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South Korean companies are investing big in India this year. After a slew of companies tying up contracts and agreements in the defense sector, South Korea’s second-largest motor maker Kia announced its solo entry into the Indian market with $1.1 billion investment.

South Korean companies are investing big in India this year. After a slew of companies tying up contracts and agreements in the defense sector, South Korea’s second-largest motor maker Kia announced its solo entry into the Indian market with $1.1 billion investment.

Motorists suffered long delays after a two-car crash closed a major road into a town during rush hour.

Lincoln will soon be home to two Big Ten universities.

From strikes in Syria to a "travel ban" and a new justice for the Supreme Court, a lot has happened in President Trump's first 100 days.

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A public company's value was once solely based on financial assets, but it now has to also quantify the value of intangible assets like customers, talent, and intellectual property. Meanwhile, finance departments are sifting through more data than ever before to satisfy shareholder demands for increasingly detailed information.

“Shareholders want more transparency about the operations of a company, and it’s a very manual process inside organizations to produce that public filing,” says Rich Clayton... Читать дальше...

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One of the reasons that the "Harry Potter" books can be read over and over again is because of how many details are in J.K . Rowling's universe. Take, for instance, her character names.

In her early notes for the series, she came up with 40 names to use for Hogwarts students. They're often alliterative, whimsical, and have a kind of Latin-based stodginess to them. The names, as with Rowling's magical spells, have specific linguistic and historical roots that say something about how she thinks about her characters. Читать дальше...

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The newest game from Nintendo, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild," is one of the best games released in years. Not one of the best Nintendo games in years, but one of the best games — period — released in the last decade.

A family in Australia helped save a blue-tounged lizard's life by performing CPR after it was found at the bottom of their pool.

TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback proposed Thursday spending an additional $24 million over two years on armed guards and other security measures that would allow Kansas to continue banning concealed guns at state hospitals for the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The proposal immediately renewed a debate over allowing concealed weapons in public

The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Washington Capitals for Game 3 of their series on Monday night 7:30 p.m. ET on Hockey Night in Canada. Watch coverage with our free live stream or tune in to CBC-TV.

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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin couldn't explain in any coherent detail to NBC's The Today Show, how Trump's tax proposal will raise taxes on the rich, cut taxes for the middle class and remain deficit neutral.

Barbra Streisand made a huge statement on Wednesday (April 26) when she proclaimed sexism to be an explanation for Hillary Clinton losing the 2016 presidential election.

Nintendo has released its annual earnings report for the 2016 fiscal year (ending March 31) and the video game company has seen plenty of ups and downs in that time.

Massachusetts-based 3D printing company Markforged is using its new Atomic Diffusion Additive Manufacturing (ADAM) process and Metal X 3D printers to advance its futuristic “3D print farm” vision of large-scale metal manufacturing. When Markforged unveiled its new Metal X 3D printer at CES earlier this year, we were struck by one thing in particular. Unusually for a Markforged product, it wasn’t the 3D printer itself, but the way that the company said it should be used.

A NASA spacecraft lost the use of a third wheel that was critical to its functionality and ability to reposition in space, the space agency said. The Dawn spacecraft, which set out for exploration in the asteroid belt in 2007, lost operation of the wheel Sunday afternoon.

Shares of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. tumbled 6.3% in active midday trade Thursday to a nine-month low, after the oil and gas exploration company said it would close more than 3,000 wells in response to the last week's fatal home explosion in Firestone, Colo. The stock changed hands recently at $56.13, the lowest level seen since Sept. 16, while volume spiked to 7.9 million shares, or more than double the full-day average. The company said late Wednesday that the wells, which account for total production... Читать дальше...

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Facebook acknowledged on Thursday that it has become a battleground for governments seeking to manipulate public opinion in other countries and outlined new measures it is taking to combat what it calls “information operations” that go well beyond the phenomenon known as fake news.

In a report and summary of proposals published Thursday, Facebook described well-funded and subtle efforts by nations and other organizations to spread misleading information and falsehoods for geopolitical goals. Читать дальше...

Although the UN Security Council made a decision in 2015 to lift sanctions on Iran, Washington is still seeking a way to circumvent the agreement and throw sand in Iran's gears, Press TV political observer Hassan Beheshtipour told Sputnik.

Although the UN Security Council made a decision in 2015 to lift sanctions on Iran, Washington is still seeking a way to circumvent the agreement and throw sand in Iran's gears, Press TV political observer Hassan Beheshtipour told Sputnik.