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Central Bank of Ireland approves QIAIF exposure to cryptocurrency as Irish domiciled funds surpass €4trn

Central Bank of Ireland approves QIAIF exposure to cryptocurrency as Irish domiciled funds surpass €4trn

  ∙       Central Bank of Ireland approves, in principle, QIAIFs with a low level of exposure to cash settled Bitcoin futures, th..

U.S. yield curve inverts after strong jobs data; world shares mixed

U.S. yield curve inverts after strong jobs data; world shares mixed

By Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Government bond yields resumed their upward climb on Friday on signs of persistent prices p..

World shares rise, U.S. yield curve inverts after strong jobs data

World shares rise, U.S. yield curve inverts after strong jobs data

By Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – World shares bounced and government bond yields resumed their upward climb on Friday on signs..

Climate activists plan daily protests after blocking 10 UK oil terminals

Climate activists plan daily protests after blocking 10 UK oil terminals

By Andrew MacAskill and Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Hundreds of climate change protesters blocked oil terminals across Britain on Frida..

CircleLoop launches Business Perks initiative to enhance its support for SMEs

CircleLoop launches Business Perks initiative to enhance its support for SMEs

London, UK, 31st March 2022: Driving forward its mission to support start-ups and small businesses, CircleLoop launches its new Busine..

Food stamp recipients are the new frontier for Target.com

Food stamp recipients are the new frontier for Target.com

By Arriana McLymore and Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) – Target Corp is preparing to let shoppers use food stamps to pay fo..

Russia sets deadline for rouble gas payments, Europe calls it ‘blackmail’

Russia sets deadline for rouble gas payments, Europe calls it ‘blackmail’

By Joseph Nasr and Mark Trevelyan BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding foreign buyers pay for..

So your company makes video games? Make cash back too using Video Games Tax Relief

So your company makes video games? Make cash back too using Video Games Tax Relief

In 2020-21,350 Video Games Tax Relief claims were made totalling more than £180 million. As the industry continues to grow, video game..

Shanghai expands COVID lockdown as new daily cases surge by a third

Shanghai expands COVID lockdown as new daily cases surge by a third

By Brenda Goh and Roxanne Liu SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Authorities began locking down some western areas of Shanghai two days ahead of sche..

Russians bombard cities as losses force them back

Russians bombard cities as losses force them back

By Natalia Zinets and Gleb Garanich LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV OUTSKIRTS (Reuters) – Russian forces bombarded a besieged city in norther..

Romance fraud is on the rise: How can banks protect their customers?

Romance fraud is on the rise: How can banks protect their customers?

By: Jamie Melling, CEO — Smartnumbers A surge in romance scams has seen fraudsters swindle Brits out of an average of £8,650, with the..

Russia promises to scale back Ukraine war but West sceptical

Russia promises to scale back Ukraine war but West sceptical

By Jonathan Spicer and Gleb Garanich ISTANBUL/KYIV OUTSKIRTS/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia promised on Tuesday to scale d..

Russia promises to scale down operations in northern Ukraine

Russia promises to scale down operations in northern Ukraine

By Jonathan Spicer and Gleb Garanich ISTANBUL/KYIV OUTSKIRTS/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia promised at peace talks on Tue..

UK’s Sunak, under fire over cost of living, defends his tax cut plans

UK’s Sunak, under fire over cost of living, defends his tax cut plans

LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak on Monday defended the tax cuts he announced last week, after they were widely ..

NvirWorld’s Mainnet Shows Promise, Steps Ahead with Patent Layer 3 Technology

NvirWorld’s Mainnet Shows Promise, Steps Ahead with Patent Layer 3 Technology

  NvirWorld, a company that stands out in the blockchain industry with services such as NFT, DeFi, and Metaverse, has acquired Fu..

EU leaders struggle for deal on energy crunch fix

EU leaders struggle for deal on energy crunch fix

By Sabine Siebold and John Irish BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union leaders struggled on Friday to agree on steps to ease the energy m..

Commodities trading houses help keep Russian oil flowing

Commodities trading houses help keep Russian oil flowing

By Julia Payne LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Commodities traders such as Trafigura and Vitol have helped keep Russia’s..

Wahed adds Islamic mutual funds veteran to team

Wahed adds Islamic mutual funds veteran to team

Haitham Al-Sayed joins Wahed as its new Global Head of Institutional Sales and Advisory Services March 24th, London/ New York 2022: Wa..

