After all the bad press tech companies have received, would anyone still be surprised to learn the outwardly smiling face of social media conceals a sophisticated data-collection industry? This year’s headlines delivered news of an…
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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Petroleum pump jacks are pictured in the Kern River oil field in Bakersfield, California November 9, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. oil fell on Monday after airlines…
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Jerome Powell: acknowledged the coronavirus poses evolving risks to economic activity The US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan (BoJ) have all signalled their readiness to counteract the impact of the…
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Olaf Scholz is soon to be sworn in as the new chancellor of Germany after nearly two months of intense negotiations between the Social Democrats (SPD), Greens, and liberal Free Democrats (FDP). It is a…
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Ahh, summer at the beach! The sun on your face, sand between your toes, an ice cream in your hand. For scientists young and old, a trip to the beach is also a perfect opportunity…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold settled on Thursday at its highest level in five weeks, boosted by U.S. inflation risk after latest data showed the world’s largest economy facing its worst price…
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Football clubs are not like other businesses. Their primary aim is not to make a profit, but to win matches. Research shows this creates a conflict between sporting goals on the one hand, and the…
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Autonomous weapon systems – commonly known as killer robots – may have killed human beings for the first time ever last year, according to a recent United Nations Security Council report on the Libyan civil…
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© Reuters. Oil Climbs to Fresh Four-Week High as Omicron Concerns Ease (Bloomberg) — Oil settled above $73 a barrel for the first time in four weeks as signs that the omicron Covid-19 variant may…
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The National Bank of Denmark The National Bank of Denmark is focusing on maintaining the long duration of the country’s debt, it says in a document outlining its 2016 debt management strategy, published on February…
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