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Antiquity In east-central Sweden, workers demolishing a railway that crossed the Motala Ström River discovered something bizarre. For roughly 7,500 years, a shallow, swampy lake in the area had hidden a pile of stones that contained the skeletal remains of at least 10 people and weapons made of stone and antler. They also found the […]
Getty Images/Michael Kovac Shares of GameStop spiked as much as 15% after the video game retailer beat expectations. Shares have given up the majority of their gains and are now up 4%. GameStop reported adjusted earnings of $ 0.54 cents per share, well above Wall Street’s expected $ 0.44 that Wall Street was expecting. The […]
– Mercedes-Benz has confirmed that the B-class Electric Drive—badged B250e—won’t be offered after the 2017 model year. The B250e is Mercedes-Benz’s only all-electric vehicle, yet the news of its demise isn’t entirely surprising. It was conceived from the start with an unusual pedigree and a limited shelf life while Mercedes-Benz used it to test some […]
The exchange rate has jumped to €1.141 after noting a weekly high of €1.142 yesterday. Sterling has held its ground despite disappointing manufacturing data released out of the UK yesterday. The Markit manufacturing PMI for June fell from 56.3 points to a three month low of 54.3. Notably, May’s figure was also negatively revised from […]
“In the coming months, I would like to see the extent to which weaker consumption growth is offset by other components of demand, whether wages begin to firm, and more generally, how the economy reacts to the prospect of tighter financial conditions and the reality of Brexit negotiations. “Provided the data are still on track, […]
In the last 24 hours, the pound has also risen three per cent against currencies in Canada, Argentina, Mexico and Australia. The exchange rate has noted a two per cent jump against 115 other countries around the world, including Russia, Brazil, China, Hong Kong, the UAE, Japan, the Czech Republic and Croatia. According to currency […]
In a bid to give its national volleyball team an edge, Japan has enlisted the help of high-tech training robots. According to New Scientist, these bizarre-looking bots are used to mimic the opposing team’s defense and are made up of three pairs of hands attached to a mobile torso. Mounted to a track, these new […]
West Texas Intermediate crude oil trades up 1% at $ 52.26 a barrel, a one-month high, after the United States launced 59 cruise missiles at military targerts controlled by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in response to Monday’s chemical attack that killed at least 80 people. WTI hit an overnight high of $ 52.94 before paring its gains. […]
This is not even close to the spikiest it gets. Celeste is a game about climbing a mountain. A mountain covered in spikes. As part of a recent Nintendo showcase during GDC, I got to try out a bunch of indie games that are coming to the Switch. Of those, Celeste was my favorite. It’s […]
Getty Images/Dario Pignatelli/Bloomberg Gold trades up 0.5% at $ 1,203.31 per ounce on Tuesday following comments from Trump adviser Peter Navarro suggesting Germany is taking advantage of the European Union and the United States by using a “grossly undervalued” euro. The precious metal held onto smalls gains ahead of Navarro’s comments and spiked to its best level […]
