1 day ago by The Press

Among the world’s mature markets (North America, Western Europe and Japan), banking transactions through automated teller machines or ATMs are in rapid decline. Customers have adapted the use of the Internet to do most of their banking requirements, including paying bills and transferring monies. Al ...

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1 day ago by wallscometumblingdown

Having been invited to be a panelist at the British Council sponsored debate, Europe & Islam: whose identity crisis? at the European Parliament last Thursday (19th November 2009), I was asked to open the discussion by responding to the following question: do we actually have a ’shared Europe’? My an ...

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2 days ago by Carrie

Awhile ago, I wrote a post about leaving tips in other countries, specifically the UK. I’ve had different experiences everywhere I’ve traveled… some awkward, some completely normal. So that you won’t feel awkward about the whole tipping situation, I’m going to continue to give you some helpful tips ...

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3 days ago by Steve Pollock

German magnetic mines dropped by the Luftwaffe in British territorial waters continue to make up the bulk of the war news. A brand-new British cruiser, HMS Belfast is badly damaged by one of the mines in the Scottish Firth of Forth; the destroyer Gypsy is sunk in the North Sea; and the Japanese pass ...

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4 days ago by Congress Watcher

Congressman Steve King can only see a small portion of what the United States of America has been and is becoming. No matter what our individual ethnicities and cultural traditions are, we all need to have a truly representative government made up of people who are able and willing to work with the ...

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5 days ago by Karin von Abrams

E-commerce sales in France rose 30% in Q3 2009, relative to the third quarter of 2008, according to the Fédération de l’e-commerce et de la vente à distance (Fevad). The number [...]

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6 days ago by Steve Pollock

Irish Republican Army terrorists explode four small bombs outside businesses in London’s Piccadilly Circus. No deaths or injuries are reported. German Luftwaffe aircraft drop magnetic mines via parachute into British waters for the first time since the war began. Off the eastern coast, four merchant ...

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8 days ago by Steve Pollock

The Finns mobilize their armed forces as talks with the Soviet Union over territory and border revisions end in mutually angry exchanges. The Soviets goal has been to protect its naval bases at Murmansk and Leningrad with strategic Finnish territory and long-term leases on Finnish ports; in exchange ...

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8 days ago by hongantruong

UNICEF welcomed representatives of all 12 broadcasters nominated for the 2009 International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) Awards to New York this week to celebrate their work, partake in a seminar on children’s broadcasting and youth media, and attend the 2009 ICDB Awards ceremony. VIDEO: Wa ...

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8 days ago by Lisa Sibley

University of Warwick spinout says its absorption system offers energy efficiencies for homes and vehicles, and has attracted interest from Fiat.

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