August 2019

Give Your Teenager a Credit Card? Some Financial Experts Say Yes

Parents should consider moving on to a credit card only after the teenager demonstrates responsible management of cash-based accounts, said Paul Golden, spokesman for the National Endowment for Financial Education and the father of two teenagers. “I believe in using a stair-step process,” he said. Here are some questions and answers about credit cards for

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Miley Cyrus’ New Breakup Song Has Fans Wondering Why It Ended With Liam Hemsworth

Miley Cyrus dropped a new song about a breakup, and it seems to feature a lot of allusions to her former flame, Liam Hemsworth. On Friday, the pop star released “Slide Away,” which opens with, “Once upon it was paradise, once upon a time I was paralyzed / I think I’m gonna miss these harbor

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Harland and Wolff: ‘Positive talks’ over shipyard future

Image copyright Pacemaker There have been “positive discussions” regarding the sale of Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolff, according to the administrators. The business entered administration earlier this month, with accountancy firm BDO overseeing the process. The move places 120 jobs at risk and could spell the end of the firm, best known for building the

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Trump Administration Approves F-16 Fighter Jet Sales to Taiwan

The Trump administration is moving forward with an $8 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, American officials said Friday. The move is certain to further anger China at a time when a long-running trade war between Washington and Beijing has upended relations between the world’s two largest economies and contributed to stock market

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Clatterbridge Cancer Centre ‘may lose proton beam therapy’

Image caption BBC correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones was treated at the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in July A centre which has been the home of the only UK facility for treating rare eye cancers may lose the technology in the future, health bosses have warned. The world’s first low-energy proton beam therapy was performed at Wirral’s Clatterbridge

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