Legal Law

Musi fans refuse to update iPhones until Apple unblocks controversial app

“The public interest in the preservation of intellectual property rights weighs heavily against the injunction sought here, which would force Apple to distribute an app over the repeated and consistent objections of non-parties who allege their rights are infringed by the app,” Apple argued. Musi fans vow loyalty For Musi fans expressing their suffering on Reddit,

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Medicine

PCI and ChiRhoClin partner to prevent shortage of critical orphan pancreatic drug

Key Highlights: PCI is collaborating with theranostics specialist ChiRhoClin, Inc. to avoid the potential shortage of a critical diagnostic drug used to test for pancreatic disease and cancer. ChiRhoClin is a theranostics company specialising in orphan drugs for the gastrointestinal and radiological fields. With ChiRhoStim experiencing unusually high demand, ChiRhoClin worked closely with the FDA

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Auto

Ford to cut 800 UK jobs as part of major European restructure

Ford will cut 800 jobs in the UK due to concerns over the “health” of its passenger car business. The move is part of a major cost-cutting programme to axe 4000 jobs in European, with Germany to be the biggest market affected.  The Blue Oval said it had incurred “significant” losses in recent years, blaming failings

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Business

Balaji Telefilms appoints Sanjay Dwivedi as Group CEO

MUMBAI: Balaji Telefilms has appointed Sanjay Dwivedi as the Group Chief Executive Officer (Group CEO), while he will continue in his current role as the Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO). This decision was approved by the board of directors during a meeting held on November 14. Dwivedi is a seasoned professional with nearly three

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Cryptocurrency

Target (TGT) Q3 2024 earnings

Target on Wednesday missed Wall Street’s quarterly earnings and revenue expectations and posted only a slight uptick in customer traffic, despite the discounter’s price cuts on thousands of items and its early holiday sale.  The big-box retailer reversed course and cut its full-year profit guidance, just three months after hiking that forecast. It said it

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Digital Marketing

How to Ask for Google Reviews: Proven Tips & Examples

Your customers seldom find themselves wondering about choosing between you and your competitor. When customers make up their minds, Google reviews play an important role in helping them compare you and your competitors. Therefore, you must gather more Google reviews from all your customers. But how do you ask for Google Reviews? Google Reviews has

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Medicine

BioPharmaSpec announces three new facilities in Freiburg, Bergamo and Vilnius

BioPharmaSpec, a global Contract Research Organization (CRO) for Discovery and Preclinical Characterisation of Biopharmaceuticals, has officially announced three new European facilities. The new facilities will focus on discovery and R&D services, offering structural and physicochemical characterisation services for a wide variety of biopharmaceutical products. These include monoclonal antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, cell and gene therapy products, bioactive peptides,

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Sports

Sri Lanka Bags The ODI series after Rain Washes Out the 3rd ODI

SL vs NZ ODI Series: Sri Lanka bags the third consecutive ODI series win after the last ODI of a three-match series against New Zealand, which was called off due to rain in Pallekele International Stadium. Sri Lanka Cricket Team is becoming the home giants under the head coach Sanath Jayasuriya. They first defeated India

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Auto

Analyst predicts two million new car sales in UK in 2025

Close 2 mins read 20 November 2024 The UK market will hit 2.04 million car sales in 2025, a 3.6% increase on 2024 but 11.6% less than the 2000-2019 average, a leading industry analyst has forecast. Cox Automotive described those figures – its baseline prediction – as “an indication of future sector challenges”. It To access this content please subscribe Already registered?

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Cryptocurrency

Lowe’s (LOW) Q3 2024 earnings

Lowe’s beat Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations on Tuesday, as outdoor do-it-yourself projects, the home professional business and stronger online shopping fueled sales. Yet even with the better-than-expected results, the home improvement retailer is projecting a year-over-year sales decline. The company updated its full-year guidance on Tuesday, and now expects total sales of between $83

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Finance

Work begins on credit index for MSMEs to boost funding

New Delhi: The government has begun discussions with stakeholders, including banks and regulators, to develop a ‘Creditworthiness Index’ as part of its push to improve credit access for micro and small businesses. The proposed index will rate companies across industries using common parameters, helping lenders evaluate borrowers with weak financials, limited documentation, or minimal transaction

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Legal Law

Report: DOJ wants to force Google Chrome sale, Android de-bundling

Preferred by 61 percent of Internet users, Google’s Chrome browser plays too big a role in maintaining the tech giant’s search monopoly, the US Department of Justice has reportedly decided. On Monday, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that top antitrust officials are planning to ask the court on Wednesday to order Google to

