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BJP Lawmaker Sakshi Maharaj Gets Notice Over Controversial Comments
Addressing a gathering of seers on January 6, Sakshi Maharaj called for implementing the Uniform Civil Code and indirectly held the Muslims responsible for the population explosion. Sakshi Maharaj has to reply to the notice by Wednesday forenoon. "Mothers are not machines", he said. Mr Maharaj, an MP from Unnao, had made his remarks at a meeting in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
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Food waste update reveals £13bn of edible food thrown away
The total food wasted In 2015 weighed 7.3 million tons. "We want to bring together partners outside of Courtauld to work on this as well, but we have the opportunity, given that 10 year time horizon and the given the motivation for collective action, to really do some major things to make a difference".
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Majestic Wine toasts best Christmas performance after hard spell
Sparkling wine sales rose 12%, with sales of prosecco increasing three times faster than champagne. Chief executive Rowan Gormley said it was particularly pleasing that both Naked Wines and Majestic Commercial traded in line with expectations and Lay & Wheeler has maintained its strong growth.
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Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. (SCAI) CEO Sells $141735.88 in Stock
The company earned $322.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $309.11 million. On January 09,2017, Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc . Will the stock hold onto the upward movement today? Important factors to consider when evaluating a stock's current and future value are the 52 week price high and low levels.
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Greenpeace: The Cloud is Getting Greener, But Work Remains
Netflix has one of the largest data footprints of the companies profiled in the report , accounting for one third of internet traffic in North America and contributing significantly to the worldwide data demand from video streaming. However, Netflix, Amazon Web Services and Samsung were found to be lagging. All three of the companies pledged to work towards using 100% renewable energy and they have all made major steps in that direction.
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ExxonMobil did business with Iran under incoming secretary of state Tillerson
Senate. He became a senior vice president at ExxonMobil in August 2001, president and director in March 2004 and chairman and chief executive on January 1, 2006. "We didn't feel they were material because of the size of the transactions". The business deals earned ExxonMobil an inquiry from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which asked why it had not disclosed the deals with the proscribed countries to its shareholders.
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Honda Plans A $400 Million Upgrade On Ontario Plant
Ontario's Economic Development and Growth Minister, Brad Duguid, has recently been trying to ease fears that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will harm the province's auto sector, after Trump threatened to impose taxes on cars imported into the U.S.
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Dangal ranks 11th at the Norway box office
Aamir Khan has smashed his own record with blockbuster Dangal, which has become what's believed to be the highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time. As you all know that Amir Khan knows as the perfectionist of Bollywood and his movies are already set to bang the box office before release. His films Ghajini, 3 Idiots, PK and Dangal are the first to cross Rs 100 crore, Rs 200 crore, Rs 300 crore and Rs 350 crore mark respectively.
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Stock Showing Surging Activity: Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO)
The price targets are usually acts as the boosters or blasters in the performance of stock. In previous session, the price was settled at $61.98. Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 12th. Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 27th.
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Los Angeles police arrest 'Hollyweed' prankster who doctored Hollywood sign
Fernandez, 30, was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor trespassing and was eligible to be released on his own recognizance, officials said. Fernandez, an artist, said he had heard that someone had previously done it in the 1970s and he made a decision to repeat the prank to bring some positivity into the world.
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First time, Modi Skips Yoga for Mother
The incident is related to when PM Modi posted an update of him spending some time with his mother Heeraben Modi. Before dawn had breakfast with her. Having successfully organised seven constructive summits, Government of Gujarat, as part of its journey towards sustainable long-term growth and inclusive development is organising the 8 edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit from the 10 to 13 of January 2017 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar.
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Southern rail strike: Aslef three day drivers' strike starts today
However in a newsletter from March previous year Aslef suggested that driver only operated trains can be acceptable if conductors are running late or fall sick. Meanwhile, Southern Rail has warned that overground services are expected to be severely disrupted every day until further notice as a result of the union's refusal for drivers to work overtime.
