UK plan to shake up audit market faces major setback

Bloomberg Pipelines Balked When ‘Blinking Red’ Hack Alert Went Off in 2012 (Bloomberg) — A decade ago, after hackers were caught infiltrating natural gas pipeline operations and an al-Qaeda video emerged calling for an “electronic jihad” on U.S. infrastructure, then-Senator Joseph Lieberman tried to sound the alarm.The system is “blinking red,” Lieberman warned his Senate […]

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Can silence help you negotiate a pay rise?

Silence can be an important tool in helping you get what you want. Photo: Getty Asking your employer for a pay rise can be nerve-wracking, so much so that many people will avoid requesting a salary change altogether. As the old adage states, though: If you don’t ask, you don’t get. There are certain approaches […]

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US stocks rise amid central bank’s tapering hints

Bloomberg Slowly But Surely, Central Banks Are Signaling Policy Shifts (Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast.New Zealand followed in the footsteps of Canada to flag a potential interest-rate increase next year as central banks begin to tip toe away from their emergency monetary […]

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Marks & Spencer shares surge in otherwise sluggish London market

Bloomberg Pipelines Balked When ‘Blinking Red’ Hack Alert Went Off in 2012 (Bloomberg) — A decade ago, after hackers were caught infiltrating natural gas pipeline operations and an al-Qaeda video emerged calling for an “electronic jihad” on U.S. infrastructure, then-Senator Joseph Lieberman tried to sound the alarm.The system is “blinking red,” Lieberman warned his Senate […]

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Brexit nearly halves exports to Ireland

Trade took a hit from both new border checks and paperwork due to Brexit, and coronavirus shutdowns. Photo: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images Exports to Ireland saw the biggest proportionate fall out of the UK’s top exporting parters following the end of the Brexit transition period in January.  Exports of goods to Ireland fell by […]

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Google offers UK unemployed free tech skills training

Tech training from Google will be available for 9,500 people. Photo: Chesnot/Getty Images Google (GOOGL) has launched a UK-wide programme with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) aimed at upskilling workers in tech and automation.  The tech giant announced that four training courses will be available on Coursera.org from Wednesday. Technology and automation were […]

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UK property market set for busiest year since 2007

The Daily Beast Andrew Yang Rips NYC Tabloid for ‘Racist’ Cartoon Calling Him a ‘Tourist’ Brendan McDermid/ReutersWith less than a month to go before New York’s primary election, presidential also-ran turned mayoral candidate Andrew Yang is in a war with one of the city’s major newspapers.On Monday, the New York Daily News posted a cartoon […]

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Stocks Close Lower as Consumer Confidence Dips

Bloomberg Obese Pigs in China Are Fueling Relentless Slump in Pork Prices (Bloomberg) — Obese pigs in China are being blamed for worsening a sudden rout in the country’s pork prices.Farmers have been fattening hogs since late last year to almost double their normal weight — roughly the size of a pygmy hippo or a […]

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