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Monday, September 30, 2024
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Amazon’s bizarre email to employees gives TikTok a scare

Amazon told employees to delete the Chinese app from work phones, but later claimed the email was an error.

Microsoft’s LinkedIn sued for spying on Apple device users through app

Apple developers and testers found that the LinkedIn app was secretly reading data on Apple's Universal Clipboard, which included sensitive information such as emails and texts.

Wuhan showed us how Covid could spread, now it offers clues to how economies may recover

Beijing: Three months after it reopened its economy, Wuhan’s uneven recovery offers a glimpse of the hard road back to normality for cities after...

Reliance Jio raises $4 billion from share sale to investors

Mukesh Ambani's Jio has now sold about 25% of its shares to buyers, including Facebook and US private equity firms KKR & Co., and Silver Lake.

How China’s new security law is already changing the face of Hong Kong

The law uses vague language to ban subversion, secession, terrorism and collusion with foreign forces, with sentences as long as life in prison.

Facebook mulls political-ad blackout ahead of US presidential election

A halt on ads could defend against misleading election-related content spreading as people prepare to vote.

To be the next China, India needs a new housing plan

Giving rural migrants an incentive to return to cities is crucial to restoring economic activity to pre-Covid levels. Low-cost housing is a good starting point.

Gyms will have to work up more of a sweat to bring people back as Covid restrictions ease

The new world of fitness will be characterised by social distancing, obsessively wiping down equipment and, for those who don’t want to brave the gym, sessions with a virtual coach at home.

Half way into 2020, a new world order for the Covid era is emerging

The coronavirus crisis has forced governments to confront a health & economic crisis, a crisis of institutional legitimacy & heightening geopolitical rivalry.

Elon Musk now richer than Warren Buffett, ranks 7th on world’s rich-list

Musk's fortune rose $6.1 billion Friday after Tesla's stock surged 11%. He is the latest tech entrepreneur to rise above Buffett in the ranks of the world’s richest.

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Drop that cigarette. Smokers are twice as likely to develop skin cancer compared to non-smokers

A noticeable effect of smoking is premature aging. Studies indicate that the skin biopsy of a 40-year-old heavy smoker can resemble that of a 70-year-old non-smoker.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?