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Insiders are buzzing that Northern Virginia could soon be awarded Amazon’s HQ2 as Jeff Bezos makes high-profile visit to Washington, DC (AMZN)
Amy Harris/Invision/AP The Washington, DC, area is buzzing with speculation that Northern Virginia could soon land Amazon HQ2. Two sources said as much to Business Insider. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is amid a high-profile trip to Washington, DC. The Washington, DC, area is buzzing with speculation that Amazon could soon select Northern Virginia as the […]
TripAdvisor: UK ranked third best country in the WORLD – so which UK cities were awarded?
TripAdvisor has announced the results of its Certificate of Excellence and the UK has incredibly been voted the third ‘Most Excellent’ country in the world. In further good news, both Edinburgh and Glasgow made it to the top 10 best cities in the world. “The UK has an incredibly competitive hospitality industry, so it is […]
Cytox Awarded New Innovate UK Funding for Alzheimer’s Testing
PRESS RELEASE: Important clinical evaluation of pioneering approach for risk assessment OXFORD, England & MANCHESTER, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 8, 2018– Cytox, an emerging precision medicine leader providing genetic testing for Alzheimer’s disease, is pleased to announce that, in partnership with Cardiff University, the company has been awarded funding by Innovate UK. The award is £800,000 ($ […]
Beckham awarded MLS franchise
Video Beckham awarded MLS franchise0:46 Football: Superstar David Beckham has been awarded an MLS franchise in Miami. January 30th 2018 a minute ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/Football/ Football Beckham awarded MLS franchise0:46 January 30th 2018 5 minutes ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/Football/ Brama ban ‘should be doubled’1:07 January 30th 2018 10 minutes ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news […]
Paris & Los Angeles each awarded their 3rd Summer Olympics
[unable to retrieve full-text content] It’s the first time the IOC has granted two Summer Olympics at once. CBC | Sports News
Chinese tourist awarded $461k after beaten by US border guard
A Chinese woman was awarded $ 460,800 after suing the US government for an incident in which she was brutally injured and arrested by a border guard during a visit to Niagara Falls. The agent mistakenly believed the tourist was associated with a drug suspect. Zhao Yan, a business owner and piano teacher from Tianjin, […]
Man awarded $870,000 after surgeon removes wrong testicle
Published time: 17 Jun, 2017 17:12 A Pennsylvania man has been awarded almost one million dollars after a botched surgery left him with only one testical – the one he didn’t want removed. Steven Haines, 54, had been suffering from chronic pain in his right testicle for 15 years. In 2013, he finally sought help […]
Akonni Biosystems Awarded Grant to Validate TruTip® Sample Preparation Technology for Use in Low Resource Settings
PRESS RELEASE: Grand Challenges grant, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, seeks a novel sample preparation technology to become a “universal method” for Low and Middle Income Countries FREDERICK, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 6, 2017– Akonni Biosystems, a molecular diagnostics (MDx) company that develops, manufactures, and intends to market advanced MDx systems, today announced it […]
Cash cow: Cricket tournament winners awarded calves
Published time: 6 Jun, 2017 05:29 An Indian cricket team was awarded a prize of cows after winning a tournament in the state of Gujarat. The move comes as political controversy continues around the issue of cow slaughter in the country. The unusual award was presented by the Rabri community – a group of mainly […]
