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NEWS 
April 1, 2016 LIC’s profit seen slumping as choppy markets take a toll
Photo: Rituparna Banerjee/Mint Mumbai: Life Insurance Corp. of India (LIC) is expected to post a year-on-year decline of 40% in profit-booking on equity investments in 2015-16, as choppy markets take their toll on the country’s largest investor. LIC is expected to book a profit of Rs.15,000 crore on equities in the year to 31 March, […]
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NEWS 
March 30, 2016 Samsung Pay launches in China; Myntra to take over Forever 21’s retail chain
Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint What the world is talking about China’s top three web browsers made user data vulnerable, says report China’s top three Web browsers collected and transmitted data in insecure ways, making hundreds of millions of users’ personal information vulnerable to unauthorized access, according to a report by a Canada-based human rights research group. […]
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CLOTHING 
February 25, 2016 Amazon has quietly launched its own clothing lines, as it tries to take over fashion retail
Already in the midst of a massive growth spurt, Amazon is looking to fashion to keep fueling its expansion. For months there have been clues that the e-commerce giant was developing its own in-house clothing brands, and just last week, job postings from the company (paywall) hinted it was actively moving toward a launch. But […]
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ALL DEALS 
February 15, 2016 As the city’s young move out for studies or jobs, an industry is taking their place to take care of the senior citizens left behind.
Photo Credit: Rana Chakraborty 31.4K Total Views A drive down Kolkata’s spine, the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass that connects the north and south, will tell you what the city is really worried about. Between signboards advertising new-age condominiums, five-star hotels and schools with “world class” facilities are a number of ads by hospitals and pharma companies […]
