Everyone in India and Australia are glued to their television sets. One couldn’t have asked for a better semi-final match. Cricket experts are calling it the finals of the World Cup. According to them, whoever will win this match will go ahead to win the World Cup as well. - Source
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — The flag of once-independent South Yemen is visible everywhere around this port city, once the country’s capital. The banner – red, white, black and blue with a red star – is painted on walls, flown from homes, and flutters from the vehicles and checkpoints of militiamen in the streets…. - Source
BEIJING (Reuters) – UBS AG, the world’s biggest wealth manager, expects Asia Pacific assets to account for as much as 30 percent of the funds it oversees within the next 10 years, the Swiss bank’s chief executive said.
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Drying underwear at a temple and defecating in public, kicking a bell at a sacred shrine and washing feet in a public restroom: that’s a sample from a litany of complaints about the behaviour of Chinese tourists in Thailand.
Mango Man Consumer Electronics, a Bangalore-based startup that makes home entertainment hardware, has scooped up $1.75 million in seed funding from Sequoia Capital and India Quotient Fund. Read More
Finding their way back after a string of injuries left them on the sidelines, RMV Gurusaidutt and young Sameer Verma today received a big confidence-boost following their stunning victories in the opening round of the India Super Series. - Source
For Sisa Abu Daooh, what began as a way to survive rural poverty evolved into her preferred way of life and a means of navigating a world dominated by men.
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There’s a hill in New Brunswick, Canada, where something extraordinary happens. If you park your car at the foot of it, and throw it into neutral, your car seemingly starts to roll (completely unassisted!) uphill. Yes, it’s real, and, no, it’s not for the reason many people think.
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Adele Sarno was born in Manhattan’s Italian enclave and has spent her whole life there. Now 85, she is being forced from her home by the Italian American Museum.
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Tax fraud can bring big penalties, and the government is especially unforgiving when payroll taxes are at stake. The withheld money is trust money that belongs to the government, and they don’t want you to forget it. - Source
Jon Ronson’s new book, So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, provides valuable lessons for how to protect your personal and business from viral reputation attacks. - Source
The social network’s lofty ambitions are the centerpiece of its plans to connect with the five billion or so people it has yet to reach.
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