Baltics Classifieds Group hikes dividend as profit rises by a third July 3, 2024 Justinas Šimkus, CEO of Baltic Classifieds Group, said "2024 marked another year of solid financial, operational and strategic execution."
Newcastle confirm sporting director Dan Ashworth will leave the club February 19, 2024 Ashworth is believed to have asked to leave the club after an approach by Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s new leadership team at Manchester United.
Unite inks £250m deal with Newcastle Uni as demand for student beds booms February 19, 2024 A London-listed student accommodation provider has entered into a joint venture with Newcastle University for the development of 2,000 new student beds.
Two New York police officers suspended after video shows them pushing 75-year old man to ground June 5, 2020 Two police officers in Buffalo, New York, were suspended without pay yesterday after a video showed them pushing a 75-year old man to the ground as protests over the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis reached their tenth night. The video taken by a reporter from local public radio station WBFO shows the [...]
Google and Microsoft AI showdown continues July 26, 2023 After Microsoft and Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reported better-than-expected results yesterday, analysts say the race to dominate the burgeoning AI field is moving quickly. Alphabet’s robust performance saw a 3.3 per cent surge in ad revenue, as search revenue hit $42.63bn (£32.98bn), causing shares to climb six per cent on Wednesday. Despite the market applause, [...]
Sadiq Khan ‘can’t say’ if racism would have put him off politics June 26, 2024 Sadiq Khan has said he "can't unequivocally say" whether knowing about the extent of racism he would face in politics would have put him off.
Alexei Navalny: Opposition leader and Putin critic dies in prison February 16, 2024 Navalny, who was serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism, was moved in December from his former prison in the Vladimir region of central Russia to to a “special regime” penal colony
EDF swings to profit on back of high electricity prices but notes £11bn Hinkley hit February 16, 2024 French nuclear power giant EDF swung to profit in 2023, despite booking a large impairment on the struggling Hinkley Point C project.
Friday’s GDP data ‘could be as good as it gets for a while’ August 7, 2023 Analysts expect UK GDP to have eked upwards in June, with official confirmation coming on Friday of this week. Resilience in consumer spending and better-than-expected PMI figures suggest the Office for National Statistics will declare the economy grew in June when it releases its monthly data later this week. Oxford Economics expects the ONS to [...]
888: Share price tumbles after gambling boss quits amid money-laundering probe January 30, 2023 Itai Pazner, the boss of gambling giant 888, is to step down “immediately” from the top of the business which he has led for four years – just weeks after the firm’s chief financial officer walked. The firm announced the move to markets in a terse statement this morning. It also announced it had launched [...]