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This Quadriga thing fascinates

So, Canadian crypto exchange. Founder dies. All passwords to the stock of crypto are lost. Oooops! Then it occurs to people that perhaps said founder was a bad ‘un. For he certainly had been involved...

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Sure

We Should Be Free to Say “Fuck You” to the Boss And in a world of equality and justice your boss will be free to say “Fuck You” to you too, right?

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Woodford did what?

The troubled investment trust once run by Neil Woodford has been forced to slash the value of its investment in cold fusion firm Industrial Heat for a second time, in another blow for its...

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Entirely, gloriously, classic

It’s time for McDonald’s to give its workers a new deal. I’ve worked at McDonald’s for six years, and today I’m on strike for the fourth time. OK. London is one of the most expensive cities in world to...

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So, issue a 100% backed stablecoin

Except the backing is a stock market index. Now, work out how the issuer makes a profit…….

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Pah, mere raising of money

A secretive US start-up founded ­using technology developed at the University of Bristol has raised $230m (£179m) as it seeks to beat Google and IBM in the race to develop a working quantum computer....

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Not really

Travellers short-changed 7pc by choosing wrong option when spending overseas Not short changed, no: Foreign holidays and business trips are often expensive affairs, but travellers could be...

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Get in there

Just to crow a bit. On the 25th (actually written a couple of days before) I tipped Ocado. On the following basis: I don’t think the market is properly appreciating this move away from low margin and...

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No Guardian, just no

Saudi Aramco to be world’s most valuable firm after IPO next week Aramco was already valuable, that’s why people were willing to buy part of it. It’s not floation, nor an IPO, that creates the value.

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That Brexit uncertainty

Berkeley has also built up record cash reserves of £1.1 billion. It has indicated that it holds about £500 million of surplus cash that it will decide how to deploy once the political situation becomes...

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This Quadriga thing fascinates

So, Canadian crypto exchange. Founder dies. All passwords to the stock of crypto are lost. Oooops! Then it occurs to people that perhaps said founder was a bad ‘un. For he certainly had been involved...

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Sure

We Should Be Free to Say “Fuck You” to the Boss And in a world of equality and justice your boss will be free to say “Fuck You” to you too, right?

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Standard, yes, but……

A 72-pint firkin may contain only 68 saleable pints; the rest may be yeast sediment. The brewer will pay duty to on the smaller amount but will charge the pub for 72 pints. The big brewers have always...

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Ouch

An accountancy firm recently appointed to audit Mike Ashley’s retail empire has ditched its top management after discovering its own accounts were mis-stated. RSM quietly removed its chief executive,...

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Not sure about this you know?

Companies who fail to pay the minimum wage should be punished more harshly in an effort to crack down on low pay, a new report recommends. I’m sure there are people out there who simply don’t pay it at...

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This seems a bit unfair

Shamed stock picker Neil Woodford and his partner pocketed more than £3 in every £10 of fees paid by investors even as his funds careened towards disaster – sparking calls for a crackdown on massive...

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All most amusing

We know the mantra. Bosses aren’t worth that much so the bastards shouldn’t be paid a lot. copyright The Guardian and all such points left. John Lewis is not in a crisis – it has failed to adapt Nils...

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There’s something wrong here

Can’t quite work out what it is: British leather jacket brand Belstaff is dependent on the goodwill of billionaire owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe to survive, its auditor said after the heavily indebted firm...

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Tee Hee

Of course, it’s not really funny that someone’s been scammed. Except, obviously, it is: Mr Simmonds has launched an urgent investigation into the deal, in which oil explorer Lekoil appears to have been...

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This just gets better

The oil company scammed over a loan in Nigeria: Seawave Invest’s website, registered via Wild West Domains LLC, Yes, lovely.

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