Hospitality and education boosts US job creation in August
A boost in hospitality and education employment drove the US economy to create tens of thousands more jobs than expected last month, latest figures suggest.
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US added 162,000 jobs in August, with unemployment rate holding steady
Number of new jobs being added has been fluctuating, with private companies adding 38,000 jobs in August
Read more →It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta | Joan Donovan
Last week, Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, agreed to a settlement of up to $18bn after dozens of US states accused it of harming children with addictive products. The settlement’s regulatory implicat…
Read more →Philip R. Lane: Diversity at the European Central Bank
Let me begin by congratulating everyone involved in the ChaMP research network on a remarkably successful research programme: it has delivered many new insights regarding the transmission of monetary policy and has been…
Read more →‘Astronomical’ fuel price surge hits farmers in UK and US
Farmers are facing an “astronomical” jump in the price of fuel needed to operate their vehicles and machinery after a surge in diesel costs in the UK and the US.
Read more →How will bond market turmoil affect your mortgage, pension and savings in UK?
Sell-off raises concerns of higher borrowing costs for households. Here’s what it could meanThe bond market sell-off has sparked fresh fears of higher borrowing costs for UK households. We look at what the turmoil in fi…
Read more →Jackdaw gasfield set to be approved by ministers this month, sources say
Energy secretary could recommend new North Sea drilling next week, as ministers also consider approval for Rosebank oilfield
Read more →UK has not done enough to prepare for shocks to food supplies, says watchdog
The climate crisis, disease and cyber-attacks pose growing risks to the UK’s food supplies and the government needs to act to make the system more resilient, according to the public spending watchdog.
Read more →Revealed: how companies ‘secretly’ use billions of litres of public water in drought-hit England
Exclusive: As millions of people face hosepipe bans, many companies are not required to report, let alone cut, use of public supply
Read more →‘Capitalism is dying’: in Luton, these former car workers have a moral tale for our times | Aditya Chakrabortty
After everything, why would anyone still back Nigel Farage? In some of the comments below my piece last week about Reform UK, I spot the usual answers: Farage’s supporters are dim, racist, deplorable. Yet away from West…
Read more →Volkswagen announces it will cut 100,000 jobs by 2030
Under-pressure carmaker will shed 15% of workforce and halve its product line in sector’s biggest ever restructure
Read more →Sadiq Khan agrees to have his texts and emails searched in Palantir legal battle
Sadiq Khan has agreed for his text messages and emails to be searched as part of a legal battle with Palantir, the high court has been told, after he prevented the US technology company from working with the Metropolita…
Read more →Reform officials ‘plotted to break law on foreign donations’ in undercover film
Investigation broadcast by Channel 4 News shows man posing as ‘impermissible donor’ paying for polling that helped Reform
Read more →SEC Proposes Rescission of Political Contribution Rule for Investment Advisers
The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a proposal to rescind its “pay-to-play” rule that prohibits investment advisers from providing compensated investment advisory services to a government client for two …
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Rising bonds yields and growing government debt could see interest rates start to rise
Read more →We’re prepared to change the law to reform water industry, says Angela Eagle
Exclusive: New environment secretary insists ‘nothing is off the table’ in dealing with ailing Thames Water
Read more →OpenAI hails ‘new era of artificial general intelligence’ with Astra model release
Astra’s arrival comes days after Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, described AGI as an ‘irrelevant marketing term’
Read more →Thieves steal more than 70,000 pints’ worth of Guinness from depot in Cheshire
The famous tagline “Guinness is good for you” applies only when the drink is bought and paid for, police have said, after thieves made off with more than 70,000 pints’ worth in Cheshire.
Read more →Yen soars as Bank of Japan tipped to raise interest rates
The Japanese yen has soared by more than 2% against the dollar amid speculation the Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates.
Read more →SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Host Sept. 10 Meeting
The US shareholder activism environment is maturing and increasingly complex, characterized by new players, evolving tactics, and shifting boardroom dynamics. This report, a complement to The Conference Board annual Pro…
Read more →Nvidia to buy developer platform Hugging Face in $12.9bn deal
Nvidia will buy the popular developer platform Hugging Face for nearly $13bn, betting that support for open AI models could offset a potential slowdown in demand for the semiconductor giant’s chips.
Read more →John Lewis to launch YouTube chatshow to improve AI search results
John Lewis is launching an online chatshow and social media studio to help make itself and its products more visible to chatbots and more prominent in AI search results.
Read more →Reform UK gets another £4m from crypto billionaire pardoned by Donald Trump
Reform UK has been given a further £4m from the British crypto billionaire Ben Delo, with the party saying it is confident the businessman – who was formerly based in Hong Kong – will not be caught by the new overseas d…
Read more →NI employers named for not paying staff minimum wage
Thirty-six businesses in Northern Ireland, including a care provider, hotels and solicitors, have been named for failing to pay their employees the minimum wage, according to the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).
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