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Ambrose does like to get a little excited at times: The White House has been slow to wake up to Russia’s counter-strike capability. It did not canvas US semiconductor companies on the risk until the...
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Efforts to force companies to pursue a wider social purpose “go too far”, the boss of John Lewis said last night. Dame Sharon White rejected calls for a change in legislation that would require firms...
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I was checking that old story of the bounty on cobras leading to people breeding them and found this: Around 2010, online retailer Vitaly Borker found that customer posts elsewhere on the Internet...
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Ministers have not ruled out the prospect of more fracking in the future if they are presented with evidence that tremors can be kept to a minimum. However, they have been keen to stress that they have...
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Burger King’s partner has refused to close its 800 Russian restaurants, blocking the US fast food giant’s bid to shut down there following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Restaurant Brands...
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As I understand it, the intention is to replace the four heavily unionised crews that staff each ship with just two un-unionised crews of agency workers The RMT produces 100% overmanning…..
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Evergrande, which has been kept alive by government-run rescue operation since it defaulted on $22.7bn worth of overseas debts in December, said audit work would not be completed by the 31 March...
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Ghost flights from UK running at 500 a month, data reveals Exclusive: MPs criticise ‘climate-degrading’ and ‘nefarious’ practice of flying near-empty planes to retain landing slots A whole newspaper...
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During the same period, Infosys also made two dividend payments that would have netted Ms Murty another £11.6m before tax, analysis by The Telegraph found last month. It is not known whether Ms Murty...
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Sure enough, top of the pile is the commitment by Australian investment firm Macquarie to plough £12bn by 2030 into various infrastructure projects including “offshore wind in Lincolnshire and north...
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Emmanuel Macron’s reforms have seen the country pull ahead of the UK on most economic measures Not sure I believe it but OK, this is The Observer: But Ordonez is among many who argue that, so far,...
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Prof Richard Davies, a petroleum geologist and pro-vice chancellor at Newcastle University, told The Telegraph that earthquakes resulting from fracking were unlikely to be a major risk given the UK’s...
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Scientists unlock the secret to looking 30 years younger – and it’s skin deep OK Scientists at the Babraham Institute, a life sciences research institute in Cambridge, showed that the rejuvenated cells...
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Mishustin, however, went on to lift a ban on so-called parallel imports – effectively allowing unauthorised agents or distributors in Russia to source merchandise abroad, ship it and sell it to...
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How stories can be reported different ways. Over in those US progressive sites I read there was a story about how several big companies were bidding for the Obama’s podcasts etc. Because the Spotify...
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It also pledged to stop buying Russian crude oil on the spot market and start withdrawing from its petroleum products as part of its wider pullback from the country, stressing this would be a “complex...
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Hmm: BEN MARLOW CHIEF CITY COMMENTATOR So: Having already ruined Easter for many when it cancelled 300 flights over the bank holiday weekend, BA has axed a slew of summer flights including to Miami,...
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Microfactories, eh? Almost all its startup rivals have suffered similar plunges, but Arrival is arguably a special case. The company is trying to move fast – launching a van, a bus and a car at the...
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Actually, I think Steve is the only one among us who could do this properly: Hello! We are cryptodingo.com, a group of talented creatives looking to grow our team & shake up the crypto world with...
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The BBC is poised to become a tech investor by taking bets on risky start-ups as part of a wider push to wean itself off licence fee funding. The corporation has started hiring for a new subdivision...
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