Image copyright Dan Kitwood Metro Bank is hoping to announce it has secured hundreds of millions of pounds in additional investment after close of business on Wednesday. The BBC understands a combination of existing and new investors have agreed to back the troubled bank. However, it is not clear at what price the new shares […]
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The Latest on events marking the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Several thousand train lovers have gathered in Utah to catch a glimpse of a pair of restored 1940s-era steam engines and celebrate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. The crowd packed in behind barriers
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Google is adding new advertising and shopping products as it tries to quell concerns that its revenue growth has started to decelerate. Last month, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, announced quarterly results that fell short of Wall Street expectations, dragging down its share price. One concern raised by analysts was that ads on sites like Google
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Tiger Woods spent a half-hour answering all sorts of questions at a packed news conference Tuesday. As he walked out, so did more than half of the media members who gathered to hear his every word. Brooks Koepka then immediately entered the room. Koepka is the titleholder of the PGA Championship and has won the
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“We’re not working on headlines,” she said. “We’re helping neighbors.” A Republican tracker with a video camera taped her every move. “Angie and her staff hate me, but they can’t stop me,” he told an attendee. Ms. Davids is socially liberal, but like Ms. Craig, she has taken a pass on the “Medicare for all”
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“China and the U.S. don’t have to have strained relations,” he said. Many also appear worried that the trade war and the government’s tightening control over the private sector could halt or even reverse its progress. In a country only a couple generations removed from starvation, the possibility doesn’t seem far-fetched to many. One 2017
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionFlight Lieutenant Nathan Jones uses CGI tech to help him recover. “There is no hiding, you are watching exactly what is wrong with you.” Flt Lt Nathan Jones is watching each of his leg muscles moving, on a big screen at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC),
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Image copyright ITV Image caption Clunes has travelled around the globe for the ITV series Actor Martin Clunes has been dropped as a patron of an animal welfare charity after footage emerged of him riding an elephant in Nepal. He faced fierce social media criticism after climbing on the creature during last week’s episode of
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Julian Richer, a drummer in a funk band, had already written into his will his plan to hand shares to staff More than 500 staff at Richer Sounds are in line for a £3.5m windfall after the retail chain’s boss handed them a 60% stake in the business. Julian
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TEL AVIV — The regulars at Tel Aviv’s Banana Beach had a clear view of the pyrotechnics when Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system fired at many incoming rockets in the dusk sky. The port city of Ashdod, barely 20 miles down the coast, was under attack by militant groups in Gaza. The Banana Beach
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