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Medicine

Cytomos secures £5M to scale up production of cell-analysis technology

Key Highlights: Cytomos has raised £5 million to scale up production of its unique cell analysis technology. New investment will allow Cytomos to drive sales of its first commercial product, Celledonia, built on its cell-analysis technology platform AuraCyt. Cytomos’ unique technology AuraCyt is an unbiased, scalable cell analysis platform which addresses this unmet need,

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Real Estate

Selling Your Lancaster Property: What to Expect in 2025

If you’re a Lancaster homeowner or landlord considering selling your property in early 2025, it’s important to understand the timelines and market dynamics involved. From listing your property to completing the sale, the process in Lancaster typically takes about five to six months on average. Here’s an overview of what to expect and how to

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Auto

Mini Aceman Review 2024, Price & Specs

The Aceman certainly offers a good deal more practicality than the Mini Cooper; although, by compact crossover standards, that’s no saying much.  There’s room for adults in both rows of seats, and a usable boot, as you’d expect from a B-segment SUV (although compared with rivals like the Smart #1, Citroen eC4 and Fiat 600

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Business

Adani Infra to buy 30% stake in PSP Projects for $81 million

India’s Adani Infra will purchase a 30.07% stake in construction firm PSP Projects for 6.85 billion rupees ($81.2 million), the latter said on Tuesday. Adani Infra, owned by a unit of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s flagship Adani Enterprises, will purchase the shares from Prahladbhai S Patel, who leads PSP Projects and is its top shareholder.

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Cryptocurrency

Walmart (WMT) Q3 2025 earnings

Walmart raised its forecast on Tuesday, as its customers bought more discretionary merchandise, ordered more deliveries to their homes and started their holiday shopping. The discounter now expects net sales will grow between 4.8% and 5.1% for the full year. That compares to its previous forecast for between 3.75% to 4.75% sales growth for the

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Home Kitchen

Make sticky toffee baked oats recipe you ‘won’t want to share’

Baked oats are taking breakfast tables by storm, and now a delightful twist on this classic morning staple has avid food enthusiasts buzzing. Social media sensation Georgina Burgess has presented TikTok with a mouth-watering culinary creation combining baked oats and the cherished flavours of sticky toffee pudding. Georgina’s take on baked oats recipe is teeming

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Legal Law

Explicit deepfake scandal shuts down Pennsylvania school

An AI-generated nude photo scandal has shut down a Pennsylvania private school. On Monday, classes were canceled after parents forced leaders to either resign or face a lawsuit potentially seeking criminal penalties and accusing the school of skipping mandatory reporting of the harmful images. The outcry erupted after a single student created sexually explicit AI

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Medicine

Signposting the route to sustainable devices with life-cycle assessment

Alex Fong, insights and sustainability lead, Owen Mumford, addresses the environmental impact of single-use drug delivery devices and emphasises the role of life-cycle assessment (LCA) in sustainable design. Healthcare has seen a move away from reusable items to single-use disposables in recent decades – driven by benefits including infection control and lower costs. In Europe, it is

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Technology

AWS widening scope of MFA programme after early success

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is to widen the scope of a mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) programme it introduced earlier this year, after seeing strong uptake among customers and a slump in password-related phishing attacks. The cloud giant made MFA compulsory for management account root users in the AWS Management Console beginning in May 2024,

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Auto

Audi A1 Review 2024, Price & Specs

While Audi has made an effort to differentiate the A1’s cabin from that of its Volkswagen Polo and Seat Ibiza cousins by employing a slightly more tasteful palette of trim materials and switchgear, that relationship hasn’t been entirely masked. Sure, it might exude more in the way of immediate opulence on first acquaintance, but closer

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Business

Fuel stock at coal-based plants up 52% this Winter

Domestic coal-based power plants have significantly higher coal stocks this winter season compared to last year, driven by better planning, increased coal production and enhanced rake supply, government officials said. Higher availability of coal has led to sufficient base load capacity in the last few months and will help meet upcoming winter peak demand, they

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Cryptocurrency

Xiaomi raises EV deliveries goal again on surging demand

GUANGZHOU, CHINA – NOVEMBER 15, 2024 – Visitors view a Xiaomi SU7 Ultra new energy vehicle at 2024 Guangzhou Auto Show in Guangzhou, South China’s Guangdong province, Nov 15, 2024. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s Xiaomi Corp said on Monday it aimed to

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Finance

Capital restructuring norms for CPSEs updated to add value

The finance ministry on Monday tweaked norms for capital restructuring by central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) and introduced flexibilities for them to better add to their value creation strategy. It directed them to cough up an annual dividend of at least 30% of their net profit or 4% of their net worth, whichever is higher.

