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Procter & Gamble names David Taylor as new CEO

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Top American manufacturer Procter & Gamble promoted its beauty branch leader, David Taylor, to head the company as CEO, the company announced.

The Counterview: Why Britain Doesn’t Owe India Reparations

WSJ.com 

“What are the reparations for? How do you put a value on it,” asked Richard Ottaway, former chairman of the U.K. Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, during his 10-minute speech at the Oxford Union debate chamber in late May.



Tomatoes perfect now, later

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

Who really uses “just enough mayonnaise to bind” a salad? That’s what I was wondering as I folded what some would consider an illegal quantity of lovely mayo into some chunks of freshly cooked…

Used market plugs the less affluent into Tesla ownership

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Like most cutting-edge technology, electric cars tend to lose their value fast. As new models debut with better battery range and more features, older electric vehicles fetch weak resale prices or languish on dealer lots. But the Tesla Motors Model S appears to be bucking that trend. An analysis of used Model S sales finds that while not many have hit the market so far — just 1,600 — they typically command prices well above $50,000. At the same time... Читать дальше...

US Airways closing flight operations center near Pittsburgh

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) — US Airways is closing its Pittsburgh area flight operations control center as part of its merger with American Airlines. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1KyYMSZ ) the Moon Township facility will handle its last flight Aug. 23. American is eliminating the US Airways brand and shifting flight operations to a new center in Fort Worth, Texas. About 650 people work at the US Airways facility. An American spokesman tells the Post-Gazette more than half of them will be moved to Fort Worth. Читать дальше...

Scotland woos Chinese investors to energy sector

United Press International (UPI.com) 

Daniel J. Graeber
BEIJING, July 29 (UPI) -- A Scottish delegation on an official trip to Beijing said they wanted to draw Chinese investors into the North Sea oil and natural gas sector.

Asian dating apps now offer group dates

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Move over Tinder -- a crop of dating apps in smartphone-addicted Asia is offering to recruit friends for group dates or send along a chaperone to steer the course of romance.

Jeb Bush Super PAC’s Top Donor: Miguel “Mike” Fernandez

WSJ.com 

The biggest donor so far to the biggest super PAC in the 2016 race – the $103 million juggernaut backing Republican Jeb Bush – is a Cuban-American Miami billionaire, Miguel "Mike" Fernandez, who made his fortune buying and selling health-care companies. He gave $3 million to the Right to Rise super PAC.

Banyan tree falls in Thane, injures 4 people

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

A massive banyan tree collapsed over four to five huts of Thane’s Shanti Nagar area on Wednesday, destroying the homes and injuring four in the process.

Statement released by Tom Brady

«Gazette Times» (gazettetimes.com) 

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Full text of the statement released Wednesday by Tom Brady:





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