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'Tech alone won't solve a problem': Rohit Jain
Rohit Jain, co-founder, Ufaber, on hiring only women as trainers and the importance of hyper personalisation in the ed-tech sector
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In New York, making ends meet on the 5-cent recycling deposit
The price of Manhattan real estate has forced every dedicated bottle-and-can redemption center off the island, leaving canners to feed their containers one at a time into supermarket redemption machines
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Forget stock market forecasts. They're less than worthless.
Many Wall Street strategists are flagrantly inaccurate and about as reliable as a weather forecaster who always calls for balmy sunshine in a city where it rains or snows a lot
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As 737 Max crisis festers, Boeing fires its leader
Boeing has faced a series of delays as it tries to fix the Max, and the jetliner's return to the air remains months away at best
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'Design is changing engineering education': Sanjay Gupta
When Sanjay Gupta, an alumnus of IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad, decided to pursue his passion in design rather than follow the herd mentality, he evoked curiosity, and ridicule. A lot has changed over the last few years, says Gupta, vice-chancellor at Haryana-based World University of Design (WUD). Edited excerpts:
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'Builders aren't cheats, buyers aren't saints': Credai's Prashant Solomon
The top official of the builders' apex body in India points out the perils of getting trapped in the popular narrative
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'I never started this business for money': Deepikaa Jindal
JSL Lifestyle's Deepikaa Jindal on the evolution and expansion of its home lifestyle stainless steel brand Arttd'inox
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At Boeing, CEO's stumbles deepen a crisis
It was a rare dressing-down for the leader of one of the world's biggest companies, and a sign of the deteriorating relationship between Muilenburg and the regulator
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Advertising industry continues to sideline and stereotype women
The focus on women at the September conference ignited hope that the industry had learned something from the #MeToo movement
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Many facial-recognition systems are biased, says U.S. study
The new report comes at a time of mounting concern from lawmakers and civil rights groups over the proliferation of facial recognition, which can be used to track people at a distance without their knowledge
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Business (Tussle of African farmers with big chocolate companies), Freedom (The artistry of free speech in South Asia), Demography (People turning 65 will not retire quietly into the background; Indian dream is collapsing), and Financial Planning (Christmas — a time for family rows over money)