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Diesel car ban: Sales boom despite plans for ban to tackle air pollution
Interest in diesels has soared because prices are being slashed. Measures to crack down on polluting diesels were announced by the Government last week. Drivers were warned they could be charged to drive in city centres and even banned from some roads. Owners are also braced for a potential tax hike in the autumn budget. […]
The next big catalyst in the US oil export boom is coming
Andrew Burton/Getty The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port plans to start exporting crude by early next year, in the latest indication there’s an oil export boom in the world’s top oil consumer. According to media reports citing an emailed LOOP statement, the private company operating the port is currently looking for potential producers interested in shipping their crude […]
Samsung Q2 operating profit up 73 percent, a record propelled by memory chip boom
(Reuters) — Samsung Electronics said a memory chip boom that propelled it to record profit in the second quarter is likely to continue in the third, just as revenue is widely expected to benefit from sales of OLED screens to Apple. The world’s biggest maker of memory chips, smartphones and TVs is set to smash […]
The Illegal Gold Mining Boom That's Poisoning Colombia
Efrain Oliveros wants to show what he keeps tucked deep in his wallet for good luck as he motors around the hills of Buenos Aires, a gold-mining town in the Cauca Department of western Colombia. He carefully unwraps a baggy to reveal a tiny flake of green gold mined with a simple process — scooping […]
Google drops the boom on WoSign, StartCom certs for good
(credit: Michael Rosenstein) Last August, after being alerted by GitHub’s security team that the certificate authority WoSign had errantly issued a certificate for a GitHub domain to someone other than GitHub, Google began an investigation in collaboration with the Mozilla Foundation and a group of security professionals into the company’s certificate issuance practices. The investigation uncovered […]
London holiday post-Brexit BOOM: 'Great value’ UK capital sees tourist numbers SOAR
The city has become much more attractive to tourists, according to latest figures from ForwardKeys. London has seen a 14 per cent spike in forward bookings for long-haul international arrivals compared to the beginning of July last year. The primary reason for this significant increase is the weakened pound which is attracting overseas markets. London […]
Cruise news: Disney cruise holidays BOOM as iconic brand unveils NEW ship
The entertainment giant is adding another new ship to its fleet, which will be ready by 2022. Disney’s new vessel adds to an existing order of two cruise ships, to be completed by 2021 and 2023. All three luxury liners will be built at Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany. The new cruise will weigh 135,000 […]
Staycation boom: Britons opting for UK holidays due to THIS surprising reason
Staycation holidays in the UK have been on the rise since the Brexit vote. Many reasons such as saving money with the exchange rate constantly fluctuating, to it being easier than flying abroad are some of the popular reasons. Recent flight delays and cancellations have meant that many holidays have been ruined for travellers heading […]
Brexit travel BOOM: Leave vote has NO impact on Europe holidays for 81 per cent of Britons
Contrary to widespread public perception, 72 per cent reported not consciously minimising costs since the vote. The research found 43 per cent of remainers still worry about exchange rates on their next holiday, compared to 20 per cent of leavers. A third (34 per cent) of remainers are concerned about accessible healthcare in the EU, […]