State Bank of India announced that it has joined digital invoice discounting marketplace Invoicemart as a financier, a move that will make working capital available for more than 1,400 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Initiatives such as the Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) are expected to be a major source of financing for the […]
Nearly 100 people have died in Northern India after drinking tainted bootleg liquor. Officials says dozens more people are in hospitals recovering from the toxic brew. The deaths occurred in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Authorities suspect bootleggers mixed the alcohol with methanol — a cheap but toxic form of alcohol — to increase the liquor's potency and their profit. Officials say around 3,000 people have been arrested in recent days in an attempt to stem the sale of the deadly mixture.
SARAH Ferguson has penned a heartfelt open letter revealing how the Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton drama echoes her being pitted against Princess Diana. The Duchess of York, 59, has spoken out after widespread rumours of a feud between Kate and newlywed Meghan. Sarah’s message was shared on Hello! Magazine as part of their #HelloToKindness […]
Our favourite Hollywood A-lister has celebrated her 50th birthday - here we share the secrets behind her age-defying looks
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians gathered Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of the country's Islamic Revolution. The events commemorate the collapse of the U.S.-backed government of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi after the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's 1979 return from exile. Monday's rallies included chants and banners declaring "Death to America" and "Death to Israel." President Hassan Rouhani told a crowd in Tehran that Iran's enemies will not achieve what he called their evil goals. He... Читать дальше...
The Islamic prison population has also strongly increased in the last two years. It has been between 20 to 30 per cent in 2017 and is now at 45 percent.
MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) _ Fonar Corp. (FONR) on Monday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $3.3 million. On a per-share basis, the Melville, New York-based company said it had net income of 51 cents. The MRI scanner designer posted revenue of $21.2 million in the period. Fonar shares have increased 7 percent since the beginning of the year. The stock has dropped 6 percent in the last 12 months. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Читать дальше...
Suspension of Walter Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari violates global human rights standards, UN expert says.
What a great week it has been for Watford Swimming Club.
Firstly, at the Herts Counties Presentation Evening last Wednesday Watford placed Third overall in Hertfordshire as a result of some very strong and determined swimming over the past three weeks at Counties where we doubled our Gold Medal Tally in comparison to 2018. A great turnout saw our swimmers recieve numerous Junior and Senior Medals / Pendants throughout the age groups. This culminated in Erin O'Meara recieving the Championship Award for best Swimmer 2019. Читать дальше...
HUGO LLORIS insists Tottenham have to perform better than they did against Leicester if they want to beat Borussia Dortmund – on and off the pitch. The Spurs skipper saved a Jamie Vardy penalty in his side’s 3-1 victory over Leicester yesterday. And the French keeper believes his team must improve if they want to […]
2019 got off on the right foot for this solar stock.
Liverpool’s 3-0 win over Bournemouth has helped ease nerves.
(Telecompaper) Datacentrix has achieved Citrix Platinum Solution Advisor status, one of only three companies in Saudi Arabia at this level...
Pakistan is likely to secure an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout soon to stave off a balance of payment crisis and help shore up its economy, Finance Minister Asad Umar said on Monday, as...
E.ON is first big six firm to raise energy bills after Ofgem cap change The Guardian
Millions of E.ON customers will have their energy bills increased by 10% from April, after the German company became the first of the big six suppliers to ...
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MOSCOW/NEW YORK (Reuters) - When the global oil trading industry gathered for its biggest annual meeting in Asia in September last year, U.S. oil producing companies came well prepared.
Rep Ilhan Omar’s tweet that US politicians’ support for Israel is ‘all about the Benjamins’ sparked a furious backlash on Twitter, with cries of anti-Semitism from some, while others detailed the Israeli lobby’s influence.
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The White House has been tagged with digital Bitcoin graffiti, thanks to a new augmented reality platform powered by cryptocurrency. Satoshi’s World allows anyone in the world to add text, images, and GIFs to real world settings for a small Bitcoin fee. Posts are made viewable through a special Google Maps feed. It was launched over the weekend, and it took just a few hours for “bitcoin” to be scrawled across the White House. Found it pic.twitter.com/11UfbvSkUL — Neeraj K. Agrawal (@NeerajKA) February 9... Читать дальше...
Kumasi- based rapper Flowkingstone has stated that Accra seems to be the home of all successful music artists and as a result, he is moving back to Accra to make his dreams come through. Flowkingstone said that all the A-list artistes are in Accra and that explains why most artistes are moving from the other regions to Accra. The rapper ...
A new “Aladdin” trailer debuted during the Grammy’s Sunday night, and if reaction on the internet is any indication, Disney might want to rework the animation for Will Smith’s “Genie” character before it hits theaters on May. On Twitter, one man wrote, “I’m sorry but Will Smith as the Genie in #Aladdin is nightmare fuel. Also, he’s just gonna use his regular Will Smith voice?” I'm sorry but Will Smith as the Genie in #Aladdin is nightmare fuel. Also, he's […]
Plenty has been written about American workers' failure to plan adequately for retirement. Their employers seem to be doing an even worse job. Only 1 in 10 large employers offers a formal phased-retirement program that lets workers cut back their hours or responsibilities before they quit work entirely, according to the 2018 Longer Working Careers Survey by professional services consultant Willis Towers Watson. Fewer than 1 in 3 of the companies surveyed offered their employees the option to work part time or switch to a less demanding job... Читать дальше...
A Kolkata college student's hard-hitting post on the need to create more jobs has gone viral online. "Probably the only time I regret ordering food from Zomato," wrote Shouvik Dutta on Facebook after...