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US on track for worst corporate quarter since financial crisis

Impact of lockdown weighs on company earnings but stock markets look for optimism




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Pinterest rolls out new board features including notes, dates and section suggestions

Pinterest is introducing new features that make it easier for those planning recipes, virtual events and other quarantine activities. These include the ability to add a date or notes to a board as well as automated ways to better organize your pins on a given board, with the aid of machine learning technology. The company […]




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Can I include IHT costs in my compensation claim?

I am pursuing a claim for the exposure to asbestos while working




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Can I increase divorce payments from my ex-husband?

I am approaching retirement age with very little pension to live on




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The 13-inch MacBook Pro gets Apple’s much-improved keyboard

Following in the footsteps of the MacBook Air and 16-inch Pro, Apple’s 13-inch Pro model is finally getting the company’s much improved keyboard. It’s probably not enough reason for recent MacBook buyers to upgrade, but could well be the thing that pushes the indecisive over the edge. To sweeten the pot, the new laptop gets […]




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Daily Crunch: Apple upgrades the keyboard on the 13-inch MacBook Pro

Apple announces a new MacBook Pro, tech stocks take a dip and Uber Eats shuts down in seven markets. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 4, 2020. 1. The 13-inch MacBook Pro gets Apple’s much-improved keyboard Following in the footsteps of the MacBook Air and 16-inch Pro, Apple’s 13-inch Pro model is finally getting the […]




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Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch review

With the new MacBook, Apple closes one of the more unfortunate product chapters in its history. The upgraded 13-inch mercifully marks the end of the failed five-year experiment that was the butterfly switch. I won’t go into too much detail here. If you’ve purchased a MacBook in the past several years, you almost certainly know […]




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With the coronavirus, usually distinct conspiracy groups turn to a shared interest

The coronavirus pandemic’s global presence and ubiquity in everyday life is a perfect storm for misinformation, as conspiracy theorists from different corners of the web converge on a shared news topic—the only topic, at the moment. From the earliest days of the crisis, everyone from pro-Trump QAnon conspiracists to left-leaning purveyors of dubious home remedies […]




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Martin Wolf: coronavirus could be worst economic crisis since Great Depression

Pandemic's economic impact compared with historic crises of 1930s and 2008




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Amazon Q1 beats on net sales of $75.5B but posts net income of $2.5B, down $1B on a year ago

Amazon has been one of the biggest names synonymous with how the consumer masses are experiencing life under lockdown: its site lets you buy anything from soup to nuts, from books to baking pans for all your sourdough; and via its streaming services, it gives you many ways to stay entertained. But it can also […]




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Nine senators — including Warren and Sanders — pen open letter to Amazon about worker firings

A group of nine Senators led by Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren penned an open letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this week, seeking more information about recent employee firings. The statement cites the terminations of four employees who were vocally critical of the company’s policies pertaining to both COVID-19 and climate change. Cosigned by Bernie […]




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Australian companies head to stock market in biggest rush since ’09

Companies lean heavily on equity in effort to dent blow from coronavirus




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Sinch acquires SAP’s Digital Interconnect messaging business for $250M

M&A activity has generally slowed down in the weeks since the novel coronavirus took a grip on the world, but there have been some pockets of activity in the tech industry when the price is right or when the divestment/acquisition just makes sense. The world of messaging brings us the latest development in that theme: SAP, […]




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Robots To Eat All The Jobs? Hackers, Policy Wonks Collaborate On A Basic Income Createathon This Weekend

In the face of rising U.S. income inequality and concerns about job loss to automation, some of Silicon Valley’s best-known names including Y Combinator’s Sam Altman have spoken up in favor of a universal basic income that would give people a baseline standard of living in an economy that may not be able to produce […]




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VCs see opportunities for gaming infrastructure startups and incumbents

As the infrastructure for developing games becomes more advanced, studios have turned to buying best-in-class technology from others instead of building everything from scratch (often with inferior quality). This shift underpinned Unity’s rise as the most popular game engine. The current focus on games as ever-evolving social hubs that can remain popular for a decade […]




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UK car sales fall 97% in worst month since 1946

Showroom and factory closures blamed for dive to 4,321 registrations in April




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Investors row back on ethical principles, research shows

Many put a company’s economic recovery before ESG commitments in coronavirus crisis




