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Fake news targeting well-established brands pose little threat

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Fake news stories targeting well-established brands don’t pose a significant threat, according to a new study published in the Journal of Product & Brand...
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Astronauts pay a high physical price for being in space

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When astronauts spend six months in space, they pay a high physical price, from a stretched-out spine, weakened skeletal muscles, a puffy face, reduced...
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Milky Way core drives wind at 2m mph Hubble Space Telescope discovers

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The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered that a gigantic eruption occurred at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy about 2 million years ago,...
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Alibaba acquired $56.2 million of stock in US online retailer Zulily

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Alibaba Group acquired $56.2 million of stock in US online retailer Zulily Inc. According to a regulatory filing, Alibaba spent millions of dollars buying Zulily...
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Canada spurs clean innovation with nearly $1.8bn investment

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The government of Canada has announced it is planning to invest nearly $1.8 billion to spur clean innovation in developing countries. The announcement, made...
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Cancer immunotherapy is the breakthrough of 2013

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Cancer immunotherapy, a groundbreaking treatment that stimulates the patient's own immune system to reject cancer, is the breakthrough of the year, according to the...
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Sony abandons electronic readers

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After failing to gain a decent market share, Sony abandons electronic readers, saying it has no plans to develop a successor model. PRS-T3, the...
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Netflix algorithm update cuts data consumption by 20 percent

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Netflix has spent years working on a way to reduce the data consumption of its streaming content.  The company finally announced in an official blog post that...
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Canadian investor sentiment largest improvement in five years

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Canadian investor sentiment saw its largest improvement in five years – since 2011 – increasing by six points overall to +22 in May 2016...
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Solar eclipse on March 20 – mixed forecasts regarding cloudy or clear skies, UK

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As solar eclipse frenzy hots up, Britons are wondering anxiously what the weather will be like on Friday morning, March 20th. Early forecasts point...