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Waleed Aly wades into the plastic bag ban row on The Project

Waleed Aly has offered his opinion on the plastic bag ban as debate continues around the country, claiming that Australian consumers are missing one vital fact about the ban.




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Quade Cooper puts Brisbane home on the market at $2million

Rugby star Quade Cooper, 31, is hoping to sell his four-bedroom home in Bulimba, Brisbane for $2million.




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Rugby star Quade Cooper and model girlfriend Laura Dundovic sell their Brisbane home

Rugby union star Quade Cooper and his model girlfriend Laura Dundovic have finally sold their Brisbane home.




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Rihanna risks another Instagram ban as she shares NSFW candid photos from a late night swim

Her Instagram account was disabled after she shared her topless Lui cover back in 2014. 




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Reno Rumble's Jenna Densten opens up about husband Josh Densten's diabetes battle

Star of The Block, Josh Densten has been candid about his shocking Type 1 Diabetes diagnosis just weeks after competing on the 2013 season, and now his wife has opened up




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The Block's Shelley Craft steals a kiss from her husband Christian Sergiacomi

Shelley Craft is not letting the rumble in the ratings get her down.




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Will Keith Urban make cameo on Big Little Lies season two?

The Hollywood couple of 12 years are known for being very supportive of their individual careers. But 2018 could be the year actress Nicole Kidman and musician husband Keith Urban team up.




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Keith Urban cuts casual figure at MusiCares event in NYC

Country superstar Keith Urban has cut a casual figure while signing autographs at MusiCares Person of the Year Award on Thursday.




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Who is Phil Elverum? Michelle Williams's husband revealed after secret wedding

Musician Phil Elverum recently married actress Michelle Williams in a secret ceremony in New York State. Here's everything you need to know about the Washington native.




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Molly Sims looks priceless in pink maxi gown as she attends the SAG Awards with husband Scott Stuber

She's been an actress and model since the late '90s, but on Sunday night she attended the SAG Awards as one half of a high-powered couple.




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Arron Banks loses bid to use European human rights law to overturn £160k tax bill on UKIP donations

Mr Banks, who bankrolled Nigel Farage's campaign to leave the EU, argued that his political donations being exempt from inheritance tax breached his human rights and breached EU law.




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US banks made a quick $10 billion in 2 weeks by processing small businesses loans from the government, says report

US banks earned $10 billion in two weeks processing the loans from the government scheme to protect small businesses from financial ruin during the coronavirus crisis, according to an NPR report.The rescue plan worth $349 billion offered businesses loans of up to $10 million to thousands of US companies and were guaranteed by the federal Small Business Administration.The banks charged a transaction fee of 5% on loans worth less than $350,000, while on loans worth between $2 million - $10 million, the cost was 1%.The banks defended the massive windfall of loan transaction fees, saying that processing the loans involved complicated vetting procedures.Treasury Department guidelines are less rigorous than for regular loans, and the taxpayer provides the funding, so there is little risk for the




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Relief loans are going to areas with pre-existing bank relationships instead of most infected regions, Fed economists find

Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, loan approvals are more concentrated in areas with existing small business-bank partnerships instead of regions hit hardest by the coronavirus, Federal Reserve Bank of New York economists wrote Wednesday. Virus hotspots including New York, New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania are receiving fewer PPP loan approvals per small business than less-affected states.The economists found "strong similarity" between states with high proportions of small business-bank financing relationships and PPP loan issuance.States with larger shares of community banks also issued a greater proportion of relief loans, the Fed found.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Emergency loans issued by the Small Business Administration have been more concentrated in areas




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Morrissey bans meat from Vivid LIVE concert at Sydney Opera House

Controversial former Smiths singer Morrissey has banned meat from being served backstage when he performs at Vivid at the Sydney Opera House in May.




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Band gets shut down at Vivid Sydney gig because of noise

Simeon Bartholomew - the singer of the band whose Kings Cross gig was shut down at 9:30pm for a noise compliant - has opened up on his disillusion with Sydney’s 'doomed' nightlife.




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Mako Vunipola back with a bang for Saracens after coronavirus concerns

Mako Vunipola was 'gutted' at missing out on a 60th Test cap due to England's decision to stand him down over the coronavirus scare. He played for Saracens on Saturday instead.




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England prop Joe Marler considering quitting rugby with immediate effect following 10-week ban

EXCLUSIVE BY NIK SIMON: England prop Joe Marler is considering quitting rugby with immediate effect. The 29-year-old is understood to have become disillusioned with the sport.




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Albanian-born Rita Ora and Bebe Rexha pen heartfelt messages to families affected by the earthquake

Rita Ora and her fellow Albanian-born singer Bebe Rexha have pledged their support to the families hit by Tuesday's deadly earthquake in Albania.




