UK government cuts stake in Lloyds down to 7.99%
The British government has sold off more shares in Lloyds Banking Group, cutting its stake in the lender by 1 percentage point down to...
LHC to operate at double the energy of its first run in 2015
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is preparing for a second three-year run in March 2015 - at double its original collisional energy.
The European Organization...
Large Hadron Collider 300 TB of data made public by CERN
CERN, based in Switzerland, has made 300 TB of high-quality data from the Large Hadron Collider available to the public online through the CERN...
Black holes crush matter into nothing say scientists
Black holes crush matter into nothing, say scientists from Harvard University and the University of Texas at Austin, after putting a basic principle to...
US Treasury selling last 11.4% stake in Ally Financial
The US Treasury has launched an offering to sell its 11.4 percent remaining stake in the Detroit-based auto lender Ally Financial Inc.
Ally Financial, the...
Pfizer profits down 15% in Q1 2014
With Pfizer profits down 15% to $2.3 billion during the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013, many experts comment...
Shinzo Abe plans 28 trillion yen package to boost struggling Japanese economy
The struggling Japanese economy is to receive a 28 trillion yen (£200bn or $265bn) package in the hope of kick-starting business and manufacturing activity,...
Japanese economy shrank 7.1 percent in Q2
The Japanese economy shrank by -7.1% in Q2 2014, revised data from The Cabinet Office showed, the steepest contraction in five years, which is...
Smellizing – making consumers imagine a product’s smell
Smellizing could be an effective way of attracting consumers toward a product, researchers reported in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Smellizing means prompting people to...
Premier League revenue rose to a record £4.5bn in 2016-17
Premier League revenue in the 2016-17 season rose to a record £4.5bn, up 25% compared to the previous year, according to a report from...