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Amalgamated Bank Buys 990 Shares of Acadia Realty Trust (AKR)
The institutional investor owned 359,286 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after selling 29,758 shares during the period. The ratio fall, as 25 funds sold all Kite Realty Group Trust shares owned while 80 reduced positions.
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SoftBank's Son Cedes to Murdoch as Top India Home Portals Merge
It's also worth noting that News Corp (ASX: NWS) as REA Group's majority owner is also now the largest shareholder in PropTiger and it will hold an effective 21% stake on completion of REA's investment. The Mumbai-based real estate listing portal was touted as being one the buzziest tech startups in India, cofounded by a dozen IIT-Bombay graduates, but went on a downward slide ever since Yadav hit headlines in 2015 for a very public kerfuffle with his investors damaging the company's ...
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Investors Catching Stocks: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT)
A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on WMT . TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Wal-Mart Stores by 58.0% in the third quarter. Analysts have a mean recommendation of 2.50 on this stock (A rating of less than 2 means buy, "hold" within the 3 range, "sell" within the 4 range, and "strong sell" within the 5 range).
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Tech start-up Snapchat picks United Kingdom for global headquarters
The multi-billion-dollar valued firm which is expected to go public this year will book its United Kingdom sales here, and those from countries where it has no legal entity, eschewing the jurisdictions often favoured by U.S. The chain is creating a new UK-based holding company through which its non-US royalties will be routed and it will pay United Kingdom corporation tax on its worldwide profits.
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William Hill reveals lower-than-expected profit in 2016
The UK bookmaker had originally projected operating profit of up to £300 million for 2016. William Hill - which has been the subject of renewed bid speculation since rejecting a three-way merger last summer - will announce its 2016 final results on February 24.
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Tarsus Group plc 29.8% Potential Upside Indicated by Liberum Capital
Four analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company's stock. There are now 112,785,464 shares in issue with the average daily volume traded being 89,393. The 52 week high Boohoo.com Plc's shares have peaked at is 149 whilst the 52 week low for the company's shares is 35.25. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 325.86 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 319.37.
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Hamas praises 'heroic' truck attack in Jerusalem, calls for more
Other soldiers shot the driver dead. "Canada strongly condemns today's horrifying terrorist attack that killed four young Israel Defense Forces soldiers as they were on a cultural tour of Jerusalem". consulate". Since September 2015, there have been a wave of Palestinian shooting, stabbing and vehicle attacks against Israelis, resulting in 40 deaths.
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Eric Greitens takes the oath of office as Missouri governor
Bush. Some indication of his leanings could come when he addresses the Legislature next week. "This is the people's house", he said. "An administration can commit resources to serve those in need", Greitens said. In the statement announcing the executive order, Greitens said, "We promised in the campaign. that we were going to clean up the culture of corruption in Jefferson City".
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Trello to be acquired by Atlassian for $425m
The 14-year-old Atlassian has acquired almost 20 companies in that time. The deal is valued at $425 million, with majority of it in cash ($360 million) while rest ($65 million) in Atlassian restricted shares, restricted share units and options to acquire Atlassian stock.
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Alibaba buys more into Intime Retail Group
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) has filed a lawsuit against two vendors for allegedly selling counterfeit goods, it said, weeks after the US put its main platform on its "notorious markets" blacklist.
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BlackRock takes over from Govt as Lloyds' largest shareholder
Financial Investments, or UKFI, which manages holdings for the British government, trimmed its holding by 1%, the second such sale in less than a month, to take its overall stake to to 5.95%. 'Confirmation that we are no longer the largest shareholder in the bank is further evidence that we are on track to recover all of the £20 billion injected into the bank during the financial crisis'.
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Morrisons in best sales rise for seven years
Aldi boosted its Christmas sales in 2016 after a bumper year of store openings. " We recognise the valuable contribution that our thousands of store employees make every day " commented Matthew Barnes, the chief executive of Aldi UK. Sales from its "Specially Selected" premium range were especially profitable, skyrocketing by 27%. Supermarket Morrisons enjoyed its best performance for seven years over the crucial festive period as it posted a 2.9% surge in like-for-like sales.
