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Moneylife Digital Team 28 August 2013
The attack on major media organisations comes as the US weighs a limited military strike on Syria for allegedly using chemical weapons against its own people The websites of the New York Times (NYT), the Huffington Post and Twitter were hacked by a group known as the Syrian Electronic...

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Cora Currier (ProPublica) 28 August 2013
Twelve years after the 9/11 attacks, the FBI tries to remind soldiers at Guantanamo who they are guarding Young soldiers at Guantanamo Bay would have been in grade school when the 9/11 attacks occurred. But the government is making sure the terrorist attacks are fresh in their minds.

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Joe Sexton (ProPublica) 27 August 2013
Emeritus Senior Living, the largest assisted living company in the US, has agreed to pay as much as $2.2 million to settle a suit that the company routinely underpaid workers Emeritus Senior Living, the country’s largest assisted living company, has agreed to pay up to $2.2 million to...

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TruthInAdvertising.org 27 August 2013
If you have sensitive skin, you may look for products with the words ‘hypoallergenic’ or ‘allergy tested’ or even ‘dermatologist tested’ on the label. But what do these terms really mean? Not much, according to the FDA What does the law say?   In 1974, the Food and Drug...

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Moneylife Digital Team 26 August 2013
Given the recent corporate scandals there has been a greater focus on better corporate governance and transparency in the new Companies Bill with stricter punitive action. However, its effectiveness would be known only when the provisions come into force   “The new Companies Bill has...

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Jannis Bruhl (ProPublica) 26 August 2013
In Germany, furore over the NSA revelations is much bigger than in the US. Why do Germans fear Big Brother so much? Germans like posting baby pictures, party snapshots and witty comments on Facebook just like anyone else. They just do not want to get caught doing it. Many of us use fake...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 August 2013
With every new legislative act one would hope that the law will be simpler, more transparent and will be for the larger good of the citizens. Will these changes lead to better governance and more investment opportunities? The new Companies Act has made many sweeping changes regarding...

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Harjot Kaur 23 August 2013
Unlike the pilgrim survivors who went home, the locals of Uttarakhand are struggling to rebuild their lives. Moneylife writes about an initiative born out of this tragedy When TV screens started beaming visuals of rampaging rivers that almost seemed to wreak vengeance on the picturesque...

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Theodoric Meyer 23 August 2013
This year is likely to be worse than usual, with a forecast of 13 to 19 storms in USA. There could even be evacuation of low-lying neighborhoods in American cities. This is a compilation of the best news reports of hurricanes over the last ten years Mid-August marks the start of peak...

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Marian Wang  and   Theodoric Meyer (ProPublica) 22 August 2013
As the protests in Egypt continue, we take a look at how much the U.S. has given to Egypt, who benefits, and what those billions have actually bought This article has been updated to reflect new developments. It was first published on 31 January 2011.   Questions about the United...

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Justin Elliott (ProPublica) 21 August 2013
Disclosures by the US spy agency about violations of privacy rules have been almost entirely redacted Last week, the Washington Post published an internal audit finding the NSA had violated privacy rules thousands of times in recent years.   In response, the spy agency held a rare

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Early signs of rogue body cells take years to manifest as symptomatic cancer. In many cases, early detection leads to unnecessary treatment. Only if the immune system fails, should doctors come into the picture “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom”—Thomas Jefferson

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How to be a nice guy and still finish first It is often said that ‘nice guys’ rarely finish first, because they don’t take enough risk, are generous to others and, more important, do not push themselves to the extreme. They push out others along the way which is required in this...

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Moneylife Digital Team 19 August 2013
The RBI governor-designate Raghuram Rajan’s thoughts on India’s structural problems Raghuram Rajan is internationally known for his analysis of global economic imbalances that led to the 2008 crisis. His book, Fault Lines, explained how such imbalances continue even today. But this book...

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Moneylife Digital Team 17 August 2013
Raj Pradhan discussed six problems that policyholders face and gave tips to overcome these problems. He also informed citizens of the Foundation’s free Insurance Helpline and how to use it effectively for solving frequently observed problems, to a packed hall in Moneylife Foundation’s 177th...

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Cora Currier (ProPublica) 13 August 2013
ProPublica requested information on how the US handles condolence payments for civilian drone strike deaths in Yemen. But the military won't reveal a thing. There have been nine drone strikes reported in Yemen in the past two weeks – an uptick apparently connected to the Al Qaeda threat...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 August 2013
Glenmark's unit in the US, received FDA approval to market in that country generic version of Forest Laboratories’ Campral Delayed Release Tablets, used for alcohol abstinence Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Monday said its unit received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nod to market...

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Dr Nita Mukherjee 12 August 2013
A unique Indo-German  effort to spread hockey in a sleepy town. If you want to see what sports can do to the socialisation process, you must visit Garh Himmatsingh in Rajasthan. Situated in what was once a small, feudal, princely state, where women still hide behind veils, the hockey...

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Blair Hickman  and   Christie Thompson (ProPublica) 12 August 2013
It's not just about a paycheck. US Federal laws protecting workers against discrimination and sexual harassment often don't apply to unpaid interns In 1994, Bridget O’Connor began an internship at Rockland Psychiatric Center, where one of the doctors allegedly began to refer to her as...

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Problems in municipal debt markets are not limited to the US. On the contrary, they are worldwide and in one country, China, they are potentially much worse On 19th July a major US city, Detroit in Michigan, defaulted on its bonds and declared bankruptcy. With liabilities of over $18...

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