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Medicine

Kindeva appoints CIO to lead digital transformation business initiatives

Key Highlights: Kindeva Drug Delivery has appointed Prakash Pandian as chief information officer to bolster its executive leadership team and power technological initiatives across the organisation. Prakash will be responsible for a host of technology-enabled initiatives across the organisation designed to drive manufacturing automation, business efficiency and revenue growth. Prakash will focus on driving automation

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Sports

Bumrah the Captain, Rana to make his debut

Ever since Team India landed in Australia, speculations & rumours regarding the participation of full time skipper Rohit Sharma in the opening fixture of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2024 have been the main point of discussion. The elite Mumbai batsman who recently became a father for the second time, is anticipated to miss the opening

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Auto

Are we at the top of the supercar S-curve?

The e-set-up is inspired by that of the current Indycars but the motorsport cues don’t end there. Tiny McLaren, which makes fewer than 3000 road cars a year, is simultaneously involved in Formula E, Indy and Formula 1 (where it appears to have kiboshed the Red Bull supremacy). No other manufacturer can currently marshal such

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Business

MakeMyTrip to acquire Happay Expense Management Platform from CRED

Travel company MakeMyTrip on Monday announced that it has signed a Business Transfer Agreement to acquire Happay Expense Management Platform from CRED. The acquisition is in line with MMT’s commitment for comprehensive corporate travel and expense management solutions, mentioned the company in a press release. Happay is a leader in expense management, with robust capabilities

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Cryptocurrency

Rivian (RIVN) earnings Q3 2024

Rivian Automotive lowered its earnings forecast for the year after missing Wall Street’s third-quarter expectations, including a significant miss in revenue. Here is how the company performed in the quarter, compared with average estimates compiled by LSEG: Loss per share: 99 cents adjusted vs. a loss of 92 cents expected Revenue: $874 million vs. $990 million expected

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Medicine

Gifthealth announces strategic partnership with United Digestive

Key Highlights: Gifthealth will serve as the exclusive platform for patient education and medication adherence for United Digestive, thanks to a newly announced strategic partnership. The average practice using the Gifthealth platform experiences a provider productivity increase of 17-25% when fully engaged on the platform. The strategic integration of Gifthealth’s advanced technology allows

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Auto

Meet the world’s most hardcore off-road bus

It’s pleasingly spacious inside, so passengers will be comfortable as they’re driven across whichever terrain is between them and their next stop. From the hot seat, it’s a mass of buttons, switches and things that will get fans of both off-roading and commercial vehicles going. To drive, it’s pretty easy. Its 12-speed ’box can be

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Cryptocurrency

Home Depot (HD) earnings Q3 2024

Home Depot‘s quarterly sales rose more than 6% year over year, as it folded in a newly acquired business and hurricane-related repairs and better weather in many parts of the country boosted demand for home improvement supplies, the company said Tuesday. The retailer also raised its full-year outlook to reflect its better-than-expected third-quarter results and

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Medicine

Neuraxpharm reports another year of growth and expansion

Key Highlights: Neuraxpharm reaches 98% of the European CNS market through its presence in more than 20 countries and, with a direct presence in Latin America and the Middle East. Neuraxpharm’s successful life cycle management of Buccolam, emergency treatment of epilepsy with PACS in children, supports its mission to expand its portfolio to include more brands

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Auto

1950s British cars’ export prospects as seen by a foreigner

“If you chance upon a new Austin with foreign numberplates, it isn’t really chance at all. For since the war tens of thousands of Austins have gone abroad. Why so? Two reasons mainly. “First, because Austins are very properly known as the dependable cars. Second, because there’s something young and very lively about them.” Those

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Cryptocurrency

Spotify shares pop on better-than-expected profit forecast

The Spotify logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 4, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Spotify shares rose in extended trading Tuesday after the Swedish music streaming company issued a profit forecast for the fourth quarter that topped estimates. Here’s how the company did, compared

