Dying neutron star wobbles into space-time warp and vanishes
A pulsar, a rapidly rotating neutron star, a deep space spinning lighthouse, has disappeared from view because a space-time warp tilted its beams of...
Shell Canada to cut 5% to 10% of jobs at Albian Sands mining project
Anglo–Dutch multinational oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell plc says it will reduce its 3,000 workforce at its Albian Sands mining project in...
Pensioners risk running out of cash due to pension reforms, warns Age UK
A considerable number of pensioners could run out of cash by the age of 75. This would be the result of new pension reforms,...
Saturn’s location now pinpointed 50 times more precisely
Saturn’s and its moons’ locations can now be poinpointed about 50 times more precisely than measurements achieved by ground-based optical telescopes, thanks to pairing...
Aer Lingus turns down BA owner IAG’s revised takeover bid
The national flag carrier of Ireland, Aer Lingus Group plc, has rebuffed the revised acquisition offer by International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. (IAG), the...
Driverless cars not trusted by half of Brits, says new survey
Nearly half of all Brits (48%) said they would be unwilling to travel as a passenger in a driverless car, i.e. an autonomous vehicle with...
UK total production fell 0.1% between October and November
Total production in November in the United Kingdom declined by 0.1% compared to October, the Office for National Statistics informed on Friday.
All three main...
UK trade deficit narrows in November thanks to cheaper oil
The UK trade deficit shrank in November thanks to cheaper oil prices. The Office for National Statistics informed on Friday that the country’s deficit...
Permanent staff hiring accelerating in the United Kingdom, says new report
Permanent staff hiring accelerated in December in the UK, a new REC/KPMG Report on jobs announced on Friday. The rate of expansion picked up...
TalkTalk buys blinkbox from Tesco in all-cash transaction
TalkTalk Telecom Group plc has purchased pay-as-you-go media content provider blinkbox from Tesco plc. The two companies have not yet disclosed how much money...