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Credit Suisse said to name Tidjane Thiam as new CEO

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Credit Suisse is thought to replace Brady Dougan with Prudential Plc’s Tidjane Thiam as its new chief executive officer, according to a recent report. Bloomberg...
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London’s Bedlam burial ground excavation of 3000 skeletons underway

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Sixty archeologists are excavating about 3,000 skeletons at London’s most valuable 16th and 17th century cemetery site – the Bedlam burial ground at Liverpool...
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Very sexually active males are less secure, in the world of beetles

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Very sexually active male beetles tend to be more insecure about where they stand in the social pecking order compared to their less sexually active peers,...
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Global warming set to accelerate, so prepare to adapt, scientists warn

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Start adapting to living in a warming world, researchers warn, because an analysis of climate changes that occur over several decades shows that these...
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McDonald’s sales continue to decline

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McDonald's posted its ninth straight month of declining same-store sales. In February same-store-sales at McDonald's fell by 4% in the US and 1.7% worldwide. McDonald's has...
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Millions of Asian men today descended from Genghis Khan and 10 other dynastic leaders

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Genghis Khan had several sons, and they had several sons too, and so did their sons, etc. This trend of fathering many sons continued...
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GM buying back $5 billion in shares by the end of 2016

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General Motors announced that it will be buying back $5 billion in shares by the end of 2016. In return, activist investor Harry J. Wilson...
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UFO sightings were really lenticular clouds, UK

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Alien enthusiasts were excited when they thought a bunch of UFO’s had flown over the Northwest of England, but they were lenticular clouds, a...
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Robots that see the world as humans do being created by Australian roboticists

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Robots cannot work next to humans safely because they are not yet equipped to recognize and avoid obstacles in their way, but this is...
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Treasury sells another 1% stake in Lloyds, netting £500 million

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The government completed its latest round of selling shares in the bailed-out Lloyds Banking Group, netting £500 million and reducing its stake in the...