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OPEC+ likely to role over output cuts

OPEC+ likely to role over output cuts

Investing.com – A group of major crude producers next meets at the start of June, and UBS expects them to agree to extend their voluntary production cuts, in an attempt to keep the oil market…

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How supermarkets are changing their branding to make you think they’re cheaper

How supermarkets are changing their branding to make you think they’re cheaper

UK shoppers have specific preferences when it comes to their favourite supermarkets. M&S was voted as the best in a recent survey, followed closely by German discounter Aldi (Waitrose, Tesco and Sainsbury’s were next). Aldi’s…

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Risk of ‘genetic discrimination’ by insurance companies is ruining people’s trust in vital medical science

Risk of ‘genetic discrimination’ by insurance companies is ruining people’s trust in vital medical science

Should you be denied life insurance or have to pay extra if you have a genetic risk for certain diseases? Should insurance companies even have access to your genetic data in the first place? This…

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Communications Benchmarks 2024 report – emerging trends

Communications Benchmarks 2024 report – emerging trends

View a printable version of this report in PDF format The Communication Benchmarks 2024 report reveals some emerging trends as well as some regularities, as four years of benchmarking data are now available for the…

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Oil prices rise as softer CPI dents dollar, US inventories shrink By Investing.com

Oil prices rise as softer CPI dents dollar, US inventories shrink By Investing.com

Investing.com– Oil prices rose in Asian trade on Thursday, extending gains from the prior session as a softer-than-expected U.S. consumer inflation reading brought down the dollar and ramped up hopes of interest rate cuts.  A…

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Latest inflation figures are good news – even if they give a lot of people heartburn

Latest inflation figures are good news – even if they give a lot of people heartburn

The U.S. economy is slowing, but not crashing. In the dismal science, this is what counts as good news. That’s the message I took away from the latest inflation data, released May 15, 2024, which…

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For a ‘future made in Australia’, we need more innovation and diverse people in science and tech

For a ‘future made in Australia’, we need more innovation and diverse people in science and tech

This year’s federal budget is making up for decades of lost time – both in our clean energy transition and in betting on new technological breakthroughs. The Future Made in Australia Act holds tantalising potential…

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Oil prices rise on US inventories drawdown expectations By Reuters

Oil prices rise on US inventories drawdown expectations By Reuters

By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Wednesday on expectations for higher demand as the U.S. dollar weakened and a report showed and gasoline inventories fell while the release of inflation data may…

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regulatory changes and low credit scores have left thousands trapped in a cycle of high payments

regulatory changes and low credit scores have left thousands trapped in a cycle of high payments

There are 8.5 million households in the UK who own a home with a residential mortgage, often with fixed interest rates from two to five years. Usually, when that mortgage deal ends, the borrower will…

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A student’s visa has been cancelled for links to ‘weapons of mass destruction’. What’s going on with Australian research security?

A student’s visa has been cancelled for links to ‘weapons of mass destruction’. What’s going on with Australian research security?

Over the weekend, Queensland University of Technology PhD student Xiaolong Zhu became national news – and not for a good reason. Zhu is a Chinese citizen, and his visa to study in Australia has been…

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