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‘She just couldn’t finish it’: Server calls out customers who are ‘comfortable’ asking for this special accommodation at restaurants

When a customer is unsatisfied with their meal or beverage or a worker makes a mistake, restaurants sometimes "comp" (i.e., complimentary) the item, waiving it off their ticket. However, this has become common practice, consisting of three to five percent of a restaurant's total sales. One server reveals how customers are becoming comfortable with requesting comps for outlandish reasons in a video with 1.3 million views.

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Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Adani Enterprises to exit Wilmar JV in $2 billion deal

AEL plans to offload its nearly 44% stake in Adani Wilmar Ltd (AWL) in two parts. It will first sell about 13% stake to meet public shareholding norms. The promoters currently hold 88% of the company. Wilmar will acquire the remaining 31% stake, which will increase its holding to nearly 75% from 44%.

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

RBI’s financial stability report: Stress may tell on lenders, pile on NPAs, erode buffers

The report, published on Monday by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), forecast the economy will expand 6.6% in FY25, in line with the forecast given by outgoing governor Shaktikanta Das announcing the last monetary policy on December 6. GDP growth had retreated to 5.4% — the slowest in seven quarters — in the three months to September.

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Budget track: India Inc seeks triple boost - jobs, infra, consumption

Confederation of Indian Industry president Sanjiv Puri suggested a seven-point agenda to propel growth, including employment generation, integrating India into global value chains, increasing capital expenditure and a target to reduce government debt to 50% of the GDP.

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

India headed for more & merrier wins in New Year

In a bid to decode the storm of enterprise, aspiration and innovation expected next year, ET sought out views, opinions and data from leaders and doers across sectors from technology, digital commerce and policy to healthcare, banking, philanthropy and more.

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Kate Beckinsale Details Years of On-Set Harassment: “Complaining About Abuse Should Not Beget More Abuse” - Hollywood Reporter

  1. Kate Beckinsale Details Years of On-Set Harassment: “Complaining About Abuse Should Not Beget More Abuse”  Hollywood Reporter
  2. Kate Beckinsale Once Had to Do Photo Shoot While Bleeding After Miscarriage  PEOPLE
  3. Kate Beckinsale Responds to Blake Lively Suit With Details of Her Own Mistreatment on Set  Us Weekly
  4. Kate Beckinsale Has '47 Million' Film Mistreatment Stories, Working Through a Miscarriage Is Only One  Rolling Stone
  5. Kate Beckinsale Details Experiences Of Hollywood Misogyny... Читать дальше...

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