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Simon was certified “fit as a fiddle” just three hours before the takeoff. Woes of United Airlines seem to continue, as a rabbit breeder has complained that her giant continental rabbit was found dead on arrival at the Chicago O’Hare Airport from London. According to the breeder, named by Associated Press as Annette Edwards, her 10-month-old, 3-foot-long continental rabbit, which had to undergo a veterinary checkup before getting on board the flight from London’s Heathrow airport, was supposed to be delivered “live” to a celebrity in the US, who doesn’t want the identity to be revealed. “Simon had his vet…

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First criminal insider trading case filed by Joon H. Kim. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday charged Indian American Avaneesh Krishnamoorthy, with insider trading. Krishnamoorthy, a vice president in the risk management department of Nomura Securities, a New York-based investment bank allegedly used the confidential information of a private equity firm’s acquisition to conduct insider trading. Krishnamoorthy had prior information on Golden Gate Capital’s plan to acquire Neustar Inc. He then began trading in Neustar securities through two brokerages accounts that Krishnamoorthy allegedly kept hidden from his employer, which had been approached by Golden Gate Capital to finance…

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Google India has also unwrapped the new Hindi dictionary in Google Search. Google India has announced the launch of new line of products with advanced machine learning for Indian languages. The latest move of the search engine giants is aimed at making the web easier for more than a billion people who are yet to access it. According to Google, its latest Neutrals Machine Translation has been loaded with nine Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. Rajan Anandan, Vice President, India and South East Asia, Google said, “Google wants to extend the internet…

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LCR Capital Partners announced that it will raise $200 MM for The Surf Club Four Seasons Hotel & Residences located in Miami, Florida. The company said that it is working with investors from India and other countries to raise this capital through the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Green Card Program. According to Forbes magazine, the hotel is considered the most anticipated luxury hotel opening of 2017. Speaking on the new investment and job creation opportunity through the EB-5 visa program, Suresh Rajan, CEO and Founder, LCR Capital Partners said, “The Surf Club is one of the most iconic U.S. beach landmarks…

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Chakrabarti has a doctorate in physics from the University of Minnesota. Kansas State University has named Indian American Amit Chakrabarti as its new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Chakrabarti, a theoretical physicist with interest in soft matter and statistical physics, has served as interim dean of the college since February 2016. Prior to that, he was the head of the department of physics, and the William and Joan Porter chair in physics. “I am excited to welcome Dr. Chakrabarti as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences,” April Mason, provost and senior vice president said in…

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Facebook video shows the woman in tears. American Airlines has apologized to a female passenger for the rude behavior of one of its attendant who apparently wrested her baby stroller and thrashed her with it, fortunately missing one of her twins who was in her arms. The video of the flight attendant engaged in a fierce exchange of words with the woman passenger was posted by one of the fellow passengers who was onboard the flight. This is the latest embarrassment for the airliner which has been in news for wrong reasons in recent weeks. The video posted on Facebook shows…

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