11 h. ago Alarming number of companies planning layoffs this holiday season, survey shows

Over half of company heads said their cuts would most likely come between Thanksgiving and Christmas

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32 h. ago Caroline Garcia turned down $270,000 betting company offer for her tennis podcast

Retired French tennis player Caroline Garcia has turned down a $270,000 sponsorship deal for her podcast from a betting company

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3 d. ago A third of company bosses are planning to lay off staff over holiday season, survey suggests

Over half of company heads said their cuts would most likely come between Thanksgiving and Christmas

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3 d. ago BBC showing tennis’s new Battle of the Sexes will just offer up opportunity to belittle women’s sport | Barney Ronay

The match between Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios opens up a direct channel between the BBC of old and a world of toxic internet hatredIt’s always best to take a sceptical view of the constant flow of BBC-bashing newspaper stories, which are often simply bogus outrage expressed for commercial gain. Even the war-on-woke, cod-ideological stuff – Clive Myrie INSISTS hamsters can breastfeed human robots – the bits that make you want to smear your face with greengage jam and weep for England, our England, with its meadows, its shadows, its curates made entirely from beef. Even these come from a hard, transactional place.Basically, it’s the licence fee. The BBC is free at the point of delivery, but paid for by a national levy. The BBC is also a direct commercial competitor to every other form of legacy media, all of which are trying to find ways to survive and recoup revenue. Continue reading...

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1 week ago London has plenty of posh breakfast options – but give me a greasy spoon any day | Adrian Chiles

The food’s better, the price is better and the company is better. You know where you are at a proper caffEarly some mornings, when I’m working in London, I go for breakfast with two good friends. So that’s me, a fabric dealer and a psychotherapist. Obviously this sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it’s one for which, at the time of writing, I have no punchline. Soho’s our hunting ground, the hunt in question being for somewhere to have breakfast at 7am. There’s not much open at that time. I mean, it’s not asking for much, is it? Somewhere to sit and eat at what is hardly a punishingly early hour.Being gentlemen of a certain age, we also require access to a toilet, which narrows our options still further. What this leaves us with is the grand total of four establishments. Three are fancy restaurants; one isn’t. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago New limits for a rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

Real estate software company RealPage has agreed to stop sharing nonpublic information between landlords as part of a settlement with the Department of Justice

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2 w. ago How Lord Dannatt used his peerage to open doors for business interests

Former head of British army is suspended from the House of Lords after being filmed breaking rulesTwo peers suspended from House of Lords for breaking lobbying rulesThe flowers and hamper that arrived at the Tower of London had been sent by a small energy company based in Sierra Leone. They were a gift to Richard Dannatt, the former head of the British army, who a few months earlier had introduced the company’s executives to the minister for Africa. It was a move they hoped would smooth the way for the fledgling company’s grand plans to build a £500m hydroelectric dam.With support from the UK government, the company had a better chance of getting the dam built. The dam, they said, would bring much-needed cheap electricity to many people in Sierra Leone. But it could also bring profits to the company, and Dannatt was not only to receive flowers and upmarket produce, he was also given shares. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Moment thief steals £270,000 Banksy print to pay off drug debt

A dramatic smash-and-grab burglary of a £270,000 Banksy print from a London gallery was captured on video.

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3 w. ago Shock moment burglar robs art gallery of Banksy’s iconic Girl with Balloon worth £270k as thief jailed

THIS is the shocking moment a burglar stole Banksy's iconic Girl with Balloon artwork from a London gallery. The thief who stole the £270,000-worth signed print has now been jailed. CCTV footage caught the "dramatic smash-and-grab" late night robbery which was carried out on a September evening last year. The prized possession pictures a stencil...

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3 w. ago Man jailed after stealing £270,000 Banksy print to pay off historic drug debt

Larry Fraser, 49, stole the limited edition painting from the Grove Gallery in Fitzrovia, central London, in September 2024

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3 w. ago Moment brazen thief breaks into London gallery to steal £270,000 Banksy artwork...before casually strolling down the road with it tucked by his side

Larry Fraser, 49, made his way through London with the Banksy print Girl with Balloon tucked by his side after being stolen from a gallery in the capital.

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4 w. ago Sweaty Betty 'threatened to sue body positive personal trainer after stealing her "wear the damn shorts" slogan without crediting her'

Georgina Cox, 34, accused Sweaty Betty of 'silencing [her] by threats' after she complained that the company used her phrase 'Wear the Damn Shorts' without her consent.

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4 w. ago Paperwork blunder by UK bookmaker reveals possible illegal offshore operation

Gambling Commission may launch inquiry after finding potentially incriminating evidence hidden in documents, sources sayThe Gambling Commission has demanded a UK bookmaker hand over a trove of financial documents after the company accidentally disclosed information suggesting it may be running an illegal offshore betting operation.The Guardian understands that the company, which sponsors sporting events and boasts connections to high-profile figures in sport and politics, is the subject of early inquiries that could lead to a full-blown investigation. Continue reading...

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