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Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator reboots its incubation program with 16-member cohort

The Los Angeles Cleantch Incubator is rebooting its incubator program and moving from rolling applications to a cohort model beginning with 16 new startups.  Los Angeles’ not-for-profit incubator exchanges sweat equity in the form of services and office space, and the promise of $20,000 in funding for local pilot projects, for a 1.5% to 3% […]




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VCs see opportunities for gaming infrastructure startups and incumbents

As the infrastructure for developing games becomes more advanced, studios have turned to buying best-in-class technology from others instead of building everything from scratch (often with inferior quality). This shift underpinned Unity’s rise as the most popular game engine. The current focus on games as ever-evolving social hubs that can remain popular for a decade […]




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EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2020 explores the changing U.S. energy mix through 2050 as consumption grows more slowly than production, particularly of oil, natural gas, and renewables, resulting in increasing exports and relatively stable CO2 emissions

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released updated projections of future U.S. energy production and use in its Annual Energy Outlook 2020 (AEO2020) today.




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Daily Crunch: Apple upgrades the keyboard on the 13-inch MacBook Pro

Apple announces a new MacBook Pro, tech stocks take a dip and Uber Eats shuts down in seven markets. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 4, 2020. 1. The 13-inch MacBook Pro gets Apple’s much-improved keyboard Following in the footsteps of the MacBook Air and 16-inch Pro, Apple’s 13-inch Pro model is finally getting the […]




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Residential heating oil price increases

The average retail price for home heating oil rose 2.3 cents from last week to $3.08 per gallon. That's down 2.3 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Heating oil prices in the New England region are at $2.99 per gallon, up 1.8 cents from last week, but down 10.9 cents from a year ago.




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U.S. gasoline price continues to increase (short version)

The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline rose to $2.58 a gallon on Monday. That's up 7 tenths of a penny from a week ago, based on the weekly price survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.




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U.S. gasoline price continues to increase (long version)

The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline rose to $2.58 a gallon on Monday. That's up 7 tenths of a penny from a week ago, based on the weekly price survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.




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U.S. diesel fuel price continues to increase

The U.S. average retail price for on-highway diesel fuel rose to $3.08 a gallon on Monday. That's up a penny from a week ago, based on the weekly price survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.




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Residential heating oil price increases

The average retail price for home heating oil rose 4.7 cents from last week to $3.12 per gallon. That's up 3.2 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Heating oil prices in the New England region are at $3.04 per gallon, up 5.4 cents from last week, but down 5.1 cents from a year ago.




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Residential propane price increases slightly

The average retail price for propane is $2.01 per gallon, up 4-tenths of a cent from last week's price, but down 41.9 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Propane prices in the Midwest region averaged $1.64 per gallon, down 4-tenths of a cent from last week, and down 17.9 cents from a year ago.




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U.S. gasoline price increases (short version)

The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline rose to $2.43 a gallon on Monday. That's up 9 tenths of a penny from a week ago, based on the weekly price survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.




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U.S. gasoline price increases (long version)

The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline rose to $2.43 a gallon on Monday. That's up 9 tenths of a penny from a week ago, based on the weekly price survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.




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Residential heating oil price increases slightly

The average retail price for home heating oil rose by half of a penny from last week to $2.91 per gallon. That's down 31.1 cents from a year ago, based on the residential heating fuel survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Heating oil prices in the New England region are at $2.83 per gallon, down half of a penny from last week, and down 34.8 cents from a year ago.




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U.S. gasoline price continues to increases (short version)

The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline rose to $2.47 a gallon on Monday. That's up 3.8 cents from a week ago, based on the weekly price survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.




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U.S. gasoline price continues to increases (long version)

The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline rose to $2.47 a gallon on Monday. That's up 3.8 cents from a week ago, based on the weekly price survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.




