September 2019

Cobham: National security fears threaten defence takeover

Image copyright Cobham The government is to intervene in a US private equity firm’s takeover of UK defence and aerospace firm Cobham, citing national security concerns. Advent International made a £4bn offer to buy Cobham in July and shareholders approved the deal last month. But Cobham’s founding family raised concerns about the company’s future and […]

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Trump Hits Back After Ally Denounces ‘Weakness’ With Iran

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — President Trump engaged in a long-distance debate over Iran with one of his closest allies on Tuesday as Republicans sought to influence the administration’s response to the attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia over the weekend. Mr. Trump, who was in California for campaign fund-raising events, lashed out on Twitter

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Wendy Williams Calls Christie Brinkley’s ‘DWTS’ Injury ‘Fake As Hell’

Wendy Williams has a theory about the injury that led Christie Brinkley to pull out of this season’s “Dancing With the Stars,” claiming that the model faked it so that her daughter, Sailor Brinkley-Cook, could take her place on the hit show. Williams was responding to ABC’s announcement Monday that Brinkley would be leaving the show due

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Inside Conservative Groups’ Effort to ‘Make Dishwashers Great Again’

Dishwasher makers themselves dispute that dishwasher performance has gotten worse because of environmental regulations and they say they aren’t looking for weaker standards. A study from Consumer Reports said this year that today’s dishwashers use roughly half the water and energy of 20 years ago. In fact, using a modern dishwasher tends to be more

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Colbert Trolls ‘El Trumpo’ Over Desperate Plan To Woo Hispanic Voters

President Donald Trump is trying to increase his appeal to Hispanic voters, but as “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert pointed out, he has his work cut out for him. Trump’s approval rating among Hispanics is just 25%, far below his overall approval rating of 38%, according to a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll. So Trump

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