Without more federal aid for workers, experts are expecting the largest disruption to the housing market since the Depression.
Millions of Evictions Are a Sharper Threat as Government Support Ends
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Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg joins centibillionaire club
The 36-year-old follows Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates as fortune passes $100bn for first timeMark Zuckerberg’s fortune has passed $100bn (£76bn) for the first time, adding him to an exclusive club of the world’s centibillionaires, after Facebook’s shares surged on news it is to launch a rival to the video-sharing app TikTok.Facebook announced the US rollout of I […]
Trump Targets WeChat and TikTok, in Sharp Escalation With China
The government cited national security concerns in announcing sweeping restrictions on two popular Chinese social media networks, a move that is likely to be met with retaliation.
Hybrid BMWs can automatically switch to full electric mode in low emission zones
In a world first, London and Birmingham are among the cities chosen to pioneer the new zero-emissions technology which is now being fitted to BMW’s most popular plug-in hybrid vehicles.
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National Education Policy 2020: Universities have no choice but to be flexible
The National Education Policy has allowed students a choice for multiple entry/exit into educational programmes.
I can’t find how much a home sold for online – where has the Land Registry data gone?
Has the Land Registry stopped providing sold prices data since lockdown started? Will it provide this data again soon and could we expect a flood of information on sold prices through at some point?
Energy bills: Millions set to see ‘big savings’ as price cap lowered
The price cap for gas and electricity bills is lowered by energy watchdog Ofgem as wholesale costs fall.
Best energy tariffs: Ofgem price cap limit drops by £95
Ofgem has dropped the price cap limit by £84 for standard variable tariff customers and £95 for prepayment customers, it was revealed today.
Microsoft expands TikTok takeover ambitions to entire global business: Report
Microsoft Corp is chasing a deal to buy all of TikTok’s global business, including its operations in India and Europe, an international daily reported on Thursday, citing five people with knowledge of the talks. Microsoft has said it is seeking to buy the assets of TikTok in North America, Australia and New Zealand. It has not disclosed how much it is willin […]
Google Stops Selling Pixel 4 And Pixel 4 XL
Google has discontinued the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. The company has confirmed that the smartphones will continue to receive support for a few more years.
Fortinet Slips 7% After-Hours As 2Q Billings Missed Estimates
Shares of Fortinet plunged 6.6% in extended trading on Thursday after the company’s 2Q billings fell short of analysts’ expectations. The cybersecurity solution provider’s billings, a key sales growth metric, grew 14.3% to $711.5 million year-over-year but missed Street estimates of $712.1 million.Fortinet’s (FTNT) 2Q billings result reflects slowing traditi […]
Mary Trump: ‘At least the Borgias supported the arts’
The president’s niece on fear and greed in the Trump family — and why she wrote her explosive tell-all memoir
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TVA backtracks after Trump’s demand that it rehire some of its dismissed tech workers
The Tennessee Valley Authority rehired more than 100 employees just three days after President Trump singled out the federally owned utility for outsourcing those jobs and blasted its CEO over his “ridiculous” pay package.
Doris Buffett, Philanthropist Sister of Warren, Dies at 92
(Bloomberg) — Doris Buffett, a philanthropist who with the financial assistance of her billionaire brother Warren Buffett gave life-changing gifts to people down on their luck, has died. She was 92.Buffett died at her home in Rockport, Maine, on Tuesday, surrounded by family and friends, listening to Billie Holiday music, according to her grandson Alexander […]
News Corp posts wider loss as coronavirus pummels advertising revenue
Results were heavily affected by the pandemic as well as by a decline in revenue related to the sale of the company’s supermarket-coupon business, News Corp said.
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