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Military personnel around the world have been publicly sharing their exercise routes online – including those inside or near military bases.Online fitness tracker Strava has published a “heatmap” showing the paths its users log as they run or

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Carillion “wriggled out” of payments into its company pension schemes as its troubles grew, while it carried on paying shareholder dividends and bosses’ bonuses, say MPs.The Work and Pensions Committee is questioning the way pension investments were

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Bulb is a small energy supplier which is has been doubling its customer numbers every three months. The founders fear that with such fast growth, it could lose sight of the things which made it popular in the first place. Bulb’s chief executive Hayden Wood

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Taiwan is stepping up efforts to turn itself into Asia’s Silicon Valley. One major challenge impeding its start-ups is a culture that shies away from taking risks. This is something industry and government is working hard to change. Producer, Pamela Parker;

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It was a chance encounter that set Mandy Watkins and Rupert Youngman on the path to love, marriage and ultimately setting up popular womenswear brand Hush.It was 18 years ago when the then complete strangers met in Hong Kong. Australian Ms Watkins lived and worked in

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New York’s chief prosecutor says the state is opening an investigation into a firm that allegedly sold millions of fake followers to social media users.”Impersonation and deception are illegal under New York law,” said Eric Schneiderman. The company,

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Media playback is unsupported on your device The Swedish founder of the Ikea furniture chain, Ingvar Kamprad, has died at the age of 91, the company has announced.Mr Kamprad – who pioneered flat-pack furniture – died at his home in Småland, Ikea confirmed

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The decision to allow two firms operating the East Coast Main Line to cut short the contract is being looked into by the public spending watchdog. In November, the Department for Transport said Virgin and Stagecoach could withdraw from running the London to Edinburgh

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One of Japan’s largest digital currency exchanges has said it will refund most of the $534m (£380m) worth of virtual assets lost in a hacking attack. Coincheck has promised to use its own funds to reimburse more than 46bn yen ($423m) to customers who lost their

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Media playback is unsupported on your device One of the world’s richest men, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, has been released two months after being detained in Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption purge.He was freed after a financial settlement was approved by the

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