Imagine going on a road trip and passing several seemingly identical McDonald’s restaurants. Despite their uniform appearance, their ownership may vary widely: One might be run by a family, another by an individual entrepreneur, and…
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Hidden beneath the dunes, a mysterious creature glides through the sand. This is not one of the giant worms of Arrakis in Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic, Dune. Rather, it’s an enigmatic and tiny mammal found…
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Investing.com — Raymond James analysts provided a cautious outlook for the energy sector in 2025. Despite energy’s underperformance over the past two years, the midstream group emerged as a bright spot in 2024, with the Alerian/AMNA…
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Environmental issues were conspicuously absent from the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, but moves by President-elect Donald Trump’s first administration and his leadership picks for his next administration offer clues to what may be ahead. They…
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The extinction of the megafauna – giant marsupials that lived in Australia until 60,000 to 45,000 years ago – is a topic of fierce debate. Some researchers have suggested a reliance on certain plants left…
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Investing.com– Gold prices rose Friday, and were headed for weekly gains as heightened uncertainty over US interest rates and trade tariffs fueled increased safe haven demand. At 4:21 ET (21:21 GMT), rose 0.7% to $2,690.16 an…
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Investors can aim not only to make money but to benefit society while doing so. But few of those impact investors follow up on whether their strategy is having a positive impact, we found in…
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Sabre teeth – the long, sharp, blade-like canines found in extinct predators such as Smilodon – represent one of the most extreme dental adaptations in nature. They evolved at least five times throughout mammalian history…
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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) have made a series of senior appointments in recent weeks. The RBA said in a statement on December 19 that Sarah Brown had…
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By Anna Hirtenstein LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Friday and were on track for a third straight week of gains as traders focused on potential supply disruptions from sanctions while icy conditions in parts…
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