by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 24, 2019 | International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
Facebook Inc. will pay a record-breaking $5 billion fine to resolve a government probe into its privacy practices and the social media giant will restructure its approach to privacy, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday. The FTC voted 3-2...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 22, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology
Google agreed to pay $11 million to end a lawsuit accusing the internet giant of discriminating against older job applicants, a deal that amounts to an average payout of more than $35,000 for 227 people who joined the class action. The settlement also calls for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 22, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management, Technology
Credit-reporting company Equifax Inc. will pay up to $700 million to settle U.S. federal and state probes into a massive 2017 data breach of personal information, authorities said on Monday. The largest-ever settlement for a data breach draws to a close...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 22, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Regulation, Risk Management
New Delhi: An inter- ministerial committee has suggested banning of private cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin, and criminalising any activities related to virtual currencies. It, however, pitched for introduction of an official digital currency with a status...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 22, 2019 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
Washington: The United States sweltered in dangerously hot weather on Sunday, with major cities including New York, Philadelphia and Washington broiling in temperatures that rose into triple digits. An oppressive heat wave stretching from the Midwestern...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 21, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: The Modi government has underlined its priorities in the first 50 days of its second term, setting sights on making India a USD 5 trillion economy and hitting the ground running on spurring growth. Two persons in the know of the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 21, 2019 | Health, Indian News, Technology
New Delhi: The pricey Apple Watch may have led the global smartwatch shipments in the first quarter of 2019, but it is the San Francisco-headquartered activity trackers and wearables maker Fitbit which has emerged as the next best player after Apple, industry experts...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 21, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News
New Delhi: Foreign portfolio investors pulled out around Rs 7,712 crore from Indian equities in this month so far following the 'super-rich' tax announced in the budget for 2019-20, according to analysts. FPIs had been net investors in the equity...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 21, 2019 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life
Bhubaneswar: Odisha has received 26.3 per cent deficit rainfall during this monsoon as 21 of the state's 30 districts recorded less than the normal precipitation till July 19, state Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marandi told the Assembly Saturday....
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 21, 2019 | Articles, Eco/Invest/Demography
Africa’s potential workforce will likely be larger than that of Asia by the end of the 21st century as both continents wrestle with different demographic and economic challenges. The number of 15-to-64-year-old Africans today is a quarter of the size of...
