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British billionaire Richard Branson will take Virgin Galactic public by year-end, giving it the much-needed funds to take on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin in the race to space. The company will list its shares as part of a merger with Social Capital He...
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The effects of climate change continue to become undeniable, as even Alaska recently “celebrated” its hottest day ever. A state synonymous with the word “cold” hitting 90 degrees is just the latest worrying sign, along with increased worldwide floods...
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These crop tops can be dressed up or down, and paired with everything from denim cut-offs to flowy skirts. Shop our favorite summer essentials.
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The French government is to impose a tax of up to 18 euros ($20) on plane tickets for all flights from airports in France to fund less-polluting transportation projects, a minister said Tuesday. The move, which will take effect from 2020, will see a...
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(Bloomberg) -- IBM closed its $34 billion purchase of Red Hat, sealing the world’s second-largest technology deal ever and setting up the iconic U.S. company on a path to try to compete with top software purveyors in the cloud.The 108-year-old Intern...
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Glaxo's (GSK) long-acting, injectable two-drug regimen gets FDA's priority review designation. The company begins study to identify approaches to implementing once-monthly injectable HIV treatment in the real world.
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Snowball, a sulphur-crested cockatoo, shot to YouTube stardom a decade ago for his uncanny ability to rock out to the Backstreet Boys. Now Snowball's back -- alright! -- having taught himself a dizzying array of new moves that might put you to shame...
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Tanzanian President John Magufuli downplayed fears Tuesday that a hydro-electric dam planned for a fabled nature reserve would affect the environment, despite UNESCO expressing "grave concern" over the scheme. The 2,100-megawatt scheme will straddle...
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(Bloomberg) -- Zoom Video Communications Inc. shares dipped in Tuesday’s trading after reports circulated that a flaw in the Zoom app on Apple Inc. Macs could allow websites to take over user’s webcams.The vulnerability allows any website to “forcibl...
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More than 100 World War II-era shipwrecks decorate the seafloor around Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore -- and now, there are two fewer.According to Dutch media reports, a pair of submarines that sank off the coast of Malaysia in 1941 mysteriously v...
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(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. edition of British reality show “Love Island” begins on Tuesday night, testing American appetites for daily, hour-long doses of sun-drenched tropical romance.Millions of British viewers sit down six nights a week to watch the...
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(Bloomberg Opinion) -- President Donald Trump has a real thing for cleanliness. As he made clear at an event staged at the White House on Monday, this extends far beyond copious use of hand-sanitizer – from sea to sanitary sea, no less. Kicking off h...
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(Bloomberg) -- With the U.S. economic expansion getting longer and longer, nervous investors are pouring money into funds tracking the investment factor known as “quality.” It’s a category whose composition has changed.Gone are the days when having a...
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Purchases disclosed by a company insider boosted investor confidence and the company's chemotherapy pill.
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(Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic will become the world’s first publicly traded space-tourism venture by merging with an investment firm listed in New York.Social Capital Hedosophia will have a 49% stake in the combined bus...