News this week that the Government will press ahead with plans to push up the age for accessing the Pension Freedoms from 55 to 27 by 2028 will have surprised some and disappointed many. Given the top priority of coping with the impact of Coronavirus the Government could have perhaps been forgiven for putting any […]
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Standard Life Elevate adds DFMs for first time
Standard Life’s Elevate platform is to add a new range of DFM partners for the first time through its new Separately Managed Accounts (SMA) service. The company says the additions will provide access to a bigger range of Model Portfolios through the Elevate platform, one of two platforms run by Standard Life. The move follows […]
US personal finance site acquires UK comparison website
US-based financial guidance website and app NerdWallet has acquired UK price comparison site Know Your Money for an undisclosed sum. NerdWallet provides financial guidance to more than 160m US consumers every year and has a range of product finding services covering investments, mortgages and other areas. The companies say they will aim to provide “the […]
Hyderabad court restrains release of Netflix’s ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’
Restraining Netflix from releasing its forthcoming web series “Bad Boy Billionaires”, a local Court in Hyderabad earlier this week held that if allowed to stream, the series might cause “irreparable loss” to Satyam Computer Services founder B Ramalinga Raju. The order which was made available today was passed on a plea by Raju who had […]
US Justice Department’s Google lawsuit expected in weeks ahead: Report
The Justice Department, which has been conducting an antitrust investigation of Alphabet’s Google, plans to bring a lawsuit against Google as soon as this month, according to two sources familiar with the probe, who said the focus remains on search and advertising. Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen told Reuters last month that the Justice Department […]
US Justice Department’s Google lawsuit expected in weeks ahead: Report
The Justice Department, which has been conducting an antitrust investigation of Alphabet’s Google, plans to bring a lawsuit against Google as soon as this month, according to two sources familiar with the probe, who said the focus remains on search and advertising. Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen told Reuters last month that the Justice Department […]
Facebook to Congress party: Will remove hate posts by public figures
Facebook has promised the Congress that it will continuously remove hate posts by Indian public figures from its platforms and also assured the Opposition party of its commitment to “non-partisan approach” and opposition to “hate and bigotry in all forms”. “On the question of hateful content by public figures, we want to assure you that […]
Facebook to Congress party: Will remove hate posts by public figures
Facebook has promised the Congress that it will continuously remove hate posts by Indian public figures from its platforms and also assured the Opposition party of its commitment to “non-partisan approach” and opposition to “hate and bigotry in all forms”. “On the question of hateful content by public figures, we want to assure you that […]
E-commerce companies seek temporary warehouses to handle festive rush
Amazon and Flipkart are in talks with several warehouse operators across the country to lease their space temporarily in anticipation of a bumper festive season as consumers increasingly click to buy and avoid crowding brick and mortar stores due to the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. Both companies expect their sales to outpace existing fulfilment centres and […]
Amazon, Flipkart mulls leasing warehouse space to meet festive sales rush
Amazon and Flipkart are in talks with several warehouse operators across the country to lease their space temporarily in anticipation of a bumper festive season as consumers increasingly click to buy and avoid crowding brick and mortar stores due to the continuing Covid-19 pandemic. Both companies expect their sales to outpace existing fulfilment centres and […]