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One fund manager described stocks' continued moves higher, despite escalating tensions, as "equity market 'meh.'"
TSMC fourth-quarter profit leaps to record driven by AI boom
Earlier this week, MIT Technology Review published its annual list of Ten Breakthrough Technologies. As always, it features technologies that made the news last year, and which—for better or worse—stand to make waves in the coming years. They’re the technologies you should really be paying attention to. This year’s list includes tech that’s set to…
A survey released Friday by Axis Capital shows there's a growing divide across how c-suite executives view the risks, rewards and impact of AI.
Canola oil and electric cars are at the centre of the deal agreed by Mark Carney and Xi Jinping after years of strained ties.
Canola oil and electric cars are at the centre of the deal agreed by Mark Carney and Xi Jinping after years of strained ties.
Veteran president holding off main challenger Bobi Wine after campaign marred by violence at opposition ralliesThe veteran Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, held a commanding lead in early presidential election results announced on Friday, as conflicting accounts emerged of violence after the vote.Museveni, who is 81 and has ruled Uganda since seizing power in 1986, is seeking a decisive victory after a campaign marred by violence at opposition rallies. Continue reading…
The new shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy said he was ‘sorry’ for how the Conservatives ‘handled certain things in those last few years’ in powerNick Timothy said Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform UK had left the Conservatives with a feeling of “resolve” and the party in Westminster is now “more united under Kemi’s leadership than I’ve known it for many years”.Asked about the prospect of further defections, the new shadow justice secretary told BBC Breakfast: “Well I can speak for myself, and I can tell you that I joined the Conservative party as a 17-year-old and I will die a member of the Conservative party. Continue reading…
Pair will be absent ‘for short period’ from vocational trainer, whose charity is under investigation by Charity CommissionThe top two executives at City & Guilds have been put on leave shortly after a scandal over millions of pounds of bonuses triggered a Charity Commission investigation into the vocational trainer.City & Guilds has told staff that its chief executive, Kirstie Donnelly, and the chief financial officer, Abid Ismail, will be “absent from work for a short period”. Continue reading…
Up to 30,000 customers of South East Water had no supply or low pressure at height of incidentWater has been restored to most homes across Kent and Sussex after almost a week of disruption.South East Water (SEW) said the outage, which began on Saturday, was the result of Storm Goretti causing burst pipes and power cuts. Continue reading…
One fund manager described stocks' continued moves higher, despite escalating tensions, as "equity market 'meh.'"
TSMC fourth-quarter profit leaps to record driven by AI boom
Earlier this week, MIT Technology Review published its annual list of Ten Breakthrough Technologies. As always, it features technologies that made the news last year, and which—for better or worse—stand to make waves in the coming years. They’re the technologies you should really be paying attention to. This year’s list includes tech that’s set to…
A survey released Friday by Axis Capital shows there's a growing divide across how c-suite executives view the risks, rewards and impact of AI.
Canola oil and electric cars are at the centre of the deal agreed by Mark Carney and Xi Jinping after years of strained ties.
Canola oil and electric cars are at the centre of the deal agreed by Mark Carney and Xi Jinping after years of strained ties.
Veteran president holding off main challenger Bobi Wine after campaign marred by violence at opposition ralliesThe veteran Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, held a commanding lead in early presidential election results announced on Friday, as conflicting accounts emerged of violence after the vote.Museveni, who is 81 and has ruled Uganda since seizing power in 1986, is seeking a decisive victory after a campaign marred by violence at opposition rallies. Continue reading…
The new shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy said he was ‘sorry’ for how the Conservatives ‘handled certain things in those last few years’ in powerNick Timothy said Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform UK had left the Conservatives with a feeling of “resolve” and the party in Westminster is now “more united under Kemi’s leadership than I’ve known it for many years”.Asked about the prospect of further defections, the new shadow justice secretary told BBC Breakfast: “Well I can speak for myself, and I can tell you that I joined the Conservative party as a 17-year-old and I will die a member of the Conservative party. Continue reading…
Pair will be absent ‘for short period’ from vocational trainer, whose charity is under investigation by Charity CommissionThe top two executives at City & Guilds have been put on leave shortly after a scandal over millions of pounds of bonuses triggered a Charity Commission investigation into the vocational trainer.City & Guilds has told staff that its chief executive, Kirstie Donnelly, and the chief financial officer, Abid Ismail, will be “absent from work for a short period”. Continue reading…
Up to 30,000 customers of South East Water had no supply or low pressure at height of incidentWater has been restored to most homes across Kent and Sussex after almost a week of disruption.South East Water (SEW) said the outage, which began on Saturday, was the result of Storm Goretti causing burst pipes and power cuts. Continue reading…