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Rolls-Royce expecting UK approval for mini nuclear reactor by mid-2024 By Reuters

Rolls-Royce expecting UK approval for mini nuclear reactor by mid-2024 By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Rolls-Royce logo is seen at the company’s aerospace engineering and development site in Bristol, Britain, December 17, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville By Isabel Kua (Reuters) – A Rolls-Royce (OTC:) design for…

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Payment apps asking for specific tips before service annoy the heck out of users – but still generate bigger gratuities

Payment apps asking for specific tips before service annoy the heck out of users – but still generate bigger gratuities

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Asking customers to leave specific tip amounts before food is delivered or provided prompts larger gratuities but also leads to lower…

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Why African scientists are studying the genes of African species, and how they do it

Why African scientists are studying the genes of African species, and how they do it

DNA is the blueprint of life. All the information that an organism needs to survive, reproduce, adapt to environments or survive a disease is in its DNA. That’s why genomics – studying DNA and genes…

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Turkish central bank to hold extraordinary general meeting

Turkish central bank to hold extraordinary general meeting

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) is to hold an extraordinary general meeting on January 18, allowing it to make an early distribution of profits to the government. The central bank made…

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Gold Steady With Investors Weighing War and Rising Inflation By Bloomberg

Gold Steady With Investors Weighing War and Rising Inflation By Bloomberg

© Reuters. Gold Steady With Investors Weighing War and Rising Inflation (Bloomberg) — Gold pared early gains as investors assessed the war in Europe, elevated inflation and the risk of a U.S. recession. The precious…

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Do poison pills work? A finance expert explains the anti-takeover tool that Twitter hopes will keep Elon Musk at bay

Do poison pills work? A finance expert explains the anti-takeover tool that Twitter hopes will keep Elon Musk at bay

Takeovers are usually friendly affairs. Corporate executives engage in top-secret talks, with one company or group of investors making a bid for another business. After some negotiating, the companies engaged in the merger or acquisition…

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plans for outer space hold the key to success

plans for outer space hold the key to success

Agenda 2063 is the African Union’s long-term framework for socio-economic development, regional integration and the preservation of history and culture. The agenda has 15 flagship projects. These have been identified as necessary for meeting the…

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Mexico’s president slams enhanced Texas border trucking inspections as ‘despicable’ By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Trucks wait in a queue to cross into the United States in the Jeronimo-Santa Teresa International Bridge connecting the city of Ciudad Juarez to Santa Teresa, Nuevo Mexico, after Texas Governor,…

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Russia faces first foreign default since 1918 – here’s how it could complicate Putin’s ability to wage war in Ukraine

Russia faces first foreign default since 1918 – here’s how it could complicate Putin’s ability to wage war in Ukraine

Russia may be on the cusp of its first default on its foreign debt since the Bolsheviks ousted Czar Nicholas II a century ago. On April 14, 2022, Moody’s Investors Service warned the country’s decision…

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BoE seeks partner to build public cloud environment

BoE seeks partner to build public cloud environment

The Bank of England is looking for a partner to help it design and build the systems needed to allow staff to tap into public cloud services. The BoE says it wants to tap into…

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