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Government cuts rates on small savings schemes to align rates further
The move is expected to help boost monetary transmission from banks, say experts
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Wall Street's stomach-churning month ends with a drop
Asian markets drift lower on glum investor sentiment
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How RBI's loan extension affects gold, home, personal loans and others
Forbes India spoke with non-banking financial companies that focus on different areas of financing, to ascertain the impact of the central bank's key announcements of Friday
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Couples have a Working-From-Home Revelation: That's what you do all day?
Is it bad if we aren't able to pass the Turing test when answering questions about our loved one's job—especially now, when those of us who are healthy and still employed are working close together, side by side?
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Lifestyle (Habits vs Goals, who wins?), Social Media (Secretive world of the Indian content moderators), Quantum Computing (Are we prepared for the end of Moore's Law) and Health (World after Coronavirus; Learnings from Singapore; Home quarantine won't help much)
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SoftBank says it will sell $41 billion in assets to buy back shares
SoftBank has spent the past several months trying to recover investor confidence after the dizzying fall of office-space company WeWork, one of Son's flagship investments
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How South Korea flattened the curve
South Korea is one of only two countries with large outbreaks, alongside China, to flatten the curve of new infections. And it has done so without China's draconian restrictions on speech and movement, or economically damaging lockdowns like those in Europe and the US
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Coronavirus: A boom time for the bean industry
Amid all the panic shopping, the growing demand for beans has stood out as an especially potent symbol of the anxious and uncertain times. To some suppliers, the sudden popularity of their once-unfashionable beans feels a little surreal
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Some tips on how to stay sane in a world that isn't
It could be a while before we can de-isolate, and the idea now is to build mental resistance. Here's how
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How Chinese firm Club Factory is challenging Amazon, Flipkart in India
The ecommerce platform is seeing a surge in growth from Indian users, and is unique in that it doesn't charge its sellers a commission