London Sports Festival moves from 3×3 basketball success to pickleball at the City of London Corporation’s Guildhall Yard
Record 30m Americans vote early ahead of US election October 20, 2020 Almost 30m US citizens have already voted ahead of November’s presidential election, more than a fifth of 2016’s total tally of ballots. With early voting today having opened in the swing state of Florida, over 29.6m in person or postal votes have already been counted. In 2016, there were 136.6m votes cast in total, but [...]
From Wigan Warrior to eco-warrior: Let’s make the future electric October 20, 2020 I remember the moment my future went electric. No, it wasn’t as I was sprinting 90m for a try in the 1994 Challenge Cup Final against Leeds. It was when I first took my wife’s second-hand BMW i3 for a drive a couple of years ago. We had bought an electric motor as our second [...]
The world needs a coordinated Covid policy — based on social realities, not just ‘the science’ October 20, 2020 The measures recommended by Victorian epidemiologist Dr John Snow to prevent cholera contain many that we’re now advocating today in response to Covid-19. Dr Snow advised better personal hygiene, checking the health of arrivals from abroad, and getting the homeless off the streets — all strategies taken by the UK government over the past few [...]
Wall Street closes in the red as stimulus talks grind on October 19, 2020 Wall Street closed lower this evening as deadlock over a new stimulus package raised concerns that time was running out to agree a deal before the election on 3 November. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.4 per cent, to 28,207, the S&P 500 lost 1.6 per cent to hit 3,427.37 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq [...]
FTSE 100 goes in reverse as sterling strengthened while Covid restrictions increased October 19, 2020 FTSE 100 goes in reverse as sterling strengthened while Covid restrictions increased
Kantar appoints former Heineken bigwig as new chief executive October 19, 2020 Market research giant Kantar has tapped a former Heineken boss as its new chief executive, marking the first major appointment by new owner Bain Capital. Alexis Nasard, who currently leads Swiss shoemaker Bata, will take over as chief executive on 30 December. He previously served as global chief marketing officer at Heineken and worked for [...]
London Metal Exchange ‘Ring’ to remain shut for six more months October 19, 2020 The London Metal Exchange’s (LME) iconic “Ring trading” floor will remain shut for six more months, it was revealed today, raising the prospect of its permanent closure. Since the 1800s, traders at the LME have shouted buy and sell orders for metals while seated around a red curricular sofa but the days of one of [...]
Brexit: EU vows to ‘intensify’ trade talks to get UK back to negotiating table October 19, 2020 EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has said he is available to “intensify” trade talks, in a bid to get the UK back to the negotiating table, just moments before Michael Gove told MPs that Brussels needed to “fundamentally change” if a deal is to be done. Barnier also said the EU would also prepare [...]
Here’s why sport is still a good bet in a recession October 19, 2020 There has been a re-awakening. Have you felt it? If you haven’t quite felt it, you’ll have certainly seen the force with which live sport returned to our screens as professional leagues worked hard to piece together a schedule to meet fans’ desire for relative normality. And boy was the audience growing impatient for it. [...]
More important for US to be right than first on digital currency, says Fed’s Powell October 19, 2020 It is more important for the US to get the development of a cross-border digital currency (CBDC) right than to be first, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said. Speaking to a panel discussion hosted by the International Monetary Fund, Powell said it was vital for the Fed to assess the impact of such a currency [...]
