• The Verge reports that a German newspaper has obtained Facebook‘s internal guidelines about content moderation. The rules are often confusing and contradictory. It forbids content targeting people based on race, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation; but the line gets blurry when attacks target a religion or country. As a result, hate speech against migrants is allowed under certain circumstances because they are not within one of these buckets: “migrants are dirty” is allowed but “migrants are dirt” is not. • Along the same lines, we pointed out last year that Donald Trump has been allowed say things on Facebook that would ordinarily violate the company’s hate speech policy. • The families of the Orland nightclub massacre are suing Google, Facebook, and Twitter for providing “material support” to ISIS that helped to radicalize the shooter. • Uber lost over $800 million in its … [Read more...] about Morning intel: Facebook’s confusing hate speech policy is leaked, Apple’s plans for desktops, Uber’s growing losses
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Full text of Finance Minister Piyush Goyal’s 2019 Budget speech
Below is the complete speech delivered by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on February 1, 2019."Madam Speaker,I rise to present the Interim Budget for the year 2019-20. I am deeply conscious of the absence of Shri Arun Jaitley today. I am sure the House joins me in wishing Shri Jaitley speedy recovery, good health and a long life in the service of the nation.Close Madam Speaker, the people of India gave a strong mandate to our Government. Under the visionary leadership of Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, we have given the most decisive, stable and clean Government and have undertaken transformational structural reforms. We have reversed the policy paralysis engulfing the nation and have restored the image of the country. The major achievement of this Government was that we strived our utmost to change the mind-set and ignited the self-confidence of the nation. related news Need feel-good factor to revive consumption: Exide Life CIO Shyamsunder Bhat … [Read more...] about Full text of Finance Minister Piyush Goyal’s 2019 Budget speech
How hiring has changed in the past decade
As the first decade of the 2000s came to a close, the hiring landscape didn’t look all that different from the one that immediately followed Y2K. Sure, more companies moved their job applications from fax machines to the internet, but the fundamentals largely remained the same. advertisement advertisement Looking back on the shifts we’ve seen over the past decade is a very different exercise. Not necessarily the actual mechanics of applying to a job (though in some cases very much so—see AI below) but everything that surrounds the actual application process. These are some of the biggest trends of the past decade: The rise (and fall) of “culture fit” As we entered 2010, we saw startup vernacular go mainstream. None was more widespread than “culture fit.” It was everywhere . “Culture fit” spawned a boutique industry of tools to help candidates identify how well they fit into an … [Read more...] about How hiring has changed in the past decade
Morgan Stanley bullish on NTPC, Adani Ports and L&T Infotech
Global brokerage house Morgan Stanley has an overweight call on the country's largest power producer NTPC with a target price of Rs 152 per share, implying a 34.5 percent potential upside from current levels.The stock rallied 1.6 percent intraday on December 12.The research firm believes the share price will rise in next 15 days. "Five out of six plants contributed to under-recoveries in FY19/H1FY20 have improved," it said.Close Adani Ports related news Ujjivan Small Finance Bank: Should investors buy, sell or hold after the bumper listing? Initiating coverage: HDFC AMC and M&M among 10 stocks that could return 10-40% in 2020 Equity inflows drop but SIP figures at all-time high; what should you do? Shares of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone also gained 1.7 percent intraday on December 12 after the brokerage remained bullish on the stock.While having an overweight call on the stock with a target price of Rs 433 (potential upside of 17 percent), Morgan Stanley feels … [Read more...] about Morgan Stanley bullish on NTPC, Adani Ports and L&T Infotech
Rising rupee pulls IT pack down, Infosys, HCL top drags
The BSE IT pack was trading in the negative on December 12 afternoon, as index majors such as Infosys, HCL Technologies and Wipro saw a drop in share prices. However, gains in the shares of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Mphasis and Tech Mahindra capped the losses for the index.Experts said the rupee's rise against the US dollar could be the reason for the weakness in the IT pack. The Indian currency traded at a month-high of 70.63 after opening higher by 15 paise at 70.69 per dollar against December 11 close of 70.84.Brokerages, however, are mostly positive on the IT pack for the long term.Close "Record deal-wins, sustained deal pipeline momentum and upbeat management commentaries on the demand side strengthen our conviction in the Indian IT’s solid earnings trajectory," said Edelweiss Securities. related news BPCL share price jumps 2% despite rating revision by Moody's, CRISIL Cadila Healthcare gains 4% on launch of … [Read more...] about Rising rupee pulls IT pack down, Infosys, HCL top drags