In West Bengal, a 16-year-old girl tries to buy a smartphone by selling her blood

A West Bengali teen sought to buy a smartphone with blood money.

She had Rs 9,000 to spend on a smartphone.

The girl is 16 years old.

Written by Anupam Mishra: Most of us have fantasized of flaunting an extravagant smartphone. But how far can you go to make sure that...

Ten are detained in Singapore for selling illegal bunker fuel

Ten persons have been detained by Singaporean police on suspicion of selling bunker fuel illegally.

The arrests were made on August 4 during a joint operation with the Singapore Maritime and Port Authority by Police Coast Guard officers. Six of the crew members worked on a tugboat flyin...

FSC TO PARTIALLY LIFT THE BAN ON SHORT SELLING OF LISTED STOCKS

Highlights –

• FSC to partially lift the ban on short selling of listed stocks.
• FSC from Monday onwards will lift the ban on 200 large-cap firms listed on the main KOSPI.
• Short selling ban will be lifted from 150 firms listed on the sec...

CASHIFY TO INCREASE SECOND-HAND SMARTPHONE BUSINESS IN INDIA

HIGHLIGHTS

• Cashify is planning to start second-hand smartphone business in India.
• Cashify has raised $15 million for this business.

Second-hand smartphone market is a huge market in India as tens of millions of people purchase such s...

AWARD-WINNING REPORTER HARASSED BY WIFE-BEATER HIONEY-FARM GROWER-HUSBAND

• A reporter, an award - winning recipient, has given Chinese social media a lot to think about for the reporter says that she suffered years of domestic violence at the hands of her husband.
• In a comprehensive description published on social media platform WeChat on Saturday, Ma...

S. KOREA SUGGESTS MONITORING MARKET VOLATILITY OVER GAMESTOP CASE

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• S. Korea suggests monitoring market volatility over GameStop case.
• Retail investors recently snapped up shares of U.S video game vendor GamseStop.
• The buying spree is said to have incurred heavy losses for hedge funds.

CRIMINAL SUIT FILED AGAINST STUDENT IN CENTRAL JAPAN FOR SELLING FAKE STIMULANT DRUGS

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• Criminal suit filed against student in Central Japan for selling fake stimulant drugs.
• The university student is under suspicion for posting ads on social media about selling drugs.
• He is said to have been selling drugs ...

JAPANESE TELECOM COMPANY SOFTBANK CORP. REPORTS A RISE IN NET PROFIT IN APRIL-JUNE PERIOD

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• Japanese telecom company SoftBank Corp. reports a rise in net profit in April – June period.
• The company is said to have gained a net profit of $12 billion.
• SoftBank had to sell two-thirds of its stake as part of t...

COUNTRIES DIVIDED OVER BETTING AS EUROPEAN REGULATORS CLASH OVER BAN ON SHORT SELLING

Highlights

• Countries in Europe divided over ban on short selling

• While Spain, Italy and France impose restrictions, UK and Germany maintain distance

Month of February and March saw share prices falling down at record speed, resulting in few regulators t...

SOUTH KOREA BANS SHORT SELLING OF STOCKS

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• A temporary ban of 6 months on short-selling of stock in the market
• The ban will affect all listed firms
• The temporary ban marks the third of its kind in South Korea

The Financial Services Commission of ...

GLOBAL STOCK MARKET PANICS AGAIN: INDIAN STOCK MARKET REMAIN LARGELY DIM

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• Global investor sentiments are low
• Panic selling in the market brings the stock market down again
• Investors are looking at Central banks for relief
• Saudi Arabia slashes Crude oil prices

The panic waves of coronavirus...

HANWHA ASSET MANAGEMENT TO RECAPITALIZE BY SELLING NEW SHARES

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• Asset Management Company allocate new shares to its parent unit
• Hanwha Life Insurance rose 0.93 percent
• The asset management company is planning for global expansion

South Korea’s Hanwha Asset Man...

SOUTH KOREAN FTC FINDS ILLEGAL E-COMMERCE FACE MASK SELLERS

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• Fair Trade Commission finds fake sellers
• Hoarding of face masks and hand sanitizer punishable

There is a surge in demand for protective masks due to spread of COVID-19. According to the country’s anti-trust ...

The oldest BSE exchange in Asia and its JV affiliate Ebix are set to start their insurance distribution business

The oldest BSE exchange in Asia and its JV affiliate Ebix are set to start their insurance distribution business coming month. The company, called BSE-Ebix Insurance Broking, would allow the sale of life and non-life insurance products through distribution channels, wealth management advisors, an...

Coles Australia announces Checkout Free shopping experience in ten years

Based on a report of leading executives of Coles- in just ten years, customers will be able to just ‘walk-out’ with their shopping.

While speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, the head of commercial and express, Greg Davis drew attention to the supermarket’s ‘Sm...

Russians arrested for selling life-saving medicine for cancer patients

The merchants were caught when law enforcers did a sample purchase of the drug known as Keytruda. The FSB and therefore the Interior Ministry stopped the outlawed the sale of the drug for cancer patients known as Keytruda, rumoured the lawyers of the detained suppliers in a very statement for Kom...