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Chinese watchdogs team up to punish wayward listed companies

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China’s top economic planner, securities regulator and 20 other government bodies have joined forces to punish listed companies that break stock market rules. In addition to penalties imposed by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, listed companies and associated people, including company directors, controlling shareholders and senior executives, would face punishment from the other agencies, CSRC vice-chairman Jiang Yang said on Monday. “The joint effort is designed to improved the integrity Read more [...]

Big Hull Survey: What City of Culture 2017 should be about

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Comments (0) ORGANISERS of the UK City of Culture 2017 programme should focus strongly on celebrating both the history and future of Hull, say Mail readers.When asked what they would most like to see in 2017, 21.5 per cent of respondents to the Mail's Big Hull Survey voted for "a celebration of the future and history of Hull".The second most popular choice was "live music" with 16.5 per cent of the votes, followed by family events (16.3 per cent).Top 80 pictures Read more [...]

The Top 101 Astronomical Events for 2016

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Here it is… our year end look at upcoming events in a sky near you. We’ve been doing this “blog post that takes four months to write” now on one platform or another every year since 2009, and every year, it gets bigger and more diverse, thanks to reader input. This is not a top 10 listicle, and not a full-fledged almanac, but hopefully, something special and unique in between. And as always, some of the events listed will be seen by a large swath of humanity, while others grace Read more [...]

Galaxy S7 leaks reveal Samsung’s cunning plan to boost smartphone sales …

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Samsung, the world's biggest smartphone maker, could launch its new Galaxy S7 handsets sooner than expected, in an attempt to boost flagging sales figures. The South Korean company is planning to launch two versions of its new flagship smartphone - a 5.2-inch flat-screen version, and a 5.5-inch, curved-screen version that will be called the 'Galaxy S7 Edge' - according to local media reports. Samsung is reportedly preparing an initial production run of about 5 million units, including 3.3 million Read more [...]

Honor ‘KIW-AL20’ Gets Listed on Tenaa With Images, Specifications

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Huawei's Honor brand seems set to launch another smartphone, as a new handset from the company has been listed on Tenaa - the Chinese telecommunications certification authority. The handset bears model number KIW-AL20.The listing of the Honor KIW-AL20 shows images of the yet-to-be-announced smartphone in its full glory. The front panel of the handset can be seen, and with the lack of capacitive navigation buttons, it implies the handset may sport on-screen keys.The Tenaa listing image of the Read more [...]

Argos product recalls listed during sales

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By Daniel Chubb - Dec 28, 2015During the busy Christmas sales and Argos Blue Sale events for Boxing Day, or January Big Sale, you might have wondered if there’s been any product recalls? Argos has made finding products involved in any 2015 recall easy, and this is due to a page listing all the safety notices with details about each recall. At the time of writing Product Reviews can confirm some of the latest recalls involve Apple Beats Pill XL Speakers, select AC Power Cords for HP and Compaq Read more [...]

Samsung Galaxy S6 Mini Listed by Online Retailer With Images, Specifications

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We saw leaked live images of the unannounced Samsung Galaxy S6 Mini back in July this year. At that time, no specification details were provided by the source. Now, the yet-to-be-announced smartphone has been listed on an e-commerce website revealing specifications and a couple of images as well. It also hints towards an imminent launch. According to the Letstango e-commerce website listing, the Android 5.1 Lollipop-based Samsung Galaxy S6 Mini will feature a 4.6-inch Super Amoled display and Corning Read more [...]

New Year’s Eve: the country houses that you can rent out

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Brad Pitt shot scenes from his new film, Machine, at Hedsor, the cast of Downton Abbey descended to shoot a charity ball earlier this year, and Tom Hardy made a appearance when filming parts of Legend. The DJ Mark Ronson held his 33rd birthday at Hedsor and Phil Harvey, the manager of Coldplay, got married there, says Nick Shephard, 34, whose family owns the pile. One of the newly refurbished bedrooms at Hedsor  Photo: John Lawrence While the very thought of welcoming strangers into your family Read more [...]

Manawatu athletes feature strongly in age-grade rankings

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Matthew Peters is the fourth-ranked junior high jumper in the country. Last week I covered the local athletes who appeared in the open-grade listings of the Athletics NZ national ranking lists, this week I will look at the age-grade listings.The Athletic New Zealand age groups are junior - athletes those aged under 20 on December 31, 2015 - and youth athletes - those under 18 on this date.The Read more [...]

Royston second in UK for increase in average house prices after 19 per cent …

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Comments (0) Royston experienced the second highest increase in average house prices across the UK's major towns and cities last year, according to new research. The town, which lies around 50 miles north of London, saw its average house prices increase from £299,905 in 2014 to ££357,049 in 2015 – a rise of 19.1 per cent. The surge left the town just shy of the top spot, coming in behind the 22.2 per cent increase in Newham, Greater London, whose average Read more [...]