Domino’s Pizza sells one pizza every 12 seconds, but ‘growing pains’ take a slice out of profits January 29, 2019 Domino's Pizza emerged as an unlikely competitor to the traditional turkey, stuffing and pigs in blankets over the festive period, with the chain selling a pizza every 12 seconds in the run-up to Christmas. But despite this, the fast food giant's shares were down nine per cent this morning as it admitted European growing pains [...]
US Treasury lifts sanctions on aluminium and power firms linked to Putin ally Deripaska January 28, 2019 The US treasury has lifted sanctions on three companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska – an ally of President Vladimir Putin – despite efforts by Democrats to maintain trade restrictions on the companies. Aluminium giant Rusal, En+ Group and power firm JSC EuroSibEnergo are beneficiaries of the department’s decision to lift restrictions, after Republicans [...]
UK will recognise Guaido unless Venezuela holds new elections – foreign secretary Hunt January 26, 2019 Britain has become the latest western nation to throw its weight behind Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Guaido as pressure increases on President Nicolas Maduro. The UK will recognise Guaido as president unless new elections are called within eight days, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said. Read more: Corbyn hosts Venezuelan diplomat in parliament as anti-Maduro protests erupt [...]
Shutdown back down: Trump faces backlash from conservatives as government reopens without border wall funding January 26, 2019 US President Donald Trump faced criticism from disappointed supporters last night as he announced a deal which would allow government employees back to work. A 35-day impasse over funding for Trump’s much-touted wall to run across the southern border with Mexico. Read more: Trump orders thousands of employees back to work during government shutdown The $5.7bn [...]
Chasing global uncertainties with an active toddler is not easy January 22, 2019 You know you are a “Brexhausted” mother when you spend your day (and sometimes nights) chasing Brexit madness and the rest of the time chasing a super-active toddler. At least my toddler is starting to understand when I say “I think we are done for today, it’s time to go to bed”. While that’s been [...]
Public trust in Putin falls to new low as disposable income falls, new figures show January 21, 2019 Public trust in President Vladimir Putin has fallen to its lowest level in 13 years as Russians contend with new taxes and a sluggish economy. Confidence in Putin fell to 33.4 per cent last week, down more than 30 percentage points since its high in 2015 after the annexation of Crimea, according to state-owned polling [...]
29 reasons not to invest in the stock market January 21, 2019 Wars, disasters, economic strife and political instability have been persistent themes over the last three decades and they can affect people’s attitude towards investing. In many cases they make an already tough decision to part with your money and invest even harder, leading some to not invest at all. Behavioural scientists have a name for [...]
Flawed cyber insurance policies could lead to years of litigation January 17, 2019 The majority of cyber insurance policies on the market are riddled with flaws and may not pay out in the event of a data breach or hack, according to new research. A review by insurance governance company Mactavish of dozens of off-the-shelf cyber policies identified a litany of flaws. Mactavish chief executive Bruce Hepburn said: [...]
Bank of England in ‘regular discussion’ with Treasury over no-deal Brexit powers January 16, 2019 The Bank of England is in regular discussions with the Treasury over “no deal powers” to ensure financial stability if Britain leaves the EU on 29 March. The bank’s governor Mark Carney told the Treasury Select Committee it needed more regulatory powers by the end of March in order to protect financial firms in the [...]
Russia denies ‘rubbing hands with glee’ at Brexit uncertainty after May’s deal rejected by parliament January 16, 2019 Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has denied his government is rubbing its hands with glee at Britain’s turmoil over the terms of Brexit. Lavrov said Russia actually prefers a united European Union to a news conference earlier today. Read more: Russia detains American on spying charges in Moscow “We won’t and aren’t saying anything about Brexit, [...]