Britain’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into whether Google has broken the law by restricting competition in the advertising technology market. The Competition and Markets Authority will assess whether the firm had distorted competition and made it more difficult for rival advertising services to compete. The regulator said its investigation into the Alphabet-owned search […]
More than eight million households will receive more than £1,000 in additional support to help with the cost-of-living crisis as part of a £15 billion package, Rishi Sunak has announced. The chancellor confirmed that every household in Britain would receive a £400 discount on their energy bills this October. He also announced that eight million […]
The number of foreign students is set to increase by almost 50 per cent in five years, the university admissions service predicts today. It says there is renewed interest in living in the UK, since Covid restrictions lifted, with the NHS and English language a particular draw. International students are stereotypically drawn to business and […]
LHV UK, a leading banking services provider to over 200 fintech and crypto companies has announced the opening of its second UK office in Leeds. The Company’s engineering and development teams, who will be tasked with building a proprietary online customer portal specifically tailored for the Company’s B2B fintech clients, will be based in the […]
The head of the World Bank has warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could cause a global recession as the price of food, energy and fertiliser jump. David Malpass told a US business event on Wednesday that it is difficult to “see how we avoid a recession”. He also said a series of coronavirus lockdowns […]
Creating an official digital version of the U.S. dollar could help ensure financial system stability as crypo-assets and digital currencies developed by other countries become increasingly popular, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard said on Wednesday. Read More
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ontario — Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. (“Diamond Estates” or “the Company”) (DWS-TSX Venture) has announced that it has issue deferred share units (“DSUs”) to its directors as of today. Under the DSU plan of the Company, an aggregate of 25,852 DSUs have been issued by the Company to non-executive directors in settlement […]
TORONTO — Q4 Inc. (TSX: QFOR) (the “Corporation”), announced today the voting results on the election of directors from its 2022 Annual l Meeting of Shareholders (“AGM”). Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. budget deficit will shrink dramatically to $1.036 trillion for fiscal 2022 from $2.775 trillion last year as a strong recovery prompts a surge in revenues and lower outlays, but slowing growth will start to reverse the trend, the Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday. Read More
NEW YORK — Global shares rose on Wednesday after notes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s early May meeting showed a strong likelihood that the world’s most powerful central bank will approve two more half-percentage-point rate hikes in coming months. Wall Street ended higher as investors were heartened by the fact that policymakers at the Fed […]