UpFront
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Uncertainty clouds Indiabulls-Lakshmi Vilas Bank merger
The Reserve Bank of India has placed LVB under its prompt corrective action framework, which means it is restricted from opening new branches and paying dividends, it has to reduce its concentration of loans in some sectors and lower its lending to corporates
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Hypertension in Indians: A chronic risk factor
Indians have been estimated to consume almost double the recommended intake of salt as evident from a study conducted by the Public Health Foundation of India, resulting in various cardiovasular diseases, including hypertension, says Dr Ritesh Gupta
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'It's crucial to stay profitable': Smartworks' Neetish Sarda
The co-working space CEO says that an IPO is in the works over the next three to five years, despite WeWork's troubled run at the markets; and that co-working cannot be a valuation game as it is not a tech play, but a real-estate play
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Addicted to screens? You are the problem
Nir Eyal, who wrote the industry manual for hooking people on tech in 2014, now has a recipe to free you—even though it was your fault to begin with
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How Boeing vs. Airbus became Trump vs. Europe
The Trump administration said it would tax as much as $7.5 billion of European exports annually, the government's boldest-ever step to protect Boeing, the United States' largest manufacturing exporter
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Seven recent banking frauds that have rocked India
From the Nirav Modi-Punjab National Bank ruckus to the PMC Bank crisis, a look at the status and impact of the major banking scandals
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Sales surge on Flipkart, Amazon, despite slowdown
Banking on their annual Big Billion Days Sale and Great Indian Festival sale, the etailers claim record festive season numbers
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IRCTC IPO response: Govt could sell stake in other companies
The IRCTC issue was oversubscribed 111.78 times to raise Rs645 crore and analysts feel this will not just give traction to IPOs in the PSU sector but also to private sector companies planning their IPOs
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Business (Lesson from 2002 Dravid option; Edison and Tesla's cutthroat 'Current War' ushered in the electric age), Environment (Oceans and ice are absorbing the brunt of climate change), Neuroscience (The consciousness illusion), and Technology (Robots are coming for India's shop floors)
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What it's really like to 'eat your way around the globe'
A food critic travelled the world to scour the 'best restaurants' for two magazines. The eating was constant, ridiculous and delightful, but also brutal—"It would be wrong to complain about what is obviously a dream job, but allow me one brief lapse to say: This was a very hard few months"
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The sound of silence: How to read music's negative spaces
As social beings, we are hard-wired to interpret breaks in the flow of human communication. We recognise the pregnant pause, the stunned silence, the expectant hush. A closer listen shows musical silence to be just as eloquent