UpFront
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Diabetes: Fueling the Epidemic of Hypertension
Dr. T. Radhakrishna explains how hypertension is prevailing at pandemic proportions and how diabetes contributes to it.
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Chasing Amazon, retailers are in a never-ending arms race
Retailers like Kohl's and Macy's are caught up in a seemingly never-ending race against Amazon. The more they spend to compete, the more their profits are sapped. And even when they succeed in attracting customers, Amazon responds with new ways of delivering inexpensive items as quickly and conveniently as possible
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'I Have a Ph.D. in Not Having Money'
Medical school is expensive for everyone. But for low-income students, the hidden costs can be prohibitive
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Hypertension in Indians: High salt consumption and other factors
Did you know that as an Indian we are at a relatively higher risk of hypertension? explains Dr. Jyotika Gupta
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Face-off over facial recognition systems
Opponents cry invasion of privacy and absence of a proper law, while proponents say it automates existing police procedures
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Blade flight review: At Rs 20,000, is the 41-min chopper ride from Mumbai to Pune worth it?
The New York-based company has finally begun operations on the Mumbai-Pune-Shirdi route, cutting travel time from four hours to about 41 minutes
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Paytm to invest Rs 10,000 crore in Indian operations, after raising fresh funds
Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma revealed details in a blog post; the move reflects the heightened competition for dominance of India's digital money market, with rivals including Amazon, Google and Walmart, and Facebook's WhatsApp raring to enter
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LVMH is close to $16.7 billion deal to buy Tiffany
The world's largest luxury goods company is close to completing a deal to buy Tiffany & Co., in what would be the largest ever in the luxury sector
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How Taylor Swift dragged private equity into her fight for music rights
In an open letter posted to social media, the pop megastar had implored her fans to intervene in what might otherwise have been an obscure music industry dispute
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India is watching more videos, but can they make money?
The country's digital video consumption has doubled in two years; a new BCG-CII report looks at how this can be monetised
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Millennials don't look for sustainability in luxury: Report
While the perception is that the generation is one of more conscious buyers, reports show that they are no more sensitive than previous generations when it comes to luxury spends