Ahoy there Uber! Online taxi firm will launch Thames boat service for app-users to hail Clipper services between Putney and Woolwich this summer Taxi app hails deal on fleet of 20 boats and says it will help people on commute Partnership with Thames Clipper will let users book trips on their phones Uber still has … Read more
The Trump Administration’s coronavirus bailout program handed out up to $5 million to prop up Kanye West’s production company while also pushing out funds to the law firm of Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, the Treasury revealed Monday. The loans were part of a rush to inject billions into businesses as the coronavirus pandemic hit, … Read more
Gluten-free noodle firm Mr Lee’s Noodles to sell £5m stake in deal that could value the business at £30m By Ben Harrington For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 4 July 2020 | Updated: 22:51 BST, 4 July 2020 A healthy noodle firm founded by an entrepreneur with a life-threatening illness is poised to … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: High-tech drugs firm Diaceutics really hits the spot By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 4 July 2020 | Updated: 22:59 BST, 4 July 2020 Pharmaceutical companies used to spend most of their time creating drugs that were supposed to work for everyone. Now they are increasingly focused … Read more
Britain buys space firm Oneweb in £800m deal that will boost efforts to create home-grown sat nav system, and help deliver super-fast broadband By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:00 BST, 3 July 2020 | Updated: 22:17 BST, 3 July 2020 Britain has bought space firm Oneweb at auction in an £800m deal … Read more
Amazon may have banned police from using its facial recognition technology, but a new report shows the tech giant is providing thousands of departments with video and audio footage from Ring. Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit that defends civil liberties, found over 1,400 agencies are working with the Amazon-owned company and hundreds of them have … Read more
British drugs boss faces jail over opioid scandal: Indivior chief exec pleads guilty just a day after quitting firm By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 1 July 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 1 July 2020 A British drugs boss is facing jail in a major prosecution related to the US opioid … Read more
Patagonia’s boss has revealed the company could stop advertising with Facebook ‘indefinitely’ if the platform fails to tackle a ‘rampant’ problem with hate speech, antisemitism and climate denialism. Ryan Gellert, the outdoor clothing brand’s general manager in Europe, today said the tech giant’s business model was ‘flawed’ and had been profiting from hate speech and … Read more
Indivior boss Shaun Thaxter to leave scandal-hit drugs firm with a potential £2.3m pay-off By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 29 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 29 June 2020 Indivior boss Shaun Thaxter’s departure was abruptly announced yesterday Indivior’s boss is to leave the scandal-hit drugs firm with a financial … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of customers are cut off from their cash as watchdog freezes British arm of collapsed German payments firm Wirecard Several fintech companies who use Wirecard systems have been suspended from allowing customers access to their money until further notice UK customers may not be able to touch their money on payday or … Read more