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Five trillion pieces of plastic floating in our oceans, says study

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A recent study shows that there are over five trillion pieces of plastic floating in the world’s oceans. The study, published in the journal PLOS...
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Earth’s water came from asteroids not comets, Rosetta mission finds

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According to a recent study published in the journal Science, results from the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission (which landed on Comet 67P in...
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Google is best company to work for, while Twitter fell from top 50

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Google Inc., which is usually in the top 50 companies to work for, won the number 1 spot this year on Glassdoor’s seventh annual...
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Instagram boasts 300 million monthly users, beating Twitter

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Photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service Instagram has topped 300 million monthly active users, nine months after reaching 200 million. Instagram beat Twitter which...
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Canada’s housing market forecast to grow by 2.5% in 2015

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The housing market in Canada is expected to grow by 2.5% in 2015, says a new report by RE/MAX, with the Greater Vancouver and...
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Airline profitability improves thanks to declining oil prices, says IATA

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Airlines globally are expected to post a collective net profit of about $19.9 billion in 2014, up from June’s estimate of $18 billion, the...
Ian McCaffety wants rate rise

Interest rates should rise sooner as wages reach turning point, says McCafferty

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Bank of England hawk Ian McCafferty says interest rates should rise sooner rather than later as UK wages reach a potential "turning point". Mr....
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BP announces $1 billion restructuring charges

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British oil giant BP plc said on Wednesday it planned to spend about $1 billion on restructuring in the coming twelve months, as part...
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Energy UK helps 3m customers reclaim money left in old accounts

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There are millions of pounds lying idle in old accounts by millions of energy customers, says Energy UK, which is encouraging people to get...

Methane being released into the Pacific Ocean at an alarming rate

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Water at intermediate depths in the Pacific Ocean is warming up to a point where methane gas, trapped in frozen layers below the seafloor,...