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Home Kitchen

Mary Berry’s recipe for the most incredible Yorkshire puddings

Mary Berry’s Yorkshire puddings are made with traditional ingredients – plain flour, salt, eggs, milk, and sunflower oil. The perfect accompaniment with a Sunday lunch, Yorkshire puddings are a delicious addition to any roast. Taken from Mary Berry Cooks recipe book, these puddings are baked to perfection – and come out the perfect height. Aside

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Medicine

NHS launches anti-smoking pill to help thousands quit

Key Highlights: The NHS England is rolling out a new and improved pill to help people stop smoking, giving thousands of smokers a better chance to quit for good. Varenicline works by reducing nicotine cravings by blocking its effect on the brain as well as easing withdrawal symptoms like irritability and trouble sleeping. Varenicline

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Auto

Past masters: the best used British bargains on the market today

What to look for A trickle charger, broken suspension springs, leaky dampers and coolant hoses, wayward panel gaps and bubbling on panel edges Price: from £67,000 to £104,000 British brutes Meet the Brits that pack a punch Prices for this cool-looking, rear-wheel-drive 395bhp V8 super-saloon now span from around £7000 to £15,000. In a head-to-head with

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Cryptocurrency

Strong revenue growth, first Neutron deal

CEO Peter Beck stands in half a fairing (the rocket’s nosecone) of the company’s coming Neutron vehcile. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab shares surged in trading Wednesday after the company reported third-quarter results and announced its first customer for its coming Neutron vehicle. Shares of Rocket Lab jumped as much as 53% in Wednesday trading before

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Legal Law

OpenAI accused of trying to profit off AI model inspection in court

The AISI is supposed to protect the US from risky AI models by conducting safety testing to detect harms before models are deployed. Testing should “address risks to human rights, civil rights, and civil liberties, such as those related to privacy, discrimination and bias, freedom of expression, and the safety of individuals and groups,” President

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Medicine

Futureproofing medicines manufacturing with virtual solutions

Key Highlights: The pharmaceutical industry is experiencing advancements in technology and a growing demand for novel therapies which has resulted in a significant skills gap, leaving many companies struggling to find qualified workers. Traditional laboratory training often involves significant investments of resources, which can lead to substantial waste, whilst Resilience allows learners to practice real-world scenarios in

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Auto

I love planes, but driving is just better

Warning bongs for speed limit breaches, frequently called wrongly, and bongs accompanying speed limit changes, even though you can (and in fact must) spot them through your windscreen, were particularly annoying and ranged from difficult to nigh-on impossible to switch off. But you and I complained, and Kia listened. In an over-the-air update for the

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Business

How well-heeled Indians shrugged off inflation this festive season

Well-off Indian consumers carried on with their festive spending spree even as even as ordinary shoppers were forced to kept their purse strings tight during this year’s sale season owing to sticky inflation, ToI reported on November 16 citing latest data. Expensive watches and gadgets were popular purchases this years, even as many people cut

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Cryptocurrency

Earnings from Nvidia, TJX and Walmart

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday highlighted the biggest events next week on Wall Street, pinpointing earnings reports from Nvidia, TJX and Walmart. And as postelection worries create an uncertain market landscape, he advised that investors proceed with caution. “Look, I’ve told you that there are many pitfalls with individual stocks when it comes to Trump

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Finance

CBDT launches compliance-cum-awareness campaign for AY 2024-25 to assist taxpayers in reporting foreign assets and income

New Delhi: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has launched a Compliance-Cum-Awareness Campaign for Assessment Year (AY) 2024-25 to assist taxpayers in accurately completing the Schedule Foreign Assets (Schedule FA) and reporting income from foreign sources (Schedule FSI) in their Income Tax Returns (ITR). According to the Ministry of Finance, this initiative aligns with

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Legal Law

FTC to launch investigation into Microsoft’s cloud business

The FTC also highlighted fees charged on users transferring data out of certain cloud systems and minimum spend contracts, which offer discounts to companies in return for a set level of spending. Microsoft has also attracted scrutiny from international regulators over similar matters. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is investigating Microsoft and Amazon after

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Medicine

Avantor opens Bridgewater facility to tackle life science challenges

Key Highlights: Avantor has opened its new flagship Bridgewater Innovation Center, adding to Avantor’s network of 13 research and innovation centres across the globe. The Innovation Center spans 60,000 square feet, doubling its previous laboratory and pilot plant capacity. The Bridgewater Innovation Center allows Avantor to optimise and accelerate biomanufacturing processes at scale; resulting

