Two months into Liz Truss’s premiership, more than 104,000 people took out mortgages, likely with higher interest rates as a result. By means of Sarah Taaffe-Maguire, Business Reporter @taaffems Wednesday, July 3, 2024 6:17 PM, UK Her time at the top of the Conservative Party ended in memorable fashion just 42 days after she became … Read more
By Colin Fernandez Environmental Correspondent for the Daily Mail 15:01 03 Jul 2024, updated 15:02 03 Jul 2024 Google is emitting more greenhouse gases than ever before, with carbon emissions increasing by 48 percent over the past five years. This is despite the tech giant’s intention to produce net zero emissions by 2030. Google’s latest … Read more
Marks & Spencer is increasing its stock of womenswear in smaller sizes after increased demand left gaps on shelves. Stuart Machin, the chain’s CEO, said that three years ago around a fifth (21%) of items sold from its main seasonal collection were sizes 6 to 10 and that this had now risen to 35% as … Read more
Image caption, Mobile hairdresser Eleni Lewis says fuel prices are taking a large chunk of her turnover Item information Author, Felicity Evans Role, Money Editor June 24, 2024 Updated 39 minutes ago For mobile hairdresser Eleni Lewis, fuel costs are always a priority when planning jobs. The 28-year-old from Pontyates in Carmarthenshire said her £200-a-month … Read more
Google this week reassured that vetting Chrome extensions catches most malicious code, even as it acknowledged that “as with any software, extensions can also pose risks.” Coincidentally, a trio of researchers from Stanford University in the US and the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany have just published a paper on recent data … Read more
Researchers have designed a system that allows robots to record the highest jumps ever recorded. A team from the University of Manchester has developed a design that allows robots to overcome obstacles many times their size. They used a combination of computer simulations, laboratory experiments and mathematical principles. The system helped the team optimize the … Read more
June 17, 2024 TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) has successfully developed a material for CeraCharge, a next-generation solid-state battery with an energy density of 1,000 Wh/L, approximately 100 times greater than the energy density of TDK’s conventional solid-state battery . TDK’s technology aims to provide a solution that can be used in various wearable devices, such as … Read more
Broadband and telecoms giant BT (EE) has warned the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that the mega-merger (here) between rival mobile operators Three UK and Vodafone would trigger a “significant reduction in competition“, which they claim that “finally [result] in higher prices, poorer network quality and reduced incentives to invest.” The merger, which would see … Read more
Last year saw a sharp increase in biennial fixes as people expected interest rates to fall But this year’s interest rate stalemate means five-year rates are back in favor Just as many people fixate for five years as for two years, says real estate agent Those buying a home or taking out a new mortgage … Read more
The result is that even if nominal interest rates fall below the official 2% target in the coming months, as seems likely, they could pick up again later this year. This is already happening in the eurozone, where headline inflation, core inflation and services inflation all rose in May. Although the ECB has cut interest … Read more