Helping entrepreneurs grow small businesses in emerging markets
While most business research in the developing world focuses on finance, a Stanford professor is testing a different set of interventions: marketing.
While most business research in the developing world focuses on finance, a Stanford professor is testing a different set of interventions: marketing.
A new version of Sony's Playstation 4 Pro has been rolled out and it includes one very important improvement. it's a lot quieter. More »
Big data, personalized medicine, artificial intelligence. String these three buzzphrases together, and what do you have? A system that may revolutionize the future of healthcare, by bringing sophisticated health data directly to patients for them to ponder, digest, and act upon—and potentially stop diseases in their tracks. At Singularity University’s Exponential Medicine conference in San […]
Four Indian-American Congressmen from the Democratic party were re-elected to the US House of Representatives and more than a dozen others won various other races across the country in the highly polarised midterm elections held Tuesday. In the eighth Congressional District of Illinois, Raja Krishnamoorthi was re-elected for the second term by a comfortable margin of more than 30 percentage points. He defeated his Indian American Republican opponent J D Diganvker. Three-term lawmaker Dr Ami Bera... Читать дальше...
Today's installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.
South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-sook during the last leg of her four-day visit to India took a tour of the iconic Taj Mahal here on Diwali. She spent around 45 minutes at the monument and the first lady evinced keen interest in the architecture of the Taj Mahal, which remained closed for public from 9am to noon, officials said. Uttar Pradesh minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi and Srikant Sharma accorded her a warm welcome. Kim's stand-alone visit to India, which began on November 4, has rekindled interest... Читать дальше...
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Sri Lankan Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said Wednesday he wanted a floor test in parliament to resolve the issue of two prime ministers in the country which arose following the sacking of Ranil Wickremesinghe and replacing him with Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Speaker's remarks came two days after he slammed President Maithripala Sirisena, saying it was "anti-democratic" to sack Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and suspend the Parliament, and asserted that he will not recognise Rajapaksa as the premier unless it is proved by a floor test. Читать дальше...
Democrats are poised to begin a flurry of investigations into the Trump administration while at the same time possibly start work with the president on infrastructure, after their party won back the House of Representatives in the midterm elections on Tuesday.
It’s not a surprise that Matt Zoller Seitz’s The Wes Anderson Collection was among the most successful of the recent burst of film-related, design-heavy coffee-table books, because it’s such an ideal merging of subject and format — Anderson’s work is so meticulous, and his films are so detail-oriented, they tend to lend themselves to the minutiae-gazing […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday shared glimpses of his Uttarakhand visit to celebrate Diwali with soldiers with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu had conveyed Diwali greetings to Modi Tuesday. In reply, the prime minister had said he would celebrate the day with soldiers and share pictures of the same Wednesday evening. "Dear PM @netanyahu, as promised yesterday, here are some glimpses of how I celebrated Diwali. "I went to the magnificent state of Uttarakhand, where I... Читать дальше...
Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez can count on their ONE Championship schedules to be busy right out of the gate.
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Last week I looked at the Gold Glove Awards and surmised that while in years past the award wasn’t always about defense, the voting was improving and worthy defenders were being honored for their use of the leather. One of the biggest hurdles for me to jump around was how reputation played a big part in how some of the picks were chosen.
Читать дальше...The Spanish defense industry has come under fire for supplying weapons to Saudi Arabia because of concerns their use is causing civilian casualties in Yemen.
Alexander Gustafsson reacts to Jon Jones shoving him after their staredown during the UFC 232 presser late last week.
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Microsoft is starting to test a new to-do feature in Word today. The software maker found that a lot of people leave notes in their Word documents as placeholders to add more text, images, or charts. Microsoft is now making these notes a lot more powerful with a to-do feature that automatically tracks when you’ve left these little notes for yourself or others.
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“Why is Real Salt Lake not in any of the MLS ads?” Well, there are a lot of reasons.
Читать дальше...The Sherlock star "comes into his own" in The Madness of George III, according to critics.
RLSS National Lifesaving Championship 2018
Congratulations to Lucy Hawkrigg and Sophie Morrin on achieving some fantastic performances in the National Championships 2018
Against fierce competition their results were:
Life Support - 5th
Wet Initiative - 3rd
Rope Throw - 3rd
Swim & Tow - 4th
Making them National Silver Medal Winners
Well done girls. Northwich Lifesaving Club is very proud of you!.
The Sherlock star "comes into his own" in The Madness of George III, according to critics.
Sony's new DualShock 4 controller has become a fan favorite, and some people want to use it with a PC. Here's how to connect your DualShock 4 and start using it, either with an official adapter, or unofficial software.
Читать дальше...Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he is willing to work with a Democrat-majority House of Representatives after the midterm elections, but offered a warning from his own experience about what...
Nearly two million people urgently need feeding in violence-hit Central African Republic in the worst food insecurity in four years, the UN's food agency has warned. Figures on food security compiled by the World Food Programme in September found the worst results since 2014, with 1.9 million people in need of urgent food action , WFP spokesman ...
Mt Smart Stadium: Fear not! If there's a blank space in your diary for tomorrow evening and you've decided it would be gorgeous to see songstress Taylor Swift, your wildest dreams can come true because ...
The Blues legend is impressed with the Belgian's start to the season but thinks work needs to be done to ensure he renews his contract