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Shrinking airline seats: Flyers Rights group claims cuts are 'SAFETY and security concern'
Many passengers are already fed up with limited legroom on economy flights, but that hasn’t stopped airlines trying to downsize further. Major carriers including American Airlines and British Airways have all revealed plans to increase seats on aircraft, thereby sacrificing passenger space. But a case in the US Court of Appeals could put an end […]
‘Incredible shrinking airline seat’: Court orders FAA review of seats on US flights
Published time: 29 Jul, 2017 22:17 A US court has ordered the Federal Aviation Authority to review seat sizes after an advocacy group alleged that passengers’ lives were at risk due to cost and space-saving initiatives on board commercial flights. READ MORE: TSA to enact stricter electronic screenings at all US airports “This is the […]
Heart health: Controlling blood pressure & cholesterol ‘can prevent brain from shrinking’
YOUNG adults who take seven simple steps to keep their heart healthy can prevent their brain from shrinking in later life, according to new research. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Bodies of a couple that disappeared in 1942 have been found in a shrinking Swiss glacier
Sean Gallup/Getty Images A pair of bodies discovered in a shrinking glacier in Switzerland are believed to be a couple who went missing 75 years ago, according to a report in Swiss newspaper Le Matin. Marcelin and Francine Dumoulin disappeared in the area in August 1942 while tending to their cows. Bernhard Tschannen, the director of […]
MORGAN STANLEY: ‘Bitcoin acceptance is virtually zero and shrinking’
Thomson Reuters The price of bitcoin is up over 250% since last year, but acceptance of the cryptocurrency as a form of payment among top merchants has declined. A research note out Wednesday by a group of analysts at Morgan Stanley led by James E Faucette said “bitcoin acceptance is virtually zero and shrinking,” despite its impressive appreciation. […]
Wall Street’s workforce is slowly and relentlessly shrinking
It’s relentless. Every year, the number of bankers and traders employed by the largest banks on Wall Street shrinks a little. Headcount across investment banking, equities and fixed-income trading at the top 12 banks dropped by 1,900 from the first quarter of 2016 to the first quarter of 2017, a fall of 3%, according to new data […]
Tory lead over Labour shrinking fast after manifesto launches
The Conservative lead over Labour has fallen into single digits, polls show, prompting cabinet ministers to warn that victory is not assured with less than three weeks to go before the general election on June 8. Read more Some early polls had the Tories at almost double the vote share of the Labour Party, indicating […]
East Germany’s population is shrinking
WERE it not for the graffiti on abandoned buildings, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, two towns north of Leipzig joined as one in 2007, would seem devoid of young people. Pharmacies, physiotherapy surgeries and shops selling garden gnomes line the sleepy streets. In its heyday the place had a booming chemical industry. Today “the air is much cleaner and […]
The Incredible Shrinking Cut of Meat
For much of Lindsey Boyle’s life, her eating habits made her feel like an outsider. In one camp were the vegetarians. They were noble, high-minded and self-abnegating, and Boyle admired their ability to observe their beliefs in the most visceral way possible. She had even joined them for much of her 20s. But in the […]
