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According to a survey report of the British Chambers of Commerce (BBC) the economy of UK continued to grow in the second quarter of this year.

BBC has collected data from 5600 businesses across the UK and estimated growth of in between 0.6% to 0.7% for the three months to the end of June. But it has also warned about serious concerns over sustained recovery.

The film Eclipse, the latest Twilight sequel was the most successful film in the box office of North America in this weekend. But even after that it fell short of the predictions made by its distributor earlier. The film has made a collection of around 162 million dollars in the US and Canada since its release in last Wednesday.

But the distributor Summit Entertainment had estimated a collection of 173 million dollars for the first five days.                  

According to a report the executives of the top 100 listed companies of UK have seen their pay hike by 5% since the year 2008 to an average of 3.1 million euros. This rise came to act despite of a 1% fall in the earnings per every share in the same period of time.

This survey was done by the MM&K and the Manifest. Both of them looked in to the latest annual reports of around 657 companies.

Psychologists said that sweet drinks like sugary tea help to lessen tension at work place, and make individuals less likely to be violent or disputative.

The study stated that the energy boost offered by the sugar permits the brain to maintain proper control over its impulses, meaning people can stop themselves from responding spontaneously when under pressure.

Examinations on volunteers, some of whom were given lemonade sweetened with sugar and some with artificial sweetener indicated that those who consumed sugar performed better under stress.

According to the operators, the tests of the giant oil skimmer have been unclear because of the sea. The giant skimmer is made to scoop up with the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

The skimmer could help to block millions of gallons of oil from reaching the land area. The tests were supposed to be completed by Monday.

Lady Gaga is the first celebrity to have more than 10 million fans on the social networking site Facebook. The number of her fans has touched 10,673,476 till 5th July.

As per the new research by the online site Famecount, recently Lady Gaga has overtaken the US President Barack Obama to reach at the top spot in Facebook. Mr. Obama has 9,824,885 fans which is much lower than that of the renowned singer.