If your bank goes bust, how much money will you get?
‘The new ceiling will cover around 93 per cent of all deposit accounts, up from 90 per cent earlier,’ notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Finally, the deposit insurance cover has been raised …
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A Shadow of Its Former Self, Bombardier Declares Turnaround Over
With just one business left, Bombardier Inc. has officially declared its selling spree over. The Montreal-based company, which once made everything from snowmobiles to commercial aircraft, will focus solely on …
Solar Orbiter Probe To Study Sun From Close Quarters
A NASA-European Space Agency collaborative solar mission to study from close quarters how the Sun creates the heliosphere, the vast bubble surrounding the solar system, was successfully launched from Cape …
BT ready to break with tradition to chase Netflix generation
BT is to scrap its traditional pay-TV packages and allow customers to pay for prime content such as Premier League football on a monthly basis, as it aims to keep …
Cruise Ship Passenger Infected with Virus Sparks Global Concern
As passengers from the shunned cruise liner Westerdam fan out toward home following two weeks in limbo at sea, health authorities around the world are mobilizing to prevent a further …
Bezos Says He’ll Commit $10 Billion to Fight Climate Change
Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos announced he’s created the Bezos Earth Fund, his biggest-ever philanthropic investment to help counter the effects of climate change. Bezos is starting with $10 billion …
Asian Shares Rise On Stimulus Hopes
Asian stocks moved higher on Tuesday even as confirmed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus continued to rise. Investors seemed reassured by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s pledge to win the fight …
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Giving $10 Billion To Fight Climate Change: Second Biggest Charitable Gift In Recent History
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos took some time off from being ribbed at the Oscars and purchasing pricey real estate to do something really big – announcing a massive private venture …
High speed trains are close to doubling their speed
London (CNN Business)Alstom is pursuing a huge deal that could help it counter a growing threat from a Chinese rival. On Monday, the French trainmaker said it has signed an …
Floods Force U.K. Climate Strikers to Cancel First Gathering
Young climate protesters in the U.K. have been forced to cancel their first national conference following serious flooding and heavy rainstorms on two successive weekends. The conference was expected to take place from …