News Headlines - 05 March 2014
Underneath the company logo on the right, instead of saying (as it used to) “The Computer Superstore”, there appear the words “Like hell, but with worse customer service”.
Google seems to have taken the alternative logo from a 2008 article about rumoured job cuts in the company’s servicing and repair division.
▽Bank of England suspends employee amid forex probe - FT.com
The Bank of England became embroiled in the escalating foreign exchange scandal after it suspended a member of staff and launched a new investigation into allegations that its officials condoned or were aware of market manipulation.
The move marks the latest twist in the global probe into the $5.3tn-a-day forex industry, the largest financial market in the world.
London boasts more of the world’s best universities than any other city, a league table reveals today.
Six universities in the capital made it into the top 100 in The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings, which are published tonight.
Experts said the list confirms London as the “undisputed centre of the world” for higher education and research.
▽BBC News - WHO: Daily sugar intake 'should be halved'
People will be advised to halve the amount of sugar in their diet, under new World Health Organization guidance.
The recommended sugar intake will stay at below 10% of total calorie intake a day, with 5% the target, says the WHO.
▽World's oldest person celebrates 116th birthday in Japan | theguardian.com
Okawa, who became the world's oldest person last June following the death at 116 of fellow Japanese Jiroemon Kimura, was given a cake with just three candles at her nursing home in Osaka – one for each figure in her age.
Okawa is one of only five people alive – all women – confirmed as having been born in the 19th century.