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Sports

Gambhir makes vital claims in the press conference before the BGT

IND vs AUS: Team India’s Head Coach, Gautam Gambhir, attended the press conference before departing for India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He talked on various matters, and among them was the 3-0 whitewash that his team suffered at the hands of New Zealand in a Test series at home. Gambhir praised the Kiwis and accepted

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Auto

Benefit-in-kind reporting for company cars to be phased out

HM Revenue and Customs is phasing out annual benefit-in-kind reporting for company cars. The reforms come into effect from 6 April 2026 and, with draft legislation not due until 2025, many fleets are facing short deadlines to comply with those changes. Starting with the 2026/27 tax year, employers must report the value of any workplace

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Business

Why MNCs are making a beeline for Hyderabad

Large tech companies are betting big on the Hyderabad property market with the city contributing 14% of the total office space absorption in the first nine months of this year. The city, in which Microsoft and Facebook have their Indian headquarters, is now seeing the entry of new companies with large campuses Concentration in key

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Cryptocurrency

BABA posts 58% profit jump but sales miss

Alibaba Offices In Beijing Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba on Friday beat profit expectations in its September quarter, but sales fell short as sluggishness in the world’s second-largest economy hit consumer spending. Alibaba said net income rose 58% year on year to 43.9 billion yuan ($6.07 billion) in the company’s

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Digital Marketing

Best Practices for Managing Facebook Reviews Effectively

In our conversations with marketing experts across industries, we have understood that Facebook reviews have been an instrumental tool in building their online reputation and expand their local search and visibility to attract more customers. No wonder Facebook recommendations are ranked fourth, behind Google Reviews, Tripadvisor, and Yelp, in the list of customer review sites.

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Finance

New senior citizens policy in the works after 25 years

New Delhi: Amit Yadav, secretary, ministry of social justice & empowerment, has said the government is drafting its first new senior citizens policy in 25 years and proposing amendments to the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 to meet the evolving needs of this age group. The Association of Senior Living

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Home Kitchen

Nigella Lawson’s ‘sweet’ marzipan loaf cake recipe

Nigella Lawson describes her “simple” and “sweet” marzipan loaf cake as a “proper pudding”. While marzipan loaf cake can be garnished with a dollop of creme fraiche and fresh raspberries, there’s something so delightful in having a plain slice with a hot drink. Slices of marzipan loaf cake will pair extremely well with a lovely

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Medicine

World Courier welcomes new president and senior vice president

World Courier, a global specialty logistics provider and a part of Cencora, announced the appointment of Laurent Bendavid as the new president and senior vice president of World Courier, effective November 1, 2024. Laurent Bendavid joins with a wealth of experience and a proven track record in leadership and operational excellence. Before taking on this new

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Real Estate

Three Tips to Maintain and Increase Your Property’s Value

Let’s face it – doing property maintenance isn’t many people’s idea of a good time. However, keeping on top of maintenance can help ensure your property’s value in the long term. Here are our top three tips for maintaining your property’s value over time. 1. Look after your roof (and your roof will look after

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Auto

Car of the Year 2025 shortlist announced

The Car of the Year shortlist for 2025 is dominated by small electric cars. Among the seven shortlisted models are the Alfa Romeo Junior, Citroën ë-C3, Hyundai Inster and Renault 5. The shortlist is completed by the Cupra Terramar, Dacia Duster and Kia EV3. The winner will be announced at the Brussels motor show on 10 January. Sixty jurors from 23 countries selected seven cars

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Business

Jaypee Infratech MD & CEO Aalok Champak Dave resigns

New Delhi: Jaypee Infratech Ltd’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Aalok Champak Dave has resigned from the company citing personal reasons. Jaypee Infratech has appointed Abhijit Gohil as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. Mumbai-based Suraksha Group has taken control of Jaypee Infratech Ltd after winning the bid to acquire the latter through

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Medicine

Leaders in Pharma: Thermo Fisher

× Earlier this year, EPM secured a remarkable interview with Thermo Fisher Scientific’s president of EMEA, Urmi Prasad Richardson where we delve into what it takes to be a leader in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Home Kitchen

Pret, Costa and Caffè Nero’s Christmas drink menu review

Express.co.uk had the joy of trying out all of the Christmas range at Pret, Costa and Caffè Nero. While a few were given an impressive five-out-of-five stars, one was described as abhorrently “artificial”. According to one reviewer on the team, the Christmassy hot chocolate tasted “too artificial” and “too sweet” leading to the lowest score

