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It’s Valentine’s Day (not “Cow Hug Day”) in India after all

Amid online ridicule, a government agency dropped its campaign to replace the romantic tradition imported from the West with a…

Turkey-Syria earthquake survivors living in tents in sub-zero temperatures as death toll rises

Catastrophe has turned to crisis after last week’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Many survivors are now living in tents…

Japan’s women are done buying men Valentine’s “obligation chocolates”

In the 1980s it became a custom for females to buy chocolate to hand out to male co-workers and bosses.…

SME loan rejections rise as banks further increase cautiousness

Banks are reducing their appetite to fund small and medium-sized companies, according to brokers handling loan applications. Asked by the…

Debate over what killed renowned poet in 1973 takes new turn

There was no confirmation from forensic experts who are scheduled to publicly release a report Wednesday on the cause of…

Rescue efforts wind down, focus turns to keeping quake survivors alive

As the death toll approached 40,000, there was hope that more aid might finally reach survivors in war-torn Syria with…

Lord Frost urges UK to ‘fully and enthusiastically embrace advantages of Brexit’

The UK’s former chief Brexit negotiator has urged the Government to “fully and enthusiastically embrace the advantages of Brexit” as…

How To Get Started With Conversion Rate Optimisation?

The modern shopping cart makes it possible to quickly and easily add products, check out, and pay. As a result,…

UK wages fall by 2.5% as inflation bites

Real wages fell by 2.5 per cent in the three months to December, government statistics showed today, representing one of…

Ford to cut one in five jobs in the UK

Ford has announced plans to cut 1,300 jobs in the UK over the next two years, a fifth of its…

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