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Wheel falls off Air Canada plane during take-off from Montreal
The footage was filmed by someone who said they were a passenger on the flight and uploaded to Twitter . The video was originally uploaded to Twitter by @ caf_tom alongside a caption written in French which said: 'Well then, I'm now in a plane that just lost a wheel... [Full Article...]
Federal Reserve last month saw a declining risk of recession
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta Mester, among the Fed policymakers most concerned that easy monetary policy would risk excessive inflation, said on Friday she has put those fears to rest for now and is willing to leave rates at their current level absent some substantial change in the economy. [Full Article...]
Single tuna sells for €1.6m at auction in Japan
The price paid for the 276-kilogram tuna caught by a vessel operating out of a port in Oma, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, amounts to 700,000 yen per kg. He was the successful bidder previous year for the most expensive tuna on record, paying more than 336.6 million yen for a bluefin tuna. The traditional auction is now being held in a new market in an area called Toyosu. [Full Article...]
Don’t Abbreviate 2020 When Signing Documents, Maine Police Say
They recommend writing out the date in full, as 2020, on legal documents and checks. Here's why: if you sign a document and put "20" as the year, someone could modify the number by simply adding two digits. Dusty Rhodes , auditor from Hamilton County, Ohio, posted a similar warning on Twitter. Like the post from the East Millinocket Police Department shows above, someone could easily m... [Full Article...]
Airline employees file lawsuits against clothing company
More than 500 Delta workers have filed a class action lawsuit against Lands' End, the company that makes Delta's uniforms, alleging the uniforms are causing them health issues. A Delta spokeswoman said the airline "invested in a rigorous toxicology study to determine if there was a universal scientific issue with the uniform". [Full Article...]
Operators told to make financial contribution to tackle problem gambling
The UKGC noted that it has amply demonstrated its willingness to take "robust action" against operators who fall short of their consumer protection obligations and said it would get "even tougher if behavior does not change". Players are invited to become VIPs after losing large amounts of money with a particular firm, which offers incentives to keep their custom. The Guardian also reported th... [Full Article...]
Bitcoin Price Analysis: Bulls gathering pace for a test of $8,000
The price is likely to continue higher towards the $7,800 and $8,000 resistance levels. More importantly, the digital currency broke over a key bearish trendline with resistance close to the $7,120 mark on the hourly chart of BTC against the United States dollars. [Full Article...]
Next boosts forecasts after bumper Christmas
Next attributed the festive sales growth to a "much colder November" than 2018 as well as improved stock availability. The listed company's full-price sales in the fourth quarter to 28 December 2019 increased by 5.2 per cent, according to new figures, 1.1 per cent ahead of its internal forecast. [Full Article...]