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Chip Somedevilla/Getty Images After Democrats successfully pressured Sen. Al Franken and Rep. John Conyers to leave office amid allegations of sexual misconduct, the GOP is facing growing pressure to apply the same scrutiny to its own members. Political operatives and commentators argue that Democrats have seized the “moral high ground” on issues relating to sexual […]
A pleasant hour’s flight with British Airways from London Heathrow to Aberdeen transports you from the hustle and bustle of city life to a wild and scenic countryside. Aberdeenshire really does have it all. From Bennachie Mountain, which I’m told is a “pleasantly tough” climb, to an untouched coast, the North East of Scotland genuinely […]
Published time: 10 Nov, 2017 23:37 A man who has lived in an apartment block that partially collapsed in the Russian city of Izhevsk has been detained on suspicion of intentionally setting up the explosion that killed at least seven people and left dozens homeless. The suspect, Aleksandr Kopytov, lived with his mother in a […]
Energy bills could be slashed by simply changing the temperature you wash your clothes at. Using a washing machine is the most expensive daily task you can carry out – as it uses the most energy at a time. Washing a load costs a whopping 50p a time, according to UK Power, which adds up. […]
– Some records are made to be broken and not just, as is the case with Barry Manilow’s Greatest Hits, through the use of a large hammer. The speed record for “production cars” has slowly crept upward over the years, but it now seems to have been pushed even higher after Koenigsegg drove an Agera RS […]
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Anthony Harvey/Getty Images Former vice president Al Gore teamed up with a former head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management to create Generation Investment Management, which invests in sustainable companies in both public and private markets. Generation’s ethos is rare on Wall Street. The founders say they can be long-term greedy – and make lots of […]
Next week, the Bloodhound Project folks will stage an event on a 1.7-mile runway at Cornwall Airport Newquay in southwestern England. There, RAF Wing Commander Andy Green will attempt to hit 200 mph in 9 seconds — a key test for the team’s ultimate goal of 1,000 miles per hour. The event comes on the […]
LinkedIn Dirk Jeschke, a former portfolio manager at Paul Tudor Jones’ hedge fund firm, is prepping a hedge fund in London for early next year. Jeschke, 32, is planning a macro fund that will, among other things, emphasize medium- to long-term systematic macro strategies. He plans to launch the fund in the first or second quarter […]
Let’s give credit where credit is due: it takes a certain amount of nerve for a television show to premiere its first two episodes on IMAX screens, and ABC’s upcoming Inhumans is going where only a few episodes of Game of Thrones have gone before. But when HBO’s flagship series showed episodes on the biggest movie […]
