Technology keeps marching on and with new advances – such as the Google/Fiat partnership to bring the driverless car to the mass market – Canadian officials are worried driverless cars will lead to a greater increase in sex while in those cars, according to experts at the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence (CAVCE) and reported by Raw Story....
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A celestial event – so rare it happens just 13 times in a century – is going to have all eyes looking skyward beginning Monday, May 9, ABCNews reported Wednesday. Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, will begin to transit the sun beginning at 7.12 a.m. ET, the report said ... The astronomical event, where the planet will transit across the face of the sun, will take 71/2 hours ... ET, according to NASA....
The Pakistani authorities have opposed military action against the Afghan Taliban leaders days after President Ghani called on Islamabad to take actions against the group’s leaderships based in Peshawar and Quetta cities. The country’s foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz has said such a policy had not brought results for 14 long years ... ....
FirstQuarter 2016 Highlights Adjusted net income attributable to common shareholders of $3.5 million, or $0.17 per common share-diluted (see Schedule I) ClosedOpportunityREIT II with a total of $556.0 million raised Increased real estate assets under management by 12% to $4.0 billion since March 31, 2015Book value per common share of $7.13 Repurchased 561,134 shares at an average price of $6.19 per share....
Currently, Category-I and Category-II AIFs are treated as pass-through entities for taxation purposes, while Category-III is subject to tax at the maximum marginal rate ... Category-III consists of funds that make short-term investments and then sell ... Category-I and Category-II AIFs are treated as pass-through entities for taxation purposes, while Category-III is subject to tax at the maximum marginal rate....
(Source... An issuer making a notification in respect of options granted to a director/person discharging managerial responsibilities should complete boxes 1 to 3 and 17 to 24 ... 1 ... State whether the notification relates to (i) a transaction notified in accordance with DTR3.1.2R, (ii) a disclosure made in accordance with section 793 of the Companies Act (2006) or (iii) a disclosure made in accordance with paragraph 26 of the ModelCode ... 17....
Should the seeds hold up, KentonRidge’s Central Buckeye Conference softball clash with Graham today would be a preview of the Division II sectional final. Just don’t tell the Cougars. “Right now we’re trying to focus on finishing strong,” Kenton Ridge coach Sarah Schalnat said ... Schalnat said ... Should both KR and Graham win, the top-seeded teams would meet May 17 for the sectional championship ... • No ... • In the D-III, Northmont 2 bracket, No....
Nagpur. Nagpur Municipal Corporation is under pressure to complete many projects ahead of 2017 civic polls but it faces a huge hurdle in the form of shortage of staff. NMC has over 3,300 posts lying vacant. Only 8,284 of the 11,455 sanctioned posts are occupied ... In ClassIII category, a total of 1,344 posts of a sanctioned 3,137 are vacant, affecting the work of collecting tax very badly ... Class-III----3137----1793----1344 ... RELATED....
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) Link to Fitch Ratings' Report...Regulatory Capital Discretions Add Cushion https.//www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=880493 HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, May 04 (Fitch) Taiwanese banks are on track to meet the phased-in BaselIII capital requirements and have adequate capital as buffer against economic challenges ahead, says Fitch Ratings in a new report....
(Source. Fitch Inc). 04 May 2016 9.00 PM EST...Taiwanese banks are on track to meet the phased-in BaselIII capital requirements and have adequate capital as buffer against economic challenges ahead, says Fitch Ratings in a new report ... Taiwanese banks have accumulated adequate capitalisation, with only a few banks, mostly state banks, requiring additional capital to meet 2019 Basel III requirement ... Contacts..Cherry Huang, CFA. Director....
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs in its 197th report, submitted to Rajya Sabha, said the projected Budget Estimates (BE) for 2016—17 was Rs 7691.17 crore for Delhi Police while actual allocation to the force was Rs 5913.74 crore, which is Rs 1,777.43 crore less ... “Reduction of budget in BE 2016-17 will also affect ......
Ranchi. Former chief minister and founder of Jai BharatSamanthaParty (JBSP) Madhu Koda has demanded a moratorium on government appointments against grade III and IV vacancies and cancellation of the 'local's policy' as has been declared by the state on April 7 ...Despite this, decisions were taken without consultating her," he said ... ....