Credit Suisse said to name Tidjane Thiam as new CEO
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...
London’s Bedlam burial ground excavation of 3000 skeletons underway
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...
Very sexually active males are less secure, in the world of beetles
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,...
Global warming set to accelerate, so prepare to adapt, scientists warn
Start adapting to living in a warming world, researchers warn, because an analysis of climate changes that occur over several decades shows that these...
McDonald’s sales continue to decline
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...
Millions of Asian men today descended from Genghis Khan and 10 other dynastic leaders
Genghis Khan had several sons, and they had several sons too, and so did their sons, etc. This trend of fathering many sons continued...
GM buying back $5 billion in shares by the end of 2016
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...
UFO sightings were really lenticular clouds, UK
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...
Robots that see the world as humans do being created by Australian roboticists
Robots cannot work next to humans safely because they are not yet equipped to recognize and avoid obstacles in their way, but this is...
Treasury sells another 1% stake in Lloyds, netting £500 million
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...