Warren Buffett is coming to the rescue of another fallen giant. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway announced Thursday that it would invest $5 billion in Bank of America Corp., giving a much-needed vote of confidence in the struggling bank.
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On Thursday the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep Bank Rate at 0.5pc for the 28th successive month.
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On Tuesday we presented this week’s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence it came. Almost everyone who commented surmised that the shifter came from a ‘90s Volvo. The first commenter to correctly identify it as a first-generation Volvo...
Spain is set to confirm that it fell back into recession in the first quarter, marking the beginning of what is expected to be another rocky week for the ailing eurozone economy.
This week, we have some truly quality articles by young and early-career science writers. From science and politics to science and business, from allergies and bees to sperm and aliens, you name it, we got it.
Adam Smith , at City University, UK, looks at British politics and argues that...
The unemployment rate in the Chicago metropolitan area rose to 9.3 percent in December from 8.6 percent a year earlier. But it fell from 9.8 percent in November, the Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday.
CHICAGO Wendys/Arbys Group Inc. Chairman Nelson Peltz says he has been approached by an unnamed group interested in possibly acquiring the restaurant company and says he is looking into it.
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Today's pretty space pic, of the dark, cloudy center of the Omega Nebula, strikes our fancy due to its ominous scratchiness, like a beautiful cerulean and red painting marred by handfuls of dirt scraped across its surface. The nebula is about 5,000 light-years away, and is...
It is a fitting coincidence that my spin round the world's major markets over
the past few weeks should return to Europe just as the cold snap bites
again. Last week's thaw accompanied my look at the US, where recovery is
slowly but surely getting under way.
Currently Tracked Space Debris in Low Earth Orbit NASA
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The burgeoning problem of space debris and the threat it presents to satellites, manned space mission, and occasionally the International Space Station is no secret to those following the headlines coming out of low...
Adam Fergusson: Citizens blame immigrants for inflation.