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Facebook testing mid-roll video ads
14 Jan 2017
Facebook received more than 6,000 requests for data from government in first half of 2016
24 Dec 2016
Feeling blue? Taking a break from Facebook might help
24 Dec 2016
A new study shows that regular use of social networking such as Facebook can negatively affect your emotional well-being and satisfaction with life
Facebook to battle fake news with stronger tools
16 Dec 2016
Legion cracks Twitter accounts of Rahul Gandhi, Mallya, others
13 Dec 2016
A new group calling itself Legion says that apart from prominent personalities that include Rahul Gandhi, Vijay Mallya, and some news anchors, it also has access to sansad.nic.in, the email server used by government employees
Facebook admits to misreported marketing stats
10 Dec 2016
European regulator grants conditional approval to Microsoft’s $26.2-bn LinkedIn deal
07 Dec 2016
With this approval, the transaction, which has already received antitrust approvals from regulators in the US, Canada, Brazil and South Africa, will close in the next few days
Facebook plans $6-bn share buyback in Q1 next year
19 Nov 2016
Facebook, which has historically grown at a very fast clip, is now expanding at a slow pace and it needs something more than growth to create value for investors
Facebook to ban ethnic affinity advertising to target employment, housing and credit-related services
12 Nov 2016
Facebook muscles in on LinkedIn territory with jobs feature
08 Nov 2016
Facebook Inc said on Monday it was testing a feature that would let page administrators create job postings and receive applications from candidates, a move that could pressure LinkedIn Corp's recruiting business
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
