Press round-up
Thursday newspaper round-up: Online gamblers, PwC, London taxi drivers
02 May, 2024 07:20
(Sharecast News) - Online gamblers who lose £500 or more a month are to face extra checks from August, the regulator has confirmed, as part of a large package of measures aimed at protecting the most vulnerable customers. The extra checks come in from 30Wednesday newspaper round-up: Amazon, dividends, Weardale Lithium
01 May, 2024 07:18
(Sharecast News) - Amazon profits soared once again in the first quarter of 2024, the company announced on Tuesday - the latest in a series of robust earnings reports for the retail giant. The company attributed the boost to artificial intelligence and adTuesday newspaper round-up: Meta, ExxonMobil, Very Group
30 Apr, 2024 07:23
(Sharecast News) - The Federal Communications Commission on Monday fined the largest US wireless carriers nearly $200m for illegally sharing access to customers' location information. The FCC is finalizing fines first proposed in February 2020, includingMonday newspaper round-up: Thames Water, Brexit, Babylon
29 Apr, 2024 07:21
(Sharecast News) - Senior Whitehall officials fear Thames Water's financial collapse could trigger a rise in government borrowing costs not seen since the chaos of the Liz Truss mini-budget, the Guardian can reveal. Such is their concern about the impactSunday newspaper round-up: Royal Mail, Shein, Canary Wharf
28 Apr, 2024 13:20
(Sharecast News) - The heads of the Communication Workers Union have acquiesced to Royal Mail's demand to end six-day-a-week letter deliveries, paving the way for historic cuts to postal services. Royal Mail wants to amend its universal service obligationFriday newspaper round-up: Microsoft, mortgage rates, Boeing, Alphabet, Trump
26 Apr, 2024 07:16
(Sharecast News) - Microsoft beat Wall Street estimates for its third-quarter revenue last night, driven by gains from artificial intelligence adoption across its cloud services and business software products. The company said its revenues had risen to $6Thursday newspaper round-up: Matchesfashion, Burberry, Boeing
25 Apr, 2024 06:44
(Sharecast News) - The UK competition watchdog has stepped up its scrutiny of big tech involvement in artificial intelligence startups, asking for comment on three deals by Microsoft and Amazon. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that iWednesday newspaper round-up: UK banks, Tesla, KPMG
24 Apr, 2024 06:48
(Sharecast News) - UK banks are leaving themselves open to "severe, unexpected losses", by failing to properly measure how exposed they are to the $8tn private equity industry, the Bank of England has warned. In a speech on Tuesday, Rebecca Jackson, a senTuesday newspaper round-up: P&O Ferries, TikTok, CVC
23 Apr, 2024 06:43
(Sharecast News) - P&O Ferries seafarers have been told they will benefit from new French legislation that could double their pay, in what appears to be a significant U-turn by the controversial ferry operator. The move comes more than two years after P&OMonday newspaper round-up: Renewable energy, BlackRock, Frasers Group
22 Apr, 2024 06:40
(Sharecast News) - A development company that sells off land no longer needed by Thames Water has paid out a £14m dividend despite warnings that it could become engulfed by the water group's financial woes. Accounts filed at Companies House show Kennet P
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