Often, when the economy runs into trouble, it goes through a slow glide from good times to bad. Other times, it is more like a fast car slamming on the brakes. A potential coronavirus recession looks more and more like the second situation — and that has big implications for how painful a downturn would […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Coronavirus can affect anyone, but people with pre-existing health problems and older people are thought to be at greater risk of developing severe symptoms. Many of the thousands of deaths so far – mostly in China – have involved “vulnerable” elderly patients with underlying medical conditions, such as heart disease. If
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ellie Goulding shot to fame after winning the BBC’s Sound of 2010 a deacde ago Ellie Goulding says she was “not warned” about the pressures of fame when she started her career in 2009. The pop star said her first few years in the spotlight were “tough” as she
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Image copyright Nissan Image caption The new press is also being used in the production of the Juke model More than £50m has been invested in the Nissan plant in Sunderland as the firm gears up to build the new Qashqai. The Japanese car-manufacturer said its new press, which weighs 2,000 tonnes and took 18
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University of Kansas officials say a man recently charged with a child sex crime had provided massage services to some women’s athletic teams since 2015 March 6, 2020, 5:14 PM 3 min read LAWRENCE, Kan. — A man recently charged with a child sex crime provided massage services to some University of Kansas women’s athletic
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The BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg has been asking the three Labour leadership contenders if they have any Tory friends, in wide-ranging interviews on why they want the job. Labour leadership contender Lisa Nandy says she has friends who vote Conservative and when she isn’t taking part in leadership hustings she does “get out and
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The secretary general of OPEC said Friday that talks with non-members like Russia on cutting oil production have ended without agreement By DAVID McHUGH and KIYOKO METZLER Associated Press March 6, 2020, 5:11 PM 3 min read VIENNA — Talks between OPEC and non-member allies like Russia ended Friday without a deal on cutting oil
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If you’re a ’90s kid, you might remember the moment in “Beauty and the Beast” when the hulking Gaston gulps down several raw (and in-shell) eggs, crediting this dietary choice with helping him grow to be “the size of a barge.” Of course, the consumption of raw eggs isn’t just confined to swaggering Disney villains;
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Considering the frequency with which “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling pops up online to answer mysteries, you might think at this point there’s no (sorcerer’s) stone unturned. Rowling has handled burning questions about Hogwarts tuition (it’s free), Ron Weasley as a time-traveling Albus Dumbledore (nope) and whether Draco Malfoy is a werewolf (also no). But now, even
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Image copyright Getty Images A customer database left unsecured online by Virgin Media contained details linking some customers to pornography and explicit websites. The researchers who first discovered the database told the BBC that it contained more information than Virgin Media suggested. Such details could be used by cyber-criminals to extort victims. Virgin Media told
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