Image copyright Reuters The City regulator has stressed that seven out of 10 bank customers will be better off or unchanged as another big bank announces its new overdraft rates. Customers of Lloyds Banking Group will be charged “personalised” rates of up to 49.9% from April, but most will pay a rate of 39.9% to […]
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A Beach House in Turks and Caicos $795,000 This three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom house reaches into the turquoise waters of Chalk Sound on the southern side of Providenciales, the most developed island in the Turks and Caicos archipelago. Known as Owl’s Nest, the half-acre property is about 10 miles west of Grace Bay, a popular resort and
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A federal judge says it’s likely Microsoft was trying to avoid paying U.S. taxes and is ordering the company to hand over financial documents January 22, 2020, 5:29 PM 1 min read SEATTLE — A federal judge says it’s likely that Microsoft was trying to avoid or evade paying U.S. taxes and is ordering the
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HYATTSVILLE, Md. — Morgan Wootten, a Hall of Fame basketball coach who built DeMatha High School into a national powerhouse and mentored several future NBA stars during a career that spanned parts of six decades, has died. He was 88. The school announced his death on Twitter, writing, “The Wootten Family is saddened to share
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Labour leadership contender Rebecca Long-Bailey has said people should have the right to legally define their own gender. She said she was “very firm in supporting the rights of trans people” and agreed that “trans women are women”. The shadow business secretary also told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg she was “sure” she had some Tory
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Here’s who you don’t want to be—the kind of person who says, “Let me know what I can do,” and then never does a thing. When a friend is hurting, grieving or overwhelmed by challenging circumstances, you want to be the resourceful, helpful one — the person who does something that’s actually useful. The ways
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Harvey Weinstein arrives at court in New York on Wednesday Harvey Weinstein has arrived for the opening arguments of his trial, with the former Hollywood producer facing the possibility of life behind bars. Mr Weinstein faces five charges, including rape and sexual assault, relating to two accusers. The 67-year-old denies
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Image copyright Reuters Trade tensions with the US have spiralled after the chancellor, Sajid Javid, took a defiant stance at Davos. US treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin has threatened new tariffs on UK carmakers after the chancellor defied pressure to cancel a new tax on tech firms. Mr Javid said the UK would not back down
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[Like the Science Times page on Facebook. | Sign up for the Science Times newsletter.] Initially, the illness appeared to spread only from animals to people. Then, experts said there was evidence of “limited” human-to-human transmission. Now, more cases are emerging among people with no known exposure to the animal markets, and in medical staff
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Apple added its Siri assistant to the iPhone 4S model in 2011, giving users a hand-free way to schedule appointments, play music, look up information and perform other basic tasks. Less than a decade later, digital assistants are in a plethora of digital devices, including computers, smart speakers, dashboards and watches, and they can help
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