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TruthInAdvertising.org 06 February 2014
More than 70% of companies in the queue for Super Bowl XLVIII spots have been accused of false or deceptive marketing within the last five years by either regulators, competitors, consumers in class-action lawsuits, or the industry’s own self-regulatory board Super Bowl commercials are...

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Lois Beckett (ProPublica) 05 February 2014
Americans in violent neighbourhoods are developing post-traumatic stress disorder at rates similar to combat veterans. Why aren’t hospitals screening them? It costs money Chicago’s Cook County Hospital has one of the busiest trauma centres in the nation, treating about 2,000 patients a...

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Here is the introductory speech by Debashis Basu about Dr Ashok Khemka, the Secretary to Haryana government. Dr Khemka addressed an august audience at Moneylife Foundation’s 4th Anniversary last week in Mumbai I have the honour and immense pleasure of introducing Dr Ashok Khemka. I would...

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Moneylife Digital Team 03 February 2014
Lloyds will make provisions of £1.8 billion for claims relating to the mis-selling of payment protection insurance or PPI, and £130 pounds for mis-selling of interest rate hedging products, taking its total hit to about £10 billion in the PPI scandal Britain’s state-rescued lender Lloyds...

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Moneylife Digital Team 01 February 2014
Speaking at Moneylife Foundation’s 4th anniversary, Dr Ashok Khemka, while reiterating that he would not join politics, said, good governance is not a rocket science and all it requires is right intent Dr Ashok Khemka, an amazing Whistle-blower and Secretary to Government of Haryana...

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Julia Angwin  and   Jeff Larson (ProPublica) 29 January 2014
ProPublica lay out more from its story about how the NSA and its British counterpart have been scouring smartphone apps As we detailed on Monday, documents show the NSA and its British counterpart have been probing advertiser data on smartphone apps, which can include your gender,...

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Kara Brandeisky (ProPublica) 27 January 2014
US President Obama, who delivered a speech on surveillance policy last week, has made a series of misleading statements about the NSA Since the first disclosures based on documents provided by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden, US president Barack Obama has...

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Moneylife Digital Team 24 January 2014
Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) not only has a detailed code to ensure truth in advertising but also allows you to file complaints against complaints online (www.ascionline.org). However, it is the duty of the common man to complain about them and be part of the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 January 2014
Noted lawyer, Arvind P Datar, spoke about the many ways in which companies evade the long arm of the law to dupe people I can offer hundreds of examples where people have committed frauds but nothing has happened,” lamented Arvind P Datar, senior advocate of the Supreme Court, and also a...

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The wisdom of the human body and not medical technology helps in healthy living When doctors in Israel went on strike, in March 2000, the death rate fell significantly in Jerusalem City, while it did not change in the coastal city of Netanya where doctors worked as usual. Even when...

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Medical developments from around the world Skin Diseases and Liver Researchers discovered that the skin is capable of communicating with the liver. The discovery has surprised scientists and may help in our understanding of how skin diseases can affect the rest of the body. The...

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What are the strategies of top US investors? This is a surprisingly accessible book on how one can try to imitate not just investment styles but also portfolios of leading hedge fund managers. Indian can see whether they can relate to any of the investment styles discussed—all of which...

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Soli Dastur 22 January 2014
The 10th edition of this masterpiece has just been launched The first edition of Kanga & Palkhivala’s The Law & Practice of Income-tax was released in 1950 when Nani Palkhivala was just 30 years old and had practised for five years at the bar. I do not know any other book that became...

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Moneylife Digital Team 22 January 2014
The 10th edition of Kanga & Palkhivala’s Law & Practice of Income Tax was launched, in the presence of legal luminaries The 10th edition of the classic Kanga & Palkhivala’s Law and Practice of Income Tax, revised and edited by Supreme Court advocate Arvind Datar was released at the Royal...

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Queency Raichada 22 January 2014
Empathy, not just sympathy, is what enables special children to lead normal lives, writes It all started with the plea from a friend with a special child which persuaded Captain Surya Prasad Rao and Nagamani Rao to set up Aashray—a shelter and rehabilitation centre which would care for...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 January 2014
The SDM has asked police to find the cause of poisoning and also specifically probe murder or suicide angle in the death of Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of union minister Shashi Tharoor The Sub-Divisional Magistrate probing the death of Sunanda Pushkar, has said the wife of union minister...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 January 2014
Moneylife Foundation held an exclusive, in-depth session which delved into different regulated options for fixed income investments. Avoid unregulated schemes even if they offer lucrative returns. More money has been lost chasing higher yield. What are the warning signs? Moneylife...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 January 2014
Injury marks were also found on the body Sunanda Pushkar, who was last night found dead under mysterious circumstances Doctors, who conducted an autopsy on the body of Sunanda Pushkar at AIIMS, on Saturday said it was a case of 'sudden, unnatural death'. They however, ruled out poisoning...

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Moneylife Digital Team 18 January 2014
Sunanda Pushkar, who was upset over an alleged extra-marital affair between her husband Shashi Tharoor and a Pakistani journalist, was found dead in the hotel last night The body of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, was on Saturday shifted to AIIMS for post-mortem...

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Jeff Gerth  and   T Christian Miller (ProPublica) 17 January 2014
Federal drug regulators are moving to enforce a ban on prescription drugs with more than 325 milligrams of acetaminophen. But you'll still be able to buy pills that contain up to twice that dose over-the-counter at the gas station or grocery store Earlier this week, the US Food and Drug...

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