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The EU sharply cut its eurozone growth forecast for 2024, Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni says. Gentiloni says the European Commission predicts the single-currency economic area to grow by 0.8 percent in 2024, down from a previous forecast of 1.2 percent. SOUNDBITE
South Africa’s finance minister forecasts the economy will grow by 4.8 percent, a revision to the 5.1 percent growth previously forecast. While presenting the country's 2022 budget to parliament, minister Enoch Godongwana says "Commodity prices... also, violent unrest in July; restrictions imposed to manage the third wave of Covid-19 further eroded the gains made in the first half of the year." SOUNDBITE
London stocks sink more than 0.8 percent in opening deals, despite attempts by finance minister George Osborne to calm jitters after last week's shock Brexit vote. IMAGES
Californians are constantly warned about the "big one." But if it strikes, what kind of destruction is Tinseltown looking at? The facts are not comforting.
Samsung makes loads of tablets and here's one of them, the Galaxy Tab 4 in the 8in size.
Hackers with suspected links to the Chinese government appear to have accessed personal information on US intelligence and military personnel, US officials said. Details emerged of a major hack of up to four million federal government employees’ personal information last week, but now officials have disclosed information about a second breach.