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Amazon's Drone Delivery Service To Extend To UK And Italy
Thursday, October 19, 2023 - 4:28am | 551Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has plans to extend its drone delivery service to Britain and Italy by late next year. As reported by Barron’s, the e-commerce giant, based in Seattle, also announced its intention to broaden drone delivery to a third U.S. state....
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EU Is Not Sure About Britain's AI Summit: To Attend Or Not To Attend, That Is The Question
Saturday, September 23, 2023 - 12:30am | 678The European Union is contemplating participating in an artificial intelligence safety summit in the U.K. that is scheduled for November. In a developing situation, the European Union, or EU, is reportedly contemplating participating in the forthcoming artificial intelligence safety summit in the U...
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Global Leaders To Discuss AI Impact On Peace And Security at UNSC Meeting
Monday, July 17, 2023 - 4:25am | 423The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will hold its first formal discussion on artificial intelligence (AI) this week, with Britain leading the call for an international dialogue on its impact on global peace and security. What Happened: The U.N.S.C. is set to discuss the implications of AI on...
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Boris Johnson Set To Release 'Bombshell' Evidence To Exonerate Him From 'Partygate' Scandal
Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 8:42pm | 474According to sources close to Boris Johnson, the former prime minister's legal team is preparing to present new evidence that they believe will clear him of any wrongdoing in the ongoing Partygate scandal. The evidence, which his allies are calling a "bombshell defence dossier," reportedly includes...
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Amazon-backed UK Food Delivery Firm Deliveroo To Offer $69 Million Worth Of Shares To Customers
Sunday, March 7, 2021 - 11:33am | 269British online food delivery company Deliveroo has announced that it will make 50 million pounds', or $69 million, worth of shares available to its customers in its upcoming IPO. What Happened: The Amazon-backed food delivery service said customers who had placed an order with...
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'Liquidity Jumping': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, December 13, 2020 - 6:35pm | 1495The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: After auctioning to new all-time highs, U.S. index futures moved back into balance. Remember This: “With Global Liquidity jumping by some US $20 trillion in 2020, or some 25% of World GDP, there is a lot to spend... Consider that following the 1930s...
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'The Third Wave': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, December 6, 2020 - 7:15pm | 1183The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: In light of hopes for a sustained economic rebound, U.S. broad market indices pushed to new all-time highs. Remember This: “[T]he third wave is now hitting the economy harder than we thought and that the damage is likely to keep adding up in coming...
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Fintech Focus For October 12, 2020
Sunday, October 11, 2020 - 8:33pm | 1989Quote Of The Day: The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. - Tony Robbins Fintech Movers: The Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, the research and development wing of the United States Department of Homeland Security, has given close to a million dollars to five blockchain...
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Fintech Focus For September 23, 2020
Tuesday, September 22, 2020 - 5:39pm | 2196Quote Of The Day: Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. - Francis Bacon Fintech Movers: Consumers continue to reject legacy banking bill-paying platforms, which are perceived as inefficient. In most cases, they prefer making payments directly to service providers. - BillGO One Finance...
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New ID Will Help 1 Million Britons Avoid Arrest For Cannabis
Monday, September 14, 2020 - 10:16am | 1111This article was originally published on The Cannigma, and appears here with permission. More than a million Britons using medical marijuana may be eligible for a card that will protect them from being arrested by police, beginning as early as November 1st. The CanCard is a...
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Honda Confirms Swindon Plant Closure
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 11:57am | 459Honda has confirmed that it will close its Swindon car plant in 2021 along with a smaller plant in Turkey, with the loss of 3,500 jobs in the British factory. However, up to four times as many jobs at companies that supply the Honda facility will likely be lost, including transport and logistics...
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Approval Of The Fox/Sky Transaction Likely Despite UK Regulator Stalling, Says Rosenblatt
Friday, June 30, 2017 - 8:22am | 405Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ: FOXA) already owns a 39-percent stake in the British-based satellite broadcaster Sky, but his quest to acquire the remaining 61 percent has now stalled. Fox's £11.7 billion deal to acquire the remaining stake in Sky is now being questioned by...
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Were Surprising Election Results In Britain And France A Backlash Against Populism?
Monday, June 12, 2017 - 4:20pm | 847A clear victory for the centrists in France and the stunning loss of a legislative majority by the right in Britain begs the question: Is there a backlash to the populism that put President Donald Trump in power and influences politics through much of the democratic world? In a word, maybe. It does...
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British Pound Falls Ahead Of Next Week's Election
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - 8:55am | 368The British pound fell on Wednesday and is trading a near a one-month low of $1.2775 amid political uncertainty across the pond. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May shocked the political landscape in April when she called for an early election in June 2017. May's Conservative party holds a majority of...
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Why Britain's NHS Is Great, Despite Its Dire Financial Situation
Saturday, July 30, 2016 - 4:39pm | 468Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) recently turned 68 years old, and, in spite of its bleak financial situation, the Independent’s Indie 100 shared 11 reasons to celebrate the birthday of the oldest single-payer healthcare system in the world. Top 11 Reasons To Applaud NHS Every...