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Auch beinahe sieben Jahre, nachdem es im Atomkraftwerk Fukushima Daiichi aufgrund eines schweren Erdbebens und eines darauffolgenden Tsunamis zu einer Kernschmelze in drei Reaktoren kam, sind die Folgen nicht weitreichend erforscht. Die Schäden am Kraftwerk werden auf 25 Milliarden Euro geschätzt, die Auswirkungen auf Umwelt und Menschen sind kaum abschätzbar.

Im Larsen C Eisschelf der Antarktis wächst schon seit Jahren ein gigantischer Riss, und das in alarmierender Geschwindigkeit. Wissenschaftler haben jetzt mehr über dieses Problem herausgefunden und es könnte noch größer sein, als bisher gedacht.

Die Freien Wähler gehen mit der Forderung nach mindestens drei Ministerien in die Koalitionsverhandlungen mit der CSU in Bayern.

„Karriere machen“, „endlich Chef/in sein“: Diese beruflichen Ziele werden als erstrebenswert angesehen. Sie werden mit Erfolg, Status und Glück assoziiert.

Das Landeskriminalamt Hessen führt gemeinsam mit der Staatsanwaltschaft Frankfurt und der Polizei in den Opel-Standorten Rüsselsheim und Kaiserslautern eine Razzia durch. Das berichtet die „Bild“. Demnach sollen Fahnder seit dem Morgen die Unternehmensräume durchsuchen. „Wir ermitteln wegen des Anfangsverdachts des Betruges wegen Inverkehrbringens von Dieselfahrzeugen mit manipulierter Abgas-Software“, zitiert das Blatt Oberstaatsanwältin Nadja Niesen.

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• President Donald Trump is blaming the Federal Reserve for the stock market's sell-off. 
• While it's unusual for the US president to publicly bash the Fed, many investors agree that fears of higher interest rates are partly responsible for the volatility. 
• By pitting himself against the Fed, Trump is raising the stakes of a monetary-policy error. 

President Donald Trump is not known to mince words. And this week, he offered his sharpest rebuke yet of the Federal Reserve. Читать дальше...

• The Internet of Things is fueling the data-based economy and bridging the divide between physical and digital worlds.
• Consumers, companies, and governments will install more than 40 billion IoT devices worldwide through 2023.
• The next five years will mark a pivotal transformation in how companies and jurisdictions operate, and how consumers live.

Being successful in the digital age doesn’t just require knowing the latest buzzwords; it means identifying the transformational trends ... Читать дальше...

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• Credit card fraud is on the rise — and so are the different types of credit card scams.
• Credit card scammers are getting smarter — they use all sorts of tricks, from phony phone calls and emails to credit card skimmers and Wi-Fi hotspots— to obtain your personal information.
• You could be a victim of a credit card scam and not even know it.
• If you find a fraudulent charge on your credit card, the first thing you should do is contact your credit card company immediately. Читать дальше...

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Fintech hubs — cities where startups, talent, and funding congregate — are proliferating globally in tandem with ongoing disruption in financial services. 

These hubs are all vying to become established fintech centers in their own right... Читать дальше...

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• A representative for Michael Bublé told INSIDER the singer isn't quitting his music career after all.
• The comments contradict Bublé's own statements to The Daily Mail, where he said he was giving his "last interview" and was "retiring from the business" after his latest record.

A representative for Michael Bublé said his comments about quitting music following his son's cancer struggle shouldn't be taken at face value.

"Michael... Читать дальше...