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CHESS #1406

Carlsen leads in his semi-final versus Fabiano Caruana in the Chessable Masters hosted by Chess24.com

What does adult entertainment do in the time of social distancing?

Pornhub, which aggregates over 12 million videos, claims traffic has spiked an average of 15-20% daily since lockdowns

Facebook's new marketplace gambit

The social network is entering a highly competitive zone of e-commerce where there are big players already. Tools like GrokNet should help it to carve out market share

Markets looking forward to bailout

But the currency could take a hit if rating agencies respond unfavourably

The business of leisure

Call of Duty has a typically complex revenue structure for massive multiplayer video

CHESS #1400

Magnus Carlsen won the Magnus Invitational by taking a ding-dong final against Hikaru Nakamura where both played brilliant chess.

Science off the wall

One of the points this book makes is that it is often difficult to distinguish a sound hypothesis from something completely off the wall

Decoding corona's protein structure

Guessing the movements of the various amino acids and their interactions could enable the creation of drugs that combat the virus

Watch out for April SIP numbers

Treat exit by retail investors as a contrarian signal for entering equities

Time for gold and its virtual cousins

Until there is clarity about the type and extent of economic recovery, cryptos will also do well

CHESS #1394

The Candidates tournament has been cut off due to Russia closing borders on Friday.

Space exploration and calamities

The COVID-19 pandemic will upset the timelines of Nasa's next manned missions to the Moon

CHESS #1393

If any participant contracts Covid-19, the event will be "frozen" and finished six months later

Don't increase your equity allocations

Better bargains may be available in the next few months

The post-COVID-19 world

Policymakers and pharma companies will have to work together to speed up trials of new vaccines and legislate to ensure essential drugs and tests are affordable and available

Chess #1392

As of now, the Grenke Open, scheduled for mid-April in Germany is on. But Germany has issued advisories against large public gatherings and Grenke is massive

Today's picks: NTPC to Larsen & Toubro, hot stocks to watch on Friday

For NTPC, Keep a stop at 95.5 and go short

Chess #1391

The Third Grand Prix tournament for women is in play at Lausanne, Switzerland

Making sense of Covid-19: Panic looms large, perspective is in short supply

The disease could go down several paths. One possibility, the least likely, is that it will just disappear. The most likely is that it will have seasonal impact

Today's picks: Asian Paints to Hindalco, hot stocks to watch on Friday

For Hindalco, keep a stop at 157 and go short