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Justin Elliott (ProPublica) 01 December 2014
Survey results obtained by ProPublica also show a crisis of trust in the charity’s senior leadership   A survey of American Red Cross employees shows a crisis of trust in the charity's leadership and deep internal doubts about the Red Cross' commitment to ethical conduct. A...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 December 2014
There have been 76 deaths till August 2014 from Pentavalent vaccination. This is unacceptable and the PMO must intervene and stop this unwarranted vaccination, instead of promoting it, says a letter sent by a group of academicians, practitioners and teachers of pediatrics and public...

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Training good doctors must begin ground up   The usual complaint from politicians is that doctors are reluctant to go to villages to serve the rural population. Politicians try and devise quick-fix measures, some of which appear draconian. Yet, nothing seems to work in the long run....

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 November 2014
IG Sanjay Pandey, who is Controller of Legal Metrology (Weights & Measures), says, a short delivery, excess demand and overpricing are considered offences against the society and lead to penalties if consumers file a complaint   If consumer gets short delivery of the commodity or...

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Gopinath Prabhu 28 November 2014
The DGCA rules specify that airlines should arrange your food and stay in case of flight cancellation or rescheduling. Demand it   As airfare war escalates and passengers rush in to take advantage of the low prices, booking flights three-six months in advance, how much do we all know...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 November 2014
One option is to change the SpiceJet management like Satyam’s   The cash-strapped SpiceJet, which is suffering huge daily losses and the wrath of consumers due to flight cancellations, will have to remain operational using its own recapitalisation strategy as the promoters, according...

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Moneylife Digital Team 28 November 2014
ICICI Prudential Equity Income Fund will invest in a mix of equity, fixed income and derivatives for arbitrage opportunities   Ever since the Budget 2014, which announced the change in taxation norms for non-equity schemes, debt schemes and hybrid schemes lost their attractiveness as...

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It is well known that Tamil Nadu experiences continuous power shortage and industrial development, apart from supplies to the public at large, has been inadequate. If the clearances were given expeditiously, the Tuticorin power plant would not have been kept idle for a year now!  

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TruthInAdvertising.org 28 November 2014
US Fed sent a joint warning letter to marketers of dietary supplement over unapproved Ebola treatment claims   A dietary supplement advertised online as a defense against Ebola — as well as a featured item on TMZ Live (!) — has drawn the censure of federal agencies for making...

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Navigating through the maze of health insurance products for senior citizens is not easy. You can trip up on several counts—from buying insurance to policy renewals to making a claim. Here are the options for those already insured or uninsured as yet Of all insurance products, those meant...

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Anand Desai 28 November 2014
Chris Paley’s new book on consciousness, the unconscious and thought   Chris Paley’s new book, Unthink, is his contribution to social psychology. Once a student of evolutionary biology and physics, it is his effort to add to a field where ‘revolutionary work was being done’. Unthink...

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N Madhavan 28 November 2014
Akshara helps with the two main ways that empower women   Fear and social restraints have held back women of all ages over the centuries. These restrict their education, choice of work, mobility, political participation and expression.   Without education and skills, they end...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 November 2014
Sundaram World Brand Fund will invest directly in overseas equity   Over the past one year, as many as 11 schemes, which invest in foreign assets, have been launched. This is, over a time, when Indian equity was the best performing asset class in the world. Over the past one year,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 November 2014
Over a one-year period, the share price of Maa Jagdambe Tradelinks has gone up nearly 5,799% or 60 times   Maa Jagdambe Tradelinks (MJT), formerly known as Parasrampuria Credit and Investments, is into textiles trading activities. Listed on the BSE, MJT was earlier into the financial...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 November 2014
A 50-year-old company in the small-cap segment with high return on capital   KSE is a 50-year-old company that makes a range of livestock feed in high volumes, coconut oil from coconut oil cake and refined edible oil. It is the largest manufacturer of cattle feed in India. As forward...

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Karnataka is making drip irrigation mandatory in sugarcane cultivation from February 2015. The state government has also asked sugar mills to start crushing sugarcane latest by 30th November   Two major decisions have taken place in the last few days in Karnataka state that are...

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TruthInAdvertising.org 27 November 2014
Handheld gaming console failed to deliver the "game changing" technologies promised in advertising   Consumers who purchased a PlayStation Vita gaming console before June 2012 are eligible for a $25 refund or $50 in merchandise as part of a $12 million settlement between Sony and the...

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Marshall Allen (ProPublica) 27 November 2014
Kickback allegations against its former editor prompted the Journal of Patient Safety to review his writings and adopt new standards for disclosing commercial conflicts of interest   This story was co-published with NPR's Shots blog. The aftershocks of what's been called...

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By unanimously boycotting the CIC hearing, RTI experts say, political leaders across party lines do not want betterment and transparency for the country   Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which professed transparency and good governance if it came to power, showed its true colours,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 27 November 2014
Another mid-cap and small-cap oriented close-ended scheme   Joining the race to launch close-ended equity schemes, Canara Robeco recently launched Canara Robeco India Opportunities a mid-and small-cap oriented close ended equity scheme. The scheme will have tenure of three years from...

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