Tag: roughly

16 NOV

Wells Fargo plans to cut roughly 1,000 US jobs

REUTERS/Rick Wilking Wells Fargo & Co said on Thursday it notified about 1,000 employees in its Consumer Lending and Payments, Virtual Solutions and Innovations groups of plans to eliminate their positions. Most of those affected received 60-day notices, but some received pre-notices, meaning they will get a 60-day notice sometime next year. Over the summer, […]

13 MAY

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has roughly 300 launches before retirement

Now that SpaceX’s final Falcon 9 design has launched for the first time, there’s a looming question: how many more launches does the vehicle have left? Elon Musk has an idea. He estimated that SpaceX will build 30 to 40 more Falcon 9 cores for “~300 missions” over the next five years. The pioneering rocket […]

07 APR

It takes roughly 200 hours to become best friends with someone, according to science

Yulia Mayorova/Shutterstock.com The most effective way of becoming someone’s best friend is by spending more time with them, according to new research. You have to clock about 200 hours before you’re worthy of the “BFF” title. Of course, no relationship boils down to maths alone, but it could increase your chances. It’s a high honour […]

24 MAY

US-backed forces are roughly 1 mile away from the ISIS capital — and thousands of civilians are already fleeing

Thomson Reuters AMMAN — With United States-backed ground forces two kilometers away from Raqqa city, thousands of civilians are already fleeing ahead of the battle for the heart of Islamic State territory in Syria, while nearby displacement camps brace for an even greater influx in the days to come. As of Wednesday, the Syrian Democratic […]