‘Indefensible’: UK’s Sunak under fire over response to cost of living crisis

‘Indefensible’: UK’s Sunak under fire over response to cost of living crisis

By William Schomberg and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak faced broad criticism on Thursday for not g..

Aryaka Recognized in Top 7 for Fourth Consecutive Year in 2021 U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN LEADERBOARD by Vertical Systems Group

Aryaka Recognized in Top 7 for Fourth Consecutive Year in 2021 U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN LEADERBOARD by Vertical Systems Group

San Mateo, Calif. – March 23, 2022 – Aryaka, the leader in fully managed Cloud-First WAN solutions, today announced the company mainta..

Omnipresent Raises $120M to Help Businesses Build Global Teams Compliantly

Omnipresent Raises $120M to Help Businesses Build Global Teams Compliantly

Investors from Europe, Asia, and America believe in the tech company’s unique position to drive the future of global work [LONDON, UK ..

Nvidia unveils latest chips, technology to speed up AI computing

Nvidia unveils latest chips, technology to speed up AI computing

By Jane Lanhee Lee and Chavi Mehta (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp on Tuesday announced several new chips and technologies that it said ..

Hungary ramps up rate hikes as war stokes inflation risks

Hungary ramps up rate hikes as war stokes inflation risks

By Gergely Szakacs and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The National Bank of Hungary raised its base rate by 100 basis points..

NEW STUDY REVEALS THE BEST DOG-FRIENDLY OFFICE SPACES IN THE UK

NEW STUDY REVEALS THE BEST DOG-FRIENDLY OFFICE SPACES IN THE UK

After a spike in canine companionship during the pandemic, 59% of UK households now own dogs, a 14% increase on pre-Covid numbers. How..

EU split on Russia oil sanctions

EU split on Russia oil sanctions

By Sabine Siebold and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign ministers disagreed on Monday on w..

Balancing Britain’s energy security options as prices rise

Balancing Britain’s energy security options as prices rise

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is expected to publish its plan next week on how to boost domestic energy supplies to try..

Life echoes art for Ukraine’s Eurovision refugee

Life echoes art for Ukraine’s Eurovision refugee

By Yesim Dikmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Six years ago Ukrainian singer Jamala conquered Europe with a song about Soviet leader Jose..

‘Brand Equity’ Best Predicts A Company’s Success

‘Brand Equity’ Best Predicts A Company’s Success

By: Jerry. W. Thomas, President and Chief Executive, Decision Analyst Inc. We can think of “brand equity’’ as the accumulated reputati..

Bank of England raises rates in 8-1 vote

Bank of England raises rates in 8-1 vote

LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England raised interest rates on Thursday in a bid to keep fast-rising inflation in check but, wi..

Ukrainian refugees hope for peace, but more expected to flee

Ukrainian refugees hope for peace, but more expected to flee

By Anna Koper and Krisztina Than PRZEMYSL, Poland/BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Thousands more refugees crossed into Eastern Europe on Th..

Top auction houses cancel Russian art sales in London

Top auction houses cancel Russian art sales in London

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) -Auction houses Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Bonhams have cancelled sales of Russian a..

Google makes us more likely to forget things

Google makes us more likely to forget things

Being able to easily access information through Google, makes us less likely to remember it, according to new research by the Universi..

OW Smell Digital – the digital smell company launches with £1m seed funding

OW Smell Digital – the digital smell company launches with £1m seed funding

London, 15th March 2022 – A spinout from the University of Sussex and UCL, OW has raised £1m in seed funding developing technology tha..

Biden to address Zelenskiy appeal, still opposes ‘no fly zone’

Biden to address Zelenskiy appeal, still opposes ‘no fly zone’

By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will announce an additional $800 million in security a..

New talk of compromise on both sides lifts hope for Russia-Ukraine breakthrough

New talk of compromise on both sides lifts hope for Russia-Ukraine breakthrough

By James Mackenzie and Natalia Zinets KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – New talk of compromise from both Moscow and Kyiv on a statu..

Preserving wealth through the generations

Preserving wealth through the generations

By Jonathan Sidlin, Financial Planner and Managing Director of HSC Financial Advisers  While everyone is concerned that they have enou..

Close to 3 million have fled fighting in Ukraine

Close to 3 million have fled fighting in Ukraine

By Anna Koper and Olimpiu Gheorghiu PRZEMYSL, Poland/PALANCA, Moldova (Reuters) -Nearly three weeks into the war, the number of Ukrain..