Money matters – Financial literacy: A vaccine for life July 12, 2022 Could a double dose of financial literacy combined with experience help households make more rational financial decisions? What can be done to enable households to make more rational financial decisions? In the wise words of Warren Buffet, one of the greatest investors of all time, invest in yourself by accessing the latest financial education for [...]
Rishi, Penny, Kemi or Jeremy: Meet the Tory leadership runners and riders fighting to replace Boris Johnson July 12, 2022 The Tory leadership race gained momentum over the weekend, with opening gambits coming thick and fast from candidates across almost every wing of the party. Rishi Sunak, who wasted no time on Friday in publicly stating an intention to stand, remains an early favourite. But a host of hopefuls, including Nadhim Zahawi, Grant Shapps and [...]
Thor: Love and Thunder is a fun romp but this franchise is getting old July 9, 2022 Despite eight Marvel Cinematic Universe titles planned for this year (three films, five TV shows plus specials), audiences show no sign of superhero fatigue. May’s Doctor Strange is the second highest grossing release of the year, while Moon Knight and Ms Marvel have introduced new facets to the entertainment juggernaut. Can Taika Waititi, the man [...]
How I (finally) got into crypto, 50 years on July 8, 2022 Crypto AM's Monty Munford goes back through time to take a look at how he first got into crypto.
Eyes on Eugene as gamble on host could impact future of World Championships July 7, 2022 Next week, World Athletics will discover whether its bold gamble on the future of the World Championships might just pay off. A boutique venue in the third biggest city in the 27th largest state in the United States is a radical departure from the editions that have gone before. But it’s no coincidence that Eugene, [...]
The bloodletting of Boris Johnson was a question of quitting before or after midday July 7, 2022 Whoever created the term the “Great Resignation” had likely not planned to be a soothsayer for Boris Johnson’s government but, if there are still any staff left in No10 this morning, they should offer their services as a superforecaster. Yesterday, five cabinet ministers resigned in one go, on one piece of paper, and that was [...]
Camelot’s National Lottery damages claim could drain £600m out of good causes says Gambling Commission June 30, 2022 Gambling Commission Chair Andrew Rhodes has admitted that damages for the National Lottery competition process may come from good causes, potentially sucking £600m from sports and arts funding. It comes after the High Court found in favour of the gambling regulator after the Camelot chief executive Sir Nigel Railton launched legal action claiming the body had [...]
DeFi-ing the rules: five opportunities and five risks of decentralised finance June 29, 2022 In the Star Wars universe, the Force is a mystic energy field generated by living beings that binds the galaxy together. The ability to wield the Force gives Jedi Knights their superhuman abilities, making them peacekeepers of the galaxy. But how powerful would the Jedi be if every ‘transaction’ that used the Force had to [...]
Does pollution pay? It might do unless we develop legal remedies for greenwashing June 24, 2022 Greenwashing has become prevalent as sustainability shot to popularity. But there's few ways to deal with it.
Morrisons mulls sale of warehouses and fisheries in £600m deal June 12, 2022 Morrisons’ private equity owner is scouting for a buyer for its estate of warehouses, fisheries and food manufacturing hubs in a sale worth more than £600m. The New York private equity titan is mulling a sale-and-leaseback transaction in an endeavour to power returns from its £7bn takeover of the British grocer, according to a report [...]