The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed assistance to Ukraine, particularly emphasizing the critical need for a rapid increase in defense production, according to the Pentagon. Austin and Stoltenber…
With failure came great success, says Carmoola founder and CEO
By Jennifer Sieg Aidan Rushby can still remember the guilt he felt the day he told investors he was no longer in it for the long run. Carefully drafting a letter to shareholders, he recalled telling himself: “You have to be honest.” Now proud co-founde…
Shop price inflation drops as supermarkets slash costs
By Laura McGuire Shop price inflation fell to its lowest level since May 2022, helped by supermarkets continually slashing their prices. A new reading by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) showed shop price inflation eased to 2.9 per cent in January, …
Keir Starmer is the right person to rebuild government’s vital relationship with business
By Iain Anderson The business community plays a vital role in our economy. I know this, having founded my own business over 20 years ago and have advised companies from small to global on how to engage with governments of all stripes in that time. Usua…
Hunt should listen to business leaders on the costly tourist tax
By City AM reporter Can a relatively small change to VAT laws really cost the country as much as West End retailers suggest? To the many of us who don’t choose our next weekend break on the back of a tax-break on our next Gucci handbag, the idea seems …
Sixers no match for last-place Blazers without Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey
PORTLAND, Ore. — The 76ers were without their two best players for the second consecutive game. And it showed. The undermanned squad had no answers for the Portland Trail Blazes, losing 130-104 on Monday night at the Moda Center with Joel Embiid and Ty…
Woman seriously injured in shark attack in Sydney Harbour
A 29-year-old woman suffered serious injuries in a shark attack in Sydney Harbour, local media reported on Tuesday. The attack occurred on Monday at sunset off Elizabeth Bay, a well-known bay not far from the city centre and the Opera House. The victim…
Philips settles with FDA, halts US sales of CPAP breathing machines
Philips Respironics on Monday said that it will halt sales of the company’s ventilators and CPAP breathing machines. Philips settled with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), over complaints that the machines were blowing gas and bits of foam int…
“I find myself giggling”: Sandra Huller on attention she is getting after her Oscar nomination
Los Angeles [US], January 30 (ANI): German actor Sandra Huller, who landed a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance in the legal drama thriller film ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ is amazed by the kind of attention she is getting after the announcement…
Russia’s Sibur switches to domestic market as local polymer demand rises
Sibur, Russia’s biggest producers of polymers and rubbers, said it boosted sales on the home market as demand for its output continued to rise across various sectors of the economy. The company said in a press release that the share of deliveries of it…