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ASK TONY: Scrapped New York trip to care for son but refused refund

My partner and I booked a short break in New York to celebrate my 50th birthday. At the beginning of August, my son was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin lymphoma blood cancer.




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ASK TONY: We cancelled our Greek villa but insurer refused to pay the bill

My husband and I booked and paid for a villa for a week in Corfu, and invited our four daughters and families to join us at our expense. The villa cost £2,391. We paid £96 for insurance with Get Going.




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ASK TONY: Santander and PayPal refused to refund stolen £450

Someone has fraudulently opened an account with PayPal using my name. PayPal withdrew £450 from my Santander account. It refunded this, but took it back the following week.




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Tony Hazell: Why I WON'T sell in the coronavirus panic

It's been a sobering week for investors. As someone who has been investing for more than 30 years, I have drawn on all my experience to sit on my hands and do very little.




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ASK TONY: I was banking on my Isa to buy a house but Skipton closed it

I opened a Lifetime Isa (Lisa) with Skipton on June 27, 2017. I recently tried to pay into it, but discovered Skipton had closed it on September 16 last year.




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ASK TONY: Husband's birthday Beatles treat fell victim to coronavirus

For my husband's 50th birthday I booked an apartment in Liverpool via Booking.com. He wanted to see all The Beatles memorabilia and we had tickets to see the tribute band.




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Piyush Goyal: Work, ideas and targets

An articulate ex-banker and a chartered accountant by training, Goyal is particular about numbers




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Pro-business or aam aadmi: Modi government's tough balancing act

That's one lesson Modi ship's internalised from Vajpayee's exit, that pro-market can proceed if it can be marketed as pro-poor




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D-Street turns positive on PI Industries, UPL, Coromandel as revenues rise

PI Industries, UPL are better placed, given pick-up in global demand after a two-year downturn




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Airbus inks contract with Bengaluru-based startup for talent acquisition

Airbus has signed a contract with Bengaluru-based startup Traxof Technologies to automate the talent acquisition process for Airbus information management (IM) organisations in India and Europe. Traxof was a part of Airbus BizLabs startup acceleration programme Season 4. The startup was chosen after a rigorous boot camp and jury election, Airbus said in a statement on Monday. Traxofs cloud-based, automated desktop and mobile-based solution provides real-time visibility and monitoring of recruitment processes to support the planned ramp-up of IM resources, especially in India for Airbus digitalisation. The platform also allows the harmonisation of workflows of different stakeholders to optimise the process, it said. Traxof solves a real world problem that is shared by a wide range of our internal stakeholders with a simple off-the- shelf solution, chief information officer, Airbus India & South Asia, Carlo Nizam was quoted as saying. Founded in 2014, Traxof ...




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Uber sells its India food delivery business to Zomato in all-stock deal

The deal is applicable only in India and Uber Eats will continue to operate in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka




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Novel coronavirus fear now spreads to the start-up ecosystem in India

Around half a dozen Chinese venture capital firms with active presence in India have postponed their trips to the subcontinent




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Indian start-up's remote technology helps Wuhan hospitals fight Coronavirus

BlinkIN, a Bengaluru-based intelligent visual-assistance firm helped service engineers from Germany remotely install air ventilation systems in two hospitals in Wuhan




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Start-ups come up with tech-driven solutions to track coronavirus patients

Healthcare company Portea has developed a chatbot called Cobot-19 which will disseminate information related to coronavirus




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Travel start-ups hit a bumpy road amid restrictions due to coronavirus

They were riding on the promise of steady double-digit growth, but with travel restrictions and cancellations, their problems are mounting




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Digital lenders use tech to improve SME loan repayments amid lockdown

These fintech firms are using past payment behaviour and current transactions to validate customers facing genuine difficulties




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Recko raises $6 mn in Series A funding; to use funds for expansion, hiring

The investment was led by Vertex Ventures SEA and India, and saw participation from existing investor Prime Venture Partners.




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L&T turns to international business, financial services to power growth

Faced with a sluggish local market, L&T has turned to international business, software and financial services to power growth




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Business Standard Fund Cafe 2015

Can The Mutual Fund Industry Continue On The Growth Spiral?




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What is holding up India-US foundational agreements - Part 1

Logistics Support Agreement - A case of bad history and turf battles




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What is holding up India-US foundational agreements - Part 2

CISMOA & BECA - Held up due to a glaring educational deficit




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Ford Mustang - All You Need To Know About!

Undoubtedly, Ford Mustang will be one of the oldest nameplates to go sale in the country, soon!  Ford officially announced the release of Mustang for the Indian market on 28th of January. The 51 years old American icon will be roaring its ...




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Hero MotoCorp unveils first in-house bike Splendor iSmart 110

The firm also unveiled sports bike Xtreme 200 S, design concept bike XF3R and an electric scooter concept Duet-E




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Emission scandal: Volkswagen apologises to Indian customers

The company however reiterated that its cars follow the country's norms and the recall of 3 lakh vehicles is a voluntary step taken by it




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Audi launches new R8 V10 Plus for Rs 2.47 cr

Company also showcased new Audi A4 among other vehicles adding that it will launch at least 10 new products in India this year




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Don't worry about BS-VI fuel, focus on R&D: Nitin Gadkari to auto cos

Automobile manufacturers have expressed doubts on whether BS-VI compatible fuel would be available in time




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Govt seeks auto industry's view on scrappage policy

Govt is ready to bring an incentive based scrappage policy for old vehicles




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With Bankruptcy Code and Mauritius DTAA checked, what's next for the markets?

