Smoking rates have been falling for decades, smartphones and tablets are replacing pen and paper, and beards are all the rage. It's no wonder investors have turned their backs on Societe Bic SA. Shares in the French maker of lighters, pens and razors have slumped 40 percent from their 2015 peak.
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A raptor's approach to targeting prey may one day help protect soldiers and even airports, Air Force-funded research shows. By. Justin Bachman. @justinbachman More stories by Justin Bachman. December 5, 2017, 1:00 AM PST. Throughout history, humans have employed falcons as lethal hunters of
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Deutsche Bank's largest shareholder is being probed over whether it accurately reported its holdings when building its stake in the German bank, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. BaFin, the German financial supervisor, is investigating China's HNA Group Co., which has a 9.9
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Some of the biggest losers under the Republican tax overhaul include upper-middle class families in high-tax areas like New York City, graduate students, government workers and public school teachers. The one thing they have in common? They're mostly Democrats. President Donald Trump and
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Women make up one in five accounting partners across the Top 100 Accounting Firms list and about one in three newly appointed partners. Data from the Financial Review Top 100 Accounting Firms shows that 35 firms have no women partners at all, while five firms had partnerships that were split
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