Channel 4 condemns government for “prolonged uncertainty” over privatisation May 10, 2016 Channel 4's chairman has described the “prolonged uncertainty” around the potential privatisation of the broadcaster as “not helpful”. The government has been considering whether to sell off the channel since last summer. Reports today suggested a partial privatisation is now on the cards along with the channel being moved outside of London. Read more: Channel 4 posts record [...]
Before the bell: What you need to know before the US market open May 10, 2016 Stock futures in the US are up on the back of a good day in Asia and a strong start across Europe. The S&P is up by 0.34 per cent, while the Nasdaq is up by 2.5 per cent. The Dow has added 0.35 per cent in the pre-market. The day's big news so far Germany's current [...]
Post Office apologises after major glitch shuts down counter services across the country May 9, 2016 A major technical glitch meant thousands of people were turned away at Post Office branches around the country today. Customers hoping to pay bills, post packages or collect benefits claimed the outage was affecting branches nationwide, with many saying they had tried a number of branches before giving up, but the group insisted it was only [...]
NHS fined £180k for data breach that leaked HIV clinic patient identities May 9, 2016 The NHS has been fined thousands of pounds for revealing the identities of hundreds of patients of a London HIV clinic because of an email error. A newsletter from a sexual health clinic in Soho was sent out to more than 700 users of an HIV service last year with patient email addresses and full [...]
How the US passport rule changes affect you, and what you can do about it May 6, 2016 While we were all preoccupied by the elections – both over here and across the pond – the US government only went and made a crucial change to its passport rules. As of 1 April 2016, those travelling from the UK to the US who don't want to apply for a visa because they'll only [...]
Derwent London signs up credit card giant to White Collar Factory as first quarter lettings jump May 5, 2016 Derwent London said it has let two more floors at its White Collar Factory scheme in east London to credit card company Capital One. The announcement comes as the developer shrugs off uncertainty in the market to post a strong quarterly update. FTSE 250 constituent Derwent said Capital One has pre-let 29,500 square feet in the scheme's 16-storey tower [...]
Millions of Gmail, Yahoo and Microsoft email accounts sold to Russian underworld May 4, 2016 Over 270m email accounts have been hacked and sold to Russian underworld, a security expert has claimed. While a majority of stolen usernames and passwords belonged to popular Russian email service Mail.ru, credentials for some of the world's biggest email providers were also compromised. Of the 272.3m stolen accounts, nearly 40m addresses belonged to Yahoo, [...]
I would trust Google’s DeepMind with my personal data more than the NHS May 4, 2016 The NHS is not a data company. Google's pretty good with that kind of thing. No wonder, then that the millions of pieces of information the health service has amassed about the nation's wellbeing – from admission times to blood tests – is being shared with the company in pursuit of the shared and very human [...]
Time Warner picks up a boost from HBO’s Game of Thrones and Turner Broadcasting, sending the share price higher May 4, 2016 US media giant Time Warner, which counts channels HBO and CNN as assets, has posted slightly better-than-expected revenue figures for the first quarter, up 2.5 per cent year-on-year. Time Warner's cable channel Home Box Office (HBO), that last month began airing the latest instalment of the popular Game of Thrones series, and its Turner Broadcasting unit both pulled [...]
Paddy Power Betfair lost big at the Cheltenham Festival but posts healthy growth in first quarter financial results May 4, 2016 Newly-merged Paddy Power Betfair's share price has fallen over three per cent after the company posted its first quarter revenues this morning, as the company was hit by "adverse" sales results following a harrowing Cheltenham festival. The figures Paddy Power Betfair's revenues were up 16 per cent to £339m across all four of the company's divisions: online, [...]