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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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Coca-Cola Q3 Results Beat Estimates With Sales Getting Better From Pandemic Lows

Toshiba Aims To Generate $3 Billion Revenue By 20203 From Quantum Cryptography

Demand Growth In Cleaning Products Prompts P&G To Raise Forecasts

Even With TikTok Investment In Limbo, Walmart Pushes With Its Advertising Business

Alibaba To Own Majority Stake In Hypermarket Chain Sun Art For $3.6 Billion

In-App Purchases And Cloud Hosting Services To Be Offered By WhatsApp

Boom In Home Fitness Trend To Be Tapped By Fitness Equipment Maker Technogym

Its Vaccine Deal With Oxford Allow It To App 20% Manufacturing Costs, Says AstraZeneca

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Its Vaccine Deal With Oxford Allow It To App 20% Manufacturing Costs, Says AstraZeneca

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Its Vaccine Deal With Oxford Allow It To App 20% Manufacturing Costs, Says AstraZeneca

Its Vaccine Deal With Oxford Allow It To App 20% Manufacturing Costs, Says AstraZeneca

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The British drug maker AstraZeneca Plc said that it has the leeway to be able to add up to 20 per cent of manufacturing costs for its vaccine against the novel coronavirus under its deal with the Oxford University. The company said that this addition of costs will help it to provide some cover for the additional costs that it will have to bear in the process of developing and manufacturing the...
Boom In Home Fitness Trend To Be Tapped By Fitness Equipment Maker Technogym

Boom In Home Fitness Trend To Be Tapped By Fitness Equipment Maker Technogym

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In order to offset a drop in sales to gyms and studios because of the restrictions imposed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Italian fitness equipment maker Technogym is creating infrastructure to be able to supply more of its exercise machines and virtual trainers to homes of customers.   Many people have been prompted to give up training at their local gym because of restrictions...
In-App Purchases And Cloud Hosting Services To Be Offered By WhatsApp

In-App Purchases And Cloud Hosting Services To Be Offered By WhatsApp

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Services that will allow its users to make in-app purchases and hosting would now be offered by WhatsApp, said the app owner Facebook Inc.   Analysts view this latest move by the company as a part of its efforts to boost revenue from the app while also stitching together an infrastructure for e-commerce through the United States.    Increasing sale from its from higher-growth...
Coca-Cola Q3 Results Beat Estimates With Sales Getting Better From Pandemic Lows

Coca-Cola Q3 Results Beat Estimates With Sales Getting Better From Pandemic Lows

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The largest soda maker of the world Coca Cola comfortably beat market estimates for both 5revenues generated and profits made on the revenues for the recently completed quarter. Announcing the results the company said at its performance during the quarter was driven by strong "at-home" sales as the company bounced back from a very dreadful second quarter as its business was hit hard by the novel...
Demand Growth In Cleaning Products Prompts P&G To Raise Forecasts

Demand Growth In Cleaning Products Prompts P&G To Raise Forecasts

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A surge in demand and sale for its cleaning products because of the novel coronavirus pandemic prompted consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble Co to raise its annual sales forecast on Tuesday.   The company said that during the pandemic the sale of its cleaning products increased by as much as 30 per cent.   So far this year, the shares of the company were up by 14 per cent and...
Even With TikTok Investment In Limbo, Walmart Pushes With Its Advertising Business

Even With TikTok Investment In Limbo, Walmart Pushes With Its Advertising Business

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Following years of stunted progress, retailing giant Walmart Inc is now aggressively expanding its advertising business even while its proposal for a deal to purchase a stake in the popular Chinese video sharing app TikTok still remains uncertain.   Better utilization of its treasure trove of shopper data is being made by the largest retailer of the world by linking the data with...
Toshiba Aims To Generate $3 Billion Revenue By 20203 From Quantum Cryptography

Toshiba Aims To Generate $3 Billion Revenue By 20203 From Quantum Cryptography

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The advanced cryptographic technology for data protection tat Toshiba has developed and offered to customers will generate about $3 billion in revenues by 20203, said the Japanese tech company Toshiba Corp on Monday.   This comment was made by the Japanese sprawling conglomerate amid its sustained efforts to find ways and means to ensure future growth.   The nature of quantum...
Alibaba To Own Majority Stake In Hypermarket Chain Sun Art For $3.6 Billion

Alibaba To Own Majority Stake In Hypermarket Chain Sun Art For $3.6 Billion

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An additional investment of $3.6 billion to increase its stake in hypermarket operator Sun Art Retail Group Ltd was announced on Monday by Alibaba Group Holdings. Analysts say that this investment will help to further strengthen the company’s position in the retail market in China.    Sun Art’s 481 hypermarkets and three mid-size supermarkets in China is also being planned to be...
Huawei Planning To Sell Parts Of Its Honor Smartphone Business: Reports

