland For First Time Ever

Rainfall At Ice Summit In Greenland For First Time Ever
For the first time since records were kept, there was rainfall at the highest point on the Greenland ice sheet last week. According to scientists, this is a troublesome sign that the ice sheet was...

EU’s Attempt Of An Infrastructure Plan To Rival China's 'Belt And Road' Boosted By G7 Support

EU’s Attempt Of An Infrastructure Plan To Rival China's 'Belt And Road' Boosted By G7 Support
Following deals with India and Japan and support from the Group of Seven richest democracies, foreign ministers of the European Union have agreed on the launch of a global infrastructure plan seeking...

Biden Revokes Trump Ban On Tiktok, Wechat But Orders New Review

Biden Revokes Trump Ban On Tiktok, Wechat But Orders New Review
A series of Trump-era executive orders aimed at China were withdrawn by US President Joe Biden. Those executive orders that were passed by the former President Donald Trump were aimed at banning new...

Increased Likelihood Of Mild To Moderate Symptoms From Mix And Match Covid-19 Vaccine, Finds A New Study

Increased Likelihood Of Mild To Moderate Symptoms From Mix And Match Covid-19 Vaccine, Finds A New Study
A study in the United Kingdom to understand the effect on people of having two doses of two different Covid-19 vaccines found greater likelihood of reporting of mild to moderate symptoms for mix and...

Following Tit-For-Tat Sanctions, Ratification Of EU-China Trade Deal ‘Suspended’

Following Tit-For-Tat Sanctions, Ratification Of EU-China Trade Deal ‘Suspended’
Following tit-for-tat sanctions that were imposed kin March over the China’s treatment of its Uyghur population, the efforts to ratify a massive investment deal between China and the European Union...

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British Health Body Claims Two Shots Of Covid-19 Vaccine Effective Against India Variant

British Health Body Claims Two Shots Of Covid-19 Vaccine Effective Against India Variant
Health officials in the United Kingdom have said that the efficacy and effectiveness of a double dose of Covid-19 vaccines is almost the same for the fast spreading variant of the coronavirus that...

US Restarts Use Of J&J Covid-19 Vaccine After A 10-Day Pause

US Restarts Use Of J&J Covid-19 Vaccine After A 10-Day Pause
The United States ended its 10-day pause for the use of the cxovid-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson and the country can now use the vaccine immediately.   The usage was halted to...

The Most Common Side Effects After Receiving Covid-19 Vaccine Listed By America’s CDC

The Most Common Side Effects After Receiving Covid-19 Vaccine Listed By America’s CDC
Data about the most common side effects reported by Americans after taking shots of the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer or Moderna was released by the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and...

Covid-19 School Closures Make More Children Vulnerable To Trafficking, Says UN Report

Covid-19 School Closures Make More Children Vulnerable To Trafficking, Says UN Report
According to a report prepared by the United Nations, children are being targeted at an increasingly greater extent all across the world and traffickers will likely take advantage of the Coid-19...

Pandemic Conspiracies About Him Surprises Bill Gates

Pandemic Conspiracies About Him Surprises Bill Gates
The volume of "crazy" and "evil" conspiracy theories about him that were being spread all across social media during the Covid-19 pandemic about the Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist Bill...

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