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Google acquires Api.ai, a conversational user interface provider

Api.ai software is used in chatbots, wearables, apps, smart cars, home automation kits and smart TVs. The interfaces are both text and voice based.

Real estate bill to clamp down on black money: Key facts to know

Paving the way for regulation of the real estate sector, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved amendments to the long-pending real estate bill to bring under its ambit commercial and all ongoing projects as also brokers, while safeguarding consumers.

Why online brokerages might just be cheaper for retail investors

If you plan to enter the equity market, availing the services of an online broker would probably work out cheaper for you than availing the services of a traditional brokerage house.

Japan's Softbank to lead $90 mn investment in startup Housing.com

The firm will use the funds to map over 40 million houses across 300 cities in India and provide On-Off buttons to home owners and agents

FIFA decides to ban third-party ownership of players

Blatter's announcement followed pressure from European soccer's governing body UEFA, which had said it would ban TPO unilaterally if FIFA did not act.

FDI in retail: How Walmart will reinforce the role of middle men

Will the entry of retail giants into India allow the Indian farmer to bypass the middle man and mandis?