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Medicine

Infinitopes to showcase cancer vaccine progress ahead of 2025 NHS trial

Key Highlights: Infinitopes’ lead vaccine candidate ITOP1 is a novel, precision targeted “off-the-shelf” cancer vaccine, designed to save lives by preventing disease recurrence in first-line patients with surgically resectable cancers. Infinitopes’ proprietary vector delivery system reliably triggers durable T-cell protection, which halted or delayed tumour progression in industry standard preclinical mouse models, without checkpoint inhibitor

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Arts Entertainments

Ranveer Singh shares unseen pics of wife Deepika on wedding anniversary, calls it ‘main Wife Appreciation Day’ – India TV

Image Source : INSTAGRAM Ranveer and Deepika tied the knot on November 14, 2018. Bollywood’s most loved couple, Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, is celebrating their sixth wedding anniversary today, November 14, 2024. Taking to their respective Instagram handle, the duo wished each other a happy wedding anniversary in special ways. Ranveer shared a series

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Auto

Star cars from a century of British motoring

And Britain’s vanguard stalwarts deserve no less admiration, as our 2018 verdict of the Aston Martin DBS Superleggera demonstrates: “This is a big, powerful, elegant, front-engined, 12-cylinder, blood-and-thunder GT alike in concept to so many we’ve known and loved from Aston Martin. “But it’s also such a stunning one to behold, and so stellar to

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Cryptocurrency

Disney (DIS) earnings Q4 2024

A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse stands in a garden in front of Cinderella’s Castle at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World on May 31, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images Disney will report its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings before the bell on Thursday, and Wall

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Legal Law

Trump says Elon Musk will lead “DOGE,” a new Department of Government Efficiency

President-elect Donald Trump today announced that a new Department of Government Efficiency—or “DOGE”—will be led by Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. Musk and Ramaswamy, who founded pharma company Roivant Sciences, “will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies,”

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Lifestyle Fashion

Rare 100-year-old photo of photographer G Venket Ram’s great grandparents inspires his latest work

Photographer G Venket Ram | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In previous conversations with The Hindu, celebrity photographer G Venket Ram has enthralled readers with myriad tales about his relationship with Chennai and photography. He has recounted his childhood in George Town; spoken of sprinting down Napier bridge at dawn; narrated a story of accidentally stopping

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Medicine

Tower launches Carbon Calculator to boost sustainable logistics

Key Highlights: Tower Cold Chain has introduced its own Carbon Calculator to help customers improve the sustainability of their logistics operations, co-developed with Cardiff University’s Business School as part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership. The calculator leverages comprehensive datasets from the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero and follows established industry frameworks, ensuring

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Real Estate

Why 53% of Homeowners Are Considering New-Build Homes

A recent study by Dataloft and PriceHubble has revealed that 53% of homeowners are now considering buying a new-build home, marking a significant increase from last year’s 47%. This shift appears to be driven largely by rising energy costs and a desire for improved home efficiency. Surprisingly, the trend is consistent across all age groups,

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Auto

Skoda Octavia vRS Review 2024, Price & Specs

Inside is where most of the major changes have taken place, centered on new 13.0in infotainment touchscreen. A cost option on the standard Octavia, this is a major quality-of-life upgrade, especially over the previous car’s outdated display, and immediately adds a more premium finish to the car. The new screen is responsive and clear, with the main functions (such as media

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Business

AI in banking: Banking on tech: lenders keep an eagle ‘AI’ on mule accounts

Banks are using artificial intelligence to fight the growing menace of mule accounts, deploying AI tools to track suspicious patterns like dormant accounts receiving large credits or multiple accounts showing identical recurring transactions simultaneously. Financial technology companies such as Bureau, Clari5 and Datasutram are helping banks deploy AI-based fraud detection systems that can detect issues

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Cryptocurrency

Cisco (CSCO) Q1 earnings report 2025

Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins speaks at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in New York on May 21, 2024. Dia Dipasupil | Getty Images Cisco reported a fourth straight quarter of declining revenue even as results topped analysts’ estimates. The stock slipped about 1% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did in

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Legal Law

Bitcoin hits record high as Trump vows to end crypto crackdown

Bitcoin hit a new record high late Monday, its value peaking at $89,623 as investors quickly moved to cash in on expectations that Donald Trump will end a White House crackdown that intensified last year on crypto. While the trading rally has now paused, analysts predict that bitcoin’s value will only continue rising following Trump’s

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Medicine

Adragos completes expansion with new ampoule filling line

Key Highlights: Adragos Pharma has significantly enhanced its production capabilities with the completion of a new ampoule filling line at its Livron-sur-Drôme site in France. Adragos invested €13 million to boost the facility’s output by 30%, enabling the company to manufacture over 160 million ampoules annually and to meet the growing demand for sterile injectables.

