It wasn’t so long ago that having the option to work from your lounge in your slippers felt like a futuristic dream bordering on utopia. Yet here we are, practically on the doorstep of the full remote revolution, and I’m watching a queue of business leaders feverishly backpedal towards outdated notions of “bums on seats.” Or, as I like to ...
President-elect Trump is playing host to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Mar-a-Lago this weekend, suggesting he plans to develop a warmer relationship with one of his closest ideological allies in Europe. Trump praised Meloni, 47, for having ‘taken Europe by storm’ during a dinner Saturday night. Meloni was elected in 2022 after running on a conservative pro-family and anti-immigration ...
Nearly every tribute to Jimmy Carter is necessarily encumbered with caveats about Carter, the president. While it is true that the ‘Reagan revolution’ provided America with needed jolts of patriotic and economic strength, Carter, our 39th president, consistently exhibited traits that public figures of our own times would do well to model. Much about the infamous ‘Carter years’ is rightly ...
Nick Clegg, the former British deputy prime minister, has stepped down from his post as president of global affairs and communications at Meta, having sold almost $19m (£15m) worth of the tech giant’s shares during his six-year tenure. Clegg, 57, still retains close to 39,000 Meta shares, worth around $21m at the current market price. His total pay package at ...
Britain must stick to its plan to stop selling new full hybrid cars without a plug from 2030 or risk a “catastrophic misstep” that undermines its net zero ambitions, the motoring group Electric Vehicles UK (EVUK) has warned. The Department for Transport (DfT) will ban the sale of purely petrol and diesel cars from 1 January 2030, with a consultation ...
President-elect Trump appeared Saturday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Trump appeared at a screening of a documentary detailing challenges some conservative lawyers say they face in the legal system. He entered the grand ballroom around 7 p.m. and returned about two hours later after eating dinner. ‘This is very exciting,’ Trump told the ...
Looming tax increases and ongoing cost pressures are sending a “winter chill” through Britain’s factories, as new data reveals the weakest manufacturing growth in 11 months. The final S&P Global purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for December slipped to 47—down from 48 in November and below an earlier estimate of 47.3—pushing the reading further into contraction territory for the third consecutive ...
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Fashion retailer New Look is preparing to accelerate store closures as a result of Labour’s tax-raising budget, while “Chicken King” Ranjit Boparan battles to pass higher costs on to supermarkets—signalling further pressure on UK businesses across multiple sectors. Around a quarter of New Look’s 364 British outlets are understood to be at risk of closure when leases expire, potentially placing ...
Jeff Bezos is gearing up to launch Amazon’s satellite broadband service in Britain, marking a significant challenge to fellow billionaire Elon Musk. Regulatory filings show Amazon’s Project Kuiper plans to beam internet connectivity from space to UK customers—including businesses and government users—as early as this year, signalling intensifying competition in the nascent but increasingly crowded satellite internet market. Project Kuiper’s ...