Orange’s board selects three candidates for new CEO – sources
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) – The search for a new CEO at France’s state-controlled telecoms firm Orange has boile..
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Cricket-Australia storm rattles England after drizzle delay
SYDNEY (Reuters) -England lost both openers and skipper Joe Root in a fiery storm of pacebowling on the third morning of the fourth As..
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Upskilling talent, rethinking job spec and strong employer branding will be key in tackling 2022’s skills shortages
Upskilling talent, rethinking job spec and strong employer branding will be key in tackling 2022’s skills shortages Following r..
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JobAdder ends 2021 on a high with two key executive appointments; strengthens partner marketplace
JobAdder, a global recruitment software platform that helps agency and inhouse recruiters find and manage talent more effectively, has..
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Financial services jobs continue to rise, but skills shortages plague employers’ ability to find talent
Recruitment within the financial services sector in England and Wales reached record highs in 2021, with nearly 80,000 vacancies poste..
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New safe-to-touch print tech helps reduce risk of transmission of microbes in homes, schools and supermarkets
HeiQ Viroblock technology proven effective against the virus that causes Covid-19 by independent, third-party virologists* • Treated ..
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STEVEN BARTLETT AND OLIVER YONCHEV, LAUNCH FLIGHT STORY A WORLD FIRST PLATFORM TO HELP PUBLIC COMPANIES CAPTURE THE POWER OF RETAIL INVESTORS
Flight Story provides the people, process and technology to help great public companies capture the retail investor community and conn..
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The first certified B Corporation™ UK digital banking app smashes crowdfunding target within an hour of going live
UK impact banking app Novushas successfully achieved 100% of its £900,000 crowdfunding target within minutes of launching its crowdfun..
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Oil falls from one-month high after U.S. fuel inventory surge
By Florence Tan and Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices lost ground on Thursday, falling more than $1 a barrel from their h..
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Outcry as Australia bars Djokovic over vaccination status
By Courtney Walsh and John Mair MELBOURNE (Reuters) – World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Austra..
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South Korea to appeal court order exempting private schools from vaccine passes
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – The South Korean government said on Wednesday it will appeal against a court order to exclude ..
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Oil prices slip as U.S. fuel inventories rise
By Mohi Narayan NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Oil prices dropped on Wednesday after U.S. fuel stockpiles climbed, indicating declining demand i..
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Looking Ahead to 2022- What’s in Store for Fintech
By Clint Lotz, President and Founder, TrackStar.ai As 2022 is now here, it is a good time to take a look at what some of ..
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Beijing meets state air quality standards for first time in 2021
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese capital Beijing met state air quality standards for the first time last year, officials said on ..
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COVID patients showing less severe symptoms, UK vaccine minister says
LONDON (Reuters) – People being hospitalised with COVID-19 in the United Kingdom are broadly showing less severe symptoms than b..
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WalkMe Reveals Top Business Predictions for 2022
By: Simon Blunn, VP and General Manager EMEA at WalkMe. WalkMe Ltd., has today unveiled its business predictions for 2022. As organisa..
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How can small businesses have a more prosperous 2022?
By: Paul Christensen, CEO at Previse 2021 was a hard year for British businesses. From the UK’s smallest suppliers to its ..
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U.S. FDA backs Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot for 12- to 15-year-olds
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Ankur Banerjee WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized the https://ww..
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CrowdX joins forces with Vestd to transform access to capital
Vestd and CrowdX have announced a brand new partnership, which is set to revolutionise capital access and market liquidity for SMEs. B..
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Gazprom books no Yamal-Europe gas transit capacity for Dec. 30
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian gas company Gazprom has not booked natural gas transit capacity for exports via the Yamal-Europe pipe..
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Oil prices stay firm on fuel demand despite COVID-19 surge
By Florence Tan and Sonali Paul SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Thursday to extend several consecutive days of gains, buoyed b..
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Samsung, Micron warn China’s Xian lockdown could disrupt memory chip manufacturing
By Joyce Lee and Manya Saini (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology, two of the world’s largest memory chip makers..
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U.S. coronavirus cases hit new high, hospitalizations creep up
(Reuters) -The average number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States hit a record high of 258,312 over the past sev..
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Australia seeks to ease COVID-19 test rules as cases hit records
By Renju Jose and Sonali Paul SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia will seek to make urgent changes to COVID-19 testing rules ..
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Dollar firms in soft holiday trading, outlook bullish
By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) – The dollar inched up on Wednesday as a recent rally in shares showed signs of petering out, b..
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Analysis-Financial literacy or luck? The year small-time traders made a big impact
By Tommy Wilkes, Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – In May, San Diego-based Emily was feeling ..
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U.S., Russian officials set for security talks on January 10 – U.S. official
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Russian officials will take part in security talks on Jan. 10 as the countri..
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Australia COVID numbers hit a peak as Omicron outbreak strains domestic politics
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia recorded another record surge in COVID-19 infections on Tuesday as an outbreak of the highly infect..
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Gazprom says it will not sell gas on its spot platform this week
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian gas giant Gazprom does not plan to hold auctions for spot gas sales on its Electronic Sales Platform ..
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Vaccine and infection data mark small victories in Omicron battle
By James Macharia Chege and Josephine Mason JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) -Two vaccine makers said their shots protected against Omicr..
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Scotland reports fewer COVID-19 hospitalizations with Omicron
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – In Scotland, the Omicron variant of the coronavirus appears less likely to result in COVID-19 hospita..
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COVID-testing rules spark Christmas travel chaos in Australia as cases hit records
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s COVID-19 testing facilities were severely stretched on Thursday amid a record..
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Oil prices keep climbing even as Omicron COVID-19 variant fans out
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Thursday for a third straight day, underpinned by a weaker dollar on opt..
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Tesla CEO Musk says he is ‘almost done’ with stock sales; shares rally
By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday he was “almost done” with hi..
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UK reduces COVID-19 self-isolation to 7 days for most in England
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government said that from Wednesday it was reducing the COVID-19 self-isolation period to seven d..
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UK retail sales growth slides as Omicron hits – CBI
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British retail sales growth fell sharply in the first half of December as concerns about the Omicr..
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Sky no longer the limit for Germany’s ‘Mainhattan’ skyscraper boom
By John O’Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Towering above a nondescript office quarter of downtown Frankfurt, a 47th floor th..
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