A 22-year-old man battered by his « controlling » girlfriend has spoken of his mental and physical torture for the first time. Alix Skeel fought back tears as he described his « open burns », three-stone weight loss and fear of having his limbs amputated after his « cruel » ex doused him in boiling water. He said he thought his…

Goldman Sachs reported first-quarter results that beat significantly on both the top and bottom line as the bank’s traders took advantage of a volatile stock market, posting the highest equities trading revenue in three years. Here’s what the bank reported compared to what analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were expecting: — Revenues of $10.04 billion…

Jordan Worth has been jailed for over seven years for a lengthy campaign of abuse against her boyfriend (Picture: South Beds News Agency/Fairley of Luton)This is the controlling girlfriend who carried out a catalogue of abuse against her boyfriend including depriving him of food and banning him from her bed. Jordan Worth, 22, took advantage…

Gautam Gambhir stationed himself at mid-off for the first ball of Delhi Daredevils’ match against Mumbai Indians on Sunday. Trent Boult bowled it, and Suryakumar Yadav drove it straight and hard, so hard that Gambhir fumbled it and the batsmen ran two. Two balls later, Suryakumar drove even straighter, further to Gambhir’s right, and picked…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether a rule it announced decades ago in a case involving a catalog retailer should still apply in the age of the internet. The case on Tuesday focuses on businesses’ collection of sales tax on online purchases. Right now, under the decades-old Supreme Court rule,…