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The Federal Reserve

US Federal Reserve could raise interest rates next month

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The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes suggest that the US central bank could raise interest rates next month if economic data points to...
American-Eagle-Outfitters

American Eagle Outfitters reports surge in quarterly earnings

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American Eagle Outfitters Inc reported a jump in quarterly earnings on Wednesday, posting earnings per share (EPS) of $0.22 for the first quarter ended...
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Lowe’s reports better-than-expected quarterly sales, beating analysts’ projections

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Lowe's Companies, Inc posted better-than-expected first-quarter sales, beating analysts' projections, thanks to favorable weather conditions and strong demand for home renovation and building products....
Mount Everest versus Chimborazo

Mount Everest not as high as Chimborazo in Ecuador

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Is all this recent talk about Mount Everest not being the highest mountain in the world - with Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador taking the...
Charter

Charter completes $71 billion mega acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House

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Charter Communications announced that it has finally completed its acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. Charter paid around $60 billion for Time...
Giraffe and Okapi

Giraffe has long neck thanks to a set of genes that helped it adapt

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Why does the giraffe have such a long neck while its cousin, the okapi, does not? Scientists who sequenced the genomes of the two...
Some of the fossils found

Complex life started 1 billion years earlier on Earth than thought say scientists

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Complex life on Earth started one billion years earlier than previously thought, says a group of Chinese and American scientists. According to newly-uncovered fossil...
Liquid Wire

Liquid wire stretches and contracts like silk in the web of a spider

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The sticky coating that exists in a spider’s web has amazing properties capable of creating a liquid wire that can be stretched several times...
lloyds bank

UK Treasury receives dividend payment of £130 million from Lloyds

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The UK Treasury has received a dividend payment from Lloyds Banking Group of £130 million, bringing the total amount received from dividends to £318...
UFO in 17th century church wall Romania

UFO in 17th century painting in old church in Romania amazes visitors

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A UFO painted on the wall of a 17th century church in Romania is amazing visitors. We mostly think of unidentified flying objects as...