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Deutsche Bank layoffs begin as workers feel turnaround plan's impact first
The job cuts are a show of decisiveness at the expense of workers and a tacit answer to the question most asked by analysts and investors Monday: Deutsche Bank's plan looks good on paper, but can managers pull it off?
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Garfield: How much would you bid for the cat who loves lasagna and hates Mondays?
Art work of Jim Davis's comic strip from 1978 will feature in a series of auctions in the US, as Davis's company Paws Inc., faces downsizing at its headquarters. Davis tells all about Garfield in this interview
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FanMojo: Fantasy sports startup ropes in cricketer Prithvi Shaw as brand ambassador
FanMojo was relaunched in 2018 after a series of gaffes and it's turning out to be a good bet. Will the fantasy sports startup find its mojo?
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Worth of a World Cup title: For US women soccer team chants of 'Equal Pay' replace cheering
Soon after the US women soccer team won their 4th world cup, fans in the stadium in France started chanting 'Equal pay'. The conversation has now spilled over to social media, with American leaders like Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sharing their views
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How your data could be at the centre of the fight against big tech
Tech giants like Facebook and Google thrive on data collected from its users and customers. Now Andreas Mundt, Germany's top anti-trust enforcer, is showing lawyers and anti-trust officials how to use the same valuable data to take on these companies
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Social entrepreneurship is key to India's success globally: Bill Drayton
The pioneer of social entrepreneurship talks about a range of issues from the rapid spread of 'us-versus-them' politics and how India can grab the opportunity to become leaders of climate change, health, technology and more, in a free-wheeling interview with Forbes India
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10 medical myths we should stop believing
Fish oil does not prevent the spread of heart disease, for one
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Business (Consumers are becoming wise to your nudge), Evolution (Running made us human), Law (What the judiciary has done to itself), Technology (How do we get to the next big battery breakthrough), Genetics (Jack Szostak's pursuit of the biggest questions on Earth), Urbanisation (India's collapsing hill stations — symptom or disease?) and Migration (A southern state sets the template of how migrants should be treated).
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Airbnb enters the 'luxe' market
The Luxe portfolio of 2,000 homes includes villas in Tuscany, ski lodges in New Zealand and castles in the French countryside
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The Peacemaker at the center of Hong Kong's turbulent protests
Roy Kwong, a longtime advocate who is also a romance novelist, has emerged as a leading voice for moderation and a hero for the city's youth, who have nicknamed him "God Kwong."
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'Fingerprinting' to track us online is on the rise. Here's what to do
Fingerprinting involves looking at the many characteristics of your mobile device or computer, like the screen resolution, operating system and model, and triangulating this information to pinpoint and follow you as you browse the web and use apps