Competition watchdog green lights Sony Music’s £328m snap up of AWAL March 16, 2022 The UK competition watchdog has cleared Sony Music's $430m (£328m) acquisition of emerging music distributor AWAL.
Contactless payment value soars after limit is loosened March 16, 2022 The average contactless payment has surged almost 30 per cent in value in the past six months after the limit on payments was hiked from £45 to £100 in October.
Free at last: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to return to UK March 16, 2022 Talks to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe have made a breakthrough with the British-Iranian national on her way home to the UK.
Big Four auditors EY, KPMG, Deloitte and PwC face SEC probe over conflicts-of-interest March 16, 2022 The US watchdog tasked with regulating financial markets has launched an investigation into potential conflicts of interest in the Big Four accountancy companies. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has set up a probe into whether the Big Four’s businesses selling consulting and non-audit services undermine their ability to provide objective and independent audits, [...]
IEA warns of supply deficits with Russian oil isolated from global markets March 16, 2022 The world is set for a supply deficit of 700,000 barrels per day in the second quarter of this year, according to the IEA.
Met officers deny offensive WhatsApp messages with murderer Wayne Couzens March 16, 2022 Two serving Met police constables and an ex-officer have denied sharing grossly offensive WhatsApp messages with Sarah Everard's murderer Wayne Couzens.
Weekend tube numbers continue to grow, reaching 85 per cent of pre-pandemic levels March 16, 2022 Weekend tube ridership continues to grow, reaching more than 80 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, figures from Transport for London (TfL) showed today. According to the data, numbers on 12 March were at 85 per cent of 2019 levels, with more touristic stations such as Tower Hill, Westminster and Waterloo seeing similar levels of demand [...]
Long way to go: Hong Kong Covid-19 spiral appears to have peaked, says Lam March 16, 2022 Hong Kong’s Covid-19 spiral appears to have peaked, but there remains a long way to go for the finance hub as it ushers in extra medics from the mainland. The city of 7.4m people reported 29,272 new infections on Wednesday, and recorded 217deaths, compared with 228 in the previous 24 hours. Hong Kong leader [...]
Binance handed Dubai licence days after Bahrain green light March 16, 2022 Binance has today been granted a Virtual Asset Licence to enable it to operate within Dubai’s ‘test-adapt-scale’ virtual asset market model as a base for expansion into the region.
Pubs hope to sell 14 million pints as St Patrick Day celebrations return March 16, 2022 Pubs are anticipated to pull some 14 million pints tomorrow on the first St Patrick’s Day unmarred by Covid guidance in two years. The estimation comes from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA), who encouraged punters to support their local on Thursday. Venues lost out on an estimated £54m on St Patrick’s Day last [...]
