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A PIERCING artist has revealed the most painful places to get pierced - and some of them might surprise you. Brett Turner, 33, a professional piercer, also shared his hacks to avoid the excruciating pain people often expect when getting...

By Supantha Mukherjee and Martin CoulterBARCELONA (Reuters) - Ericsson's CEO says the company is still in the market for more acquisitions, albeit smaller ones, after splurging over $7 billion to buy networking company Cradlepoint and communication platform Vonage. In contrast with...

Retail investors' interest in the Indian mutual fund industry has seen an uptick with the value of assets held by them witnessing a rise of 9.3 per cent to Rs 23.4 lakh crore in January this year. In comparison, the...

27.02.2023 10:30, Morgane Ghilardi Earlier this month, ten promising tech startups were chosen to join the Swiss National Startup Team 2023 and...

NHS call handlers have told patient safety investigators of their distress at hearing people deteriorate while waiting for ambulances, with staff saying they often worry: “How many people are we going to kill today?”Officials from the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch...

A Ukrainian Nobel peace laureate has called for the swift creation of a special tribunal to try Vladimir Putin and his associates for the crime of aggression, arguing that it could have “a cooling effect” on atrocities committed by the...

Email layoffs can insult those who lose their jobs and hurt the morale of remaining employees and the broader company culture.       READ SOURCE...

When it comes to being energy, time and money efficient, Paul and Danielle Tremaine – AKA Multidad and Multimama – are keen to find new, clever ways to save, beyond switching off lights and or washing their socks with the...

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 emailsAn online portal has opened to help 28,000 households to access UK-wide £600 energy support...

The maximum price UK energy companies can charge consumers will fall from 1 April – but bills are still expected to rise on that date because the government is planning to reduce the financial support it has given to households...

RISHI Sunak is set to seal a new Brexit deal TODAY, with allies saying the PM won big concessions from Brussels. Mr Sunak and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will meet at lunchtime in No10 to iron out the...

When Annette Walton wants to do some cooking on a winter evening, she straps on a head torch to guide herself around. In a home that does not have constant electric lighting, even simple chores are impossible without it.Walton, 53,...

Some may quit NHS contracts over threats of fines, costs and paper work, dentists warn. READ SOURCE...

Introduction: Ofgem to announce price cap changes todayGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.Britain’s energy regulator is due to announce its latest cap on the amount which energy suppliers can...

Montana Senate approves crypto mining protection bill, prevents unfair utility rates for home minersThe Montana State Senate has approved a bill to protect cryptocurrency miners from a range of possible actions against the industry, including discriminatory utility rates and zoning...

Craig Guildford, chief constable of West Midlands police.If something is broken, then we should fix it. If we can’t fix it, then we should replace it. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is no longer able to give timely charging advice...

At a Liverpool city council meeting in 1974, in response to an application for the installation of the first Beatles sculpture in Mathew Street, a councillor reportedly sniped: “What have the Beatles ever done for Liverpool?” One current estimate suggests...

Jacek Olczak, CEO, Philip Morris International Adopt a scientific midpoint to quit or die On Day 2 of The Economic Times Global Business Summit, Jacek Olczak, CEO of Philip Morris International, talked about how innovative science-based products can encourage smokers...

Twelve New York state landmarks, including the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, were illuminated with blue and yellow lights on Friday to recognize the one-year anniversary of the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Olympic Center’s 1932 arena...

2/2 © Reuters. Ukrainian servicemen use a searchlight as they search for drones in the sky over the city during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 27, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich 2/2 By Gabrielle...

US insurance regulators on Monday will meet to consider boosting capital charges on complex corporate loan instruments that some in the industry warn are creating excessive risk.The issue pits insurers backed by large private equity firms such as Blackstone, Apollo...

Oil and gas companies are scaling back North Sea operations and prioritising investment outside the UK because of the government’s windfall taxes, the industry’s trade body has warned.David Whitehouse, the new chief executive of Offshore Energies UK, said 95 per...

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Toyota logo is pictured at the 43rd Bangkok International Motor Show, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp boosted global vehicle production by 9% in January, it said...

If you are reading this in the northern hemisphere — and subscribe to meteorological definition of the seasons — the good news is that we are rapidly heading into spring. And like the promise of warmer and longer days (not...

2 Hours AgoPeople's Bank of China maintains moderately dovish tone in reportThe People's Bank of China maintained a moderately dovish tone in its quarterly report, reiterating its current stance was considered appropriate to support economic growth and stability.The central bank...

FUNCTION12 presenting Eight startups, including four from Korea and four from overseas, have been selected at the D.Day X Global League event held by D.Camp, a startup support program operated by the Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs. The event was...

Buy or Sell: Stock ideas by experts for February 27, 2023 - The Economic Times Video | ET NowET Now | 27 Feb 2023, 08:47 AM ISTET Now spoke to various experts and here's what they have to recommend for...

China approved the construction of another 106 gigawatts of coal-fired power capacity last year, four times higher than a year earlier and the highest since 2015, research shows.Over the year, 50GW of coal power capacity went into construction across the...

A government spokesperson said: "The typical household has received £1,300 to help with energy bills this winter, and we are focusing support on the most vulnerable with hundreds of pounds in direct cash payments to millions of vulnerable households this...

China Renaissance said this month it was unable to contact its founder and CEO Bao Fan. This picture is from 2016.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Missing Chinese investment banker Bao Fan is cooperating with a government investigation, his...