U.S. state officials urge support for landmark $26 billion opioid settlement
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A group of state attorneys general unveiled on Wednesday a landmark $26 billion settlement with large drug ..
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Australian regulator to probe Amazon.com, eBay and other online markets
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian antitrust regulator on Thursday kicked off an inquiry into the local units of Amazon.com Inc, ..
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Coca-Cola raises revenue forecast as demand rebounds on reopening boost
(Reuters) – Coca-Cola Co raised its full-year sales and profit forecasts on Wednesday, as demand bounces back from pandemic lows..
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Vaccine deserts: The poor nations trailing in the fight against COVID-19
By Nita Bhalla and Anastasia Moloney NAIROBI/BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At a private hospital in Burundi’s capi..
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Netflix’s gaming foray will cost time and money – Wall St
By Nivedita Balu and Akanksha Rana (Reuters) – Wall Street analysts welcomed Netflix’s planned plunge into mobile gaming o..
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Dollar demand persists even as stocks recover
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Currency markets still showed signs of caution on Wednesday, with the safe haven dollar..
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Eyeing IPO, Volvo Cars to take full control of its Chinese business
By Niklas Pollard and Yilei Sun STOCKHOLM/BEIJING (Reuters) -Volvo Cars has struck a deal to buy out parent company Zhejiang Geely Hol..
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Germany sets out flood relief funding, hopes of finding survivors fade
By Kirsti Knolle and Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) -A relief official dampened hopes on Wednesday of finding more survivors in the r..
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SoftBank’s robotics ambitions short circuit as Pepper loses power
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) -When SoftBank Group Corp’s CEO Masayoshi Son unveiled the wide-eyed android Pepper in 2014, he pa..
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Oil retreats on surprise rise in U.S. stocks, weakening demand outlook
By Sonali Paul and Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Wednesday after an industry report showed an unexpected bu..
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Lehman Brothers trader to fintech billionaire: Revolut’s Nikolay Storonsky
LONDON (Reuters) – British-based banking app Revolut’s latest $33 billion valuation, achieved after a fresh funding round,..
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Industry heavyweights, with the support of Invest West, back Comentis with £2m pre-launch valuation in huge boost to vulnerable and at risk clients
Newly launched clinical tech provider, Comentis, has secured £200k in first funding round against a pre-revenue valuation of £2m Comen..
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LPA hires senior advisor to expand British and American consulting business
Frankfurt am Main & London – 20th July 2021 – LPA Group, the capital market technology and innovation leader, today announced that..
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68% say too many distractions and notifications are holding back their productivity
More than two-thirds (68%) of employees in the UK have admitted they get so many distractions and message notifications during work th..
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UK Cyber Security Council Granted Charitable Status
20 July 2021 The Council’s confirmed status as a charitable organisation further supports its efforts to bolster the UK cyber security..
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How to choose the right software architecture for your business
By Jarosław Porwoł, Lead Software Engineer at Future Processing Selecting the best software architecture for your organisation can be ..
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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..
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MSP rebrands to Techary with a bold vision for the future
LONDON, 19th July 2021 Stephens IT announces today that it has successfully completed a major rebranding to Techary as it looks to b..
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85% OF FINANCE DEPARTMENTS STRUGGLE TO INNOVATE
– The majority of finance-decision makers admit to still printing out supplier invoices – 01 JULY 2021: New research has s..
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Stocks on worst run in 18-months amid global COVID-19 surge
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Risk-aversion ruled on Monday as a surge in worldwide coronavirus cases drove down bond yields ..
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British pound drops as investors seek safety on ‘Freedom Day’
LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling fell to a three-month low on Monday even as most COVID-19 restrictions in England were lifted, as a ..
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Inflation and the Bank of England: what its rate-setters are saying
LONDON (Reuters) – Some Bank of England officials say the time is approaching for action to fend off higher inflation as Britain..
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Risk FX retreat catapults dollar to 3-month top as reflation doubts reemerge
By Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) – Currencies such as the Australian dollar, the Canadian dollar, Norway’s crown and Br..
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UK says it and allies blame Chinese-backed actors for Microsoft hacking
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Monday that it and its partners held Chinese state-backed groups responsible for “a per..
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Bill Ackman rejigs Universal deal after regulators probe SPAC plan
(Refiles to read “have experienced”, paragraph 4) PARIS (Reuters) -Billionaire investor Bill Ackman will buy up to 10% of ..
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Social Media Innovations in 2021
By: Harvey Morton, Digital Expert and Founder of www.harveymorton.digital Writing about social media trends is a dangerous business. T..
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How A/B testing can improve customer service and drive acquisition
Christi Alvarez; Growth Strategist; Cro Metrics It was the French philosopher, Emile Chartier who said; “Nothing is more dangerous tha..
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SEO and marketing. One and the same.
By: Natalie Weaving There isn’t a year gone by when I haven’t heard SEO is dead. The funny thing about that is..
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How to launch a new brand that delivers purpose
By: Mieke Evans, Senior Account Manager at sport for social impact consultancy thinkBeyond, explores the best ways for new..
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OnBuy raises £35M in impressive Series A+ funding round
UK-based platform OnBuy.com sets its sights on unicorn status following successful raise UK, Today, UK-based online marketplace OnBuy...
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“Fit for 55 package”: an action plan that fits perfectly with Daikin’s renewable heating operations
Brussels, – A greener Europe is one step closer. After having developed a strategy for a more sustainable Europe through the Gre..
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Xero introduces new, AI-powered analytics to help small businesses plan for the future with trusted, insightful data
New Analytics Plus brings advanced cash flow and business forecasting directly into Xero Xero, the global small business platform, tod..
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Research from EPOS reveals a huge disparity about the return to the office
53% of bosses expect employees to work more from the office, compared with 26% of employees Copenhagen, Denmark – June, 2021 As hybrid..
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IS IT GAME OVER FOR OFFICE WORKPLACES?
While most UK home workers say they are as productive or more productive working at home as they are in the office (63 per cent), only..
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“Creative courage” is the go-to strategy for tech marketers in a post-pandemic age, Shaped By study reveals
30 June 2021 “Creative courage” is the go-to strategy for tech marketers in a post-pandemic age, study reveals. New Shaped By study of..
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IT DEPARTMENTS GETTING A BAD RAP OVER REMOTE WORKING
New research shows 7 in 10 UK employees dread contacting their IT department for support – JULY 2021, LONDON, UK: Research in..
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Remote working during COVID: a successful social experiment
By: Trisha Manda As I’m writing this article, sitting in my living-room-turned-study, I wonder how different our work culture would ha..
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