RAF Tornado fighter jet flies with 3D printed metal part
Tornado fighter jets in the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) are to use 3D printed parts for the first time.
One jet, fitted with a...
Volkswagen luxury brands record sales
The Volkswagen luxury brands reported record sales for 2013, with Bentley posting 19% growth compared to 2012, Audi 8.3% and Porsche 15%.
According to Volkswagen,...
Money addiction – the more we have, the more we want
Money is one of the few things people do not take for granted when they have more of it.
Money addiction is a compound...
Tesco had disappointing Christmas sales
Tesco, Britain’s largest retailer and the third largest worldwide, had disappointing Christmas sales, reflecting a change in British consumer habits towards lower prices and...
Rolls-Royce had record year
Rolls-Royce sold 3,630 cars in 2013, the company’s fourth consecutive record and an increase of 1.5% over 2012 (3,575), the carmaker announced.
Rolls-Royce, which is...
Many paying more with Obamacare
Forty-seven percent of Americans with health insurance through their employers report more money being taken out of their wages each month to pay for...
Cleaning paper money to prolong its life
Paper money, such as dollar bills, gradually become dirtier and dirtier as they gather grime, fall onto streets and sidewalks, and eventually get selected...
November Eurozone unemployment stayed stubbornly high
November Eurozone unemployment remained unchanged at 12.1%, a record high since April 2013, with wide differences between the area’s core and peripheral countries, according...
Madoff ties cost JPMorgan $2.6 billion
JPMorgan is to pay $2.6 billion to settle civil and criminal allegations that the bank failed to halt Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.
JP Morgan Chase...
End oil export ban, US companies say
US oil companies have asked for an end to the country’s oil export ban that has been in force for four decades, ever since...