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Hacker proof credit cards

Fraud proof credit cards using quantum physics developed in the Netherlands

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Using a system based on quantum physics, dubbed Quantum Secure Authentication, it will soon be possible to make credit cards and ID cards fraud proof,...
Husky Energy

Husky Energy drastically cuts capital spending for 2015

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Calgary-based Husky Energy Inc. announced on Wednesday that its capital spending plans for 2015 will be one third lower than in 2014. It is...
Diesel and Petrol prices UK

Petrol below £1 is highly likely, says RAC

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The RAC is betting on petrol soon falling to below £1 per litre as global oil prices, which have declined by over 44% since...
Steve Jobs, Apple

iTunes antitrust case goes Apple’s way

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The nearly decade-long antitrust case went Apple’s way on Tuesday when an 8-member jury in Oakland, California decided after just three hours that the...
Labour Market in UK

UK unemployment fell 63,000 in October, earnings up 1.6%

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Unemployment in the United Kingdom declined by 63,000 to 1.96 million in the Aug-Oct quarter, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced on Wednesday....
Wonga caps rates

Wonga caps loans at 0.8% per day, at FCA’s top limit

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Wonga has capped its loans at 0.8% per day from 1%, which is the top rate the FCA’s new rules, which come into effect...
uber

Baidu investing in Uber, entering car-booking market

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Baidu Inc. is going to invest in Uber Technologies Inc., a move that will give the Chinese web services company a larger presence in...
TUI Group merger

TUI Travel and TUI AG merger completed

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UK’s TUI Travel plc and Germany’s TUI AG finalized their merger on Wednesday, thus creating the world’s biggest tourism and leisure company – TUI...
Margaret Hodge

Taxpayer bore whole risk from £10.5bn new train deal

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The UK taxpayer bore all the £10.5 billion risk when the Department of Transport bought new trains for the Thameslink project and for the...
mars rover

NASA’s Rover may have found evidence of life on Mars

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NASA's Curiosity Rover may have found evidence of life on Mars. The robot, which landed on Mars in 2012, has detected unusual spikes of methane that...