Win for Facebook: Judge orders UK competition watchdog to revisit Meta Giphy sale July 18, 2022 Judges have called on the UK competition watchdog to revisit its ruling on the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) ruling that Meta should sell Giphy.
TSSA urges Network Rail to ‘wake up’ after latest pay package proposal falls short of expectations July 12, 2022 TSSA has urged Network Rail to "wake up" following the latest pay offer, which it has slammed as "well below" expectations.
£15,000 NFT purchase for access to private members’ club in the City July 11, 2022 by Eliot Wilson Lockdown was a tough time for private members’ clubs. After all, if your business model is posited on people meeting face-to-face in a physical location, social distancing is social death. Some managed to adapt: the Ivy Club offered online events for members, while the Ned dispatched cocktails to the homes of its [...]
Just Eat and Amazon team up on takeaways in U.S. July 6, 2022 Takeaway giant Just Eat and Amazon have launched a new partnership today to give Amazon Prime members access to free deliveries on order in its U.S. unit Grubhub.
British Gas owner Centrica begins dividend balancing act amid record household energy bills July 3, 2022 British Gas owner Centrica is expected to confirm its post-pandemic rebound with mega profits in its upcoming half-year results last this month.
Buyer beware! The metrics suggest Bitcoin could drop even further June 30, 2022 Crypto AM columnist Dr Chris Kacher warns that, despite Bitcoin's current downturn, there may be further to fall.
Jurassic Park’s sound designer reveals the secret sounds of the dinosaurs June 17, 2022 For sound designer Al Nelson, jobs don’t come much bigger than Jurassic Park. When the technician started out in the industry in the late nineties, one of his first big jobs was The Lost World, Steven Spielberg’s follow-up to Jurassic Park, the film which birthed the seismic dinosaur franchise. In the 25 years since, Nelson [...]
Lightyear review: Enjoyably nostalgic flight from the past June 17, 2022 Just when you thought Hollywood couldn’t find a new way to rehash old material, here comes a new category of film entirely. Lightyear is a spin-off of Toy Story, but one that imagines Buzz Lightyear as a real person. As the film explains in its opening moments, this is the movie that the toy was [...]
Sorry Zuckerberg: UK competition watchdog gets green light for majority of Meta Giphy merger probe June 14, 2022 The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has backed the majority of the UK competition watchdog's probe into Meta's merger with Giphy, causing a mighty blow for the Facebook owner's team.
Truck makers ‘cartel’ to face landmark £2bn opt-in lawsuit over decade long price fixing scheme June 9, 2022 A UK competition tribunal has given a trucking industry trade body the green light to bring forward a more than £2bn opt-in claim against a “cartel” of European truck makers, over allegations they fixed the prices of lorries for more than a decade. The UK’s Road Haulage Association (RHA) trade body’s claim is set to [...]