EU and France push Xi to achieve more balanced trade relations with China
Emmanuel Macron, Ursula von der Leyen and others warned Xi Jinping that in order to rebalance the trade…
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May 2024
Airline pays £53m for selling tickets on cancelled flights
Qantas will pay A$100m (£53m) in penalties and A$20m to passengers as compensation for a legal dispute over the…
Banco Sabadell rejects BBVA’s €12 billion takeover bid
Banco Sabadell, a Spanish lender, has rejected BBVA's €12bn bid for its takeover. The proposed deal is…
Think-tank warns that obesity and low productivity are linked in the UK
According to a new report, millions of obese people cannot work or are less efficient. This condition may explain…
Port Talbot can be re-energized by floating offshore wind farms
A 40mph wind blows in Port Talbot on a sunny day, causing white horses to froth in the bay. Offshore wind turbines…
Heineken will upgrade hundreds of pubs for £39m
Heineken invests £39 million in the UK to upgrade and reopen more than 600 pubs that have been closed for a long…
Warren Buffett praises Apple after it reveals share sale
Warren Buffett has heaped praise upon Apple, despite investing billions of dollars in the iPhone maker.
The…
Investors can benefit from a NatWest bonus share plan
Retail investors may receive a bonus share of NatWest if hold the stock for more than a year. This is part of plans…
Sunak’s pledge to spend on defence could change the arms industry
Rishi Sunak, who announced last month a £75billion boost in funding for the British Defence Industry over the next…
Cambridge supports academics in commercialising their research
Cambridge University launched a new strategy to capitalize on the research done by its academics in order to become…
The cost of HS2 is now higher than the nuclear graveyard undersea
The long-delayed plan to store radioactive waste produced over decades
The UK's largest, most expensive and…
China’s gold buying spree may be the final straw for the dollar
Some commentators spent decades predicting that the US dollar would soon lose its special status as world's reserve…
L&G says that Britain would benefit from fewer landlords who buy to let.
According to Britain's largest investment company, the economy would benefit from fewer landlords who buy-to-let.…
The UK floral industry is in chaos due to new Brexit border controls
The least expected effect of the Brexit was that flower exporters would need to learn Latin.
This is one of the…
Mubadala Capital to invest $13.5 billion in biofuels in Brazil
Mubadala Capital, based in Abu Dhabi, plans to invest $13.5bn over the next decade on a large biofuels project.…
Water-based batteries could be the answer to our energy problems
The UK has an issue with wind. We have wind too often, which causes our turbines to spin ineffectively, wasting…
Warren Buffett warns that the AI genie has ‘escaped the bottle’
Warren Buffett compared artificial intelligence development to that of the nuclear bomb and predicted AI scams…
Tata Steel boss: Port Talbot can’t be bailed out forever
TV Narendran, who is a first-time grandparent, has been able to soften her personality.
The CEO of Tata Steel -…