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Our Primary Strategy is to Build Where We Sell — GM CEO
To be sure, while Trump has focused on whether cars were made in Mexico, the U.S.'s biggest automotive import from Mexico isn't cars - it's vehicle parts. "Toyota is responsible for large employment at US plants such as in Kentucky", Japan's finance minister, Taro Aso, said after Trump condemned Toyota's plan to make Corollas in Mexico starting in 2019.
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Will Joe Root be available for England's first ODI against India?
The last time England played an ODI series, last October in Bangladesh, Jos Buttler was stand-in captain with Eoin Morgan - the man who has led England's revival in the limited-over formats - pulling out along with opener Alex Hales, citing security reasons.
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Tesla Motors is rolling out software update enabling fully autonomous vehicles
During the weekend, Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, confirmed on Twitter that the upcoming update for the first select vehicles that will shift them to active mode will be released today. The company will initiate a global rollout of the enhanced autopilot with this flagship feature. Although vehicles equipped with hardware pack 2 have more cameras and sensors that those with hardware pack version 1, they now enjoy fewer autopilot capabilities.
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Pay attention to Analyst Guidance: ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s (ARIA)
Cellectar Biosciences, Inc. has an EPS ratio of -0.92. VP, Reg. Affairs & Quality in the company, Bollag Daniel M, on Monday October 03, 2016 collected $637,790 from the sale of 47,384 shares at a per-share price of $9.56. ( NASDAQ :ARIA) is 10.45 percent while its Performance (Week) is 10.81 percent and Performance (month) is at 0.37 percent. While looking at the Earnings Estimates of the company, The Average Earnings Estimate for the Current Fiscal quarter is measured as $-0.17 by 5 ...
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Mars buys VCA veterinary chain
Mars is a massive consumer conglomerate that sells everything from candy to pet food. McLean, Virginia-located Mars is previously the largest pet food firm in the world - it possessed a quarter of the global pet food market till 2015 - accompanied by Nestle SA (NESN), the manufacturer of the Purina cat and dog food brand.
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Chevrolet to debut new race vehicle in 2018
That let the automaker drop the hip point for occupants an inch in front and 1.2 inches in back. Drivers of the new Camry will be the first to use Toyota's new Entune 3 .0 multimedia system that introduces several new features including available Remote Connect, which provides remote start and door unlock capability, vehicle status notifications, a guest driver monitor and vehicle finder.
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Jaguar Land Rover sells record 583313 cars in 2016
The rise coincides with 2016 being a record-breaking year of United Kingdom vehicle registrations, with nearly 2.7 million registered, compared with 2.6m in 2015. Customer response has been very positive this year, resulting in record retails across most of our key regions. These new models have propelled Jaguar to become the fastest growing premium brand in the U.S., outpacing the industry by 116%.
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Dolby Laboratories Announces Dolby Vision Coming to Sony's 4K HDR TV Line
LG's OLED TVs deliver the best picture quality we've ever tested, beating LCD sets from Samsung , Sony and others in our tests over the last few years. This technology allows the TV to offer the best picture even if the original HDR content contains static or no metadata at all. The W7's screen is capable of playing HDR footage as well as Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos surround sound.
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VS expresses satisfaction over decisions taken at Central Committee meet
Achuthanandan has failed to comply with the party's decree on a number of occasions and this has got him a rap from the party. Earlier in the day Achuthanandan met CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury and sought to know about the committee in which he should function.
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Crude Oil Price Slides on Iran Sales, Rising US Rig Count
The per-barrel price for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil slipped by about a dollar in Monday's futures market to around $52.90. "The original OPEC deal pointed to a fairly lumpy three per cent cut [in production], so this suggests there is a bit more upside for oil prices", said Neil Williams, chief economist at fund manager Hermes.
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Now Uber wants to rewrite how we build our cities
Sharing data could help build some goodwill in cities, said Linda Bailey, executive director of the National Association of City Transportation Officials, which is working to establish a shared data standard for cities where ridesharing companies operate.