Heating oil users facing fuel or food winter choice

BBC - Oct 14, 2026

It comes as ministers say they will tighten up rules on heating oil and promote competition.

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Carney 1812 post references British-Canadian forces routing US

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Federal energy regulators shoot down grid operator's plan to cut power to data centers during shortfalls

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Treasury fines Bank of America $1.2B for violating money laundering, sanctions law

The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced it was fining Bank of America more than $1.2 billion for violating anti-money laundering and sanctions laws. The Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) fined Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the country, $1.2 billion for its failure to “mitigate and report priority national security risks,” the department...

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Saudi man charged with planting 'sophisticated' recording device in OpenAI office

Prosecutors say the device, wrapped in toilet paper, was found inserted in a USB port on the back of a TV in an executive conference room.

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Iran war costing US households average of $2K each: Moody's

The war in Iran has cost the average American household $2,000 so far, according to estimates shared Monday by Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “Consider that the war’s costs taken together have absorbed about half the average American household’s income gain over the past eight months,” Zandi wrote on social platform X. “No...

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Judy Markey, Frank and Funny Voice on Chicago Radio, Dies at 82

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Chip Stocks Tumble on A.I. Spending Fears and Rising Chinese Competition

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Top Army general reassures defense industry after Driscoll, George exits

The Army’s acting chief of staff, Gen. Christopher LaNeve, assured the defense industry on Tuesday that the military’s largest branch is not walking away from modernization after losing top brass earlier this year, but is in fact “sprinting towards it.” “And to our industry partners in this room, we need you to hear this: the...

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CVS to pay $315M settlement over allegations of illegally filling opioid prescriptions

The Justice Department (DOJ) announced Tuesday that CVS Health has agreed to pay $315 million to settle lawsuits alleging the company illegally filled prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances. The settlement resolves a lawsuit first filed in 2019 by former CVS employee Hillary Estright in 2019 under the whistleblower provision of the False Claims...

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