George Osborne chickens out of French kiss dare with election strategist
Before the UK general election, Chancellor George Osborne had promised to make good on a French kiss dare with campaign strategist Lynton Crosby -...
Sudden ice loss in huge part of Antarctica alarms scientists
A huge part of Antarctica, a 750 kilometre-long stretch of glaciers, has been shedding ice at 60 cubic km or around 55 trillion litres...
Tetraplegic man plays rock paper scissors with robotic arm
A tetraplegic (quadriplegic) man played rock, paper, scissors using a robotic arm - activating it purely by using his imagination, i.e. just by thinking...
Whitebread names Alison Brittain as new chief executive
Whitbread has named Alison Brittain as its new chief executive.
Brittain, a top executive at Lloyds, is set to become one of the few female...
Amazon to pay more tax in the UK
The online retail giant Amazon is going to start paying more tax in the UK following accusations that it avoided tax in its third...
Deere earnings beat expectations, raises full year forecast
Deere & Co reported better-than-expected second quarter results on Friday.
The world's largest maker of farm equipment posted an 18 percent drop in revenue in...
GM could face hefty criminal charges because of faulty switches
General Motors could face hefty criminal charges after because of identified criminal wrongdoing after a federal investigation looked into a defect linked to at...
Spectacular brightest galaxy in the Universe with 300 trillion suns discovered
Scientists have discovered the brightest galaxy in the Universe, containing over 300 trillion suns. The ELIRG (extremely luminous infrared galaxy) was detected using data...
Weird star called Nasty 1 has behavior never seen before, say astronomers
There is a weird aging star about 3,000 light years away - nicknamed Nasty 1 – whose behaviour has baffled astronomers. The star, which...
Bank of Scotland to close 13 branches this year
Bank of Scotland announced that it will be closing over a dozen branches across Scotland this year.
By the 18th of September a total of...