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Pinterest is following the lead of TikTok by adding longer video clips in its Idea Pins format, providing another way to maximize engagement with your content. As you can see in this example, shared by Lindsey Gamble, users can now...

Half of NHS hospital trusts missed a crucial two-week cancer diagnosis target every month last year, new figures reveal.The health service says 93 per cent of patients should have an appointment with a specialist within a fortnight of an urgent...

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Xavier Niel, founder of French broadband Internet provider Iliad, arrives for a hearing on the concentration of media ownership in the country, at the French Senate in Paris, France, February 18, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier PARIS (Reuters)...

Lael Brainard, the Fed’s vice chair, will become a top economic adviser along with Jared Bernstein, who would head the Council of Economic Advisers. READ SOURCE...

© Reuters Bitcoin-Linked MicroStrategy and Marathon Digital Shares Are Soaring Today: What's Going On? Benzinga - MicroStrategy Inc (NASDAQ: MSTR) and Marathon Digital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: MARA) shares are ripping higher Tuesday afternoon following investments from Soros Fund Management. What...

One in five Britons STILL shunning the workforce despite Chancellor's bid to coax thousands out of early retirementBy Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 14 February 2023 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 14 February 2023 ...

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab escaped to the snowy mountains as a bullying probe into allegations made by as many as two dozen civil servants looms over him READ SOURCE...

Toddler Teddi Shaw is the first UK child to receive a gene therapy treatment costing millions on the NHS for a rare deadly genetic condition.The 20-month-old inherited life-limiting condition metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). It affects one in 40,000 babies and causes...

Maryland man sentenced for illegal immigrant transportation  Sun Community News & Printing READ SOURCE...

To hear Sasha Zbrozek tell it, the story behind his plans to tear down his four-bedroom house in tony Los Altos Hills and replace it with an apartment complex is a simple tale of a young man’s California dream home...

Bill Oxford | E+ | Getty ImagesTax season is underway, and the IRS has issued nearly 8 million refunds worth about $15.7 billion as of Feb. 3, the agency reported.The average refund amount was $1,963, down from last year's average...

From Raleigh startups to Coca-Cola, persistent inflation forces adjustments  The Business Journals READ SOURCE...

January's inflation report showed a continued decline from prior months. Investors are hopeful it will prompt the Fed to pause rate hikes.       READ SOURCE...

In the honor of "day for love" or what we know as Valentine’s Day – Overwatch 2 has introduced Loverwatch event in the game for players. The tagline of the event says, "Love Never Dies" – however, if you haven’t...

A significant legal victory in a case brought by a householder affected by Japanese knotweed has raised the prospect of an increase in claims from people stricken by the hazardous plant.The court of appeal ruled that a homeowner could recover...

Oracle on Tuesday announced a seven-year strategic cloud partnership with Uber Technologies Inc to accelerate the transport aggregator’s innovation, help deliver new products to market, and drive increased profitability. By migrating some of the company’s most critical workloads to Oracle...

New York Fed's John Williams sees PCE inflation sliding to 3% in 2023 READ SOURCE...

With the Bank of England Base Rate currently hitting four percent, banks and building societies are offering some of the highest interest rates seen in decades. Chase bumped up the rate on its easy access saver for the second time...

Advertising expenditure (AdEx) in India is expected to grow 15.5% to reach ₹1,46,450 crore in 2023, media agency GroupM has said in its 'This Year Next Year' report. In 2022, AdEx stood at ₹1,26,818 crore.It added that sports, search, ecommerce...

Tax officials in India have searched BBC news bureaus in the country’s two largest cities, weeks after the broadcaster aired reports critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s actions during deadly religious riots in Gujarat when he was the state’s top...

Simplification has its virtues. For one, when honest, it simplifies a complicated phenomenon or uttering, making it easier to comprehend. But there's also a reason why being deemed a simpleton is not a virtue. Take the headline that appeared all...

Albert Einstein in his essay 'What I Believe' writes, 'To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most...

A New York appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld a $110,000 fine on former President Donald Trump that a judge imposed last spring after he was found in contempt for failing to turn over documents to the state attorney general's...

Wheat production for the kharif season (July to June) 2022-23 is expected to rise 5% year-on-year to 112.18 million tonnes (MT), according to the second advance estimate released by the ministry of agriculture on Tuesday.The production of rice is expected...

Several high school sporting events postponed, changed  Park Rapids Enterprise READ SOURCE...

The shelves should be chock-a-block with baked beans, soup and tuna but it looks as if someone has played Supermarket Sweep and Angela Gardiner admits she has never seen supplies at the food bank so depleted.“I have never seen it...

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsA bid to restore the Assembly at Stormont has failed, thwarting the chances of the...

9/9 © Reuters. A view of the destruction following the earthquake in the town of Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah 2/9 By Henriette Chacar and Ali Kucukgocmen KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey (Reuters) - Six survivors were rescued from the rubble...

Bitcoin price was trading sideways after hitting highs of $22,300, with major US indexes also down. The markets’ reaction comes after hotter-than-expected inflation data for the first month of 2023. US CPI rose 0.5% over the month and 6.5% year-over-year....

A Nissan Leaf battery seen at the Envision factory in Sunderland, UK. Photo: Phil Noble (Reuters)When US carmaker Ford on Feb. 14 announced 1,300 job cuts in the UK, it was just the latest blow for an industry that’s been...