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| Aid wars: US-Soviet competition in India On February 23, Brookings India hosted Dr. David Engerman, Professor of History at Brandeis University, to discuss his new book The Price of Aid: The Economic Cold War in India. The book recounts attempts by the United States and Soviet Union to use foreign assistance to influence India between the ...
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| RBS says Irish border issue is key in bank's post-Brexit future The bank, which has large operations in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, wants to know what sort of relationship there will be in their border once the U.K. officially leaves the European Union in March 2019. This is because the U.K. does not want to stay in the EU's free-trade area, the ...
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| The Most Undervalued Page In Buffett's Annual Letter Every year, Warren Buffett releases a letter to the world that begins with a simple, yet extraordinary table. The 2018 letter, released a few days ago, continues the tradition. On page 2, there's a table showing the annual percentage change in Berkshire's Book Value Per-Share and Market Value Per-Share ...
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| Rare Saltwater Lakes Filled with Jellyfish Found in Indonesia Jellyfish Swarm in These Rare Lakes in Indonesia February 28, 2018 - Jellyfish are a common sight in ocean waters, but they also live in rare marine lakes, like this one, recently discovered in West Papua, Indonesia. Marine lakes are small bodies of seawater that are completely landlocked. There are ...
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| Curd your enthusiasm – my adventures in vegan cheese Some, such as mock duck in gravy, are startlingly bad. But with vegan cheese, quality versions have been so late to the party, you would be forgiven for not letting them in even if they brought a nice bottle of vegan wine. At last, 2017 was a big one for vegan cheese. Most supermarkets started stocking it.
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| What is Putin's endgame in Syria? Familiar, depressing images emerge from Ghouta in Syria: rows of tiny white shrouds, children killed in relentless airstrikes, makeshift hospitals, families huddling in basements, empty streets heaped with rubble. 'People are too afraid to go out to bury their dead,' said a medic identifying himself only as ...
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| Putin reveals Russia's 'invincible missile' in pre-election speech Russia has developed a new cruise missile that is invincible, according to President Vladimir Putin. Mr Putin made the revelation as he laid out his key policies for a fourth presidential term, ahead of an election he is expected to win in 17 days' time. He showcased a range of new weapons, including a ...
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| Spotify's IPO in six charts Spotify makes most of its revenue — 90 percent — from its paying, or premium, subscribers. In 2017, the company clocked €3.7 billion in premium revenue. Spotify also makes money from ads, which non-paying users have to listen to in order to stream music.
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| Volatile month sees S&P 500 fall nearly 4% in February Wall Street ended a tumultuous month on a sour note on Wednesday, suffering a second consecutive decline of over 1 per cent and slipping to its worst monthly performance in more than two years. The S&P 500 had stayed in positive territory for most of the day, but the bounce came undone in the final ...
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| The Number of Bitcoin Transactions Using SegWit Doubled In 2 Days, Here's Why That Matters Although Segregated Witness (SegWit), which is a change in the way Bitcoin transactions are handled, was originally activated on the network back in August, user adoption of the new feature has been relatively low. According to segwit.party, the percentage of transactions on the network that use ...
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