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iPhone Users, Want To Know If You Are Looking At Northern Lights Or Just Clouds? Pay Heed To This Simple Trick
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 - 9:12am | 437Read More...If an Iceland trip is on your bucket list, add this Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone photography trick to your itinerary — because this dream visit would be incomplete without a vivid picture of the Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis. What Happened: An American Instagrammer, who...
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Most Iceland Workers Shift To Four-Day Work Week With Positive Results
Monday, July 12, 2021 - 5:55pm | 362Read More...Labor unions and civil society organizations pushed Iceland to move to a four-day workweek — with positive results. From 2015 to 2019, there were two large-scale trials of shorter working hours — moving from a 40- hour to a 35- or 36-hour week — without reduced pay. One...
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What To Know About The Wow Air Shutdown
Saturday, March 30, 2019 - 9:52am | 464Read More...Icelandic budget airline Wow Air stopped flying Thursday, saying efforts to raise capital to keep the airline flying had stalled. The airline, which flies distinctive purple jets, raised money through bonds in the fall, but told bondholders shortly after it was seeking additional financing. The...
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Icelandic Caldera That Shut Down European Air Traffic In 2010 May See Volcanic Eruption Again
Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 10:02am | 223Read More...Even as memories of the 2010 Icelandic volcano grounding thousands of flights across Europe remain fresh, there are signs of another volcanic eruption in Iceland. The nation's meteorological department said two earthquakes of magnitude of about 4.5 occurred in the north-east part of the Katla...
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Barron's Recap: India Is Open For Business
Sunday, May 4, 2014 - 5:48pm | 850Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: where to invest in India, the Barron's 500, Carl Icahn takes on Warren Buffett, as well as the prospects for SunEdison, Regions Financial, Harsco and more. Cover Story "India: Open for Business" by Jonathan R. Laing. India's likely new prime minister, Narendra...
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Manchester United Expands TV Deal to Boost Revenue, Awaits New CEO (MANU)
Friday, June 21, 2013 - 10:12am | 873Read More...English Premier League heavyweights Manchester United (NYSE: MANU) Friday announced that their proprietary television channel has now expanded to an additional two countries. The news comes as CEO David Gill is set to step down at the end of the month after 16 years at the helm. 56 Territories...
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These Awesome Charts Highlight Just How Diversified (or Homogeneous) Some Nations' Exports Are
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 3:36pm | 136Read More...Ever wondered what the leading exports of Antarctica or North Korea or the Solomon Islands are? Well you've come to the right place. Courtesy of the Wikimedia Commons and the Observatory of Economic Complexity, Benzinga has compiled an array of export tree maps from countries and regions around the...
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Cyprus Capital Controls to Freeze Deposits, Restrict Offshore Transfers
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 11:07am | 717Read More...Cyprus is set to announce capital controls for its ailing banking system late Wednesday ahead of the banks reopening Thursday. Cypriot banks have remained closed for nearly two weeks as the nation is gripped by a financial crisis and has recently just accepted a draconian Troika bailout to ease its...
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Iceland Considering a Switch to the Canadian Dollar
Friday, March 2, 2012 - 2:54pm | 199Read More...According to a report from The Globe and Mail Iceland is considering adopting the Canadian Dollar as its currency. The financial crisis of 2008 hit iceland particularly hard, as Iceland's three largest banks leveraged themselves to a tremendous extent. The resulting aftershock sent the country...
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EU vs. EEUU: Parallel States Between America & Europe
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 9:58pm | 1569Read More...With the uncertain fate of the Eurozone in the news recently, I thought it would be interesting to discuss some interesting parallels between Europe and the United States of America. Where the thought of a "United States of Europe" may continue to sound like a fantasy, I think it is interesting...
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Nordic/Nordique: Bringing the Nordic Model to America
Monday, October 24, 2011 - 10:22am | 2766Read More...Could the Nordic model of economics used in Scandinavian countries be emulated in the US? I believe that under the right circumstances and with the proper conditions, bringing the Nordic model to the US is possible. The Nordic model used in the US could be quite advantageous and beneficial to...
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Priceline Disappoints
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 9:21am | 157Read More...Shares of Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) are trading lower by 13.88% to $215.02 in the pre-market this morning after the company’s guidance fell short of the Street’s expectations. The company did report that Q1 profits more than double as compared to the year prior, but stocks trade on the future,...
