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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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Merck Says Its Covid-19 Pill Molnupiravir Will Be Workable Against The Omicron Variant

Tesla Secures First US Nickel Supply With A Deal With Talon Metals

Record High Of New Loans In China In 2021 At $3.13 Trln

Omicron Variant Has Higher 'Asymptomatic Carriage', Suggests Studies From South Africa

Pfizer Will Reduce U.S. Sales Staff As It Expects Healthcare Providers Want Virtual Meetings

Tesla Postpones Production Of Cybertruck, Plans Manufacturing In Early 2023: Reuters

Monthly Subscription Prices Of Netflix Raised In The US And Canada

Unilever Indicates It Would Pursue Merger Of GSK Consumer Arm

FedEx’s Proposed Installation Of A321 Laser-Based Missile-Defense System Being Reviewed By US FAA

The Cashless Economy Paradox: A Renewed Reliance on Cash During COVID

Visa Survey Finds Crypto Payments Could Be Accepted By 25% Small Businesses Across Nine Countries

Mercedes-Benz EQS Electric Luxury Sedan Will Now Be Assembled In India

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Singapore Authorities Issue Guidelines To Shield The General Public From Threats Of Crypto Trading

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Singapore Authorities Issue Guidelines To Shield The General Public From Threats Of Crypto Trading

Singapore Authorities Issue Guidelines To Shield The General Public From Threats Of Crypto Trading

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Authorities in Singapore want to shield the general public from making hasty investments in crypto-assets and losing money and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has come out with guidelines for the companies providing cryptocurrency trading services, limiting what services they can offer to the common man.   For cryptocurrency companies, Singapore is the desired location because...
Unilever Indicates It Would Pursue Merger Of GSK Consumer Arm

Unilever Indicates It Would Pursue Merger Of GSK Consumer Arm

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Consumer product giant Unilever will continue to try and have a merger with GlaxoSmithKline's consumer healthcare sector following the rejection of a 50 billion pound ($68.4 billion) offer by it earlier. Unilever believes that GlaxoSmithKline's business it wants to merge will be "great strategic fit."   GSK revealed over the weekend that it had rejected Dove's bid for the business segment,...
FedEx’s Proposed Installation Of A321 Laser-Based Missile-Defense System Being Reviewed By US FAA

FedEx’s Proposed Installation Of A321 Laser-Based Missile-Defense System Being Reviewed By US FAA

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Parameters that would allow the global courier company FedEx to install a laser-based missile defense system on Airbus A321-200 planes were announced on Friday by the United States Federal Aviation Administration  (FAA).   The FAA noted in a document that FedEx Corp filed for approval for the same in October 2019 to make use of a device that emits infrared laser energy...
Monthly Subscription Prices Of Netflix Raised In The US And Canada

Monthly Subscription Prices Of Netflix Raised In The US And Canada

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Monthly subscriptions for its consumers in the United States have been raised by Netflix Inc by $1 to $2 per month, depending on the subscription plan of a customer as the company plans to use the additional revenues for creating new programs and compete in the streaming TV industry which is getting competitive, the pioneer in the segment said.    In the United States, the base...
Tesla Postpones Production Of Cybertruck, Plans Manufacturing In Early 2023: Reuters

Tesla Postpones Production Of Cybertruck, Plans Manufacturing In Early 2023: Reuters

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According to a report published by the news agency Reuters, US-based electric car maker  Tesla Inc intends to begin initial production of its much-anticipated Cybertruck by the end of the first quarter of 2023.   This is a postponement of its initial plans of starting production of the vehicle sometime later this year.   According to the report quoting the source, the delay is...
Pfizer Will Reduce U.S. Sales Staff As It Expects Healthcare Providers Want Virtual Meetings

Pfizer Will Reduce U.S. Sales Staff As It Expects Healthcare Providers Want Virtual Meetings

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Since it expects doctors and other healthcare providers to want to have lesser instances of face to face interactions with people from the sales department of companies after the end of the Covid-19 pandemic and therefore the drugmaker Pfizer Inc would be cutting down on its sales staff in the United States, the company said.   This decision of the company comes at a time when the market...
Record High Of New Loans In China In 2021 At $3.13 Trln

Record High Of New Loans In China In 2021 At $3.13 Trln

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Fresh bank lending for December in China declined more than predicted from the previous month, but credit for the entire year 2021 hit a new high as the central bank gradually increases policy assistance to cushion the weakening economy.   According to data provided by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Wednesday, Chinese banks extended 1.13 trillion yuan ($177.56 billion) in...
Visa Survey Finds Crypto Payments Could Be Accepted By 25% Small Businesses Across Nine Countries

Visa Survey Finds Crypto Payments Could Be Accepted By 25% Small Businesses Across Nine Countries

