US-based game developer Valve Corporation that created Half-Life and Team Fortress is facing a £656m class action in London for allegedly overcharging 14 million PC gamers in the UK. The …
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The Notebook: I broke the class ceiling, but the City still has a long way to go
Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, Louise Watkins, head of risk strategy and co-chair of the Social Mobility Network at Blackrock, takes the pen to talk …
Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Aldi: Who owns Britain’s biggest supermarkets after Asda takeover?
The ownership of one of Britain’s best known supermarkets has been thrust back into the spotlight in recent days after the news that Asda will become majority owned by a …
City reveals new strategy to ‘retain and enhance’ small business growth in the Square Mile
As part of the City’s latest efforts to boost small business productivity, the City of London Corporation has revealed its first-ever small and medium-sized (SME) business plans for the Square …
China’s consumer inflation steady, factory prices dip in May
China’s consumer inflation remained stable in May, while the decline in producer prices showed signs of easing, indicating sluggish demand amid a prolonged property downturn in the world’s second-largest economy. …
FTSE 100 today: London markets eye UK GDP for direction; US Fed policy decision key
Moving markets today: Asia unfazed as Wall Street hits record highs; Apple shares soar, oil prices rise, China’s consumer inflation stable. Focus on UK GDP, Fed interest rate decision, and …
Tory manifesto? More drive to survive than revved up ambition
Those strategists who cooked up the idea of launching the Conservative manifesto at a Formula One venue no doubt had visions of Rishi Sunak putting some forward momentum in his …
Child benefit changes just move distortions higher up the income scale
Tory plans to change the threshold at which a household loses child benefit won’t fix the fact that some two-child families face a marginal tax rate of 73 per cent, …
Barmy Army boss: England can still win T20 Cricket World Cup
Chris Millard, the managing director of England cricket’s Barmy Army, is standing next to the 9/11 World Trade Centre memorial in the heart of New York City watching India beat …
Buttler: England cannot be consumed by World Cup permutations
England cricket captain Jos Buttler has said that his side must not be “consumed” by permutations as the defending T20 Cricket World Cup champions face being dumped from the competition. …