Whaley Bridge dam Collapses

Town evacuated as dam wall collapses. Police tell Whaley Bridge’s 6, 500 residents to gather at a school amid fears a reservoir could burst. Engineers are pumping water from the 300-million-gallon Toodbrook Reservoir amid fears it could burst and swamp Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire. A severe flood warning has been issued for the River Goyt…

Alphabet ovetakes Apple and becomes king of cash pile

Alphabet, Google’s parent company has become the King of the corporate cash pile after beating Apple the iPhone maker who had this title for the last decade, but reduced its financial reserves by $60bn in the past 18 months. Apple’s holding of cash and marketable securities, net of debt, has dropped to $102bn, down from…