Euro jumps after hawkish comments from ECB’s Lagarde
By Stefano Rebaudo (Reuters) -The euro jumped against the dollar on Thursday after comments from ECB president Christine Lagarde fuell..
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Oil prices take a breather, OPEC+ sticks to output plans
By Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices eased on Thursday following weak U.S. payrolls data and some profit taking, but re..
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HeidelbergCement CEO optimistic for 2022, flags new CO2 roadmap
By Christoph Steitz and Ilona Wissenbach FRANKFURT (Reuters) – HeidelbergCement can match or even exceed last year’s growt..
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Celebrities can persuade people to eat insects, finds new research
Using celebrity endorsements in adverts for insect-based foods can increase people’s willingness to include insects in their diet, fin..
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British COVID trial deliberately infecting young adults found to be safe
By Josephine Mason and Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The world’s first “human challenge” trial in which volunteer..
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Portugal ranked as the world’s best location for remote workers
New Kayak survey flags up Portugal as the best place on the planet to work remotely from Affordable property adds to the appeal, acco..
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Bitcoin uses more energy than the Netherlands every year
Bitcoin accounts for an alarming rate of global electricity production, 0.5%, despite more green alternatives being available, accordi..
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R&D Tax Credit claims are on the up. But which sectors are benefitting most, and where?
By Emma Lewis, Tax Cloud Research and development holds the key to company growth and success. But for smaller firms especially, the p..
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Regulators play a vital role in new innovative firms disrupting an industry
Regulators have just as much of an impact on whether or not as firm is able to disrupt an industry, as the innovative products and ser..
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Impact Investing: Predictions for 2022 and Beyond
By Amy Domini, Founder and Chair of Domini Impact Investments Impact investing is everywhere these days. It’s in the news. It’s on pe..
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Overlaps between firms can lead to both cooperation and competition
Technological overlap increases a firm’s invention performance, whilst product market overlap decreases it, finds new research f..
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GET YOUR PLANTING DESIGNS CRITIQUED ONLINE BY THE BEST IN THE WORLD!
Learn the latest world class planting design techniques, from internationally famous planting design genius Piet Oudolf Social Online..
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Employee Privacy 2022: 78% of employers are using employee monitoring tools to track work performance and activity
Did you know that 1 in 5 companies are now using an employee monitoring tool? Well, a new study by Instant Offices has revealed all th..
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German retail slump highlights COVID roadblocks to recovery
By Zuzanna Szymanska BERLIN (Reuters) -A big fall in German retail sales as COVID-19 curbs kept people out of shops over the usually b..
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Global stocks trade higher at the end of a volatile month
By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – World stocks climbed higher on Monday as investors digested new optimism from the U.S...
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Newly inaugurated Honduran president says appreciates Taiwan ‘solidarity’
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras’ new president, Xiomara Castro, said she met with Taiwan Vice President William Lai after..
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Dollar gains as Wall Street retreats on future Fed hikes
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. stocks retreated on Thursday after a solid opening, while the dollar gained as inv..
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Asian shares slump as Powell warns on inflation
By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares fell to their lowest in more than 14 months, short-term U.S. yields rose t..
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Stocks shed gains, Treasury yields jump as Fed signals rate hikes could come ‘soon’
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. stocks retreated Wednesday, erasing strong gains, after the Federal Reserve signal..
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Microsoft offers strong forecast, lifting shares
By Nivedita Balu and Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) -Microsoft Corp on Tuesday forecast revenue for the current quarter broadly ahead of Wa..
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Global share sell off pauses in Asia as investors await Fed policy update
By Stella Qiu and Alun John BEIJING (Reuters) – Asian share markets steadied on Wednesday after three sessions of losses as inve..
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Oil prices rise on supply disruption jitters as geopolitical tensions grow
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices climbed on Tuesday, regaining some of the ground lost in the previous day’s ..
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Britain says 6,000 more people needed for trial of Merck COVID pill
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Tuesday it needed to recruit 6,000 more people onto a trial of Merck’s COVID-19 antivir..
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Delivery race among Indian grocery startups brings road safety risks
By Aditya Kalra and Abhirup Roy NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian grocery startups are luring tech-savvy customers with the promise of deliv..
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Temasek to acquire Bridgepoint’s UK-based testing firm for $7 billion -sources
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore’s Temasek Holdings has agreed to buy Element Materials Technology for about $7 b..
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Investment in innovation: trends and opportunities
By: Michael Kodari, Founder and CEO of Kodari Securities (KOSEC) Moving into 2022, while COVID is still front of mind for many invest..
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Online five-star rating systems blur the lines between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ products
An easy-to-use online rating system, such as using a star rating without a written review, decreases the informativeness of the rating..
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Can ethical digital entrepreneurs solve young people’s tech anxiety?
Nearly half of 16 to 25 year olds (49%) are worried about the privacy of their personal data and how their personal data is used and m..
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R&D Tax Credits: 4 benefits of claiming (that most companies don’t know about)
By Emma Lewis, Copywriter, Tax Cloud Many companies have heard of R&D Tax Credits, or have a vague notion of what the ..
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Why working long hours does not necessarily hurt your health
Putting in overtime often comes at a cost of stress, burnout and depression. But extra work doesn’t always negatively affect your well..
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China’s international flight suspensions leave travellers stranded, hurt businesses
By Stella Qiu and Jamie Freed BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) – When Dwight Law’s father died in November, the Shanghai-based U.S..
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Oil prices hover around 2014 highs, supported by supply concerns
By Naveen Thukral and Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil steadied on Thursday, clawing back losses earlier in the session, as s..
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Betting Omicron has peaked, Johnson drops COVID rules in England
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the end of COVID-19 measures introduced to c..
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Oil rises to 7-year high as Turkey outage adds to tight supply outlook
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose for a fourth day to a seven-year high as an outage on a pipeline from Iraq ..
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New Zealand navy vessels with supplies to reach tsunami-hit Tonga on Friday
By Michelle Nichols, Kirsty Needham, Tom Westbrook and Praveen Menon (Reuters) -Two New Zealand navy vessels carrying disaster relief ..
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vMicrosoft to gobble up Activision in $69 billion metaverse bet
By Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) -Microsoft Corp is buying “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in the bi..
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Rio Tinto says output from $2.4 billion Serbia lithium project to be delayed
(Reuters) – Rio Tinto on Tuesday pushed back its timeline by a year to 2027 for first saleable production at its $2.4 billion Se..
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