RBS in discussions over retreat from Asia
Royal Bank of Scotland employs about 2,000 staff in the region
Royal Bank of Scotland employs about 2,000 staff in the region
Royal Bank of Scotland is discussing a potential retreat from Asia.
With the Golden Globes set to get underway, a little later tonight, the movie world has become a little less glamorous as iconic screen actress Anita Ekberg has passed away at the age of 83. There is no cinema lover who doesn't know Ekberg from her most famous role, playing "the most wonderful woman created since the beginning of time" in Frederico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita." She landed the role after capturing Hollywood's attention as the Swedish beauty who arrived in the United States to compete in 1951 Miss Universe contest. Читать дальше...
She thought he was a thieve breaking into their house.
Sports fans are familiar with the University of Oregon's iconic mascot, The Duck, but not many people know of their rarely seen unofficial co-mascot, Mandrake. Photo: AP
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Prime ministers and presidents from Europe and the Middle East converge in Paris
Merkel, Cameron and Netanyahu march alongside Hollande
As we’ve discussed continually, the inherent problems with prequels is generally inevitability. We know the outcome for these characters, so how do you build stakes and emotional investment when you're already aware of everyone’s fate? Some narratives can pull it off, “Hannibal” is a great example of a prequel that works well, but more often than not, they work in the blandest, most obvious form of “this is how character X became the person you already know” (see what happened in the unfortunate... Читать дальше...
The dollar's spike may come back to hurt the U.S. economy.
March supporting freedom of speech likely to be biggest in city’s history
Parliament urged to allow more sharing of airline data
UK group to boost pipeline of standalone speciality drugs
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One of China’s largest coal and iron ore importers to run the $2bn Isua mine
Hospital staff have been forced to use bike locks to stop the toys from going missing.
Investors would be mistaken for seeking drastic changes such as a shake up at the group
Effective handling of the attack on Charlie Hebdo has invoked something in America’s DNA