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Inventor Casey Jones says the £350 gadget uses ultrasound technology to recreate the effects of decades of ageing by colliding alcohol molecules inside the bottle.Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:31:45 +0000
Swiss bank UBS has said it will cut 2, 000 investment banking jobs and will reorganise the unit after being hard hit by sub-prime losses.Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:59:02 +0000
In a move that could be right out of a Hollywood movie, a brazen crook apparently used a Craigslist ad to hire a dozen unsuspecting decoys to help him make his getaway following a robbery outside a bank on Tuesday. He then made his escape in an inner tube on the Skykomish River.Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:51:28 +0000
Police said that the items, which include identification cards or documents bearing Fossett's name, clothes and cash, were found in a rugged, forested area near the town of Mammoth Lakes in the eastern Sierra Nevada.Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:48:57 +0000
Treasury under pressure to guarantee all deposits; UK banks say Ireland's move is unfair competition.Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:16:09 +0000
Senator John McCain was on a roll. In a room reserved for high-stakes gamblers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut, he tossed $100 chips around a hot craps table. When the marathon session ended around 2:30 a.m., the Arizona senator and his entourage emerged with thousands of dollars in winnings.Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:55:23 +0000
The House today rejected a $700-billion Wall Street bailout that would have been the biggest government intervention in the financial system since the Great Depression, sending the stock market into a sharp downturn and leaving President Bush's plan to bailout the economy in doubt.Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:30:07 +0000
British taxpayers will be liable for more than £150 billion of potentially toxic mortgage debt following the nationalisation of Bradford & Bingley, one of the country’s biggest mortgage lenders.Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:38:13 +0000
German police seized two suspected terrorists from a Dutch passenger aircraft at Cologne airport Friday shortly before it was due to take off for Amsterdam, officials told CNN.Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:35:04 +0000
The day began with an agreement that Washington hoped would end the financial crisis that has gripped the nation. It dissolved into a verbal brawl in the Cabinet Room of the White House, urgent warnings from the president and pleas from a Treasury secretary who knelt before the House speaker and appealed for her support.
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