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This blog captures interesting news items from around the world for those strained by information overload and yet need to stay updated on global events of significance. The news items displayed are not in order of merit. (The blog takes a weekly off — normally on Sundays — and does not appear when I am on vacation or busy.)
Joe A Scaria is a journalist for nearly three decades with India's leading publishing houses.
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Recent Posts
- Stocks fall as trade worries spread; When your cam and mike may be spying on you; An education disruption in Dubai
- Samsung expects record profit; Venezuela inflation goes through the roof; Record year for private equity companies
- US jobs growth loses steam; Why oil may boil in 2018; Malaysia’s market for modest wear
- Millions to be moved in China anti-poverty drive; Saudi princes held for anti-austerity protest; Stressed Iran working class fuels protest
- Oil producers hope for stable market in 2018; More trouble for Toys R Us; The price to pay for shipbreaking
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Tag Archives: WhatsApp
The Crimea crisscross; How WhatsApp reflects the economy’s trouble; Aging population and retirement careers
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Europe flirts with deflation; WhatsApp boss moves from welfare to billionaire; Ukraine’s bloody day; Wal-Mart profit drops 22%
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IMF for sub-zero interest rates in Europe; Facebook snaps up WhatsApp; Record profit for Ferrari
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IMF for sub-zero interest rates in Europe; Facebook snaps up WhatsApp for $19bn; Record profit for Ferrari
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