UpFront
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Three factors that put Sensex on firmer ground
Its second rally past the 40,000 mark looks like it's here to stay
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BBK Group closes in on Samsung
The parent company of Oppo, Vivo, Realme and OnePlus poses a four-pronged threat to the South Korean smartphone giant
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Air pollution map of India: What is your city breathing?
A look at air quality within the Indian subcontinent as on November 4
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Infosys stock gets analysts' nod
After analysing information following whistleblower allegations, they see no inconsistency in data provided by company
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Profits for Flipkart, Amazon India could be a distant dream
Amazon India posted cumulative losses of about Rs5,800 crore in FY19, while at Walmart-owned Flipkart, losses at the corresponding units stood at about Rs5,460 crore. Both companies have seen their revenue surge, but growth seems to have come at a cost in the country
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Saudi Aramco announces plans to go public
Probably the world's most profitable enterprise, the company's plans could lead to the largest initial stock offering ever
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How WeWork's Adam Neumann failed up
The last 80 days have seen an implosion unlike any other in the history of startups. As the scope of the WeWork disaster comes into focus, the question on everyone's mind is how its founder and chief executive managed to fail so spectacularly
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Juul's meltdown costs tobacco giant Altria $4.5 billion
It was in 2018 that Altria Group had picked up a 35% stake in Juul Labs for $12.8 billion. On Thursday, it said that it had devalued its investment in the vaping company by $4.5 billion, as bans against vaping intensified across the US and the company was struggling with a scrutiny over its under-age users
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'Joker Stairs' are becoming a tourist hotspot
Every day since the movie's release in early October, dozens, sometimes hundreds, of visitors have traveled to the staircase Hurvitz found to visit and take selfies on the same steps Joaquin Phoenix's character hikes up, and later descends in one of the movie's memorable scenes as he celebrates his transformation into the Joker
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Economy (Economists on the run), Technology (Machines beat humans on a reading test), Environment (What happens when a city bans car from its streets; Lessons from London's pollution revolution), and Education (Why the most successful students have no passion for school)
