MARCH 21, 2019
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The families were still mourning relatives lost in the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia when they were crammed into a hotel conference room a few weeks after the crash. Sign this form, they were told by employees of the low-cost carrier, and they would receive 1.3 billion rupiah, or $91,600.
For those...
MARCH 21, 2019
Standard 737 Max planes are not equipped with a so-called angle of attack indicator or an angle of attack disagree light. The indicator will continue to cost airlines extra, but the light won’t. - Ruth Fremson/NY Times
As the pilots of the doomed Boeing jets in Ethiopia and Indonesia fought to control their planes, they lacked two...
MARCH 21, 2019
US Mortgage rates fell quickly after the Fed's announcement Wednesday that it would be getting back into the bond-buying business, big time – which could take rates even lower.
The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed, which had been sitting for days at 4.40 percent, fell sharply to 4.34 percent, according to Mortgage News Daily. That is...
MARCH 21, 2019
Bob Iger, chairman and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Co.
Disney CEO Bob Iger is already gearing up for the next phase of the company on the heels of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox, which closed Wednesday.
The $71 billion acquisition adds a number of beloved entertainment assets to Disney's collection as it prepares to...
MARCH 20, 2019
A 2016 news report revealed how after adopting 15 minutes of meditation as a form of discipline, Robert W. Coleman Elementary school – that contains over 300 students- experienced a school year free of suspensions.
Instead of being sent to the principle’s office, students are sent to the Mindful Moment Room. In this room, the students are paired with...
MARCH 20, 2019
Jitendra Bahadur Singh Pakistan is flying armed surveillance bots along dozens of locations including Uri, Poonch, Rajouri, Nowshera and Sunderbani.
ISLAMABAD - Shaken by last month's Indian Air Force (IAF) strikes in Balakot, Pakistan has started deploying weaponised drones across the LoC, according to a Border Security Force (BSF) report accessed exclusively by India Today. Pakistan is...
MARCH 19, 2019
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Monday said its played an important role in reducing the recent Indo-Pak tensions by giving “words of wisdom” to the leadership of both countries for sorting out differences in a peaceful manner.
UAE’s ambassador Ahmed Al Banna, however,clarified that the United Arab Emirates did not mediate between the two countries and that...
MARCH 20, 2019
Google has been fined €1.49bn (£1.28bn) by the EU for breaching competition laws with its AdSense advertising service - its third such fine in as many years.
Announcing the new fine, the EU's competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Google had restricted rivals from appearing in online search advertisements.
Ms Vestager said the company had been fined for its "illegal...
MARCH 20, 2019
The fever of Indian Premier League (IPL) is at its prime with the tournament set to begin on March 23. However, there's Special Olympics going on in the United Arab Emirates and where Indian athletes have been performing exceedingly well. One look at the event says it out loud that India are excelling over there.
When the IPL...
MARCH 20, 2019
The tip that triggered the investigation into the largest alleged collegiate entrance scam ever prosecuted came from a financial executive's last-ditch effort to squirm out of the crosshairs of federal authorities, a law enforcement official tells CNN.
The executive, identified by the Wall Street Journal as Morrie Tobin, was being investigated as part of a separate financial fraud...
