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French vaccination centres vandalised as health pass is introduced

French vaccination centres vandalised as health pass is introduced

By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) -Vandals have attacked more than 20 vaccination centres and other health facilities, daubing some w..

Emotional abuse at work is more significant than we think, and even harder to escape

Emotional abuse at work is more significant than we think, and even harder to escape

While society has become more aware of psychological abuse in intimate or family relationships, psychological abuse in the workplace i..

TEAM’s Net Zero and Carbon Reduction Consultancy Services Help Organisations To Meet The Net Zero Challenge

TEAM’s Net Zero and Carbon Reduction Consultancy Services Help Organisations To Meet The Net Zero Challenge

The science is clear, the UK needs to change its carbon emissions output to tackle the growing climate crisis. The UK has a target to ..

Wind turbine maker Vestas cuts 2021 outlook on supply constraints and costs

Wind turbine maker Vestas cuts 2021 outlook on supply constraints and costs

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Vestas cut its 2021 outlook on Wednesday after missing second-quarter operating profit forecasts as the w..

Deliveroo reports doubling in gross order value in first half

Deliveroo reports doubling in gross order value in first half

LONDON (Reuters) – Food delivery company Deliveroo said the value of orders on its platform more than doubled in the first half,..

Greek villagers try to save homes as wildfires burn for eighth day

Greek villagers try to save homes as wildfires burn for eighth day

By Lefteris Papadimas and Leon Malherbe AVGARIA, Greece (Reuters) – Residents mounted a round the clock watch on Tuesday to try ..

Germany to end free COVID tests from Oct. 11 – sources

Germany to end free COVID tests from Oct. 11 – sources

BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government will stop offering free coronavirus tests from Oct. 11 in a bid to encourage more peopl..

Oil rebounds on profit-taking as market shrugs off virus impact

Oil rebounds on profit-taking as market shrugs off virus impact

By Devika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices rose 3% on Tuesday, largely driven by profit taking after more than a week̵..

Geoengineering marks scientific gains in U.N. report on dire climate future

Geoengineering marks scientific gains in U.N. report on dire climate future

By Jake Spring (Reuters) – Geoengineering science is advancing, but the question remains – should we use it? The U.N. clim..

SoftBank’s Vision Fund posts $2 billion profit, share weakness casts shadow

SoftBank’s Vision Fund posts $2 billion profit, share weakness casts shadow

By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp’s Vision Fund unit on Tuesday posted a 236 billion yen ($2.14 billion)..

Cheshire fintech Income Group expands ‘Faster Payments for payroll’ footprint through new Zellis partnership

Cheshire fintech Income Group expands ‘Faster Payments for payroll’ footprint through new Zellis partnership

Neston-based Income Group along with strategic partner Mastercard will power a new collaboration with Zellis, providing faster payment..

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FairLens unveiled: A world first in discovering and measuring data bias

FairLens unveiled: A world first in discovering and measuring data bias

9 August 2021 LONDON, UK – Synthesized, the leading all-in-one DataOps platform, has today released the world’s first data centric open-source l..

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Mickey Launches Energy Division Giving Small and Medium-sized Natural Gas Suppliers Access to Domestic Buyers

Mickey Launches Energy Division Giving Small and Medium-sized Natural Gas Suppliers Access to Domestic Buyers

Industry Veteran and Chartered Financial Analyst, Richard James (RJ) Hayes Named Head of Energy NEW YORK : Mickey, a leading commodities technology p..

Pandemic puts paid to ‘YOLO’ generation of non-savers

Pandemic puts paid to ‘YOLO’ generation of non-savers

New research from Cushon shows a positive shift in attitudes towards saving during the pandemic with over half of employees saying the..

A new era for payments in the retail industry

A new era for payments in the retail industry

a comment by Rene Pomassl, CEO at Salamantex Bitcoin has been around since 2009, and we saw a period of activity and excitement in l..

U.S. Senate Democrats unveil details of $3.5 trln follow-up bill

U.S. Senate Democrats unveil details of $3.5 trln follow-up bill

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Monday released some details of the $3.5 trillion bill addressi..

Stocks tread water as gold, oil declines spook sentiment

Stocks tread water as gold, oil declines spook sentiment

By Matt Scuffham and Ritvik Carvalho NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Global shares treaded water on Monday as sharp falls in gold and oil p..

