Giffgaff fined £1.4m by Ofcom for overcharging mobile customers July 30, 2019 Mobile phone company Giffgaff was fined £1.4m by watchdog Ofcom today for overcharging customers. An Ofcom investigation found that an error in Giffgaff’s billing system led to around 2.6m customers being overcharged a total of almost £2.9m. Read more: Russia threatens retaliation against British media after RT fine Giffgaff is owned by Telefonica UK which [...]
Russia threatens retaliation against British media after RT fine July 26, 2019 Russia has warned UK media working in Russia that they will face consequences after Ofcom handed down a £200,000 fine to broadcaster RT. In a statement, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it viewed the penalty as “part of an anti-Russian campaign designed to restrict the activities of Russian media in Britain”. Read more: RT [...]
Golf clubs, cash and Russia: Trump makes speech in front of doctored seal July 26, 2019 When President Trump came to the stage before an adoring crowd of young Conservatives he was beaming, oblivious to the presidential seal that was sending him up. Trump was speaking at a summit for Turning Point USA – a young conservative political action group – earlier this week. An introductory video had been shown, one [...]
RT fined £200,000 for impartiality breach over Salisbury poisoning coverage July 26, 2019 Russian broadcaster RT has been fined £200,000 by Ofcom over “serious failures” to comply with impartiality rules. Read more: RT broke broadcasting rules on impartiality, says Ofcom The regulator said RT – formerly known as Russia Today – had breached requirements for broadcast news to be presented with due impartiality in seven programmes that covered [...]
Space, the investment frontier: The companies that are reaching for the stars July 24, 2019 When Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon 50 years ago, space was the exclusive domain of two superpowers. Now it has become perhaps the ultimate competitive arena for two tech giants — not to mention a host of other private enterprises that see untold promise and profits in reaching for [...]
DEBATE: Has any technological development in the last 50 years matched the magnitude of the moon landing? July 19, 2019 Has any technological development in the last 50 years matched the magnitude of the moon landing? Ivan Mazour, chief executive and founder of AI-powered customer retention platform Ometria, says YES. When asked about the greatest innovation of the past century, would many of us point to the moon landing? A feat remarkable, yes, but unrepeated [...]
Kazakh billionaire Kenes Rakishev sells massive stake in Petropavlovsk July 16, 2019 The biggest investor in London-listed miner Petropavlovsk has sold his 22 per cent stake in the company as he tries to raise money for other projects. Kenes Rakishev, a Kazakh billionaire, said he was selling the stake for commercial reasons. It was bought by Roman Trotsenko, a Russian billionaire with investments in airports and mining, [...]
Liberalism is not dead, but it is far sicker than you realise July 15, 2019 Vladimir Putin declared liberalism obsolete
Oil and gas companies have no reason to fear divestment July 11, 2019 Petrol heads pay good money at the pumps
Investors forecast returns of 10.7% – millennials expect more July 10, 2019 Investors expect total annual returns of 10.7 per cent over the next five years, according to a major new global study. Regionally, returns expectations were highest in the Americas, at 12.4 per cent. In Asia, investors expect 11.5 per cent and the figure was lowest in Europe at 9.0 per cent. The returns include growth [...]