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What is 5G? An electrical engineer explains

What is 5G? An electrical engineer explains

Telecommunications companies around the world are expanding their next-generation, or 5G, networks. Guo Shining/VCG via Getty Images 5G stands for fifth-generation cellular network technology. It’s the technology that enables wireless communication – for example, from…

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FSB publishes papers on funding and interconnectedness practices to aid resolution planning for insurers

FSB publishes papers on funding and interconnectedness practices to aid resolution planning for insurers

Press enquiries: +41 61 280 8477[email protected] Ref: 1/2022 The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published two papers: on practices for funding in resolution; and on internal financial and operational interconnectedness designed to facilitate effective…

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Oil steady as supply disruptions offset Omicron fears By Reuters

Oil steady as supply disruptions offset Omicron fears By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Oil storage containers are seen, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices were largely steady…

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SNB predicts rise in profits for 2021

SNB predicts rise in profits for 2021

The Swiss National Bank estimates its 2021 profits rose around 25% relative to 2020, in provisional calculations released today (January 7). The central bank says it expects to register a profit of Sfr26 billion ($28.2…

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why superb fairy-wren societies may be as complex as our own

why superb fairy-wren societies may be as complex as our own

One mystery many biologists want to solve is how complexity develops in nature. And among the many social systems in the natural world, multilevel societies stand out for their complexity. Individuals first organise into families,…

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Precious Metals & Energy – Weekly Review and Outlook By Investing.com

Precious Metals & Energy – Weekly Review and Outlook By Investing.com

© Reuters By Barani Krishnan Investing.com — An inflection point is defined as a point of a curve at which a change in the direction of curvature occurs. In trading perspective, it’s the point at…

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Oil in Big Weekly Gain on OPEC Push Despite Friday Dip By Investing.com

Oil in Big Weekly Gain on OPEC Push Despite Friday Dip By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Crude prices dipped Friday as longs in the market took some profit after a four day run-up, but the week was still a big one for oil bulls…

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Energy prices are unlikely to fall in 2022 or beyond – not until major importers get serious about green transition

Energy prices are unlikely to fall in 2022 or beyond – not until major importers get serious about green transition

With today’s high oil prices and record gas prices, it is easy to forget that the situation was reversed as recently as two years ago. At the end of 2019, an over-supply of fossil fuels…

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World Economic Forum postponed due to Covid-19

World Economic Forum postponed due to Covid-19

The World Economic Forum’s annual Davos meeting has been postponed until the summer of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement on August 26, WEF spokesman Adrian Monck said health experts had advised…

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A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you’re programmed to love sugar

A taste for sweet – an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you’re programmed to love sugar

The sweetness of sugar is one of life’s great pleasures. People’s love for sweet is so visceral, food companies lure consumers to their products by adding sugar to almost everything they make: yogurt, ketchup, fruit…

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