By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 22:04 BST, 14 October 2024 Rachel Reeves hailed £63billion of investment announced at a global business summit yesterday as she declared Britain was ‘open for business’. Eye-catching deals included four US firms ploughing £6.3billion into UK data centres – which are key to the roll-out of artificial intelligence (AI) –…
Alex Salmond’s cause of death has been confirmed as a heart attack following a post-mortem examination, the Alba Party has said. The politician, who was Scotland’s first minister from 2007 until 2014, died suddenly in North Macedonia on Saturday. He was 69. Mr Salmond had given a speech at the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy Forum…
PA Media Figen Murray says she can see Martyn’s law is finally coming to fruition The mother of Martyn Hett, who was killed in the Manchester Arena attack, has said a parliamentary debate around public safety laws is “massively important” and a “super big day”. Referred to as Martyn’s Law, the reforms require venues with…
Donald Trump’s media company, which trades under the ticker DJT — the same as the former president’s initials — is far from uneventful, at least when it comes to the stock market. Trump Media & Technology Group jumped 18% on Monday, a surge capping off three weeks of gains, and reversing a slump that had…
One of the unions representing Canada’s public servants is calling on Parliament to investigate the decision behind the three-day return-to-office mandate which took effect last month. The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE), which represents more than 25,000 members, wants the standing committee on government operations and estimates (OGGO) to investigate what it calls the…
Fox News announced on Monday that Vice President Kamala Harris would sit down for an interview with its chief political anchor, Bret Baier, on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 6 p.m. ET. This will be the Democratic presidential candidate’s first formal interview on the network and will be conducted in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. The…
MUMBAI: The stock price of Avenue Supermarts, which owns DMart, fell 8.4% on Monday on the back of subdued performance in Q2. Stiff competition from quick commerce platforms like Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart and Zepto in large metros has impacted the growth, analysts said. DMart‘s year-on-year consolidated revenue growth of 14% in Q2 was slower than…
Microsoft has invested billions in AI and plans to reopen a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania to power the technology. Still, Marc Benioff, CEO of enterprise competitor Salesforce, says that Microsoft’s efforts aren’t enough and that Microsoft has actually done a “tremendous disservice” to the AI industry. “When you look at how Copilot has been…
BENGALURU: HCLTech’s revenue rose by 5.9% in constant currency in the Sept quarter compared to the year-ago period. Its revenue grew by 1.6% quarter-on-quarter despite the State Street divestment. The firm consolidated its operations in India, acquiring a 49% stake in State Street HCL Services, a joint venture between the global financial services firm and…
Rail operator Northern is withdrawing all live prosecutions against passengers reported for using railcard discounts for on-peak services where the original fare was below £12. It follows the case of engineering graduate Sam Williamson, who was reported to the operator’s prosecutions and debt recovery department for using his 16-25 railcard for travel on a service…
