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ING announces share buyback programme of up to €2.5 billion ING announced today a share buyback programme under which it plans to repurchase ordinary shares of ING Groep N.V., for a maximum total...

IN FOCUS: On-screen and off, the actor has cultivated a grumpy old man persona that fans adore. These recent claims of workplace harassment may not change that but they do shine a harsh light on what was previously a very private life, writes Annabel Nugent

The deluge of the use of the term "natural" for product promotion continues unabated. But perhaps it's getting stale because KinderFarms, Jessica Biel's company, is selling stuff like Tylenol and Benadryl with the promise of avoiding "artificial petrochemicals."

The post-WWII suburban settlement pattern assumes and reinforces car travel as the default transport choice for its residents. Do such settlements have a future when the temporary energy bonanza of the past 100 years falters? And can residents of suburbia begin to create that future today?

Bob Wilson, meanwhile, claims extortionists at his company tried shaking him down for $10 million.

The Kabayan cave mummies are a unique chapter in mummification history, which involved a distinct smoking process. They are an amazing example of ancient Ibaloi ingenuity.

Nick Fetty | July 15, 2015 As temperatures rise algal blooms are popping up in Iowa waterways. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has posted advisories cautioning swimmers to stay out of the water at 11 state parks because of harmful algal blooms. Algal blooms are caused by a combination of phosphorus pollution and high temperatures which creates microcystin toxins…

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After the Camp David Accords, the assassins’ message to peacemakers was loud and clear, writes Dan Steinbock: "Don’t even try." Part 3 of a 5-part series. This is the third in a five-part series. Here is part one and two.  By Dan Steinbock The World Financial Review  Among peace activ

Wednesday’s argument in Vidal v. Elster involved a provision in the federal Lanham Act that directs the Patent and Trademark Office, the entity that registers federal trademarks, to refuse to register any mark that identifies “a particular living individual.” In this case, Steve Elster argued that t