Huawei Planning To Sell Parts Of Its Honor Smartphone Business: Reports

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The Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is planning to sell parts of its Honor smartphone unit and is in negotiations for the same with Digital China Group Co Ltd and other companies, claimed reports citing sources. It is expected that Huawei is planning to generate up to 25 billion yuan ($3.7 billion) from the sale.   The reports claimed that in light of the tough sanctions...
Medicines Delivery Service Launched By Uber Eats In South Africa

Medicines Delivery Service Launched By Uber Eats In South Africa

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The service offerings by the ride hailing company Uber’s food delivery business, Uber Eats, have been expanded in the South African market with the launch of an app-based over the counter medicines service. Analysts said that the company aims to gain market share quickly in the fast-growing online shopping sector in the most industrialised economy of Africa through this new service.   The...
The We Company To Be Known Again As Wework As It Focuses On Its Core Office-Sharing Business

The We Company To Be Known Again As Wework As It Focuses On Its Core Office-Sharing Business

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The "we" moniker of the parent of money-losing shared office provider WeWork – the We Company, will be dropped by it and it would be known by its former better-known name, said a report citing an internal memo. Last year, WeWork was forced to cancel its plans for a stock market listing following severe criticism over its business model and erratic management.   Last year, the management of...
Supplying Components To 3 Million EVs By 2027 Targeted By Apple Supplier Foxconn

Supplying Components To 3 Million EVs By 2027 Targeted By Apple Supplier Foxconn

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Taiwanese tech company and Apple Inc’s largest assembler Foxconn has set itself a target of achieving a position to be able to supply components or its services for at least 10 per cent of the total electric vehicles of the world between 2025 and 2027.   The company’s Chairman Liu Young-way said on Friday that the company is currently also in talks with multiple auto makers around the...

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UK Set To Cancel Extradition Treaty With Hong Kong, Says British Newspapers

UK Set To Cancel Extradition Treaty With Hong Kong, Says British Newspapers
Taking its dispute and tensions with China a step further, the UK government decided to suspend an extradition treaty that its it had with Hong Kong because of the imposition of the new controversial...

Virus Pandemic Forces Japanese Government To Declare Emergency For Tokyo, Osaka

Virus Pandemic Forces Japanese Government To Declare Emergency For Tokyo, Osaka
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and its surrounding regions over the growing threat of the coronavirus pandemic and warned that capacity...

Study Warns Of Second Waves Of Covid-19 Due To Early Lifting Of Lockdowns

Study Warns Of Second Waves Of Covid-19 Due To Early Lifting Of Lockdowns
According to researchers, a second wave of infection of the coronavirus could be delayed in China by extending the closures of school and work at the ground zero of the pandemic. Researchers also...

Japan's Abe Hints At Postponement Of Coronavirus

Japan's Abe Hints At Postponement Of Coronavirus
It there is a possibility that the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo could get delayed or get postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world, said the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

Italy Surpasses China In Number Of Coronavirus Deaths

Italy Surpasses China In Number Of Coronavirus Deaths
The number of people who have now died in Italy because of the novel coronavirus outbreak has crossed that of mainland China even as the richest countries of the world announced assistance packages...

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More Than 1,200 Ventilators Donated To California By Tesla CEO Elon Musk

More Than 1,200 Ventilators Donated To California By Tesla CEO Elon Musk
Even though he had initially been skeptical of the coronavirus pandemic, Tesla chief executive office Elon Musk has since helped the authorities in California to acquire much needed medical supplies...

Teenage Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Wants Ot Trademark Her Name

Teenage Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Wants Ot Trademark Her Name
Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is looking to trademark her own name as well as that of her movement as she says that the names are being misused by ‘impostors’ and marketers. This...

Jeff Bezos' Phone Hacking Allegedly By Saudi Hackers Needs To Be Investigated, Says The UN

Jeff Bezos' Phone Hacking Allegedly By Saudi Hackers Needs To Be Investigated, Says The UN
Reports of the alleged use of a WhatsApp account belonging to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for delivering a malware to the mobile phone of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has made experts at the...

Facebook's Zuckerberg Will Focus On Long Term Goals Instead Of Annual Ones

Facebook's Zuckerberg Will Focus On Long Term Goals Instead Of Annual Ones
No more annual targets for Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg. The co-founder of the largest social media company of the world said on Thursday that he would no longer focus on the...

Japanese Prosecutors Want To Arrest Ghosn’s Wife To Rein In The Former Nissan Boss

Japanese Prosecutors Want To Arrest Ghosn’s Wife To Rein In The Former Nissan Boss
An arrest warrant on charges of alleged perjury was issued against the wife of Carlos Ghosn by Japanese prosecutors on Tuesday in an effort of the prosecutors to bring back Ghosn into Japan and make...

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