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

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

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

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

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

Evergrande Ordered By Chinese Authorities Not To Default On Dollar Bond

China Evergrande’s Interest Payment Deadline Passes, Fears Grow

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Huawei Executive Welcomed Back By China, But Country Silent On Freed Canadians

Huawei Executive Welcomed Back By China, But Country Silent On Freed Canadians

Companies

Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of the world's largest telecom equipment maker giant Huawei, was welcomed back to the "motherland" on Saturday after spending more than 1,000 days under house arrest in Canada on what the Chinese media termed baseless allegations of bank fraud.   They have remained mute, however, on Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, the two...
Office Of The Former World Bank President Kim Accused Of Manipulation By Imf's Georgieva

Office Of The Former World Bank President Kim Accused Of Manipulation By Imf's Georgieva

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Kristalina Georgieva, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, described the results of an independent investigation into the claims that as World Bank president, she had pressurized and encouraged her employees to falsify statistics in order to make China's business climate look more favourable, as "false and baseless."   Georgieva also reportedly accused the World Bank's...
Payment Deadline Missed By China Evergrande And Its EV Unit Says It Is Cash Strapped

Payment Deadline Missed By China Evergrande And Its EV Unit Says It Is Cash Strapped

Companies

China Evergrande's electric vehicle company warned on Friday that it risked an unclear future except if it received an immediate financial infusion, marking the strongest evidence yet that the property developer's liquidity problem is spreading in other parts of the enterprise.   The total debt of Evergrande is huge – at $305 billion, and the company is completely cash strapped. There...
China Evergrande’s Interest Payment Deadline Passes, Fears Grow

China Evergrande’s Interest Payment Deadline Passes, Fears Grow

Companies

With an interest payment deadline passing without any statement from the property behemoth China Evergrande on Friday raised fears of the beleaguered Chinese firm edging closer to the probable default that investors dread. The huge debt of the company has kept markets and investors on the edge,   The business owes $305 billion and is cash-strapped, and investors are concerned that a...
Evergrande Ordered By Chinese Authorities Not To Default On Dollar Bond

Evergrande Ordered By Chinese Authorities Not To Default On Dollar Bond

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According to a Bloomberg Law report on Thursday, Chinese officials had ordered China Evergrande Group to prevent a near-term default on its dollar notes. The property developer is set to make a much-anticipated interest payment on its overseas debt on Thursday.   In a recent discussion with Evergrande officials, authorities advised the firm to engage proactively with bondholders in order...
Tesla Partners With Samsung For Producing Its HW 4.0 Self-Driving Auto Chip

Tesla Partners With Samsung For Producing Its HW 4.0 Self-Driving Auto Chip

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The world's biggest chipmaker, Samsung Electronics Co., will produce Tesla Inc.'s next-generation hardware 4 (HW 4.0) chip for the company's fully autonomous driving technology.   Samsung is expected to win the deal over larger foundry competitor Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), according to numerous industry sources on Thursday.   “Tesla and Samsung’s foundry division...
Boeing Increases Estimate Of Jet Demands In China To $1.47 Trln For Next Two Decades

Boeing Increases Estimate Of Jet Demands In China To $1.47 Trln For Next Two Decades

Markets

Boeing Co boosted its projection for China's aircraft demand over the next 20 years marginally on Thursday, relying on the country's rapid recovery from COVID-19 and future development in its budget airline industry and e-commerce.   Chinese airlines would require 8,700 new planes by 2040, which is 1.2 percent more than the previous year's forecast of 8,600 jets. According to a statement...
FedEx’s Quarterly Profits And Annual Forecast Hit By Labour Shortages

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

Companies

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...
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

Companies

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...
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

Companies

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

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

Companies

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...
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

Companies

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....

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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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...

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...

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