Teenagers all over the world can definitely prove to be a challenge for most parents! I can say this with great confidence as I have probably shown the same traits most teens would do during this very fluctuating phase in their lives. ...
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Apple's record-setting $17 billion bond offer this week stood in stark contrast to the company's darkest days, when in 1996 its millions in notes were rated as junk because investors wondered if the company would survive a thrashing by ...
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Apple has avoided over $9bn (£5.8bn) in US taxes through a debt deal, investors have estimated. The firm recently sold $17bn (£11bn) in Apple bonds, the largest offering of this sort in corporate history, with the idea of the ...
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Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers (as well as III-V epiwafers through its Picogiga International division), has finalised the ZAR 1,000,000,000(more than $100m) solar ...
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Masculine bathrooms tend to be dark and minimalist, using monochrome or dark wood to convey a manly aura. However, there are many more ways to decorate your bachelor bathroom that will reflect your personality rather than your masculinity. ...
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QBE Insurance has tapped the US debt market for $US600 million to help buy back convertible securities next month, within days of being downgraded by credit ratings agency Moody's. Highlighting the strength of international debt markets, ...
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High unemployment and the continued slowdown in economic growth in the Southern European crisis countries in particular is still hampering economic development in the European Union (EU). While the countries moving towards recovery are ...
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The largest bitcoin exchange, Mt. Gox, is in a continuing battle with miscreants trying to manipulate the price of the virtual currency. Early Monday, Mt. Gox wrote on its Facebook page that it was once again struggling with a very large ...
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The dollar has fallen after speculation of a downgrade to Germany's top credit rating. At 5pm AEST today, the currency was trading at $US1.0317, down from $US1.0363 yesterday. ANZ foreign exchange strategist Andrew Salter said the ...
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As more and more councils look for ways to reduce their spending, South Gloucestershire Council has announced that Oldbury and Olveston will be joining its night-time lighting switch-off in a bid to slash the areas' operational costs. The ...
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Ratings agency Moody's expects US refiners to increase investments in renewables blending and infrastructure if federal renewables targets are not lowered. "In the absence of any EPA waivers to meeting the renewable fuel requirements, we ...
International credit rating agency Moody's has announced that it has downgraded Russian steelmaker Mechel's rating to B3 from B2, changing its outlook to negative from stable. Moody's stated that the downgrade reflects low coking coal ...
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Moody’s Analytics has introduced the B&H Economic Capital Calculator to its Capital Modelling Framework. The B&H Economic Capital Calculator features enterprise technology and is aimed to help process large data volumes associated ...
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Blue chips continued to climb to new heights, pushing beyond the record levels reached in yesterday's rally after a better-than-expected reading on the labour market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 42.47 points, or 0.3 per cent, ...
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Intertek Group plc .a leading international provider of quality and safety services, announces its full year results for the year ended 31 December 2012. Strong Growth Delivery Highlights • Revenue growth of 17% to ...
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