Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Business|Finance|Technology

Vodafone-Three UK deal may push bills up, UK regulator says

Vodafone's $19 billion merger with Three UK could push up bills for millions of mobile customers and impact providers like Sky Mobile by reducing the number of

Vodafone-Three UK deal may push bills up, UK regulator says
Business|Technology

Google abusing power over website ads, UK regulator says

Britain's antitrust regulator said on Friday it had provisionally found Alphabet's Google had abused its dominant position in digital advertising to restrict

Google abusing power over website ads, UK regulator says
Business|Technology

Mike Lynch, acquitted in US trial and found dead at sea, was British tech trailblazer

Mike Lynch, the tech tycoon who died when his luxury yacht sank off Sicily, spent more than a decade building Britain's biggest software company and almost as long

Mike Lynch, acquitted in US trial and found dead at sea, was British tech trailblazer
Business|Technology

Mike Lynch, the UK tycoon who defeated US fraud charges, missing at sea

Mike Lynch, the tech tycoon missing after his luxury yacht sank off Sicily, spent more than a decade building Britain's biggest software company and then almost as

Mike Lynch, the UK tycoon who defeated US fraud charges, missing at sea
Crime|News

BBC asks Huw Edwards to return salary paid since sex-offence arrest

Britain's BBC said Huw Edwards, its former news anchor who pleaded guilty last month to making indecent pictures of children, should return the salary he was paid

Business|Economy

Rolls-Royce to pay first dividend since pandemic as profits surge

Rolls-Royce will pay a dividend for the first time since the pandemic as Chief Executive Tufan Erginbilgic's recovery plan gathers pace, with the British aero engine

Rolls-Royce to pay first dividend since pandemic as profits surge
Business|Entertainment|Europe

Informa to buy Cannes Lions owner Ascential for $1.6 billion

Britain's Informa said on Wednesday it had reached a deal to buy Cannes Lions Festival owner Ascential for 1.2 billion pounds ($1.6 billion), adding the flagship ad

Informa to buy Cannes Lions owner Ascential for $1.6 billion
Business|Technology

Meta and Vodafone optimise video to boost network efficiency

Instagram-owner Meta has worked with Vodafone to free up capacity on 11 of its European mobile networks by optimising the delivery of short-form video without

Meta and Vodafone optimise video to boost network efficiency
Economy|Political

UK finance minister Hunt in knife-edge election battle as 'true blue' Conservatives lose faith

Britain's finance minister Jeremy Hunt is fighting for his political life in affluent Godalming, south-east England, where a growing number of voters say

UK finance minister Hunt in knife-edge election battle as 'true blue' Conservatives lose faith
Business

Vodafone signs $1.5 billion Microsoft deal for AI, cloud and IoT

Vodafone has agreed a 10-year partnership with Microsoft to bring generative AI, digital, enterprise and cloud services to more than 300 million businesses and

Vodafone signs $1.5 billion Microsoft deal for AI, cloud and IoT
Economy|Health|News

UK fast-tracks payments for blood scandal victims before full compensation

Britain said on Tuesday some victims of a contaminated blood scandal would receive interim payments of 210,000 pounds ($267,000) each before a scheme to pay "

UK fast-tracks payments for blood scandal victims before full compensation
Health|News|Opinion|Political

UK's infected blood scandal could and should have been avoided, inquiry finds

An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3,000 deaths and thousands more contracting

UK's infected blood scandal could and should have been avoided, inquiry finds

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