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Aug52020 by adminNo Comments

Sensex falls 477 points from day’s high on profit booking, ends 25 points lower; all eyes on RBI policy outcome

Finance

Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices shrugged off strong cues from global peers and wiped off early gains to settle on a flat note on Wednesday, as caution ahead of the RBI policy outcome triggered profit-taking in index heavyweights. The continued rapid surge in coronavirus infections also bothered investors. For the seventh day in a row India registered more than 50,000 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally past the 19-lakh mark. “There were only a few stocks participating in the rally in recent times, and those stocks – index heavyweights corrected, dragging the market. It is a fragile market as far as depth of momentum is concerned,” said Deven Choksey, group managing director, KR Choksey Investment Managers. “The RBI MPC is unlikely to cut rates at this time; we will see the status q...

May252019 by adminNo Comments

‘Cancer screening should be as easy as booking a flight’

Health

Making an appointment for breast and cervical cancer screening should be as simple as booking a plane ticket online, says the man behind an overhaul of the current system in England.Prof Sir Mike Richards said text reminders and out-of-hours appointments were also a good idea.Cervical screening or smear-test rates are at their lowest for a decade.His interim report calls for technology to be used to stop the decline so more lives can be saved.There are three national cancer screening programmes in England: Cervical screening - offered to women aged 25 to 64, every three years for women aged up to 49 and every five years from 50 to 64 Breast screening - offered to women aged 50 to 70, with women over 70 able to self-refer for scre...

Jan32019 by adminNo Comments

Where ordering cannabis is easy as booking a taxi

Technology

Ordering cannabis in Los Angeles is now as easy as booking a taxi.Click on an app, choose your preferred product, pay for it and then sit back and wait for it to be delivered to your door.Eaze is just one of several firms taking advantage of the legalisation of cannabis, for which the people of California voted overwhelmingly in favour in 2016.Since January last year, when the use of recreational cannabis became legal across the state, the start-up has seen an 80% increase in sign-ups.It had run a limited medicinal cannabis delivery service for two decades, with anyone who wanted to order having to download medical evidence that they needed it.But now the mood has changed and 10 states around the US have made recreational cannabi...

Sep202018 by adminNo Comments

Booking vacation to Bermuda vs. a new kitchen: Here's how some people misuse their home equity loan

Finance

You shouldn't use your house to help pay your monthly bills, but nearly 1 in 6 American homeowners thinks that's just fine. Those were the findings from a recent survey by Bankrate.com. Earlier this month, the personal finance website took an online poll of 719 homeowners, asking them about using their home equity — the market value of your abode minus the outstanding loan you have on your dwelling. Though nearly 75 percent of participants said that improvements and repairs were "good uses" of home equity loans and lines of credit, many felt that they could tap value of their house for a range of other uses. ...

Jun282018 by adminNo Comments

Watchdog takes aim at hotel booking sites

Business

Hotel booking sites must review the way they rank and display rooms, the UK's competition watchdog has said.Some sites may be making misleading claims about discounts, the Competition and Markets Authority said.It is also examining whether sites are giving a false impression of room availability and "rushing" customers into booking decisions.The CMA did not name which companies it has been investigating, but leading sites include Expedia and Booking.com.The extent to which a hotel's ranking may be influenced by the size of the commission it pays was another issue highlighted by the CMA.'Trust'The CMA, which launched its investigation into online booking sites in October, says it has sent warning letters to "a range of sites", demanding they review their p...