The Abu Dhabi-backed company that is trying to take over the Telegraph newspapers has announced a £1.15bn deal to buy the production company behind Fleabag and the Traitors. Under the deal, RedBird IMI, which is headed by the former CNN president Jeff Zucker, will take over London-based All3Media with the agreement of its owners Warner … Read more
A young man holds a credit card and uses a laptop for online shopping. Diy13 | Istock | Getty Images Americans shopping online after midnight often make riskier transactions and are more likely to default on their loans, according to Affirm Chief Financial Officer Michael Linford. The fintech firm uses the hour a consumer attempts … Read more
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain during an online broadcast updating union members on negotiations with the Detroit automakers on Oct. 6, 2023. Screenshot DETROIT â The United Auto Workers is threatening a labor strike at Ford Motor’s largest U.S. plant if local union demands aren’t resolved by next week. The Detroit union on Friday … Read more
A “For Sale” sign outside a house in Albany, California, on May 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates shot higher Friday after a monthly government report on wholesale prices showed inflation is still persistent and hotter than most analysts had expected. The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage … Read more
Anas Sarwar has shrugged off a blistering attack on Labour’s oil tax plans after being called a “traitor” by Aberdeen business leaders. The Scottish Labour leader said the party would press on with its plans for a multibillion-pound windfall tax on oil profits, despite claims from more than 800 oil, engineering and business executives that … Read more
A gift bag designed for menopausal women working at Avanti West Coast containing a fan and a jelly baby has been denounced as âdemeaningâ and an âinsulting gimmickâ by rail unions. The pack included a fan for hot sweats, a jelly baby sweet âin case you feel like biting someoneâs head offâ, a tissue âif … Read more
In early 2008, inside the Seashell fish and chip shop in Marylebone, west London, Anthony Thomson was about to make a deal. Sitting with the American billionaire Vernon Hill over cod and chips, he revealed plans to import the tycoonâs template for a US-style, consumer-focused bank to the UK. Hill gave Thomson his blessing, and … Read more
Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander “Odysseus” deploys from the upper stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to begin the IM-1 mission. NASA TV Shares of Intuitive Machines jumped for a second consecutive day after the company issued an update that said its moon lander mission “is in excellent health.” The Texas-based lunar company launched its inaugural … Read more
Shares of two-wheeler major TVS Motor Company crossed Rs 1 lakh crore market capitalisation on Friday as the stock jumped over 4% to hit its fresh 52-week high of Rs 2,186 on the NSE. At 11 am, the stock’s market capitalisation stood at Rs 1.03 lakh crore. The gains come on the back of a … Read more
Journeys on many intercity trains running from London to Edinburgh are more than twice as expensive since the launch of a âsimpler faresâ initiative designed to make rail ticketing less complex, it has emerged. The train operator LNER started the pilot scheme this month after pledging to make ticketing easier and better value for money … Read more
