Image copyright Alex Rumford/Mastercard Image caption Ann Cairns is a rarity: a female senior executive of a global company When Ann Cairns’ husband was introduced to Joe Biden at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, the former US vice president assumed that he was the executive he was meant to be meeting. But Mrs …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Debris at the scene where Prince Philip was involved in a traffic accident Debris said to be from a crash involving the Duke of Edinburgh was put up for sale on eBay. Seller morbius777 said the debris was from the collision near King’s Lynn, Norfolk, on Thursday. The listing, which …
Image caption Facebook is to hire an extra 1,000 employees in Ireland Facebook is to create 1,000 new jobs in Ireland this year, the company’s chief operating officer has said. Sheryl Sandberg made the announcement during a speech at a conference in Dublin on Monday. The new roles will be across 60 teams at Facebook’s …
Image copyright Reuters Google has been fined 50 million euros (£44m) by the French data regulator CNIL, for a breach of the EU’s data protection rules. CNIL said it had levied the record fine for “lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of valid consent regarding ads personalisation”. The regulator said it judged that people …
Image copyright Getty Images Red-faced tax officials have been forced to apologise today for two embarrassing mistakes over late-payment fines. Last weekend HM Revenue and Customs denied fining taxpayers for failing to submit their self-assessment returns online – even though the deadline is still almost two weeks away. But on Monday HMRC admitted that some …
Image copyright Getty Images Entertainment streaming giants including Amazon, Apple, Google, Netflix and Spotify have been accused of breaking the EU’s data regulations. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules say EU customers have the right to access a copy of the personal data companies hold about them. However, privacy group noyb said it found that …
Image copyright Ben Birchall Image caption BAE Systems upgrades and maintains the Challenger 2 tank British defence giant BAE Systems has sold a majority stake in its Land UK tank and combat vehicle division to German rival Rheinmetall for £28.6m. The new joint venture gives Rheinmetall a 55% stake, with BAE owning the rest, and …
Image copyright China Nuclear Power Design Image caption The proposed design for Bradwell B Rolls-Royce has confirmed it is in talks with Chinese state-run firm China General Nuclear (CGN) over providing essential systems for a new power station in the UK. The UK engineering company makes instrumentation and control systems for nuclear reactors. The plant …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption US-Chinese trade tensions could exacerbate the global slowdown The International Monetary Fund has warned that escalating trade tensions could undermine global economic growth. In a new report on the world economic outlook, the IMF also warns of risks from a no-deal Brexit. For the world economy, the IMF is …
Image copyright View Pictures Bread and breakfast cereals are the most likely to be affected by shrinkflation, whereby a product shrinks in size but its price doesn’t. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) studied the price of 17,000 items between September 2015 and June 2017. It found 206 products in all categories shrunk in size, …