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UK University offering course in Porn where students will study making & watching of X-rated material

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It seems there’s a college course for everything these days and the academic options are being expanded even further by a UK university, which will soon let students study the explicit subject of pornography. From 2020, students studying Art... Read More

Netanyahu says he FAILED to form govt, his rival Gantz given 28 days to do the job

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21 Oct, 2019 17:18 Follow RT on Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he has failed to form a unity...

Florida man turns himself in after allegedly robbing 3 banks in 3 hours

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A Florida man accused ofrobbing three banks in three hours Friday turned himself in to police Saturday, authorities said. Sandy Graham Jr.,...

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Wirecard hires KPMG for independent audit after FT allegations

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FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – German payments company Wirecard has hired KPMG to conduct an independent audit to address allegations by... Read More

EU data watchdog raises concerns over Microsoft contracts

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) contracts with European Union institutions do not fully protect data in line with EU... Read More

Hacking the hackers: Russian group hijacked Iranian spying operation, officials say

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LONDON (Reuters) – Russian hackers piggy-backed on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens... Read More

SAP in three-year cloud partnership with Microsoft

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FILE PHOTO: The logo of German software group SAP is pictured at its headquarters in Walldorf, Germany, May 12,... Read More

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Deutsche Bank plans job cuts of at least 10% in rates unit – Bloomberg

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FILE PHOTO: The logo of Deutsche Bank is pictured on a company’s office in London, England, July 8, 2019.... Read More

UPDATE 1-Canada votes as Trudeau, his ‘sunny ways’ dimmed by scandals, seeks to retain power

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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadians began voting on Monday to determine whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who swept into office... Read More

Colorado drops out of states’ fight to stop Sprint, T-Mobile merger

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FILE PHOTO: A smartphones with Sprint logo are seen in front of a screen projection of T-mobile logo, in... Read More

Chile scrambles to clean up mess after weekend of chaos, violent protests

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By Dave Sherwood and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda A woman walks past a subway station burned during last week’s... Read More

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Boeing may face billions more in losses as MAX crisis deepens: analysts

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(Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) may have to book billions of dollars in additional charges related to its grounded 737 MAX jets, brokerages said on Monday, following reports that call into question the timing of the aircraft’s return to... Read More

Apple starts selling locally assembled iPhone XR in India

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FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue...

Halliburton revenue drops more than expected as shale demand slows

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(Reuters) – Halliburton Co reported a bigger-than-expected 10% drop in quarterly revenue on Monday, as the oilfield services provider...

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‘Actors are allowed normal jobs too’

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Soap actors have been speaking out in support of ex-EastEnders actress Katie Jarvis, who made the news this weekend... Read More

Samira Ahmed takes BBC to court over equal pay

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BBC presenter Samira Ahmed is taking the BBC to an employment tribunal over alleged unequal pay. According to court... Read More

Steph McGovern leaves BBC Breakfast for Channel 4

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Steph McGovern is to leave BBC Breakfast to front a new daily current affairs show for Channel 4. The... Read More

Rembrandt: Newly discovered work to go on display

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A newly discovered Rembrandt painting depicting a well-known Biblical scene is to be shown in the UK for the... Read More

Health

Erdogan says he will never allow vaping, will block e-cigarettes in Turkey

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (not pictured) meets with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Palace... Read More

Cancer research: Scientists seek clues to how disease ‘is born’

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British and American scientists are teaming up to search for the earliest signs of cancer in a bid to... Read More

Medicare fraud cases settled for $7.1M after knee braces, injections deemed unnecessary

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Seven former Osteo Relief Institute clinics accused of billing Medicare for unnecessary knee braces and injections to treat osteoarthritis have... Read More

Miscarriages: Calls for better care for women in Wales

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There are calls for better support for women who have multiple miscarriages. Jessica Evans, who has lost six babies,... Read More

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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange fails in bid to delay extradition battle with US

WikiLeaks founderJulian Assange came up short Monday in a bid to delay his extradition to the United States to face espionage charges. Assange, who appeared with his legal team at the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, failed to convince District Judge Vanessa Baraitser that a delay in the alr [...]

Antarctica’s ice sheets contain radioactive chlorine gas 60 years after nuclear tests, study says

An explosive new study has found that nearly 60 years after nuclear tests were performed in the Pacific Ocean, radioactive chlorine is still leaking from ice sheets in Antarctica. The research says that chlorine-36 has been found in the Vostok portion of the continent after it traveled there followi [...]

Tupac Shakur arrested in Tennessee for meth possession, threatening officers with knife: cops

[shortened version by NAMEX news] It turns out Tupac Shakur isn’t dead — he’s just been living in Tennessee. [...]

Halliburton revenue drops more than expected as shale demand slows

(Reuters) – Halliburton Co reported a bigger-than-expected 10% drop in quarterly revenue on Monday, as the oilfield services provider battled lower demand from shale oil producers in North America, its biggest market. FILE PHOTO: Oil production equipment is seen in a Halliburton yard in Williston, N [...]

Italy’s biggest bank wants to become less Italian

MILAN (Reuters) – The chief executive of UniCredit (CRDI.MI) has a plan to revive his company’s ailing share price – make it less Italian. FILE PHOTO: The UniCredit bank headquarters in Milan, Italy, March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo Italy’s biggest bank is looking at whether it [...]

