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TransUnion Enables Free Credit Education via the New Lowell App

TransUnion Enables Free Credit Education via the New Lowell App

17 May 2022: TransUnion has strengthened its partnership with Lowell, one of the largest credit management companies in Europe, to provide their UK cu..

Digitisation of the British automotive industry picks up speed

Digitisation of the British automotive industry picks up speed

  Pinewood DMS integrates with Scrive eSign Scrive, European pioneer in automating contract-based business processes with electro..

Twitter’s account of deal shows Musk signing without asking for more info

Twitter’s account of deal shows Musk signing without asking for more info

By Greg Roumeliotis and Tom Hals (Reuters) – Twitter Inc published its account on Tuesday of its deal negotiations with Elon Mus..

Depp lawyers question Heard about knife, love notes in defamation case

Depp lawyers question Heard about knife, love notes in defamation case

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Attorneys for Johnny Depp attempted to discredit Amber Heard’s abuse claims in th..

Credit Suisse Group rating downgraded by S&P

Credit Suisse Group rating downgraded by S&P

ZURICH (Reuters) -Credit Suisse Group AG’s credit rating has been downgraded to BBB from BBB+ by Standard & Poors, a blow fo..

Factbox-COVID-hit Chinese cities seek exit from painful lockdown

Factbox-COVID-hit Chinese cities seek exit from painful lockdown

By Roxanne Liu and Ryan Woo (Reuters) – Plans by COVID-hit Chinese cities to exit or avoid lockdown are more fraught and uncerta..

Zoom Drives Contact Center Expansion with Acquisition of Solvvy

Zoom Drives Contact Center Expansion with Acquisition of Solvvy

Solvvy Offers Advanced Conversational AI and Automation Capabilities to Accelerate Zoom’s Delivery of Personalized, Effortless Custome..

Ukraine begins first war crimes trial of Russian soldier

Ukraine begins first war crimes trial of Russian soldier

By Pavel Polityuk and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -A Ukrainian court held a preliminary hearing on Friday in the first war crimes tri..

Barclays warns of sub-parity euro, 5 ppt GDP hit if Russia turns off gas taps

Barclays warns of sub-parity euro, 5 ppt GDP hit if Russia turns off gas taps

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Analysts at Barclays have warned of a 5 percentage point hit to euro zone GDP and a dive below ..

Keysight Technologies Delivers Next-Generation Power Device Analyser/Double-Pulse Tester

Keysight Technologies Delivers Next-Generation Power Device Analyser/Double-Pulse Tester

  Enables automotive OEMs and power converter designers to accelerate the time to market for discrete devices and power modules K..

Jøtul Heats up its Future with Infor Cloud ERP

Jøtul Heats up its Future with Infor Cloud ERP

Leading fireplace manufacturer deploying ‘a modern platform as an engine for digitization and innovation’ OSLO, Norway – 12 May 2022 –..

BT aims for £25m in savings by leaping towards AI-led operations with ServiceNow

BT aims for £25m in savings by leaping towards AI-led operations with ServiceNow

  BT’s Digital unit is working to modernise the Group’s service management with the delivery of a unified service management plat..

TransUnion Appoints New UK Chief Operating Officer

TransUnion Appoints New UK Chief Operating Officer

Laura Barley has been appointed as chief operating officer (COO) for TransUnion in the UK, meaning that its executive team is now an ..

Pure Storage and Snowflake Deliver Increased Data Accessibility

Pure Storage and Snowflake Deliver Increased Data Accessibility

The joint solution will combine the agility of FlashBlade’s Object Store with the Snowflake Data Cloud to give customers greater contr..

News

Mental Health Awareness Week: How to support the mental health of employees that work remotely

Mental Health Awareness Week: How to support the mental health of employees that work remotely

  By Tanya Woolf, Head of Psychological Services at Onebright With Mental Health Awareness Week taking place Monday 9 to Sunday 15 May, we wanted..

AXA, Unilever to join new 1 billion euro regenerative agriculture fund

AXA, Unilever to join new 1 billion euro regenerative agriculture fund

ZURICH (Reuters) – Insurer Axa and consumer goods group Unilever plan to invest 100 million euros each into a new 1 billion euro..

ECB firms up expectations for July interest rate hike

ECB firms up expectations for July interest rate hike

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – The European Central Bank has firmed up expectations that it will raise its benchmark interest rate in Jul..

Nearly 5 million jobs lost in Ukraine as war pummels economy – ILO

Nearly 5 million jobs lost in Ukraine as war pummels economy – ILO

LONDON (Reuters) – Around 4.8 million jobs have been lost in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion in February, as the..