U.N. sounds ‘deafening’ warning on climate change

U.N. sounds ‘deafening’ warning on climate change

By Nina Chestney and Andrea Januta (Reuters) -The United Nations panel on climate change told the world on Monday that global warming ..

UK’s Morrisons agrees to raised $9.3 billion offer from Fortress-led group

UK’s Morrisons agrees to raised $9.3 billion offer from Fortress-led group

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -British supermarket Morrisons has agreed an improved takeover offer worth 6.7 billion pounds ($9.3 bi..

UK’s Vectura takeover battle heats up as Carlyle outbids Philip Morris

UK’s Vectura takeover battle heats up as Carlyle outbids Philip Morris

By Pushkala Aripaka and Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) -Private equity firm Carlyle Group on Friday outbid tobacco company Philip Morris i..

Olympics-Hockey-Netherlands claim gold with 3-1 victory over Argentina

Olympics-Hockey-Netherlands claim gold with 3-1 victory over Argentina

By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) -The Netherlands won their fourth Olympic women’s hockey title by beating Argentina 3-1 in th..

Early signs COVID-19 vaccines may not stop Delta transmission, England says

Early signs COVID-19 vaccines may not stop Delta transmission, England says

LONDON (Reuters) -There are early signs that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 may be able to transmit the Delta varian..

Wall Street muted on jobs growth as inflation, Delta fears weigh

Wall Street muted on jobs growth as inflation, Delta fears weigh

By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON (Reuters) -A positive jobs report spurred Wall Street to push some stocks and Treasuries higher on Frida..

82% of financial service organisations have become more reliant on data following the Covid pandemic

82% of financial service organisations have become more reliant on data following the Covid pandemic

More financial service firms have harnessed data over the last 12 months to gain insight into business performance 82% of financial s..

Are We Prepared to Fight AI Bias?

Are We Prepared to Fight AI Bias?

Dr. Scott Zoldi – Chief Analytics Officer, FICO  There is no doubt that a consensus is forming that companies need strong processes to..

The Role Of Digital In Small Business Pandemic Recovery

The Role Of Digital In Small Business Pandemic Recovery

By Glen Foster, Director, Small Business and Partners at Xero UK  The challenges faced by small businesses over the past year have had..

Wall Street pushes stocks, oil higher on promising data

Wall Street pushes stocks, oil higher on promising data

By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON (Reuters) – U.S. stocks and oil prices rebounded on Thursday as unemployment claims declined and t..

Macron’s COVID-19 health pass rules approved by top court

Macron’s COVID-19 health pass rules approved by top court

By Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) -France’s highest court upheld a new law requiring the public to hold a health pass to access b..

Oil rises over 1% as Mideast tensions face virus concerns

Oil rises over 1% as Mideast tensions face virus concerns

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices rose about 1% on Thursday on increasing Middle East tensions, but fresh movement res..

Ignoring WHO call, major nations stick to vaccine booster plans

Ignoring WHO call, major nations stick to vaccine booster plans

By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Caroline Copley PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany, France and Israel will go ahead with plans to administer COVID..

Ethereum software upgrade activated; ether reverses losses, trades up

Ethereum software upgrade activated; ether reverses losses, trades up

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain network, went through a major software upgrade..

Wall Street pushes stocks, oil higher on promising data

Wall Street pushes stocks, oil higher on promising data

By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON (Reuters) -U.S. stocks and oil prices rebounded on Thursday morning as unemployment claims declined and ..

UK homebuyers seeking better access to digital services when purchasing properties

UK homebuyers seeking better access to digital services when purchasing properties

Whilst most customers want to be able to sign legal documents electronically, only a third are being offered the service by solicitors..

Financial vulnerability: using technology to identify and support those at risk

Financial vulnerability: using technology to identify and support those at risk

By: Jonathan Barrett, Co-founder and CEO of Comentis   For millions of people in the UK, the past 18 months have presented a number of..

Cluttering the cloud: Counting the cost of data landfill

Cluttering the cloud: Counting the cost of data landfill

By Stuart Bernard, VP Global Digital Solutions in EMEA at Iron Mountain C-suite executives worldwide are under mounting p..

Thomson Reuters lifts sales outlook on back of earnings beat

Thomson Reuters lifts sales outlook on back of earnings beat

By Kenneth Li and Nick Zieminski NEW YORK (Reuters) -Thomson Reuters Corp reported better-than-expected results in the second quarter ..

U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; layoffs lowest in more than 21 years

U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; layoffs lowest in more than 21 years

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits declined further la..