After a Twitter post that has been deemed by many as "profane" and "inappropriate", New York Times staffer Philip Richardson was reprimanded by the public, and most likely by superiors, for a social media post that sent an F-bomb to Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush.
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RBI paves the way for funds inflow; Indian banks finally slash rates
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan's latest measure to slash benchmark repurchase rate is finally giving results as commercial banks started cutting down interest rates.
DropBox submits Paper as alternative to Google Docs
It was only six months ago that Dropbox hinted at developing a collaborative note-taking tool called Notes. Just now, they've released news that the tool will officially be called Dropbox Paper and that the beta test is seeing some significant progress.
Amazon filed a lawsuit against 1,114 fake product reviewers in Fiverr
Amazon is filing a lawsuit over 1,114 fake reviewers of Amazon products identified under the website Fiverr, a website for hiring freelance writers.
Waze finally gets an update after Google's acquisition
The largest community-based traffic app, Waze, had updated its features after three years. As Google had bought the app, the company said it will soon roll out on Android devices too.
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The China's withdrawing from the US government debt is being overlooked as robust demand in the domestic market is increasing. Several US mutual funds have started buying treasuries at auction. The US investors are also increasing their buying.
The LSE-listed insurance claims processor Quindell Plc is investing heavily to jack up its own share price. It's estimated that the company has pumped in £11million so far to push up the share price on London Stock Exchange (LSE).
Amazon Destinations, the Amazon group's hotel reservation service, surprisingly shut down its reservation service effectively on October 13, 2015. Amazon Destinations was launched in April and the site provided reservation services for hotels, inns and bed-and-breakfast properties in the Northeast, the Pasific Northwest, and Southern California.
The FTC allowed the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo Inc. to retain the word 'diet' on their ads and labels while the FDA said it will still review the plea.
Indonesian president is scheduled to visit US's giant tech companies during his first trip in the United States. The trip will start on October 26 and it will be a five-day trip full of bilateral business agenda.
Google announces that the company has acquired a Portuguese based startup, Digisfera for an undisclosed amount. With the acquisition, Google is expected to improve its Street View application as all Digisfera's employees will be working with Google for its Street View team.
Payments giant First Data priced its initial public offering at $16 per share, which is the biggest for 2015 and is lower than the company's previously indicated $18 to $20 per share.
A negotiation between the U.S. company and Italian businessman Antonio Percassi to bringing Starbucks to Italy is already in process. The agreement is set to be finalized this coming Christmas according to the newspaper Corriere della Serra.
Despite down 12.7 percent from the 52-week high of 20,952.71 points, Japan's Nikkei offered 27.89 percent return for 2015 so far and the last two sessions of the previous week further indicated the upward momentum in the market.
