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Covid-19 infections have fallen sharply in all parts of the UK, in a fresh sign the current wave has peaked.The number of patients in hospital with the virus is also continuing to drop.Levels of flu and Covid-19 are now both...

Tesla owners who saw the price of their expensive electric cars slashed by up to £9,000 just days after taking delivery will not be compensated.An email seen by This is Money sent from Tesla to an owner who had a...

Children born from rape will be recognised as ‘victims of crime’ after the government announced the victims’ bill would extended the definition of the word. England and Wales will be among the first countries in the world to give victim...

Morningstar's European Asset Flows report for December 2022 revealed that recovery was beginning to set in at the end of the year. The final month was the second consecutive month of net positive flows for long-term funds, totalling €27bn. While...

A Cuban pilgrim participates in the San Lazaro procession at El Rincon church in Havana, on December 16, 2022.Yamil Lage | AFP | Getty ImagesAccusations of bribery, an imprisoned Cuban bank official and Interpol all feature in a high-stakes case...

Insurers have held discussions with the UK government over whether its terrorism reinsurance scheme should cover state-backed cyber attacks, amid growing concern over holes in the safety net provided by the private sector.Senior industry executives have had initial talks with...

Retail sales in Great Britain fell unexpectedly in December as cost-conscious consumers cut back on spending in the run-up to Christmas in response to higher prices, surging bills and a weak economic backdrop.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the...

Judicial office holders should treat everyone ‘fairly and respectfully’, according to guidance published by the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary yesterday. This applies both inside and outside the hearing room, the new 'statement of expected behaviour' states.  The guidance follows research commissioned...

A council in London has halted the forced installation of prepayment meters after outrage from residents concerned they would be cut off from energy supplies this winter.Residents of Hathersage Court in north London had expressed “shock” after learning this month...

The latest IPA Bellwether report reported the seventh consecutive quarter of budget growth, defying previous forecasts. READ SOURCE...

Nouriel Roubini is known for his scathing criticism of cryptocurrency and blockchain.  “Literally all of them are crooks!” NYU Professor Nouriel Roubini claims that 99% of the crypto industry is a scam. Speaking to Yahoo Finance at Davos, Switzerland during...

The firm said it was the first asset manager to offer ETFs that target individual goals within the SDGs, with six targeting specific goals and the seventh tracking a combination of all SDGs. The seven ETFs are: Xtrackers MSCI Global...

Six per cent of Alphabet's workforce will be lost worldwide, and US staff will be affected immediately. READ SOURCE...

The cryptocurrency lender Genesis has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US, becoming the latest victim of the shakeout in the digital asset market after the collapse of the crypto exchange FTX.Genesis Global Capital, one of three Genesis entities...

Kent RO Systems on Friday forayed into the ceiling fan segment in the country under the brand name Kuhl. The company, which is the leader in the water purifier segment, has launched the fans with BLDC technology which consumes less...

The Court of Appeal has ruled that personal injury claimants can recover both whiplash and non-whiplash injuries without one cancelling out the other. In a landmark ruling today, the court said that in so-called ‘hybrid’ cases it was the right...

Affected employees have already received an email about it (Picture: Unsplash)Google’s parent company, Alphabet has announced that it is slashing about 12,000 jobs or 6% of its workforce. On Friday, Alphabet announced that it was making the cuts just as the...

British retail sales dropped unexpectedly in December, as consumers dealt with rising inflation during the crucial Christmas shopping period.The volume of retail sales in Great Britain fell by 1 per cent between November and December, according to figures published by...

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2/2 © Reuters. A man walks near metal barriers as they close a road leading to the palriament building, where Independent Lebanese lawmakers are staging a sit-in at parliament to pile pressure the dominant factions to elect a new president,...

Simon Francis, from the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, told BBC One: “The costs of these tariffs are going up, and they’re going up in spite of the fact that we are supposed to be in a situation where prices are...

Rebecca Rosenberg, who has an uncorrectable visual impairment, found that there was no suitable technology to help her.She decided to create ReBokeh, an app which has adjustable smartphone camera filters to allow users to change how things look, and navigate...

Nearly 90 more homes within Crystal Township will have internet access after the Crystal Township Board voted to spend $100,000 of its American Rescue Plan Act money on a fiber broadband internet expansion by CMS Internet. — Submitted map |...

Indian investors should consider plowing funds in high-yielding debt, as a strong economic recovery post the pandemic underscores the improving fundamentals of domestic businesses, a fund manager with DSP Mutual Fund said.As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the economy, investors shied...

The US economy could be headed for a crisis manufactured by a handful of House Republicans.The treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, informed congressional leaders on Thursday that the US has hit its debt ceiling, which limits the amount of money that...

New research by top US government scientists has found that people exposed to the widely used weedkilling chemical glyphosate have biomarkers in their urine linked to the development of cancer and other diseases.The study, published last week in the Journal...

Brockton real estate: 34 South Street home on sale for $1 million  Enterprise News READ SOURCE...

On January 20th, Bitcoin is trading at a range of $20,600 to $21,650. The reason for its winning streak might be linked to the fact that the market reached its greatest level of investor confidence since July. Meanwhile, institutional investors...

"We probably all underestimated inflationary pressure in 2021," Jordan told CNBC.Bloomberg / Contributor / Getty ImagesMonetary policy has been "too expansionary" in hindsight, according to the Chairman of the Swiss National Bank Thomas Jordan."Probably with the benefit of hindsight monetary...

(Reuters) - Land Securities Group Plc (LON:), Britain's top commercial property landlord, has appointed broadcaster Channel 4's Ian Cheshire as its next chairman, the company said on Friday. The new Landsec chairman takes over the mantle at a time when...