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Decreased demand and increased supply lead to significant increases in global liquid fuels inventories

As a result of the global economic slowdown related to COVID-19, the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that global petroleum and liquids consumption will average 95.5 million barrels per day in 2020, down 5.2 million barrels per day from 2019. EIA forecasts that U.S. oil consumption will decline 6.5% in 2020 to average 19.1 million barrels per day, which would be the largest percentage decline in U.S. consumption since 1980. At the same time, in its April 2020 Short-Term Energy Outlook, EIA expects global oil supply to increase in the coming months from first-quarter 2020 levels. Total world liquids supply will average 98.7 million barrels per day through the third quarter of 2020. These supply and demand developments are contributing to a significant increase in liquid fuels inventories. EIA estimates that second-quarter 2020 global petroleum inventories will increase an average 11.4 million barrels per day. Within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the most stocks recorded in historical data were in July 2016 at 3.1 billion barrels. EIA forecasts inventories will surpass this level as production continues to outpace consumption. EIA expects these large stock builds will put downward pressure on crude oil prices for several months. Brent crude oil prices averaged 32 dollars per barrel in March, the lowest monthly average since January 2016. EIA forecasts Brent crude oil to average 23 dollars per barrel during the second quarter of 2020 before increasing to an average 46 dollars per barrels in 2021.




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U.S. gasoline price increases for first time since February (short version)

The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline rose for the first time since February to $1.79 a gallon on Monday. That's up 1.6 cents from a week ago, based on the weekly price survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.




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U.S. gasoline price increases for first time since February (long version)

The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline rose for the first time since February to $1.79 a gallon on Monday. That's up 1.6 cents from a week ago, based on the weekly price survey by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.




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Aussie Inclusion in "China Bank" a boost for Business - 26 Mar

The Federal Government's decision to be a part of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is a bold move which encourages long term investment in a growing region which will benefit Australia.




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PwC FY15 global revenues increase 10% to US$ 35.4 billion - 6 Oct

The PwC network reported total global gross revenues of US$35.4 billion for the fiscal year ended on 30 June 2015.




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Company Tax Cuts Help The Economy and Real Incomes Grow - 24 Nov

If the company tax rate was reduced from 30 to 25 per cent over the next five years gross domestic product (GDP) would grow $291 billion and income tax revenues would generate $4 billion up to the year 2025, PwC modelling released today shows.




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Pinterest rolls out new board features including notes, dates and section suggestions

Pinterest is introducing new features that make it easier for those planning recipes, virtual events and other quarantine activities. These include the ability to add a date or notes to a board as well as automated ways to better organize your pins on a given board, with the aid of machine learning technology. The company […]




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Why Entrepreneurs Should Choose Insights Over Instincts

The importance of data-driven decision-making.




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3 Simple but Effective Strategies to Create Consistent Income Online

Consistency is more reliable than inspiration.




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Free Webinar: 20 Online Income Streams to Explore in 2020

Discover 20 different ways to make extra money, save cash, pay down debt, or start their own side hustle, all of which are done online.



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The real princess of Downton Abbey: Princess Mary will be character in new period drama movie

The princess, daughter of George V and Queen Mary,  will be played by Kate Phillips in the feature-length adaptation of Downton Abbey which will use her home in West Yorkshire in its set.




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Hugh Bonneville looks delighted as he receives an honorary doctorate from Winchester University

Hugh Bonneville received an honorary doctorate from Winchester University for services to dramatic arts on Wednesday.




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Prince Andrew hosts 60th birthday bash for Sarah Ferguson

The Queen's second son, Andrew, 59, threw the star-studded bash at his home in Windsor, and invited celebrities such as Ellie Goulding, Robbie Williams and Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellows.




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Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes reveals he has an incurable and uncontrollable tremor

The award-winning screenwriter said that the incurable 'essential tremor', often mistaken for Parkinson's disease, doesn't hurt but is a 'nuisance' and 'tiresome'.




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Ding dong merrily on Highclere! Mince pies

Get ready for Christmas with these recipes from a new book by Lady Carnarvon, chatelaine of Highclere Castle, the real Downton Abbey. Pictured, mince pies.




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Lady Carnarvon blasted after saying Downton Abbey's Highclere Castle has 'zero income'

Lady Carnarvon told on This Morning Downton Abbey's Highclere Castle, in Hampshire, has 'zero income' amid the coronavirus crisis.




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NTAs 2020: The worst dressed stars include

Arriving at London's O2 Arena, former Love Island star Gabby Allen, 26, led the way for the most questionable fashion choices at the NTA Awards tonight.




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NTAs 2020: Jack Fincham looks worse-for-wear as he leaves after party after baby news

The Love Island star, 28, was supported by co-star Eyal Booker as he left the awards, after revealing on Saturday that he had welcomed a baby girl named Blossom.