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Standard Life's operating profit surges 25% despite £179m statutory loss
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— Sep 7, 2026
Standard Life reported stronger-than-expected half-year results, with IFRS adjusted operating profit up 25% to £563m, while posting a £179m loss driven largely by planned investment spend; the group says it remains on track to deliver its 2026 targets and cites momentum across pensions, savings and capital-light businesses. The company also flagged the £2bn acquisition of Aegon UK and a UK pension risk transfer partnership as key catalysts for growth and enhanced cash generation, underpinning its upbeat outlook despite the H1 loss.
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The Aegon deal is the real story here - if that integration goes smoothly it could actually justify some of this optimism.
Half-Eaten Burrito Helps Law Enforcement With Case of Firebombing Attack at Pro-Life Center
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— Mar 29, 2023
Law enforcement discovered a half-eaten burrito that helped them with the case of a firebombing attack at a pro-life center. A deputy who serves on a FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force explained in an affidavit the events…
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Nearly Half of All Texans Without Water Even as ‘Fragile’ Power Grid Returns To Life
Reporting
— Feb 19, 2021
A “fragile” energy grid has returned to life for frigid Texans after five days of blackouts caused by a historic winter storm, but challenges in finding drinking water and dealing with downed power lines loomed on…
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Woman Faces Potentially Life-Threatening Complications After Abortionist Leaves Behind Half Of Dead Baby, Lawsuit Says
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— Mar 24, 2025
A woman filed a lawsuit Friday against an Illinois abortion clinic after enduring severe and dangerous complications from an allegedly botched late-term abortion that her lawyers claim left half of the deceased baby in…
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Senators Not Keen On Banning AI From Surpassing Humans Despite Alarm Bells
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Shinhan Financial Reports Record First-Half Profit
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— Jul 23, 2026
Shinhan Financial Group posted record quarterly profits and a robust first half, with second-quarter net profit of 1.82 trillion won and full-year-first-half net profit of 3.44 trillion won, driven by a stock-market rally and stronger non-interest income from brokerage and asset management. Shinhan Investment’s first-half net profit surged 123.1% to 577.7 billion won, while Shinhan Life improved its CSM and capital adequacy despite a year-on-year dip in net profit, reflecting broader strength across the group’s non-bank units.
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Anne Heche Reportedly Trapped for 45 Minutes in Home After Fiery Car Crash
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— Sep 2, 2022
Actress Anne Heche was trapped in a home for more than half an hour after crashing into it, according to reports. On Thursday, NBC4 reported that firefighters were unable to begin efforts to save Heche’s life until…
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Cosby Hit With $19M Verdict in Decades-Old Assault Case
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— Mar 23, 2026
More than half a century after she says her life was upended, Donna Motsinger stood outside a California courthouse and reflected on a verdict she had waited decades to hear. According to Page Six , a jury ordered Bill…
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Video Shows Pelosi, DCCC Donors Enjoying Maskless Party as Masked Servants Attend Them
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— Aug 23, 2021
“Rules for thee, but not for me,” remains the elitist motto a year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re tired of the double standards, we’re tired of hearing the same politicians who live life as usual while…
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Squatter Granted Ownership of Old Man’s House, Sells It for More Than Half a Million While the Elder Lives on Paltry Pension
Opinion
— Dec 10, 2023
The idea that a total stranger could sell a house you own without your permission, pocket all the proceeds, and then blame you for making his life a “nightmare” sounds like the plot of a movie. But that is exactly what…
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Popular Fan Artist Shares “Bunny Suit Samus” Artwork, Drawing Positive Fan Attention
Amateur artist @wanderjegson posted fan art of Samus Aran in a bunny-suit outfit, receiving mostly positive attention from Metroid and fan-art communities with roughly 1.5k likes and no meaningful opposition.
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True-Story Film Inspiration Guo Xinzhen Is Finally Found 24 Years After His Abduction in China
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— Jul 15, 2021
Guo Gangtang has set a high bar for fathers everywhere. The 51-year-old from the Chinese province of Shandong has spent nearly half of his life desperately searching for his lost son. In September 1997, Guo Xinzhen was…
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Hu Jiaqi's half-century quest to save humanity
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— Jul 24, 2026
Hu Jiaqi, a 1979 Northeast Institute of Technology student, concluded that unchecked science and technology could threaten humanity, a belief that steered him to decades of work on human issues and a life spent appealing for caution. He left a secure government post in 1994 to pursue entrepreneurship alongside his research, dedicating his wealth to the cause of saving humanity.
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Dassault Systèmes to Acquire ArisGlobal for Up to $2 Billion
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— Jul 23, 2026
Dassault Systèmes agreed to acquire ArisGlobal for up to $2 billion, with $1.8 billion cash at closing and up to $200 million in contingent payments, targeting completion in the second half of 2026 to strengthen its AI-native platform and life-sciences offerings. The deal comes as the company reported solid Q2 results with expanding AI and cloud initiatives and is expected to be accretive to revenue growth and EPS in the first year.
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Most Americans Want To End Lifetime Supreme Court Appointments: Poll
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— Apr 18, 2021
A majority of Americans want to end lifetime appointments for U.S. Supreme Court justices, according to an Ipsos poll for Reuters, though less than half are in favor of other efforts to reform the judiciary. The…
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Rio Grande Faces Crisis: Half its Water Use is Unsustainable, Threatening Millions
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— Nov 20, 2025
The Rio Grande, or Rio Bravo in Mexico, one of North America’s longest and most historic rivers, is in crisis, according to a new study released Thursday. According to The Associated Press , once a lifeline for…
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Trump Allowing Hunting, Fishing on Public Lands
Public lands should be available to the public. That’s the sentiment of President Donald Trump who announced executive orders to make these lands more available for hunting and fishing. “We believe that public lands belong to the American people and to the public, and hunters, fishers, and outdoorsmen should be able to access them,” Trump told more than 100 hunters, anglers and outdoor industry of
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