Amazon, Tripadvisor and other companies team up to battle fake reviews while FTC seeks to ban them
Some of the most used platforms for travel and online shopping said Tuesday they’re going to team up to battle fake reviews
2023-10-17 18:29
KKR offered to take on extra costs, staff to sweeten TIM bid-sources
By Elvira Pollina MILAN U.S. fund KKR has strived to structure its offer for the fixed line of
2023-10-17 18:27
A parasitic wasp with a giant head has been discovered and it's the stuff of nightmares
Scientists have unearthed a new species of wasp in the Amazon – and it's rather terrifying. The alien-looking parasitic creature came to light when a team at Utah State University were researching Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve in Peru. The wasp, known as Capitojoppa amazonica, has a giant almond-shaped head and is known to latch on to prey before sucking its blood and then eating it from the inside. It does so by laying eggs in its victims including caterpillars, beetles and spiders. The study’s lead author, biologist Brandon Claridge called the practice a "solitary endoparasitoid". "Once the host is located and mounted, the female will frantically stroke it with her antennae," Claridge told Live Science in an email. "If acceptable, the female will deposit a single egg inside the host by piercing it with her ovipositor (a tube-like, egg-laying organ)." He went on to explain that in some instances, "females will even stab the host with the ovipositor and feed without laying an egg as it helps with gaining nutrients for egg maturation." This isn't the first horrifying discovery, with researchers recently finding a new species of tarantula in Thailand that is characterised with illuminous blue legs. The spider is one of the rarest in the world, with Dr Narin Chomphuphuang explaining how it lurks in hollow trees. "The difficulty of catching an electric-blue tarantula lies in the need to climb a tree and lure it out of a complex of hollows," he explained. "During our expedition, we walked in the evening and at night during low tide, managing to collect only two of them." Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-10-17 18:27
Marketmind: Banks, Biden visit buoy markets
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Another eye-catching bounceback in U.S. stocks
2023-10-17 18:26
Saudi Fund for Development Signs First $100 Million Development Loan Agreement to Establish a Climate Smart Infrastructure Project in Grenada
MARRAKECH, Morocco--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 17, 2023--
2023-10-17 18:20
U.S. Treasury bond ETFs draw net inflows this year despite recent market rout
By Suzanne McGee Investors have poured money into exchange traded funds (ETFs) focused on the US bond market
2023-10-17 18:15
Goldman Sachs lifts Europe Inc's 2023 profit growth forecast to 3%
Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday it expects earnings for companies in the pan-European STOXX 600 index to grow
2023-10-17 17:59
Futures slip as Middle East conflict weighs; bank results and data in focus
Futures for Wall Street's main stock indexes fell on Tuesday as investors assessed diplomatic efforts to contain the
2023-10-17 17:48
Philippines' Cebu Pacific eyes purchase of 100-150 aircraft for up to $12 billion
MANILA Philippines budget carrier Cebu Pacific is looking to order 100-150 aircraft from either Boeing or Airbus worth
2023-10-17 17:46
Samuel L. Jackson and Pierce Brosnan cast in Unholy Trinity
Samuel L. Jackson, Pierce Brosnan and Brandon Lessard have all landed starring roles in Richard Gray's Western film 'Unholy Trinity'.
2023-10-17 17:29
'It's coming along': Rian Johnson is making progress on third Knives Out movie
Rian Johnson is making progress on the third 'Knives Out' movie now the Hollywood writers' strike has ended.
2023-10-17 17:25
Vehicle Data Can Become a Turbo for the European Digital Economy
MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 17, 2023--
2023-10-17 17:22