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International Business Machines Corp. maintained its full-year forecast of 3% to 5% sales growth, overcoming investor anxiety about

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. House of Representatives panel will hold a July 26 hearing as lawmakers look

Microsoft is offering free cybersecurity tools to some government and commercial customers following criticism of the tech giant's handling of a major alleged Chinese hack that compromised US government email accounts.

WASHINGTON New draft guidelines released by U.S. antitrust enforcers on Wednesday lay the groundwork for tougher scrutiny of

By Hannah Lang The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accepted applications to create spot bitcoin exchange-traded

By Hannah Lang and Matt Tracy U.S. financial technology companies are tightening their lending standards, a move that

Researchers have revealed where in the UK has the most crop circles, in a significant victory for fans of chasing potential alien hotspots. The mysterious crop circle phenomenon is often attributed to unidentified flying object landings or other paranormal forces, with wannabe alien hunters travelling from far and wide to study the markings when they appear. According to Bonusfinder and ukcropcircles.co.uk, the southwestern county of Wiltshire has seen by far the most crop circles since 2005, with a whopping 380 instances of the strange event. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Hampshire was a distant second, with just 51 crop circles in the same period, followed by Oxfordshire with 35 crop circles. Monique Klinkenbergh, researcher and founder of the Crop Circle Visitor Centre and Exhibition, said the county’s sprawling landscape and relatively undisturbed countryside could be part of the reason for the flurry of potential extraterrestrial activity. “Crop circles seem to be attracted by ancient sites such as stone circles, long barrows, hill forts and other archaeological sites, for which Wiltshire is famous,” she said. “We have had so many different designs appearing, from small simple circles and ‘pictograms’ to extremely intricate and large patterns, sometimes with a very detailed and complex lay [the way the plants are flattened] on the ground. “Some crop circle patterns are familiar in design, suggesting they belong to a certain ‘school’ or ‘family-type’, such as Mathematical, Forms of Life, Religious, Astronomical, Codes and Mythology.” Klinkenbergh said invisible “Earth energies” are believed by some to run through ancient landmarks. That could be why the home of Stonehenge has so many crop circles, she said. However, she admitted that another far more mundane explanation could be at the heart of it: that they are manmade. Who would’ve thought it, eh? 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.

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS A French-led backlash led to a U.S. economist withdrawing from a top European

By Victoria Waldersee BERLIN (Reuters) -Tesla is planning sweeping changes to its factory near Berlin, including extensions to its battery

TikTok has "more work" to do to meet tough new European standards that are coming for social media and content moderation, according to a top EU official who performed a "stress test" of the company this week.

Microsoft and Activision have mutually agreed to extend their merger deadline by three months in the face of ongoing negotiations with the UK government that could allow the $69 billion acquisition to close, the two companies announced on Wednesday.

(Reuters) -Activision Blizzard said on Wednesday it has extended the deadline for the close of its $69 billion takeover by