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India learns to ‘fail fast’ as tech start-up culture takes root

May 14, 2015 publisher casual-dress, country, india, major-cultural, nokia, silicon-valley, take-steady, tech-start-ups, the-companies

By Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Clara Ferreira-Marques BENGALURU, India (Reuters) – After ping pong tables, motivational posters and casual dress codes, India's tech start-ups are following Silicon Valley's lead and embracing the “fail fast” culture credited with fuelling creativity and success in the United States.

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Facebook raises minimum pay for contractors to $15 per hour

May 14, 2015 publisher casual-dress, chief-operating, india, major-cultural, menlo-park, nokia, officer-sheryl, take-steady, the-companies, the-technology, wage, zenica

By Yasmeen Abutaleb NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook raised wages for its contract workers, such as cafeteria staff and janitors, to a minimum of $15 per hour amid rising tension over the wage gap between the technology sector's elite and the lower-paid workers. Contractors will also receive a minimum of 15 days of paid vacation days and a $4,000 new child benefit for parents who do not receive parental leave, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said in a Wednesday post on Facebook