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Streaming wars scorecard

…What to watch and how much it will cost.

Big Media and Big Tech are waging an all out streaming war to fight for your attention, not to mention your subscription dollars.

In the coming months, Disney (DIS), WarnerMedia and Comcast (CCZ)are all launching their own streaming platforms to compete with the likes of Netflix (NFLX) and Amazon (AMZN) — two powerful tech companies that got a big head start in the streaming game. Apple (AAPL) is also joining the fight with its own service that boasts exclusive programs from Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg.
To compete, the insurgents and the incumbents alike are poaching top-talent producers and making splashy announcements about exclusive content deals. This scorecard tells you who’s offering what and for how much.

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The anatomy of India’s raging retail war

There are an estimated 12 million small retailers such as Prabhu Stores, meeting customer needs in every nook and cranny of the country. They are now the focus of two transformational forces — one that seeks to modernise such stores, using technology to bestow the efficiencies and tactics of modern retail, and another that seeks to make them the pulsating nerve centres of a coming ecommerce and digital payments revolution focussed on smaller cities and beyond, by hooking them up to virtual hubs ..

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