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A recent survey by Visa Inc has revealed that almost 25 per cent of small sized businesses spread across nine countries around the world intent to accept cryptocurrencies as a mode of payments for products and services in 2022. The survey also found that about 13 per cent of the consumers in those countries, in turn, expect small retail stores to start to accept crypto payments in the current...
Mercedes-Benz EQS Electric Luxury Sedan Will Now Be Assembled In India

Mercedes-Benz EQS Electric Luxury Sedan Will Now Be Assembled In India

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The luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz wants to start manufacturing its EQS electric sedan locally in India some time this year. This is a part of a larger effort to electrify its portfolio in Asia, according to the president of the company's Indian unit.   Mercedes aims to begin selling the locally built EQS in the fourth quarter of this year in India, Martin Schwenk told reporters. Mercedes...
Omicron Variant Has Higher 'Asymptomatic Carriage', Suggests Studies From South Africa

Omicron Variant Has Higher 'Asymptomatic Carriage', Suggests Studies From South Africa

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The Omicron variant of the coronavirus possessed a much higher rate of "asymptomatic carriage" when compared to the earlier variants of the virus which would be an explanation of the very high speed of its spreading throughout the world, showed preliminary findings from two South African clinical trials.   One of the studies was carried out when there was a surge in Covid-19 infections...
Tesla Secures First US Nickel Supply With A Deal With Talon Metals

Tesla Secures First US Nickel Supply With A Deal With Talon Metals

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Tesla Inc has inked its first deal for ensuring the supply of nickel in the United States, opting for Talon Metals Corp's Tamarack mining project in Minnesota because of its ambitions to manufacture the electric vehicle battery metal in a more environmentally friendly manner.   The agreement, which was announced on Monday, comes as demand for nickel is predicted to rise...
Merck Says Its Covid-19 Pill Molnupiravir Will Be Workable Against The Omicron Variant

Merck Says Its Covid-19 Pill Molnupiravir Will Be Workable Against The Omicron Variant

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According to an executive of Merck, the Covid-19 oral pill of the company called molnupiravir is able to perform in a manner of action that can work against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus variant as well as any other variant of the virus.   "We're very confident that it will affect Omicron ... This mechanism in molecule (will) work for Omicron, and I would imagine against any...

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The Cashless Economy Paradox: A Renewed Reliance on Cash During COVID

The Cashless Economy Paradox: A Renewed Reliance on Cash During COVID
Despite initial predictions that the onslaught of the coronavirus would be the demise of physical money, people have turned to cash in this time of uncertainty. Historically, the amount of cash in...

According To WHO There Is More Proof That Omicron Results In Milder Symptoms

According To WHO There Is More Proof That Omicron Results In Milder Symptoms
  According to the World Health Organization, more scientific proof is starting to emerge that the Omicron coronavirus variant affects the upper respiratory tract, resulting in milder...

New Studies: Omicron Not Likely To Evade T Cells; Booster Doses Can Help Omicron Away From Households

New Studies: Omicron Not Likely To Evade T Cells; Booster Doses Can Help Omicron Away From Households
Recent research has claimed that the omicron variant of the coronavirus is unable to get past the second-line defense of the human body.   According to a new study, T cells, a crucial...

Omicron Variant Grows Faster Thrives In Airways, Not Lungs: New Data On Asymptomatic Infections

Omicron Variant Grows Faster Thrives In Airways, Not Lungs: New Data On Asymptomatic Infections
In recent week, a number of studies have emerged on Covid-19 – especially surrounding the Omicron variant. And some of these studies are also not peer reviewed yet.   Studies have shown that...

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...

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Botswana Sees No Surge In Covid Hospitalizations Despite It Being, One Of The First Countries To Detect Omicron

Botswana Sees No Surge In Covid Hospitalizations Despite It Being, One Of The First Countries To Detect Omicron
Despite being one of the first nations to identify the Omicron variant of thee coronavirus, Botswana has managed to fully vaccinate 71 per cent of its 1.3 million eligible people, according to the...

Musk Conducts Poll On Twitter About Selling Or Not Selling 10% Of His Tesla Stock

Musk Conducts Poll On Twitter About Selling Or Not Selling 10% Of His Tesla Stock
Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Inc, resorted to asking his 62.5 million followers on Twitter, through a poll, about whether he should sell off 10 per cent of the stocks in Tesla that he...

Covid-19 Booster Dose Of Pfizer Cleared By US FDA For Older And At-Risk Americans

Covid-19 Booster Dose Of Pfizer Cleared By US FDA For Older And At-Risk Americans
The Food and Drug Administration of the United States approved a booster dose from the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for individuals 65 years and older, as well as all those who are at...

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...

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