Shares drop, yields shoot up after U.S. inflation data

Shares drop, yields shoot up after U.S. inflation data

By Danilo Masoni MILAN (Reuters) – World shares turned lower on Wednesday and bond yields shot up after U.S. data showed inflati..

Dollar moves off lows on heels of inflation data

Dollar moves off lows on heels of inflation data

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar moved sharply off its lows on Wednesday and briefly turned positive on the ..

Ukraine pushes Russian forces back, restricts gas flow to Europe

Ukraine pushes Russian forces back, restricts gas flow to Europe

By Pavel Polityuk and Jonathan Landay KYIV/VILHIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces reported battlefield gains on Wednesday in a ..

Factbox-Potential bidders in Norway’s first offshore wind tender

Factbox-Potential bidders in Norway’s first offshore wind tender

By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) – Norway has earmarked two areas in the North Sea to accommodate up to 4.5 gigawatt (GW) of floating..

Appian Awarded $2.036 Billion in Damages Against Pegasystems Inc.

Appian Awarded $2.036 Billion in Damages Against Pegasystems Inc.

  Appian receives verdict from Fairfax County, Virginia jury holding Pegasystems liable for trade secret misappropriation and vio..

Business

How to make your social media photos stand out from the crowd when selling products

How to make your social media photos stand out from the crowd when selling products

  By Laura Santillana, Lead Creative at Bottle, a Digital PR agency based in Oxfordshire  It’s impossible to scroll through social media these da..

How Are Immigration Laws Changing in a Post-Pandemic and Post-Brexit Nation?

How Are Immigration Laws Changing in a Post-Pandemic and Post-Brexit Nation?

By: Younes Ech-Chadi, Senior Associate at Winckworth Sherwood The UK is recovering from the economic  effects of COVID-19. In fact, t..

Analysis: Blockchain needs MP3 music moment to win over markets

Analysis: Blockchain needs MP3 music moment to win over markets

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Blockchain needs its own music industry ‘MP3’ moment as fragmented regulation and te..

Wall Street set to open higher, oil prices extend losses

Wall Street set to open higher, oil prices extend losses

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) -European stock indexes rose on Tuesday as risk appetite showed some signs of picking up again ..

Explainer-What will a Marcos presidency in the Philippines look like?

Explainer-What will a Marcos presidency in the Philippines look like?

By Martin Petty (Reuters) – Ferdinand Marcos Jr has swept an election in the Philippines and will begin a six-year term as presi..

Tesla stutters under tighter Shanghai lockdown; Beijing keeps hunting COVID

Tesla stutters under tighter Shanghai lockdown; Beijing keeps hunting COVID

By David Stanway and Martin Quin Pollard SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Tesla operated its Shanghai plant well below capacity on Tuesday,..

Factbox-UK government sets out priorities in Queen’s speech

Factbox-UK government sets out priorities in Queen’s speech

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes to reset his government on Tuesday with plans aimed at winning bac..

For some European states, rising debt costs rekindle 2011 crisis memories

For some European states, rising debt costs rekindle 2011 crisis memories

By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – The rise in European bond yields is alarming some economists, who warn that Italy and Gre..

Cryptoverse: Buying the dip? Bitcoin’s a rates rookie

Cryptoverse: Buying the dip? Bitcoin’s a rates rookie

By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) – Bitcoin has scant experience with rising interest rates, posing perils for..

Footwear trendsetter TOMS sprints to the lead with Astound Commerce

Footwear trendsetter TOMS sprints to the lead with Astound Commerce

  Site replatform and redesign deliver an improved ecommerce experience Average page load time decreased by 22% for the new site ..

Stocks slide on growth fears, oil tumbles

Stocks slide on growth fears, oil tumbles

By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock indexes around the world fell sharply on Monday and the dollar reversed course after ..

Marcos, son of strongman, triumphs in Philippines presidential election

Marcos, son of strongman, triumphs in Philippines presidential election

By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA, (Reuters) -Ferdinand Marcos Jr clinched a stunning runaway victory in the Philippines..

Exclusive-Germany prepares crisis plan for abrupt end to Russian gas – sources

Exclusive-Germany prepares crisis plan for abrupt end to Russian gas – sources

By John O’Donnell BERLIN (Reuters) – German officials are quietly preparing for any sudden halt in Russian gas supplies wi..

Portugal set to start up Europe’s largest floating solar park

Portugal set to start up Europe’s largest floating solar park

By Sergio Goncalves and Miguel Pereira ALQUEVA, Portugal (Reuters) – Two tugboats have moved a vast array of 12,000 solar panels..