© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A LNG tanker is tugged towards a thermal power station in Futtsu By Ekaterina Kravtsova and Scott DiSavino LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A sharp increase in U.S. liquefied (LNG) output in…
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Imagine how you’d feel if you discovered footage from your private home security camera had been broadcast over the internet. This is exactly what happened to several unsuspecting Australians last month, when the website Insecam…
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Big tech is back in the spotlight. The chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are testifying before Congress on July 29 to defend their market dominance from accusations they’re stifling rivals. Lawmakers and…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Oil prices settled mixed Tuesday, with U.S. crude losing more than 1% on worries about a likely build in domestic crude stockpiles last week amid an explosion in…
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Australia’s consumer watchdog is suing Google for allegedly misleading millions of people after it started tracking them on non-Google apps and websites in 2016. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says Google’s pop-up notification…
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Over the recent years, the rise of a new stratum within the government machinery has led to public concern over its purpose, accountability and cost. While members democratically elected enjoy the legitimacy of running the…
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Dozens of companies with no track record of activism have made statements in recent weeks in support of Black Lives Matter following what I believe is unprecedented pressure from racial justice protesters. It may have…
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© Reuters. As Gold Smashes Records, Forecasters Ask Whether Peak Is Near (Bloomberg) — Gold has just smashed a record, and every major bank agrees that it’ll cross $2,000 an ounce. What happens next is…
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Scientific publishing is not known for moving rapidly. In normal times, publishing new research can take months, if not years. Researchers prepare a first version of a paper on new findings and submit it to…
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A massive shakeup of the UK’s audit industry is on the cards. The Big Four, which audit all of the FTSE 100 and 21 of the FTSE 250, have been told by the accounting regulator…
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