Cadbury Creme Egg maker Mondelez slapped with competition probe by the EU over claims it restricted flow of cross-border trade and fixed prices Mondelez says it will work ‘constructively’ with Commission during probe The US-based giant owns a string of brands including Cadbury and Oreo By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail and … Read more
No competition for 99% of Covid contracts: Only one in 100 deals given to firms in government’s £17.3billion pandemic response was put out to tender, says study Out of £17.3bn of new contracts, £17.2bn was handed out without competition Where contracts had competitive tender, it shaved 2.5% off cost to the taxpayer By Martin Robinson, Chief … Read more
Facebook’s profits increased by 53 per cent last year compared to 2019, as the tech giant benefitted from more people being at home during the pandemic and saw an increase in use of their platforms. Their results for the final quarter of 2020, reported on Wednesday, came as Apple announced that it too had had … Read more
Prehistoric competition among human females contributed to ‘concealed ovulation’ – a lack of any notable physical clues that a woman is fertile, experts say. Using computational models, US researchers found evidence that concealed ovulation evolved to allow females to hide their fertility status from other females. This would have helped avoid female conflict, perhaps driven by aggression … Read more
Armie Hammer’s estranged wife Elizabeth Chambers was spotted out for her first public appearance since the actor’s ‘cannibalism’ scandal. The 38-year-old television personality served as a judge at the Cayman Cookout brunch at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, which took place from January 15-17. Currently, Chambers resides in the Cayman Islands with her two children, apart from … Read more
Former MasterChef judge George Calombaris returns to the spotlight in new cooking competition By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:47 GMT, 17 January 2021 | Updated: 14:54 GMT, 17 January 2021 George Calombaris slipped from the spotlight when he departed MasterChef Australia in 2019. But the chef is back in a new public … Read more
Car competition company Best of the Best sees shares rocket after revenues nearly treble as it becomes a fully digital business BOTB said the results were proof its move to a wholly-online format was working Its Weekly Lifestyle contests offer watches, motorbikes, and holidays as prizes Like a raffle, BOTB entrants bid a little money … Read more
‘Why is my bum always in competition with my bump?!’: Kimberley Walsh shows off her pregnancy curves in a black crop top and splatter print leggings By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 17:24 GMT, 12 January 2021 | Updated: 17:24 GMT, 12 January 2021 She announced she was expecting her third child with husband Justin Scott, … Read more
Sharna Burgess reveals whether she’s set to join Seven’s revamped Dancing With The Stars as a judge – after former employer Ten sold the franchise By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 03:58 GMT, 10 January 2021 | Updated: 03:58 GMT, 10 January 2021 Sharna Burgess was left in the lurch last year after … Read more
Google‘s command of Britain’s £14billion online advertising market will be probed by the UK’s competition watchdog amid claims it is using Chrome to abuse its position as the dominant power in searches and browsing, it was revealed today. The Competition and Markets Authority has launched a blockbuster antitrust probe after publishers said the tech giant’s controversial ‘sandbox’ … Read more