India’s Infosys U.S. listed shares plunge after whistleblower complaints

FILE PHOTO: The Infosys logo is seen at the SIBOS banking and financial conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Helgren BENGALURU (Reuters) – U.S.-listed shares of Infosys Ltd (INFY.N) (INFY.NS) fell nearly 16% in premarket trading on Monday after the Indian software s [...]

Chile scrambles to clean up mess after weekend of chaos, violent protests

By Dave Sherwood and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda A woman walks past a subway station burned during last week’s protests against Chile’s state economic model in Santiago, Chile, October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chilean authorities scrambled on Monday to clear wreckage and re [...]

UPDATE 2-Drug companies reach settlement as opioid trial set to begin

A sign is seen on the outside of the courtroom on the first day of a trial of Johnson & Johnson over claims they engaged in deceptive marketing that contributed to the national opioid epidemic in Norman, Oklahoma, U.S. May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Four drug companies r [...]

Coty exploring options for professional beauty business

(Reuters) – Coty Inc (COTY.N) said on Monday it was exploring strategic options for its professional beauty business that houses brands such as Wella and OPI as it restructures to focus on its fragrance, cosmetics and skin care businesses, sending its shares up 9%. The company said it was also explo [...]

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SME study: Companies wish for new financing models

Nine out of ten medium-sized industrial companies would find a financing model attractive in which the loan conditions are not primarily determined by historical financial ratios and available collateral, but by data that substantiates the performance of the investment and makes it verifiable at any [...]

TeamUltra announces Strategic Consulting Service for the Now Platform

Press Release Dedicated practice ensures Now Platform transformation projects deliver customer success TeamUltra – a Computacenter Company – today announced the launch of a newly formed practice, dedicated to providing strategic ServiceNow consulting services. The service will help companies to esta [...]

Francis Crick Institute selects TeamUltra to accelerate Now Platform enterprise roll out

Press Release TeamUltra to support on-going digital transformation program to automate and modernise business processes TeamUltra – a Computacenter Company – today announced that it has been selected by the Francis Crick Institute as its strategic ServiceNow partner. Working with TeamUltra’s accredi [...]

EMGS – Vessel update and activity for the third quarter 2019

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (the “Company” or “EMGS”) releases information on vessel activity and utilisation 4-5 working days after the close of each quarter. The Company defines vessel utilisation as the percentage of the vessel charter period spent on proprietary or multi-client data acquisit [...]

Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore UK

Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore UK Luxembourg – 04 October 2019 – Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC, ADR: SUBCY) today announced the award of a sizeable(1) contract by Shell for the Pierce depressurisation project, located approximately 160 miles offshore, east of Aberdeen. The contract scope involv [...]

PGS ASA: Eight Vessels During Winter Season

October 4, 2019: Oslo, Norway, PGS has earlier disclosed that it is fully booked for seven vessels in Q4 2019. PGS has now committed to a MultiClient program in West Africa for the eighth active vessel. The program is expected to last more than 100 days and has strong industry funding. As a conseque [...]

Wirecard hires KPMG for independent audit after FT allegations

FRANKFURT/BERLIN (Reuters) – German payments company Wirecard has hired KPMG to conduct an independent audit to address allegations by the Financial Times that its finance team had sought to inflate reported sales and profits, it said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Markus Braun, CEO (R) and Alexander von Kn [...]

EU data watchdog raises concerns over Microsoft contracts

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) contracts with European Union institutions do not fully protect data in line with EU law, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) said in initial findings published on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Visitors stand in front of a display screen at Microsoft’s new [...]

Hacking the hackers: Russian group hijacked Iranian spying operation, officials say

LONDON (Reuters) – Russian hackers piggy-backed on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens of countries while masquerading as attackers from the Islamic Republic, British and U.S. officials said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: A man types on a computer k [...]

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Erdogan says he will never allow vaping, will block e-cigarettes in Turkey

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (not pictured) meets with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday he will never allow electronic cigarette co [...]

Cancer research: Scientists seek clues to how disease ‘is born’

British and American scientists are teaming up to search for the earliest signs of cancer in a bid to detect and treat the disease before it emerges. They plan to “give birth” to cancer in the lab to see exactly what it looks like “on day one”. It is just one of the research priorities […] [...]

Medicare fraud cases settled for $7.1M after knee braces, injections deemed unnecessary

Seven former Osteo Relief Institute clinics accused of billing Medicare for unnecessary knee braces and injections to treat osteoarthritis have agreed to pay more than $7.1 million in a settlement, the U.S. Justice Department announced Friday. “Billing Medicare for medically unnecessary items and pr [...]

Chevron aims to cut intensity of greenhouse gas emissions from production

(Reuters) – Chevron Corp (CVX.N) aims to reduce the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions from its oil production by 5% to 10% over a seven-year period ending 2023 as part of an ongoing effort to combat global climate change, the U.S. energy major said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: A Chevron gas station [...]

Trump administration likely to announce details of biofuels deal by Friday: sources

(Reuters) – The Trump administration is expected to announce by Friday details of a U.S. biofuels policy deal to help farmers angry over waivers granted to refiners exempting them from using corn-based ethanol and other biofuels, four sources familiar with the matter said. The White House has held w [...]

Scientists find toxic fungus near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Poison Fire Coral fungus is seen in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, in this undated picture obtained from social media. RAY PALMER /via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A highly poisonous fungus, with toxins that c [...]