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Jan 23 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Monday it would invest more in OpenAI, staking its future on the startup and tech behind the chatbot sensation ChatGPT, as well as setting the stage for more competition with its...

MILLIONS of households are being urged to check a number of appliances to help slash bills and prevent blackouts. Price comparison site GoCompare says families should check for "vampire appliances" that can drain your energy when left on standby. 1Turning...

Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), which was launched in July 2020, has mobilised over Rs 30,000 crore for taking up projects related to creation of post-harvest management facilities. The AIF is a financing facility for creation of post-harvest management infrastructure and...

A Conservative health minister has a substantial financial stake in a private health screening and Covid testing firm, raising questions about the potential for a conflict of interest.Nick Markham, a businessman who was given a peerage under Liz Truss and...

Key Takeaways Crypto has risen to start the year off the back of expectations that interest rates may be cut sooner than anticipated This contrasts with the view that crypto is uncorrelated, proving it false Assessing the price action of...

Zahawi says 'I'm confident I acted properly throughout' as he welcomes inquiry into tax settlementNadhim Zahawi, the Conservative party chair, has welcomed the decision by Rishi Sunak to ask the No 10 ethics adviser to investigate his case. “I am...

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The crypto market continued to trade in the green on Monday evening. Many cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ripple (XRP) and Ethereum (ETH), were trading with gains. BTC was the most trending crypto today. The broader crypto market was up by...

Bitcoin had a tough 2022. Now investors are looking toward 2023 with caution when it comes to cryptocurrencies.Thomas Trutschel | Photothek | Getty ImagesBitcoin rose further over the weekend, as traders took news of another crypto bankruptcy in their stride...

The prospect of criminal legal aid lawyers unionising - a move that would enable them to undertake full-blown strike action - remains on the cards after it emerged that two practitioner groups met union leaders last week. Appetite to unionise...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that it has extended the deadline for banks to finish the process of renewing agreements for existing safe deposit locker customers in a phased manner by December 31, 2023. “It has come...

CBI: UK needs to match US and EU green spendingGood morning, and welcome to our live coverage of business, economics and financial markets.The head of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) will today say the UK is falling behind the...

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Woman holds British Pound banknotes in this illustration taken May 30, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling retreated on Monday from a seven-month high against the dollar hit in Asian hours, having been helped last week...

President Joe Biden hoped to put the mishandling of sensitive government files behind him. Instead, the emergence of another batch of classified material now has his own party upset at him. Rather than close ranks, Democratic allies responded with exasperation...

Britain’s farming union has accused the chair of Tesco of living in a “parallel universe” after he said food companies may be using inflation as an excuse to increase prices further than necessary.Official inflation data for December, which was published...

(An excerpt from the book, "Shut Up and Keep Talking: Lessons on Life and Investing from the Floor of the New York Stock Exchange," by Bob Pisani.)Thirty years ago this week, State Street Global Advisors launched the Standard & Poor's Depositary...

What is AB5? California Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) is a law that went into effect in California on January 1, 2020. The law is intended to protect workers in the gig economy by establishing a test that determines whether an...

What is SASE? Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is a new concept in networking and cybersecurity that combines network and security functions into a single platform. SASE combines the traditional functions of a wide area network (WAN) with those of...

Households and businesses in Great Britain will be paid to cut back on their electricity use between 5pm and 6pm on Monday, in the first real test of a National Grid scheme. With temperatures dropping sharply, the electricity system operator...

Campaign launches today (23 January), the start of Cervical Cancer Week. READ SOURCE...

Life insurers could be overly optimistic about their ability to sell down assets in a crisis, the Bank of England has warned.The BoE’s Prudential Regulation Authority, which supervises the sector, put 16 life insurers through a stress test of credit...

Households with smart meters are being urged to “earn a bit of money” by cutting their energy use during peak times. Energy suppliers including Octopus Energy, British Gas, EoN and EDF will effectively pay households who have signed up around...

In its European Demand Monitor report, Invesco reported that total AUM for ETFs had fallen to $1.42trn, representing a $192bn decline or 11.9% drop. Meanwhile, ESG ETFs accounted for 61% of net new assets, at $53bn in 2022, meaning that...

Nadhim Zahawi was fighting for his political life on Monday as a senior Tory said he would have to “take the consequences” if more emerges about his tax affairs.Former minister Tim Loughton added that he believes Rishi Sunak “will take...

© Reuters By Scott Kanowsky  Investing.com -- Stocks in Europe advanced slightly to begin the trading week, with investors looking ahead to fresh comments from European Central Bank officials and a raft of new economic data. At 03:10 ET (08:10 GMT),...

The historic venue's charity owner has revealed an £8.9m funding gap READ SOURCE...

There has never been a better time to be an entrepreneur. The nature of innovation today encourages nimbleness, flexibility and creativity above all else. If you are an innovator, it’s an exciting world full of possibilities. If you aren’t an...

Here's how the electric vehicle industry is bringing a new wave of skilling and employment for millennials.5 tips to make successful career in electric vehicle industryBy India Today Web Desk: From the first horseless carriage running on a battery (invented...

Energy companies are to be investigated by the regulator Ofgem after a sharp increase in the number of struggling households being forced on to prepayment meters.Ofgem could consider taking legal action if it determines the rise in the number of...

NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KX, maker of kdb+, the world's fastest time series database and real-time analytics engine, is pleased to announce the appointment of John Hoffman as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Joining from Google, where he...