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Rita Ora showcases her incredible figure in a red bandeau bikini as she hits the beach in St. Barts

The singer, 29, turned heads in a red bandeau bikini, which showed off her figure to perfection as she pulled back her hair with a paisley printed silk scarf for a stroll along the beach.




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Are the Masked Singers Elton John and Meghan Markle… or Louie Spence and Chris Eubank?

ITV show the Masked Singers has left viewers across the UK guessing the identity of the celebrities. Many think Daisy (pictured) could be Miley Cyrus or Meghan Markle.




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Rita Ora bangs her head on the ceiling as she live streams exercise session

She's currently in the midst of a busy schedule as she promotes her recently released single, How To Be Lonely, and its racy accompanying video.




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Rita Ora shares a glimpse of her yoga routine days after banging her head during live stream

The singer, 29, posted a selection of clips of her doing yoga stretches while meditating to calming music after a work out.




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Tunisia bans the niqab veil in 'public institutions'

Under the new rules signed by Tunisia's prime minister, people wearing the Muslim face covering (pictured in a stock photo) will not be allowed to enter government buildings.




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Vogue cover girl Hanaa Ben Abdesslem's new husband is thug convicted of vicious assault

Just a few months after Vogue model Hanaa Ben Abdesslem wed London-based tycoon Amerpal Lamba at a lavish party in Tunisia, her new husband was spared jail in court for attacking a man at a party.




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Bankruptcy court approves Neiman Marcus' plea to access...

May 9 (Reuters) - U.S. luxury department store chain Neiman Marcus Group said on Friday it received court approval to access $675 million of its...




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Court halts ban on mass gatherings at Kentucky churches

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A federal court halted the Kentucky governor's temporary ban on mass gatherings from applying to in-person religious services, clearing...




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End of an era: Bangladesh's last Armenian dies

Michael Joseph Martin, Bangladesh's last Armenian, has died aged 89, bringing an end to the more than 300-year presence of the once thriving and powerful...




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Lebanon rooftops bustle as virus shifts life upstairs

Usually the kingdom of water tanks and satellite dishes, Lebanon's rooftops have recently been graced by unlikely scenes of locked-down residents fleeing...




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South Africa suspends use of Land Bank debt as...

By Mfuneko ToyanaJOHANNESBURG, May 9 (Reuters) - South Africa's central bank has temporarily prohibited the use of debt issued by the Land Bank as...




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Simon Cowell takes a swipe at Little Mix as he tells X Factor reject to apply for band's new show

Simon Cowell has taken a swipe at Little Mix during filming for X Factor: The Band by telling a rejected contestant to apply for the girlband's new show, The Search.




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Tallia Storm makes surprise appearance on The X Factor: The Band

The reality star, 21, had previously made her name as a solo singer but admitted she was 'delighted to have a go' at joining a group.




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X Factor: The Band: Simon and Nicole search for next One Direction

The trailer for The X Factor: The Band has been released ahead of the show's grand debut next Monday.




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The X Factor: The Band: Simon Cowell stunned as hopeful sings Little Mix's Touch ahead of rival show

The music mogul, 60, appeared stunned as a hopeful delivered a passionate rendition of Little Mix's Touch on Monday's opening edition of The X Factor: The Band.




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X Factor: The Band 'loses A QUARTER of viewers during first episode

Sources told The Sun that the figures 'signal the beginning of the end' for the Simon Cowell -fronted show, which has a one-year contract.




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X Factor: The Band: Leona Lewis returns to the show as a guest judge

The singer, 34, will join the panel for the first round of arena auditions in Birmingham, which will also see Nicole moved to tears by a female hopeful.




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The X Factor: The Band only pulls in 1.65M viewers ... with more watching an Aldi documentary

The second episode of The X Factor: The Band failed to draw in more viewers than a documentary about German supermarket Aldi on Wednesday night.




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EMC32-S: Transmission of Disturbance Signal Parameters to dAV Camera Systems

EMC32-S: Transmission of Disturbance Signal Parameters to dAV Camera Systems




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Beauty queen, 24, sues Miss World after it bans her from taking part because she is a mother 

Veronika Didusenko, 24, has launched legal action in London claiming organisers are in breach of the Equalities Act 2010 and has demanded they change their 'outdated' entry criteria.




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Husband has metal nut attached to his penis in his sleep in Ukraine

The unnamed husband from Zaporizhia in Ukraine, who is in his 40s, was woken up by pain in the morning and saw his penis being 'strangulated' and becoming further swollen.




