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Employees Working From Home Should Be Closely Watched, Say 55% Of Company Bosses: Study
The study indicated that the managers considered it acceptable to gather data on how much time their staff spend each day using computers.
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"Making Up For Two Years": South Korea's "Revenge Travel" Amid Covid Surge
After spending two years being socially distanced in his home country of South Korea, Kim Hoe-jun booked a last-minute flight to Hawaii, where he had enjoyed his honeymoon six years ago, giving in to his craving for overseas travel.
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Indians Splurge On Business Class, 5-Star Hotels As Covid Curbs Ease
Indians are holidaying lavishly now, spending more on five-star hotels and booking business-class seats as the country emerges from the coronavirus pandemic that restricted travel for two years, according to the South Asian nation's second-biggest on
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Singles’ Day: Chinese Shoppers Spend $139 Billion During Festivities, Breaking Last Year’s Record
Chinese shoppers spent $139.1 billion (roughly Rs. 10,34,140 crore) during this year's annual Singles' Day shopping extravaganza, breaking last year's record even though spending slowed during the coronavirus pandemic.
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UK To Remove Last 7 Countries From COVID-19 Travel "Red List"
The UK will remove next week the last seven countries on its coronavirus "red list", which currently requires newly arrived travellers from these destinations to spend 10 days in hotel quarantine, transport minister Grant Shapps said on Thursday.
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Premier League Flexes Financial Muscle Amid Super League Fallout
English Premier League clubs flexed their financial muscle over the rest of Europe by brushing off the after-effects of reduced revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic to spend over 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) for the sixth consecutive summer transfer window.
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Wall Street Avoids Delta Anxiety To Push Stocks Near Record Highs
US stocks rose in early trading Monday morning on optimism over government infrastructure spending and strong corporate earnings, even as oil prices fell on broader macroeconomic fear and the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus continued.
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UK Will Be Exposed To Paying Pandemic Cost Risks For Decades: Report
The British government will be exposed to financial risks from its 372 billion pound pandemic spending for decades, according to lawmakers' reports on Sunday that also said more than 2 billion pounds had been spent on unusable protective equipment.
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PM Modi Should Keep Fiscal Deficit Worry On Backburner For Covid: Adviser
India should not let fiscal deficit worries stop it from spending more to fight the Covid-19 crisis, an adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
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Sydney Extends Coronavirus Lockdown As Delta Cluster Grows
More than five million Sydney residents will spend at least another week in coronavirus lockdown, Australian authorities said Wednesday, after detecting another 27 new cases.
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Brazil Didn't Spend A Cent On Covaxin Deal Under Probe: Jair Bolsonaro
President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday said Brazil never paid for or received any doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by Indian company Bharat Biotech, in response to allegations of irregularities in a deal that is under investigation.
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US Announces $3.2 Billion Plan To Develop Covid Antiviral Treatments
US announced plans on Thursday to spend $3.2 billion to accelerate the development and discovery of antiviral treatments against Covid-19 and future threats.
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US To Donate 500 Million Pfizer Covid Vaccine Doses To 100 Poor Nations
The United States will spend $3.5 billion to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to some of the world's poorest countries, it said on Thursday, urging other G7 nations to follow suit.
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India May Raise Vaccine Spending To Rs 45,000 Crore This Fiscal: Report
India may raise spending on COVID-19 shots by over a quarter this fiscal year to up to Rs 45,000 crore from its budgeted amount, two government sources told Reuters after Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered free doses to all adults.
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Madhya Pradesh Farmers Spend Night In Queue As Bank Reopens After Days
Farmers in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha queued up outside a bank through Wednesday night in order to withdraw money. The District Cooperative Bank had been closed for two weeks after a few staff members tested positive for coronavirus recently.
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Employees Working From Home Should Be Closely Watched, Say 55% Of Company Bosses: Study
The study indicated that the managers considered it acceptable to gather data on how much time their staff spend each day using computers.
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"Making Up For Two Years": South Korea's "Revenge Travel" Amid Covid Surge
After spending two years being socially distanced in his home country of South Korea, Kim Hoe-jun booked a last-minute flight to Hawaii, where he had enjoyed his honeymoon six years ago, giving in to his craving for overseas travel.
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Indians Splurge On Business Class, 5-Star Hotels As Covid Curbs Ease
Indians are holidaying lavishly now, spending more on five-star hotels and booking business-class seats as the country emerges from the coronavirus pandemic that restricted travel for two years, according to the South Asian nation's second-biggest on
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Singles’ Day: Chinese Shoppers Spend $139 Billion During Festivities, Breaking Last Year’s Record
Chinese shoppers spent $139.1 billion (roughly Rs. 10,34,140 crore) during this year's annual Singles' Day shopping extravaganza, breaking last year's record even though spending slowed during the coronavirus pandemic.
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UK To Remove Last 7 Countries From COVID-19 Travel "Red List"
The UK will remove next week the last seven countries on its coronavirus "red list", which currently requires newly arrived travellers from these destinations to spend 10 days in hotel quarantine, transport minister Grant Shapps said on Thursday.
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Premier League Flexes Financial Muscle Amid Super League Fallout
English Premier League clubs flexed their financial muscle over the rest of Europe by brushing off the after-effects of reduced revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic to spend over 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) for the sixth consecutive summer transfer window.
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Wall Street Avoids Delta Anxiety To Push Stocks Near Record Highs
US stocks rose in early trading Monday morning on optimism over government infrastructure spending and strong corporate earnings, even as oil prices fell on broader macroeconomic fear and the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus continued.
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UK Will Be Exposed To Paying Pandemic Cost Risks For Decades: Report
The British government will be exposed to financial risks from its 372 billion pound pandemic spending for decades, according to lawmakers' reports on Sunday that also said more than 2 billion pounds had been spent on unusable protective equipment.
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PM Modi Should Keep Fiscal Deficit Worry On Backburner For Covid: Adviser
India should not let fiscal deficit worries stop it from spending more to fight the Covid-19 crisis, an adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
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Sydney Extends Coronavirus Lockdown As Delta Cluster Grows
More than five million Sydney residents will spend at least another week in coronavirus lockdown, Australian authorities said Wednesday, after detecting another 27 new cases.
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Brazil Didn't Spend A Cent On Covaxin Deal Under Probe: Jair Bolsonaro
President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday said Brazil never paid for or received any doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by Indian company Bharat Biotech, in response to allegations of irregularities in a deal that is under investigation.
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US Announces $3.2 Billion Plan To Develop Covid Antiviral Treatments
US announced plans on Thursday to spend $3.2 billion to accelerate the development and discovery of antiviral treatments against Covid-19 and future threats.
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US To Donate 500 Million Pfizer Covid Vaccine Doses To 100 Poor Nations
The United States will spend $3.5 billion to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to some of the world's poorest countries, it said on Thursday, urging other G7 nations to follow suit.
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India May Raise Vaccine Spending To Rs 45,000 Crore This Fiscal: Report
India may raise spending on COVID-19 shots by over a quarter this fiscal year to up to Rs 45,000 crore from its budgeted amount, two government sources told Reuters after Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered free doses to all adults.
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Madhya Pradesh Farmers Spend Night In Queue As Bank Reopens After Days
Farmers in Madhya Pradesh's Vidisha queued up outside a bank through Wednesday night in order to withdraw money. The District Cooperative Bank had been closed for two weeks after a few staff members tested positive for coronavirus recently.
