Facebook and Twitter ‘failing to tackle fake review factories’ January 13, 2022 Facebook and Twitter have been accused of failing to tackle an online industry of fake product reviews, with new research uncovering schemes on the platforms with hundreds of thousands of members.
The Notebook: Forget the polls, Labour is miles ahead on Linkedin April 17, 2024 Michael Martins takes the Notebook pen to talk Linkedin politics, meeting 2024's batch of wannabe MPs, and upcoming literary revelry.
Why there’s doubt over Royal Mail’s fourth chief in five years, before she’s even started April 4, 2024 Royal Mail's incoming chief Emma Gilthorpe has not yet stepped foot in the door but she already faces scepticism about her credentials.
Absolute and KISS launch new subscription service as radio tries to keep up with the streamers May 27, 2022 With the huge explosion of music streaming, even radio is now trying to monetise on the brave new subscription service world.
Moving markets: Five things shaping the FTSE 100 today January 31, 2024 Asia markets mirror Wall Street's decline; most AI stocks, including Microsoft, Alphabet, and AMD, tumble; China's January factory activity contracts; attention shifts to Fed and BOE policy meetings.
The Bazball revolution should be televised January 29, 2024 There can be no doubt that pay TV has had a profound - and positive - impact on the way Brits watch sport. But lots are missing out if they can't afford all the subscriptions.
The spectre of entrenched inflation will soon hit loss-making start-ups hard February 18, 2022 Larry Summers was Treasury Secretary to Bill Clinton, Barack Obama’s Director of the National Economic Council, and President of Harvard University. When he offers an economic prediction, therefore, he is worth listening to. A recent one was sobering. Summers believes we are entering a period of “higher entrenched inflation”. Make no mistake: inflation is a [...]
Norway sovereign fund loses more than $150bn thanks to tech rout August 17, 2022 Reuters Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, made a record loss of 1.68 trillion Norwegian crowns ($174 billion) in the first half of 2022 as stocks and bonds were hit by global recession fears and rampant price inflation. The $1.3 trillion fund’s return on investment was a negative 14.4% for the January-June period, which [...]
Garden furniture prices spike ahead of another summer of garden-crawling June 21, 2021 With Covid-19 hammering hospitality spaces, garden furniture has soared in popularity in the last year, while the UK braces for another summer of garden-crawling instead of the typical pub routes. While there are still restrictions on visiting pubs and homes, many will be opting for garden gatherings over pub crawls this summer, much like the [...]
TikTok beats Google for top internet hotspot December 24, 2021 Video sharing platform TikTok has beaten Google as the most popular online destination after soaring in popularity over the course of the pandemic. Fuelled by Gen Z amid social restrictions, the app has held the top position since August, after dethroning Google in February, March and June. Google came first last year, and was surrounded [...]