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SBI, India's largest bank, is only worth a third of HDFC Bank — and the COVID-19 lockdown is making it bleed even more

State Bank of India’s (SBI) shares fell by as much as 6% today while HDFC Bank dipped by more than 7%.Yet, there is a sharp difference in the market capitalization between the State Bank of India (SBI) and HDFC Bank.This despite the former having 10 times as many customers and four times the balance sheet.With the coronavirus pandemic, it’s the beginning of another cycle of non-performing assets for banks, according to Siddharth Purohit, a banking analyst with Angel Broking.The State Bank of India (SBI), the largest bank in India, is only worth one-third of HDFC Bank, which in its own right, is the largest private sector bank in the country. This is despite the fact that SBI’s balance sheet is four times larger than HDFC Bank, has 10 times more customers, and is owned by the government of




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The downgrade of SBI, Bank of Baroda, and ICICI Bank is proof that the 'biggest nightmare' for India's financial sector is becoming real

Bank of America has downgraded the ratings for four of India’s largest banks — the State bank of India (SBI), Bank of Baroda, IndusInd Bank and ICICI Bank. The emerging cycle of non-performing assets will be the ‘biggest nightmare of 2020’ according to Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma.Bank of America’s downgrade follows in the footsteps of UBS and CLSA, who also slashed their expectations from banks.According to Sharma, the rise of bad loans is likely to spillover beyond banks to the fintech sector where a large number of startups have been giving out small unsecured loans.Indian banks had barely cleaned up the massive pile of unpaid loans from the country’s corporates, the coronavirus pandemic is barrelling into an economic crisis that may bring a fresh wave of non-performing assets (NPA)




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Yes Bank fears more deposits may disappear when COVID-19 moratorium ends and people start repaying loans

Yes Bank reported a net loss of ₹3668.33 lakh during the fourth quarter.Between 40% to 45% of its borrowers have opted to exercise the three-month moratorium on loan repayments issued by the Reserve Bank of India.The bank expects deposits to erode further once the moratorium lifts and its customers withdraw their funds to pay off loans.Over the last year, Yes Bank deposits half shrunk to half their original size.Yes Bank posted a net loss of ₹3668.33 lakh in its fourth-quarter earnings amounting to a total loss of ₹16,418 crore for the financial year 2019-20. However, with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing lockdown, the bank is far from being out of the woods just yet. “The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will impact the bank's future results will depend on related




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ICICI Bank’s profits jump by 26% in Q4 as NPA's decline, but the full extent of bad loans will only reflect in the coming months

ICICI Bank’s fourth-quarter core operating profits are in the green at ₹1,221.36 crore, a jump of 26% over the Jan-March quarter. For the entire year, the bank’s profit after tax grew by 136% to ₹7,931 crore.Even though many expect the ratio of bad loans to increase in the near term once the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) moratorium on repayment of loans ends, ICICI Bank’s net non-performing assets (NPAs) decreased from 2.06% in March 2019 to 1.41% in March 2020.




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Bankrupt Scotty T is SLAMMED for encouraging fans to quit their jobs and earn money from GAMBLING

Ex Geordie Shore star Scotty T has been slammed for encouraging fans to quit their jobs and earn more money from gambling, one month after being declared bankrupt.




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The head of marketing for a UK urban-gardening startup explains how strong brand recognition helps him grow his team

A startup's brand can be one of the most valuable assets for growing its team."People want to work for a cool, exciting company that they've heard of," said Franky Athill, the head of marketing for Patch Plants, a popular urban gardening startup in London.Athill was Patch's fourth team member, and it has since added more than 40 others.He shared his advice with Business Insider about two key things to remember when it's time to add talent to your startup.This article is part of a series on growing a small business, called "From 1 to 100."The search for talent presents a significant challenge for many startups, and the ability to recruit the best people is one of the most critical factors for success.Startups with strong brand engagement can have an advantage in this respect by reaching a wider




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Billionaire Mark Cuban told us his plan to save America's entrepreneurs now that the federal relief fund has run dry - and the biggest disasters the government must fix immediately

In less than 13 days, all $349 billion allocated for small business relief under the CARES Act were used up.But the funds barely scratch the surface of the 60 million employers and freelancers who were expected to apply.Mark Cuban told Business Insider that major changes need to be implemented to address the problems with the most recent package.Before the next round of funding, Cuban says businesses will need enough money to cover an extended re-opening period as well as an effective testing strategy that instills confidence in returning workers. Visit BI Prime for more stories.Following a rocky rollout of the Payroll Protection loan program, all $349 billion of the funds allocated for small businesses in the $2 trillion CARES Act have been committed - and Mark Cuban says it's too late to




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Elton John and husband David Furnish are set to be honoured at the British LGBT Awards

A source revealed to MailOnline: 'The British LGBT Awards have long wanted to recognise Sir Elton and David Furnish for the work they have done through the Elton John AIDS Foundation.'




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Elizabeth Banks roars with laughter as her friend shows off her dance moves

The 46-year-old was last seen looking stunning in a jaw dropping scarlet gown at the Oscars.




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Ashlee Simpson appears smitten as she holds hands with husband Evan Ross for day out in Beverly Hills

Evan Ross and Ashlee Simpson decided to go for matching outfits as they stepped out in Beverly Hills on Monday.