Image copyright Getty Images Call handlers at the Prudential received spa breaks as prizes for selling annuities – but they were not treating some customers fairly. Sales-linked incentives were offered to staff and managers prior to 2013, but they may not have told customers they could shop around for a better deal. An annuity is […]
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1. You can still go The American government, as part of its ongoing economic embargo of Cuba’s socialist government, announced in June new rules for Americans traveling to Cuba, which included a ban on cruise ships. It also eliminated one of the 12 categories under which travel to the island has been allowed, the educational
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The CEO of the Russian anti-doping agency said Monday he feels “betrayed” after evidence emerged that crucial doping data was tampered with. Russian authorities handed over the data to the World Anti-Doping Agency in January after it had been kept under seal by Russian law enforcement. The data was widely believed to hold the key
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Boris Johnson insists allegations about his conduct towards women have not overshadowed the Conservative Party conference. “I think that what the public want to hear is what we’re doing for them and for the country” he said. The prime minister has denied a female journalist’s claim he squeezed her thigh at a lunch 20 years
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If you want a Philly cheesesteak, you don’t have to go to 9th and Passyunk in Philadelphia. There are plenty of food purveyors across the country that are happy to hook you up with something pretty dang close to the original. Similarly, the Montreal-style bagel has transcended its humble roots as a food made by
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John Oliver thinks this could finally be it. President Donald Trump’s involvement in the Ukraine whistleblower controversy left the “Last Week Tonight” comedian feeling seriously upbeat that Trump could fall after “so many terrible things” he has done. “This particular Trump scandal does start to feel a little different and something that is absolutely meriting
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Image copyright Getty Images Everton football club’s main sponsor, sports betting firm SportPesa, has halted operations in Kenya after a rise in tax on betting stakes. It comes amid worries about the effects of gambling in the African nation. Online sports gambling firms such as SportPesa have grown rapidly in the East African nation in
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Germany’s Bundesliga is moving its U.S. telecasts from Fox to ESPN, which will carry most of the matches on its digital streaming service in the latest switch from traditional broadcast networks. ESPN and the Bundesliga announced Monday they had reached a six-year agreement that starts with the 2020-21 season. Select matches will be televised on
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Instead, she looked forward. “In an appropriate case,” she wrote, “this issue could warrant the court’s review.” She made a similar point in August, criticizing a “Kafkaesque procedural rule” in Florida. The rule, she wrote, served to thwart a 2014 Supreme Court decision, Hall v. Florida, that struck down as too rigid the I.Q. score
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Nicole Scherzinger, pictured at last week’s Emmys, will be a judge on X Factor: Celebrity It’s the X Factor – but not as you know it. A celebrity version of the long-running ITV talent show is hitting screens next month. The show will see 15 star acts compete to impress
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