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Brexit Aftermath: Insurers, Other London Financial Groups Warm to Dublin
Ireland says the Brexit vote has led to a jump in enquiries from London firms considering opening offices in Dublin, one of a handful of European cities trying to draw business away from Britain's ...
UK Officials Reportedly Will Pull Brexit Start Trigger by April 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May's team is still leaning toward the first part of 2017 as the best moment to trigger the start of formal talks over the U.K.'s withdrawal from the European Union, according ...
How a Solar Storm Almost Sparked a Nuclear War
A solar storm that jammed radar and radio communications at the height of the Cold War could have led to a disastrous military conflict if not for the U.S. Air Force's budding efforts to monitor the ...
Environmental Risk: Investors Worrying about Data Centers’ Water Use
Data centers, used by governments and large corporations to house their computer systems, have one big environmental problem: They get hot. To keep them from overheating, large data centers can pump ...
Berkshire Hathaway Reportedly Draws Federal Scrutiny of Wells Fargo Investment
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is well known as a tapestry of modern capitalism for its ownership of dozens of companies and investments in dozens more. Now that interconnected web is ...
FDA Moves to Protect Blood Supply After Florida Zika Reports
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered blood banks in Florida's two most densely populated counties to stop collecting blood as health officials determine whether Zika has begun ...
Bankrupt U.S. Coal Producer Reaches Mine Liability/Clean-Up Deal With Three States
Peabody Energy Corp, the largest U.S. coal producer, reached a deal to cover mine clean-up liabilities while in bankruptcy with three U.S. states, court documents showed on Tuesday. Peabody has ...
Post-Brexit, Ireland Moves Quickly to Lure UK Financial Jobs
Irish recruiters are already filling jobs for financial services firms which are shifting some operations from the United Kingdom, with Dublin moving fast to steal a march on rivals just a month ...