How to be British: Stephen Fry and Heathrow team up in a three-minute video guide to British etiquette January 6, 2016 Anyone need a guide to being British? In an unlikely alliance, Stephen Fry and Heathrow Airport have stepped up to the plate with the essential UK tips summed up in a three-minute video. Fry has become an unofficial ambassador for all things British in the airport’s latest advert, to be shown to passengers arriving to [...]
December 2015 FOMC Minutes: Federal Reserve policymakers concerned about slow inflation despite rate hike January 6, 2016 The Federal Reserve minutes from its meeting in December show officials expressing “significant concern” about slow inflation, despite the milestone move to hike interest rates. Led by chair Janet Yellen, the US central bank moved to raise short-term interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade at its meeting on 15-16 December, from [...]
Chipotle served with a grand jury subpoena in the criminal investigation into the norovirus contamination in a California restaurant January 6, 2016 Troubles continue for restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill, which has been served with a grand jury subpoena in the criminal investigation into the norovirus contamination at one of its restaurants. The investigation concerns a case of norovirus contamination, a highly contagious virus causing winter vomiting disease, at a California outlet in August. It was the first [...]
Tesco Bank lets students keep their cash after an ATM glitch saw people getting double their withdrawals January 6, 2016 Before the Christmas break and while last-minute present buying was well under way, students in Manchester were blessed by a malfunction from Tesco’s banking arm. An ATM in a residential area of the city began dishing out double the money that was requested for withdrawal. Hundreds of students queued for hours to grab cash from the generous [...]
Good-looking women get better grades (but for men, looks don’t matter) January 6, 2016 In an ideal world, brains and hard work would be all that influenced your grades, but it turns out that for women there’s an unexpected factor at play: their looks. Researchers have found that unattractive women were given significantly lower grades than their more good-looking counterparts. Male students’ results, however, were unaffected by their looks. [...]
London facing more Night Tube strikes as unions threaten action – while insiders believe project will “wither on the vine” January 6, 2016 Commuters are facing the prospect of more Tube strikes this year, after the dispute over the Night Tube flared up once again – with one union source telling City A.M. that the project may never get off the ground. Transport unions RMT and Aslef have both flexed their muscles with threats of further industrial action [...]
Bye bye Internet Explorer: Microsoft is axing the world’s most hated browser, ending support for Explorer 8, 9 and 10 to move users towards Edge January 6, 2016 Microsoft is pulling the plug on Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10, in a bid to push users away from the obsolete browser towards its new Edge. The tech giant is ending support for the older browsers on 12 January, encouraging users to upgrade either to the latest version, Explorer 11, or its successor, Edge. [...]
Oculus Rift: March shipping date and price for UK and 20 countries revealed by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg January 6, 2016 Mark Zuckerberg has revealed Facebook's Oculus will ship its first virtual reality device on 28 March after becoming available for pre-order today. Tech fans will be able to get their hands on the headset in these 20 countries initially: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States. Shops will also stock Oculus from April and the company said it had [...]
EU referendum: Barclays, HSBC bosses give evidence to MPs on Britain’s EU membership, say City would “thrive” after Brexit January 6, 2016 The City would retain its status as a global financial centre if British voters back leaving the European Union, a Barclays executive has claimed. Speaking to MPs on the Treasury select committee this afternoon, Mark Astaire, vice chair of the investment banking division at Barclays, said that while London has “thrived” within the European Union, [...]
Drummond Puddle Watch brings the City to a standstill as nearly 20,000 people watch a live stream January 6, 2016 Could this be the solution to the UK's productivity puzzle? Never mind HSBC’s ongoing online banking crisis, or North Korea’s latest announcement that it is testing hydrogen bombs: City folk are far more concerned about how people are going to get across a massive puddle hundreds of miles away. In fact, of the 20,000-odd people who have [...]