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Trump trade wind just a breeze for Asia stocks inured to pain

March 7, 2018 Loknath Dasa, Asia, breeze, for, inured, Just, Pain, stocks, to, trade, Trump:, Wind

A file photo of US President Donald Trump. Stefan Hofer, Asia chief investment strategist at LGT Bank AG, says Hong Kong’s stock market is relatively insulated from trade war concerns with the local economy dominated by financials and property companies. Photo: Reuters Hong Kong: While trade paranoia engulfed everything from US index futures to the dollar and bond markets, it was a different story for Asian equities, as investors weighed competing risk factors affecting the outlook for a region square in the targets of President Donald Trump. Stocks across the Asia-Pacific…

Women’s Day: Air India, Vistara, SpiceJet to operate all-women crew flights

March 7, 2018 Loknath DasAir, all-women, crew, Day, flights, India, operate, SpiceJet, to, Vistara, women’s

Air India Express, Vistara, SpiceJet and Air India are among the airlines whose flights will feature an all-women crew on Thursday to celebrate International Women’s Day. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint New Delhi: Air India Express, Vistara, SpiceJet Ltd and Air India Ltd are among the airlines whose flights will feature an all-women crew on Thursday to celebrate International Women’s Day. Eight international flights of Air India Express would be operated with all-women crew. “All women-crew flights will take off from Kochi, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, Mangalore, Mumbai and Delhi on Thursday,” the airline…

Eating healthy can be a struggle. Here are 5 ways to make it easier

March 6, 2018 Loknath Das5%;, a, Are, be, Can, easier, Eating, Healthy, Here, It, Make, Struggle, to, Ways

Most of us have struggled to stick to a diet plan or a health goal. But seeing it through is worth it. You sleep better, your skin glows, and you feel fantastic! So, here’s how to make sure you choose nutrition-packed meals over fast food. Well, most of the times anyway. Understand your motivation Every time you’re feeling down about having to diet, consider why you chose to do it in the first place. Is it to lose weight, is it to become fitter, is it to overcome a health…

JPMorgan Chase Admits Cryptocurrency Is a ‘Risk’ to its Business for the First Time

February 28, 2018 Loknath Das'First, a, Admits, business, Chase, Cryptocurrency, for, Is, Its, JPMorgan, Risk, The, Time, to

Despite JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon having called Bitcoin a “fraud,” the big bank is now taking cryptocurrency very seriously—acknowledging the blockchain-based technology as a veritable threat to its future. In JPMorgan Chase’s annual report, released Tuesday afternoon, the bank counted cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum as “risk factors” to its business for the first time, recognizing the digital currencies as new forms of competition that could, quite literally, give the bank a run for its money. “Both financial institutions and their non-banking competitors face the risk that payment processing and other services…

Qualcomm Raises Offer to Buy NXP Semiconductors

February 22, 2018 Loknath DasBuy, NXP, Offer, Qualcomm, raises, Semiconductors, to

US chipmaker Qualcomm raised its offer to buy NXP Semiconductors NV to $127.50 (roughly Rs. 8,265) per share on Tuesday, and said it now has the backing of the shareholder group led by Elliott Management that opposed the previous proposal. Qualcomm said it needs to buy a minimum 70 percent of NXP’s outstanding shares in a tender offer, instead of the 80 percent required in the earlier agreement. The latest offer values NXP at $44 billion (roughly Rs. 2.85 lakh crores). NXP’s shares were up 6.5 percent at $126.15 in premarket trading. The stock has…

Nepal needs to invest 49 pct of GDP in 15 years to attain sustainable development goals

February 19, 2018 Loknath Das15, 49, attain, development, GDP, Goals, In, Invest, Needs, Nepal, of, pct, Sustainable, to, Years

KATHMANDU, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) — Nepal will have to invest around 49 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) during the period from 2016 to 2030 in order to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the National Planning Commission said. The commission said in a report that the Himalayan country will have to invest an estimated 17 billion U.S. dollar annually to achieve the SDGs. SDGs – a follow-up on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which expired in 2015 – are a set of 17 goals and 169 targets covering a broad range…