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Why appointing Michael O'Leary to run Apple feels a lot like appointing Carlo Ancelotti to manage Brazil. As we head into the business end of the Wor — Blog by Padraig O'Donnell
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Another reason Shell’s shares are rising today – it has agreed to sell its fuel supply business in South Africa to UAE’s state energy company, Adnoc Distribution. The $1bn (£750m) deal covers 580 service stations and other operations and is expected to close next year, Adnoc said. Continue reading...
Employment Trends Index points to slower payroll growth Staffing Industry Analysts
Treasury select committee also says ministers have moral obligation to reverse last year’s repayment threshold freeze Slideshows that compared student loan repayments with the cost of a mobile phone contract, and YouTube videos that did not mention the fact that loan terms could change amounted to mis-selling by the government, MPs have said. The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, caused a furore last year when she announced that the repayment threshold on plan 2 student loans would be frozen at £29,385 for three years from April 2027. Continue reading...
Workday appoints John Lombard as Asia Pacific president IT Brief New Zealand
Scottish government to consider SNP national council motion for moratorium on all new datacentres The Scottish government is about to consider a sweeping moratorium on building new datacentres, putting a key plank of the UK’s AI strategy at risk. Last Sunday the Scottish National party (SNP)’s national council passed a motion to freeze all new datacentres in Scotland. That motion has been sent to the Scottish government to consider. Continue reading...
Real Chemistry Announces New Asia Pacific Hub with Acquisition of Spurwing Communications in Singapore Via Ritzau
New business formation data reveals that entrepreneurs are increasingly choosing lower-cost, business-friendly states over traditional startup hubs, as remote work and AI make location less important than ever.
Nicole Schlesinger spent "every spare hour" building her brand.
Most founders write off rich snippets and nofollow links as things that don't count. They're quietly two of the highest-leverage signals you have — and here's how to put both to work.
CarbonSix Raises $40M Series A to Scale Physical AI for Global Manufacturing Wowtale
From tool trucks and shaved ice to moving services, these franchises prove you don't need a brick-and-mortar location to build a scalable business.
Robinhood has already launched agentic trading and credit card accounts, allowing AI agents to trade stocks and make purchases on a user’s behalf.
AI is quietly rewriting how customers find you, but this one overlooked strategy is helping businesses build audiences they actually control.
Thousands of gaming jobs will be shed over the coming fiscal year as Microsoft continues to invest heavily in AI Microsoft said on Monday it was eliminating about 4,800 jobs – roughly 2% of its global workforce – in a cost-cutting move that will deliver a sweeping restructuring of its struggling Xbox gaming division. The cuts include the deepest overhaul in Xbox’s history, with approximately 3,200 gaming jobs to be shed over the coming fiscal year, four game studios being spun off or sold, and a fifth entering a review process that could lead to closure, the company said. Continue reading...
Airline’s board to recommend offer of £6.90 a share in deal analysts say shows UK firms are being bought on the cheap Shares in easyJet surged nearly 10% after the airline agreed to a £5.5bn takeover at the fifth attempt, but analysts said that it showed UK firms were being bought on the cheap. The low-cost carrier’s board will recommend shareholders accept an offer price of £6.90 a share from Castlelake, a US private equity firm, after rejecting four previous bids of as little as £5.60 per share. EasyJet shares closed at 610p. Continue reading...
Structural scarcity in critical minerals is not just an investment story. It is a business-building opportunity that most of the startup world hasn't noticed yet.
The sandwich chain was founded in 1956 and has exploded to more than 3,000 domestic locations and $4.3 billion in sales.
Matthew England and Alex Sen Gupta of UNSW Sydney and Alistair Hobday of CSIRO discuss how the new El Niño is set to bring about unprecedented ocean heat records and extreme weather. Read more: Why June’s ocean heat records are just a preview of what’s to come
10 Minute School raises $2 million seed funding The Daily Star