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Weather 'behind ozone hole'

Scientists have been puzzled by the hole in the ozone layer, which forms each year over Antarctica, but has been changing in size from year to year. Now Nasa researchers say the changes are mostly due to the weather - not the ozone-destroying chemicals in the atmosphere. The findings were presented a..
Jul 10,2015

'Love test' predicts good marriage

Scientists have invented a new "love test" that they believe could predict the success of a relationship. The research, published in the journal Science, suggests that a reaction to an image of a partner could give a useful indication of the future state of a marriage...
Jul 10,2015

Biggest threat to modern medicine claim

Global health experts have warned that bacteria unaffected by antibiotics are one of the most serious threats to modern medicine. Writing in the medical journal, The Lancet, the experts are calling for people across the world to work together to fight the threat...
Jul 10,2015

Fed scales back stimulus effort

The US central bank, the Federal Reserve, says it will next month begin scaling back a key strategy to stimulate the economy because of a stronger jobs market. The Fed said that from January it would reduce its spending on US government bonds by $10bn a month...
Jul 10,2015

Ireland exits bailout programme

Ireland was one of the countries most hit by the Eurozone's financial crisis. Europe and the International Monetary Fund stepped in with loans to the Irish government worth totalling 67.5bn euros. Now, three years on, the bailout is formally over and Ireland will have to meet its borrowing needs in t..
Jul 10,2015

Germany to have minimum wage

Germany is to introduce a national minimum wage. Chancellor Angela Merkel said she'd concede this measure to the Social Democrats with whom she is negotiating to form a coalition government. The move was welcomed by other countries in the Eurozone. ..
Jul 10,2015

Designing a website

I've been trying to book a holiday and I've become very frustrated with some websites and the way they're designed...
Jul 06,2015

Welcome to Wales

Wales. Where land meets the sky and the shore meets the ocean. Where world class meets business class. Where business meets pleasure. Where great minds meet. And where great nations meet to do battle. Where all paths meet.....
Jul 06,2015

All of a twitter

For this week's podcastsinenglish.com business podcast, we're talking about Twitter because it's actually a very useful business tool...
Jul 06,2015

Sunday trading

In the UK there are many restrictions on which shops can open on a Sunday and these are known as the Sunday Trading Laws but these have been relaxed for the Olympics so more people can go out shopping on a Sunday...
Jul 06,2015