There are no new triggers for the markets to anticipate. Now, what happens globally, will follow locally in India




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The Promoter's role: A question of trust

A long-term investment in a company is a vote of faith in the promoter




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What the boom in NBFCs tells us

Forget stalling bank credit and NPAs, look at booming consumer credit




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With health dept in quarantine, MP struggles to tackle coronavirus pandemic

After Kumar and Govil were tested positive, the government's first response was to downplay the news




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Coronavirus lockdown: Congress calls for financial package of 5-6% of GDP

The opposition party also demanded that the Centre pays all pending dues to states to enable them to fight the outbreak, besides giving each of them special packages.




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National lockdown just 'pause button' against coronavirus: Rahul Gandhi

Addressing a press conference via video conference, Gandhi also said the entire country has to fight the crisis "unitedly"




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Don't exhaust ammunition, hold some for backlash, Rahul Gandhi advises govt

Calls for categorising areas into 'hot zones' and 'safe zones', and ramping up random testing to remain ahead of the virus instead of chasing it




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Flouting virus lockdown norms, scores reach Deve Gowda's grandson's wedding

Nikhil, son of former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, tied the nuptial knot with Revathi, the grand-niece of former Karnataka housing minister M Krishnappa




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CM Mamata, Governor Dhankar trade barbs in Bengal amid coronavirus crisis

Banerjees allegation drew a sharp reaction from Dhankhar, who said, a state cannot be governed as a personal fiefdom and a constitutional functionary cannot be allowed to turn into a law unto oneself




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Focus on correct information, right treatment to stop Covid-19: Priyanka

The death toll due to Covid-19 in Uttar Pradesh rose to 27 with two more fatalities, while 177 fresh cases were reported on Saturday




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AAP's focus on governance trumped BJP's polarisation: Shiv Sena

The Shiv Sena praised Delhi Chief Minister and AAP president Arvind Kejriwal, saying he single-handedly took on the 'army of BJP leaders'




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Upcoming Maharashtra local body polls postponed amid coronavirus scare

The election commission also stayed the poll-related process




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Why pushing e-commerce customers to app only environment is likely to boomerang

Forcing retail customers into an only app-based platform is premature and will boomerang, unless the loyal customer base reaches past a tipping point




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ECO:nomics: House Maj. Leader on Republican Race

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy predicts a brokered Republican Convention and says he will support the ultimate nominee. He speaks at the ECO:nomics conference in Santa Barbara, Calif.




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Coronavirus Update: U.S. Weighs Oil Aid, Netflix Subscriptions Surge

As a $484 billion aid package for small businesses moves to the House, the administration weighs helping oil companies; Wisconsin’s Republicans sue over the stay-at-home order; Netflix posts breakneck subscriber growth. WSJ’s Jason Bellini has the latest on the pandemic. Photo: Mark Felix/AFP




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Big Homes Are Back in Business

Homes are getting big again. As the economy slowly improves and some consumers' anxieties ease, buyers are upsizing again-though there is far less demand than before for huge houses loaded with upgrades. Robbie Whalen has details on Lunch Break. Photo: Chris Hardesty for The Wall Street Journal.




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Vote for WSJ's House of the Week

Stefanos Chen on Lunch Break shows us the latest homes vying to be WSJ's House of the Week, including a high-altitude house in Lake Tahoe, a Spanish-style home in Oklahoma, an English manor in Atlanta and a Bedford, N.Y. home built from the remnants of an old dairy barn. Photo: Steve Turner.




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Brexit & Beyond: EU Examines Tariffs on Industrial Goods

To subscribe to the newsletter, please sign up here MUST READS EU Examines Tariffs on Industrial Goods: The European Union unveiled its opening bid for trade talks with the U.S., outlining a narrow goal of slashing tariffs on industrial goods that sets the bloc on a collision course with President Trump. EU Nations Set to Snub Washington’s […]




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Coronavirus Update: Covid-19 Treatment Hopes, Aerospace Survival Plans

Regulators weigh greenlighting the emergency use of a Gilead drug, Boeing and Airbus plan to cut thousands of jobs, and Elon Musk rails against lockdown measures. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday has the latest on the pandemic. Photo: Associated Press




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Starting a Business When the Kids Are Around

School's out. So how do you start a business while the kids are around? Sarah Needleman on Lunch Break looks at how to avoid the guilt factor and even put the kids to work. Photo: Garik Gyurjyan.




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Indian rival slams Uber's business model

Uber's top rival in India has some unsolicited advice for the U.S. startup: Go local.




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Mexico ready to retaliate by hurting US farmers

Mexican Senator Armando Rios Piter told CNN that he plans to introduce a bill this week that would stop Mexican purchases of American corn.




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For a Nebraska City, Essential Employees Work as Virus Fears Grow

Industrial businesses in one Nebraska city implement safety procedures and adapt to social distancing guidelines in order to keep the doors open during the coronavirus pandemic. WSJ’s Erin Ailworth reports from Grand Island, Neb. Photo: Erin Ailworth