Category: General Interest
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Banker held guilty of fraud
A former HSBC executive has been held guilty of defrauding Cairn Energy, an energy firm in a $3.5bn currency trade. HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational banking..
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UK watchdog fines Merrill Lynch
The Financial Conduct Authority has slapped the Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch with £35 million fine. FCA has accused of Merrill Lynch International of having failed to report..
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Ecological Armageddon
A study has revealed that the number of flying insects has plummeted by 75 per cent in the last 25 years in German reserves. Scientists believe..
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Mystery of Planet Nine
A University of Michigan researcher has logged in two key pieces of evidence that support the existence of another planet in the Solar System – one that is beyond Neptune. Scientists have..
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Stock market & the economy
US President Donald Trump has enigmatically linked the reduction of national debt to a robust stock market. Is the stock market a good indicator of the economy?
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Japanese manufacturing crisis
Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel has admitted to falsifying inspection data on about 20,000 tonnes of metals. This includes material used in automobiles, and even aircrafts.
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Ring around Haumea
Scientists from Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía have revealed that they have discovered a ring around a dwarf planet called Haumea. Haumea is located in the outer reaches..
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Obesity – triple burden malnutrition
A new study by the World Health Organization and the Imperial College of London has revealed that the number of obese children and teenagers across the world has increased..
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Thaler wins Nobel
American economist, Richard Thaler, famed for being a pioneer in behavioral economics has been conferred the Nobel Prize in Economics. He is a professor at the University of Chicago..
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New Bubbles – German FM
Germany’s outgoing Federal Minister of Finance, Wolfgang Schäuble, has warned of the possibility of yet another financial crisis, similar to the one that resulted in..