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Real Estate

Budget 2024: A Round-Up for Landlords

Now the dust has settled on the Budget, let’s look at what it might mean for landlords and buy-to-let investors. The overall themes behind the Budget, according to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, were economic stability and growth, investment and putting more money in our pockets. But there were also £40bn of tax rises to fill the

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Technology

AWS storage: Key storage options in the Amazon cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS) pioneered mass market, large-scale and cost-effective cloud storage when it entered the market back in 2006. The hyperscaler’s Simple Storage Service (S3) set out to make storing data in the cloud as simple as possible, at least for end users. As Amazon CTO Werner Vogels commented on S3’s 15th anniversary

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Business

Arvindar Singh Sahney will be new chairman of IndianOil

Arvindar Singh Sahney will be the new chairman of Indian Oil Corporation, the nation’s largest oil firm, according to an order issued by the petroleum ministry on Wednesday. Sahney, 54, is currently Executive Director (Business Development – Petrochemicals), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC). He was in August selected to be the company’s director for business

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Cryptocurrency

Tencent Q3 2024 earnings

Chinese tech company Tencent is a gaming giant and the parent company of WeChat, the ubiquitous social messaging app in China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Chinese social media and gaming company Tencent on Wednesday reported better-than-expected profit in the third quarter, spurred by growth in games, advertising and cloud services.

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Finance

UK businesses drive growth and sustainability in India, generating over Rs 5,000 bn in revenue: Report

UK businesses are playing a significant role in India’s economic development, with 667 UK-owned companies contributing Rs 5,082 billion in revenue and employing over 523,000 people, according to the latest Britain Meets India 2024 report, released by Grant Thornton Bharat in collaboration with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The report showcases the expanding footprint

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Home Kitchen

Asda sends deadline alert to customers ahead of Christmas

Asda shoppers are in for an important update regarding the Asda Rewards app and given a deadline to make savings by. Asda’s Rewards scheme lets customers gain ‘Asda Pounds’ by using their app with every shop which are then redeemable for vouchers on later purchases. Particularly for festive planners, the Christmas Saver Cashpot feature lets

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Medicine

Three essential tips for stability partner selection

Key Highlights: Having industry experts conducting regulatory assessments is important to prevent overlooked issues that could lead to costly delays in gaining certified approval. Customised studies help identify potential degradation pathways and mitigate risks to patient safety, allowing manufacturers to implement necessary adjustments before market release and support product improvements. Robust and accurate methodology from

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Technology

Strengthening cyber: Best IAM practices to combat threats

The 2024 UK government Cyber Security Breaches Survey makes sober reading with 70% and 74% respectively of medium and large businesses reporting some form of cyber incident within the previous 12 months.  With phishing accounting for 84% of these attacks and AI enabling the launch of increasingly sophisticated cyber campaigns, organisations need to defend

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Auto

Electric BMW 3 Series spotted: first look at reborn i3 for 2026

Meanwhile, a more stringent focus on aerodynamics, in combination with more efficient motors and a new software stack, will boost range by up to 30%, BMW has said.  Like today’s BMW 4 Series and BMW 5 Series, the next-generation 3 Series will be sold both with pure-electric and internal-combustion power, with BMW committed to maintaining

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Finance

Industrial output expands 3.1% in September on base effect, festivals

NEW DELHI: India’s industrial output rebounded in September, growing 3.1%, after contracting 0.1% in August – a 22-month low – driven by a favourable base effect and pre-festive season stocking that boosted manufacturing, official data released on Tuesday showed. Economists, however, struck a note of caution in view of softening urban demand. “There is improvement

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Home Kitchen

England cricketer Mark Wood shares turkey crown recipe

Mark Wood is renowned for being the fastest bowler in the UK, but the cricketer has now revealed his other hidden talents. Sharing his roast garlic and herb turkey crown recipe exclusively with Express.co.uk, the England men’s cricket icon promises that the dish is perfect for any occasion. And the best part is that it

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Tours Travel

This real life video game takes you across L.A. — literally

“Great Gold Bird,” a theatrical production unfolding across multiple sites in Los Angeles, begins inside my home. It starts with a mystery, introducing itself as a missing persons story. Yet it’s also a puzzle. Henry, we’re told, has disappeared. Only he didn’t just suddenly vanish. I’m now an active investigator, as the protagonist has intentionally

