Plane Dangles Off Cliff After Skidding Off Runway in Turkey

Plane Dangles Off Cliff After Skidding Off Runway in Turkey

A Pegasus Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane is seen struck in mud on an embankment, a day after skidding off the airstrip at Trabzon's airport on the Black Sea coast on Jan. 14. Photographer: AFP via Getty Images. Istanbul (AP) — A commercial airplane that skidded off a runway after landing in
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Surging Power Bills Spark Rush for Household Solar in Australia

… emailed statement Friday. While subsidies and generous feed-in tariffs helped boost growth earlier this decade, last year's gains were driven by users seeking to sidestep a surge in the cost of electricity and a push by vendors into the commercial sector, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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South Africa's Ramaphosa Says No One Should Be Nervous Over Land

South Africans shouldn't be nervous about the ruling African National Congress's decision to seek land expropriation without compensation, party President Cyril Ramaphosa said. Cyril Ramaphosa. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg. “Land is a very broad, as well as a complex issue and it has
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Banking on China's global ambitions

“It's clear that China has a goal of redefining the global supply chain in the world with the strong centre being China,” says Jan-Willem Sudmann, Head of International Banking Group at Mashreq (pictured right). “It's a huge project, one that will change the flows of goods and services over the next [few]
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Major Subdivision Proposed in Pacific

The Pacific Planning and Zoning Commission got its first look at the first major subdivision proposed for the city since the housing slump of 2007. … Local Realtor Stephen Flannery III spoke in favor of the development, saying the housing market is changing more rapidly than the number of available
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Flake Says Trump's Fake News Claims as Damaging as Stalin's Were

Arizona Republican Senator Jeff Flake plans to compare President Donald Trump's repeated attacks on the media to those made by Joseph Stalin, the infamous dictator of the former Soviet Union, in a speech this week. “When you reflexively refer to the press as the enemy of the people or fake news,
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EIBFS: Institutional pillar of Emiratisation

Dubai: The Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies (EIBFS), in its three-and-a-half decade history, has evolved into a premier institute for training UAE national talent for the country's booming financial services industry. Since its establishment in 1983, EIBFS has delivered 7,882 programmes
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The most expensive suburbs in the UK – and the top 10 up-and-coming areas to buy now

Meanwhile, many of Britain's most aspirational suburban enclaves have flown too close to the sun and are starting to see price rises flatten off. Quinton, a swathe of mostly council-built houses six miles west of the centre of Birmingham, is an unlikely sort of property record-breaker. Five years ago Andy
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Local data help BIS craft global banking policy

The Philippines has joined a select group of countries whose banking statistics now form part of a global database on lending systems and how best such may be managed. According to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), particular details on banking operations in the Philippines would be regularly
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Bangladesh look to revive ODI fortunes in home comforts

While Bangladesh have made rapid progress in Test cricket, their ODI records in recent times have dwindled, especially in the past two years. Their last ODI assignment at home was against England in late 2016 and they wouldn't want to jog their memories back to that point, having lost 3-0. Current
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Peak Housing? 15 Cities Where It's Probably Time to Sell Your Home

If you talked to real estate analysts about 2017's record-high home prices, they'd have told you things were getting interesting (i.e., scary). Early in the year, Trulia's senior economist spoke of the impending “challenges for first-time buyers.” Meanwhile, First American's chief economist spoke of
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Councillor eyes new rules for payday lenders

Coun. Tanya Vrebosch says she welcomes stricter rules for payday lending stores and will be keeping an eye on how the new measures are implemented by communities across the province. Some of the new rules, including a lower cost of borrowing from payday lenders and more control for
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California Real Estate Professional Among Mudslide Victims

A Southern California real estate professional perished tragically in the mudslides last week, one of more than 15 victims of the latest catastrophe to strike the state. Rebecca Riskin, of Riskin Partners in Montecito—known as the “first lady of luxury real estate”—was killed as a result of the ensuing flood
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China Lending (CLDC) Reaches $3.06 After 7.00% Down Move; Digimarc (DMRC) Has 2.31 …

The stock of China Lending Corporation (NASDAQ:CLDC) is a huge mover today! The stock decreased 4.97% or $0.16 during the last trading session, reaching $3.06. About 56,646 shares traded or 135.66% up from the average. China Lending Corporation (NASDAQ:CLDC) has 0.00% since January
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Consumers Will Buy Fewer Vehicles but 'More Vehicle'

“This will be the year of consumers saying, 'I want more vehicle,' not necessarily a year of incremental sales increases,” he says at a Cox media event held in conjunction with the North American International Auto Show here. Colleague Rebecca Lindland, Kelley's executive analyst, agrees. “Transaction
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Graduate Trainee Headhunter | Investment Banking & Private Equity Recruitment Firm job with …

Graduate Trainee Headhunter | Investment Banking & Private Equity Recruitment Consultancy. Are you seeking a Graduate role at a boutique Financial Services Recruitment Consultancy with global reach? Look no further… This leading Executive Search firm, specialising in Recruitment for the
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Lady Lucan 'left fortune to homeless charity instead of three children'

Lady Lucan cut her children out of her will and left her fortune to a homeless charity, it was revealed. The 80-year-old wife of Lord Lucan, who famously vanished in the 1970s, was found dead at her Belgravia home in September. Levi Bellfield brags about prison dinners Levi Bellfield 'brags about eating
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Saudi wealth fund said to weigh bank loans for investments

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, which aims to become a $2 trillion investment giant, is considering borrowing from banks for the first time as it seeks investments in the kingdom and abroad, according to people familiar with the matter. The Public Investment Fund, or PIF, has held talks with local
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Lord Lucan's late wife cut children out of will and left entire fortune to homeless charity

The wife of notorious fugitive Lord Lucan cut her children out of her will and left her entire fortune to a homeless charity, her daughter reportedly said. The 80-year-old aristocrat, who was found dead at her Westminster home in September last year, donated her estate to Shelter, which supports those
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Seeding A Revolution – 10 Prize-Winning UK Fintechs Set Out Their Ideas For Open Banking …

“It's difficult to talk about Open Banking as an abstract concept,” says Chris Gorst. “You really have to see what it can do in practice. You have to show rather than tell.” As a 'challenge leader' for Nesta – a public body set up to promote and nurture innovation and creativity – Gorst is overseeing an ongoing
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