Two Palestinians Go Dogging, review: Touching portrait of the tragedy of conflict May 23, 2022 Let’s be clear on this from the get-go: finding comedy in the Israel-Palestine crisis is an incredibly brave thing to do. Not only that, it requires incredibly astute writing. Sami Ibrahim has achieved both of these things with two Palestinians go dogging, a personal and political new play littered with thrillingly perverse laughs. If Ibrahim’s [...]
Bitcoin marginally up as community celebrates ‘Pizza Day’ May 23, 2022 Bitcoin is currently changing hands for around $30,500 - that's up by almost three per cent since this time yesterday.
1 Minute Market Rundown – 23rd May 2022 May 23, 2022 | City Talk Trade the ExtremesGBP Squeeze Higher ContinuesS&P 500 Teeters on Verge of a Bear Market Markets that close 20% below its peak level are defined as being in a bear market. The S&P is 19% down from its peak but with the Nasdaq and Russell 2000 27% off its highs, feels safe to say we have [...]
Pay gap between CEOs and workers set to widen across FTSE 350 May 23, 2022 The pay gap between executives and workers is set to grow even wider this year, following a brief levelling lull during the pandemic.
B&Q owner Kingfisher builds from pandemic success but struggles to keep up with 2021 boom May 23, 2022 B&Q and Screwfix owner Kingfisher reported strong post pandemic growth in the first quarter, with three year like for like sales up 16.2 per cent.
Whistleblower Frances Haugen: Don’t let Facebook tell us how to solve the Meta problem May 20, 2022 Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said governments across the world have become "dependent on Facebook telling them how to solve Facebook's problems", leading to a lack of focus on actually achieving true transparency in legislation.
BT heads for top-line growth thanks to impending price rises May 20, 2022 Berenberg has estimated that BT will return to top-line growth thanks to inflation-induced price rises.
Not much to celebrate for Bitcoin in the fog of war, but have you seen China’s hash rate? May 20, 2022 The price of Bitcoin isn't much to cheer about, but Jason Deane has one intuitive eye on China's rising hash rate.
UK Rich List 2022: Who have the biggest fortunes among Britain’s 177 billionaires? May 20, 2022 Billionaire brothers Sri and Gopi Hinduja are the wealthiest people in the UK, according to this year’s Sunday Times Rich List. The annual list showed that the pair, who run the Mumbai-based conglomerate Hinduja Group, saw their fortune jump by more than £11 billion. There were a record 177 billionaires in the UK, according to [...]
‘Live by the sword, die by the sword’: Chinese plot to take control of Congolese lithium mine could crash Australian firm’s shares May 20, 2022 A plot by a coalition of powerful Chinese battery manufacturers, to take control of the world’s biggest lithium mine, threatens to crash the share price of Australian miner AVZ Minerals, a mysterious short seller has said. AVZ Minerals could lose control over the Manano lithium mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and be [...]