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Auto

Chemical soup: how electric car batteries are made

By far the most most important part of any electric car is the battery. It’s also one of the youngest technologies because, while first conceived in the 1800s, the first commercial lithium ion batteries were made by Sony in 1991. And another thing: we hear lots of confusing names for them, but how different are they? For

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Business

BHEL to set up NTPC’s Telangana super critical thermal power plant

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) announced on Tuesday that it has secured a major contract from NTPC Limited to establish the Main Plant Package for the Telangana Stage-II Supercritical Thermal Power Plant, which has a planned capacity of 3×800 megawatts (MW). According to the company it will be responsible for a comprehensive scope of work

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Cryptocurrency

SoftBank earnings Q2 2024

The SoftBank Corp. logo displayed on a glass door of the company’s store in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. SoftBank Group Corp. is scheduled to announce its earnings figures on May 13. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via Getty Images Toru Hanai | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japanese giant SoftBank logged a 608.5 billion yen

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Medicine

LogiPharma marks 25 years in 2025 with return to Lyon

Key Highlights: LogiPharma is returning to Lyon in 2025 where it will celebrate its 25th anniversary at the Palais des Congrès, 8 – 10 April. The supply chain event has grown from a 120-attendee, European-focused logistics event in Geneva to one of the world’s leading platforms for advancing the life sciences supply chain. Visitors can expect panel

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Technology

Fresh concerns over NHS England registries procurement

The ongoing procurement process for NHS England’s Outcomes and Registries Platform (ORP) continues to draw concerns over the state of the project’s data security practices, amid claims that the whole enterprise may be riding roughshod over compliance with public sector procurement regulations. The ORP project is designed to bring together various, world-renowned clinical devices

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Tours Travel

How are you staying fit after 65? Tell us about your unique routine

Want to know the secret to longevity? Hint: It can’t be found at the bottom of a serum bottle or at some luxury doctor’s office. The key is to consistently engage in “multicomponent” physical activities that encompass aerobic activity, muscle strengthening and balance training, according to the national Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. For older

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Auto

Used Jaguar E-Pace 2017-2024 review

Is the Jaguar E-Pace reliable? A well-maintained and regulalry serviced E-Pace should serve as a relaible family wagon, but keep in mind that it is prone to common faults which are widely known (se below). With a strong dealer and service network across the UK, as well a great number of independent specialists, shoudl you

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Business

Defaults coming back to bite, banks rein in growth of unsecured credit

MUMBAI: Stung by high default rates in the personal loan, credit card and microfinance (MFI) portfolios, Indian banks are slashing credit card limits and restricting pre-approved personal loans. Some of the lenders have also reduced loan-to-value (LTV) ratios on mortgage loans, bankers told ET. “We have identified stress segments in our unsecured portfolio based on

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Finance

Reaching $100 b in Indo-Russian trade realistic: Jaishankar

New Delhi: There is a strong possibility of India-Russia bilateral trade attaining the $100 billion target by 2030, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Monday. The minister also called for addressing impediments of non-tariff barriers and regulatory bottlenecks to correct the bilateral trade imbalance, currently heavily in favour of Russia due to oil imports

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Legal Law

Ever heard of “Llady Gaga”? Universal files piracy suit over alleged knockoffs.

Universal Music Group yesterday sued a music firm that allegedly distributes pirated songs on popular streaming services under misspelled versions of popular artists’ names—such as “Kendrik Laamar,” “Arriana Gramde,” “Jutin Biber,” and “Llady Gaga.” The UMG Recordings lawsuit against the French company Believe and its US-based subsidiary, TuneCore, alleges that “Believe is fully aware that

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Medicine

PacBio unveils new benchtop HiFi sequencing platform

Key Highlights: PacBio announced the Vega system, the company’s first benchtop long-read sequencing platform, delivering all the functionality of the Revio system into a compact, lower-throughput benchtop platform.  Vega is a solution for researchers looking to adopt long-read sequencing across a variety of applications, including targeted sequencing, RNA sequencing, and small genome sequencing.  Vega

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Tours Travel

Tell us: What’s your favorite walk in Los Angeles?

At some point in your time living in L.A. you’ve probably heard someone bemoan it as a city built for cars. I’ve never quite understood that complaint. While it may be true that we spend a fair share of our time on freeways, there are thriving pedestrian-friendly pockets tucked all around our unwieldy city. What’s

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