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Net neutrality row grows louder in India, Internet.org hit

A group of India’s leading technology and Internet firms has pulled out of Internet.org, Facebook’s flagship effort to get billions more online, in a growing debate over free access and internet neutrality in the country. Net neutrality is the concept that all websites on the internet are treated equally. The debate over access and neutrality has grabbed headlines in India this week after leading telecom carrier Bharti Airtel announced a

Goldman profit gets boost from increased trading

Goldman said its net income applicable to common shareholders rose to $2.75 billion, or $5.94 per share, for the quarter ended March 31, from $1.95 billion, or $4.02 per share, in the same period of 2014. Analysts on average had expected earnings of $4.26 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. Goldman’s shares were up about 0.5 percent at $201 in premarket trading. Goldman has been more committed to fixed-income