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Judge Silas Reid prevented Insulate Britain defendants at the Inner London crown court from mentioning their motivation to commit non-violent “nuisance” (Insulate Britain activists found guilty over London roadblock, 13 February). How ironic and worrying that a court normally requiring...

Bitcoin reached highs of $25,230 across major exchanges, its highest price level in over six months. BTC price moved above its 200-week moving average’ Analysts say bulls could target fresh gains as a bullish signal flashes. Bitcoin broke above $25,000...

London’s blue-chip share index, the FTSE 100, hit a new all-time high at over 8,000 points on Thursday.But why is the FTSE 100 so strong, when the UK economy is expected to fall into recession this year and so many...

Senior government lawyers have been offered an average 16% pay rise over the next two years - well ahead of the civil service norm of 2-3% - after new warnings of a staff exodus. Almost a third of government lawyers had...

Spain has passed a law allowing those with painful periods to take paid “menstrual leave” from work, in a European first.The leave will be funded 100 per cent by the state.Requiring a doctor’s note, the law gives the right to...

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailScott Rechler, CEO of RXR Realty, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss his thoughts on return to work and his outlook for commercial real estate.05:26Thu, Feb 16...

(CNN) - Good news for those wanting or needing to buy a used car: Prices are falling. But that’s not the case for new cars.After years of low inventory and soaring prices, the cost of a used car fell nearly...

© Reuters. Death Cross Looms Over Cheniere Energy Investors Benzinga - If history is any guide, there may be trouble ahead for shares of Cheniere Energy (AMEX:LNG). A so-called "death cross" has formed on its chart and, not surprisingly, this...

Last year’s tech-wide reckoning continues. In 2023, layoffs have yet again cost tens of thousands of tech workers their jobs; this time, the workforce reductions have been driven by the biggest names in tech like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo and...

Royal Mail workers vote overwhelmingly to continue industrial actionRoyal Mail workers have voted overwhelmingly to continue with a campaign of industrial action in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, the Communication Workers Union announced.The CWU tweeted:BREAKING: POSTAL WORKERS...

Inflation rebounded in January at the wholesale level, as producer prices rose more than expected to start the year, the Labor Department reported Thursday.The producer price index, a measure of what raw goods fetch on the open market, rose 0.7%...

Standard Chartered bankers will receive their biggest bonuses since the financial crisis, after rising global interest rates pushed the lender’s profits up 28%.The London-headquartered but emerging markets-focused bank said it had increased staff bonuses by 16%, to a total of...

How the Honor 8 tablet arrives (Picture: Jen Mills/Metro.co.uk)Tablet computers may have existed before the iPad, but Apple was the company to make it a blockbuster piece of tech.  Since it launched in 2010, with the recognisable touch screen and...

No matter what type of business you are running, ensuring the safety of your employees should be your top priority. This is especially true if you have a large business warehouse with a lot of workers operating within this space....

Law firms have been warned by their regulator that they should not act as “hired guns” to silence critics of the wealthy, amid a spate of allegations of abusive litigation by Russian oligarchs since the invasion of Ukraine.The Solicitors Regulation...

At least nine people have been killed by a deadly disease that broke out in Equatorial Guinea and now reached Cameroon. The outbreak of Marburg, which is similar to Ebola, was confirmed on Sunday with cases found in the Kié-Ntem...

LONDON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Bitcoin touched a six-month high on Thursday, swept higher with equities and other relatively risky assets as investors gained confidence in the economic outlook and dismissed concern about regulatory scrutiny of the sector.The world's largest...

Centrica’s name implies neutrality. It describes a middle-of-the-road utility just doing its job. That is out of kilter with the UK energy group’s position at the eye of a political storm over household energy costs.Higher natural gas and power prices...

UK consumers have gone back to shopping around for insurance because prices have risen sharply but cheap deals on energy bills are unlikely to be available this year, according to the boss of price comparison website Moneysupermarket.In full-year results on...

Oh hello. There’s a potential white knight for Home Reit, the sheltered housing group that’s been losing a fight with short sellers.London-listed Home Reit said today it had received an unsolicited approach from investment firm Bluestar regarding a possible cash...

Paramount Global said it saw its streaming business grow during the fourth quarter, and announced plans to increase prices for Paramount+ this year.Despite adding more streaming customers, Paramount reported its fourth-quarter revenue declined 7%, compared with last year, to roughly...

In fact, almost a fifth (18 percent) of those polled are sitting on between £226 and £500 worth of belongings that are just gathering dust.And with more than half (52 percent) saying they are under significant financial strain, and 59...

Jim Boone, chair of the board for Enterprise Record owners, dies at age 87 Published 8:59 am Thursday, February 16, 2023 TUSCALOOSA, Alabama — James B. “Jim” Boone Jr., founder and chairman of the board of Boone Newsmedia, Inc. ,...

(CNN) Nearly two weeks after a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the eastern Ohio village of East Palestine and sparked a massive dayslong blaze, residents packed a high school gym Wednesday for a meeting with officials all...

The chief executive of Centrica has refused to say whether he will waive a £1.6m bonus, as the British Gas owner’s annual profits tripled to a record £3.3bn after a price surge triggered by Russia’s halt on gas supplies to...

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: UK pound coins plunge into water coloured with the European Union flag colours in this illustration picture, October 26, 2017. Picture taken October 26, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic By Joice Alves and Lucy Raitano LONDON (Reuters) -...

Key  Takeaways Bitcoin is up nearly 50% thus far this year, but there have been no positive catalysts from within the industry Rally is nothing but macro-driven, writes our Analyst, with Nasdaq up 16% and Bitcoin continuing to trade like...

This article is an on-site version of our Energy Source newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every Tuesday and ThursdayWelcome back to Energy Source. Derek Brower here, writing from New Jersey, which, after Governor Phil...

Long ago, in May 1960, an American U-2 spy plane took off from Pakistan to fly at high altitude across the Soviet Union as part of a mission to photograph key facilities and military sites on behalf of the CIA....