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A significant legal victory in a case brought by a householder affected by Japanese knotweed has raised the prospect of an increase in claims from people stricken by the hazardous plant.The court of appeal ruled that a homeowner could recover...

Oracle on Tuesday announced a seven-year strategic cloud partnership with Uber Technologies Inc to accelerate the transport aggregator’s innovation, help deliver new products to market, and drive increased profitability. By migrating some of the company’s most critical workloads to Oracle...

New York Fed's John Williams sees PCE inflation sliding to 3% in 2023 READ SOURCE...

With the Bank of England Base Rate currently hitting four percent, banks and building societies are offering some of the highest interest rates seen in decades. Chase bumped up the rate on its easy access saver for the second time...

Advertising expenditure (AdEx) in India is expected to grow 15.5% to reach ₹1,46,450 crore in 2023, media agency GroupM has said in its 'This Year Next Year' report. In 2022, AdEx stood at ₹1,26,818 crore.It added that sports, search, ecommerce...

Tax officials in India have searched BBC news bureaus in the country’s two largest cities, weeks after the broadcaster aired reports critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s actions during deadly religious riots in Gujarat when he was the state’s top...

Simplification has its virtues. For one, when honest, it simplifies a complicated phenomenon or uttering, making it easier to comprehend. But there's also a reason why being deemed a simpleton is not a virtue. Take the headline that appeared all...

Albert Einstein in his essay 'What I Believe' writes, 'To know that what is impenetrable to us really exists, manifesting itself as the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty which our dull faculties can comprehend only in their most...

A New York appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld a $110,000 fine on former President Donald Trump that a judge imposed last spring after he was found in contempt for failing to turn over documents to the state attorney general's...

Wheat production for the kharif season (July to June) 2022-23 is expected to rise 5% year-on-year to 112.18 million tonnes (MT), according to the second advance estimate released by the ministry of agriculture on Tuesday.The production of rice is expected...

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The shelves should be chock-a-block with baked beans, soup and tuna but it looks as if someone has played Supermarket Sweep and Angela Gardiner admits she has never seen supplies at the food bank so depleted.“I have never seen it...

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsA bid to restore the Assembly at Stormont has failed, thwarting the chances of the...

9/9 © Reuters. A view of the destruction following the earthquake in the town of Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah 2/9 By Henriette Chacar and Ali Kucukgocmen KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey (Reuters) - Six survivors were rescued from the rubble...

Bitcoin price was trading sideways after hitting highs of $22,300, with major US indexes also down. The markets’ reaction comes after hotter-than-expected inflation data for the first month of 2023. US CPI rose 0.5% over the month and 6.5% year-over-year....

A Nissan Leaf battery seen at the Envision factory in Sunderland, UK. Photo: Phil Noble (Reuters)When US carmaker Ford on Feb. 14 announced 1,300 job cuts in the UK, it was just the latest blow for an industry that’s been...

February 14, 2023 11:19 AM | 1 min read Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) researchers say stablecoin products can potentially compete with traditional banking systems, and its falling market capitalization indicates a reduction in cryptocurrency liquidity and leverage, Coindesk reported.Stablecoins are a...

PLANES flying over Britain had at least SEVEN near misses with floating objects last year, according to new analysis. Data from the UK Airprox Board (UKAB) revealed multiple pilots spotted devices that looked similar to spy balloons. 3Seven planes flying...

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In the first few weeks of 2023, the ICO has continued to espouse its commitment to exercising its full spectrum of enforcement powers. Monetary penalties increasingly form only a small part of the UK’s regulatory picture as the ICO shifts...

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Sign up for a full digest of all the best opinions of the week in our Voices Dispatches emailSign up to our free weekly Voices newsletterA male contraceptive drug that reduces fertility quickly and temporarily has shown promise in mice.Researchers...

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra speaks during a news conference in The Hague, Netherlands January 16, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo By Toby and Stephanie van den Berg AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Delegations from both the...

The British car industry faces the prospect of further steep job cuts without urgent government support for electric vehicle investment, a union leader has warned, after Ford revealed 1,300 UK redundancies in its internal combustion operations.The US carmaker said it...

A solicitor who was found to have left a shotgun and ammunition bag on the back seat of his car has been fined £2,000 following an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. William Richards, of Falmouth firm Hine Downing LLP,...

The theory of marginal gains popularised by controversial sports coach Dave Brailsford is that numerous small improvements bring victory. The City of London seems to be suffering the inverse: numerous marginal losses that diminish competitiveness. A primary US listing for...

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsThe father of a young boy who inspired a new law on organ donation in...

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Property prices are dropping from Byron Bay to Geelong as rising interest rates and the end of Covid curbs sap the urge of city folk to shift to the beach or the bush.Of 25 regional markets around the country, 13...

US inflation continued to cool in January, rising at an annual rate of 6.4%, according to figures released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.The consumer price index (CPI) – which measures a basket of goods and services – has now...