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Interest rate risk: SVB's nemesis a well-known foe in banking

Interest rate risk: SVB's nemesis a well-known foe in banking

Among the mysteries surrounding the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, finance experts have fixated on the California lender's failure to practice basic risk management.

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Verstappen shrugs off bug to top practice in Saudi Arabia

Verstappen shrugs off bug to top practice in Saudi Arabia

Max Verstappen showed no ill effects from a stomach bug on Friday as he topped the times for Red Bull ahead of Fernando Alonso in Friday's second free practice at this weekend's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

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NBA Grizzlies' Brooks fined for shoving camera carrier

NBA Grizzlies' Brooks fined for shoving camera carrier

Memphis Grizzlies swingman Dillon Brooks was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Friday for shoving a cameraman on the sideline after chasing a loose ball.

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France reports 910 dolphins washed up on Atlantic coast

France reports 910 dolphins washed up on Atlantic coast

At least 910 dolphins have washed up on France's Atlantic coast since the start of the winter, an oceanographic institute reported Friday.

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Credit Suisse at a crossroads as stocks slide again

Credit Suisse at a crossroads as stocks slide again

Credit Suisse shares fell again Friday despite being bolstered by the Swiss central bank as investors worry about which road the embattled lender will take to try and restore confidence.

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Mountain forests disappearing at alarming rate: study

Mountain forests disappearing at alarming rate: study

Logging, wildfires and farming are causing mountain forests, habitat to 85 percent of the world's birds, mammals and amphibians, to vanish at an alarming rate, according to a study published on Friday.

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Galopin Des Champs proves his class in classic Gold Cup

Galopin Des Champs proves his class in classic Gold Cup

Galopin Des Champs justified favouritism and all the hype to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday, with jockey Paul Townend declaring "the horse doesn't know how good he is".

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Kante return 'fantastic' for resurgent Chelsea, says Potter

Kante return 'fantastic' for resurgent Chelsea, says Potter

Chelsea boss Graham Potter is looking forward to naming N'Golo Kante in his squad against Everton on Saturday for the first time since taking charge of the Blues.

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Cockerill hopes Arundell's brilliance can spark English response

Cockerill hopes Arundell's brilliance can spark English response

Henry Arundell has the ability "to score from nothing" and has a "great future ahead of him" going into his first England start in the Six Nations finale against Ireland on Saturday, said assistant coach Richard Cockerill.

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Biden celebrates St Patrick's Day with Irish PM

Biden celebrates St Patrick's Day with Irish PM

President Joe Biden and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar painted the town green Friday, celebrating Saint Patrick's Day -- and touting Biden's expected visit to Ireland and Northern Ireland to mark the anniversary of the Good Friday peace accords.

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