Boris Johnson’s attempt to trigger an early general election has failed. Boris Johnson earlier said “there must now be an election on Tuesday October 15” after legislation designed to prevent a no-deal Brexit cleared the Commons. However, his motion did not secure the required support of two-thirds of MPs this evening, with the Commons voting […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States does not want to discuss the U.S. blacklisting of Huawei Technologies with China as the two biggest world economies try to end escalating trade tensions. “It’s a national security concern,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “Huawei is a big concern of […]
Britain’s economy looks to be on track for its first recession since the financial crisis, as growth in the important services sector slows. The closely watched IHS Markit/CIPS UK Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 50.6 in August. Anything above 50 indicates growth, but the latest reading is a drop from July’s 51.4. The […]
THE ghost of Charles Stewart Parnell is haunting the House of Commons on a night of high-drama over Brexit. MPs have clashed heavily over whether it is appropriate for rebels to take control of parliament in a bid to stop a no-deal Brexit on October 31. It fell to the Leader of the House, Jacob […]
British lawmakers have triggered a vote that could allow them to stop Boris Johnson pursuing a “no-deal” Brexit, a challenge that the government warned would prompt UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek an election on Oct. 14. If lawmakers are granted control of the parliamentary business, they will seek on Wednesday to pass a […]
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austrian sensor specialist AMS (AMS.S) (AMS.VI) launched a bid for Germany’s Osram (OSRn.DE) on Tuesday, valuing it at 4.3 billion euros ($4.8 billion) including debt and beating an offer from private equity firms Bain Capital and Carlyle (CG.O). AMS said it had made its 38.50 euros ($42.90) per share offer for Osram […]
The average Brit spends £3,827 a year buying things online, but millions of us are missing out on discounts that could be worth hundreds each. That's according to a new study by Shopper.com, which looked into how people were searching for discounts. Because, while the vast majority of us (86.9%) have used an online coupon […]
Communications group Eir has reported a 10pc increase in earnings to €578m in the 12 months to 30 June. The performance was positively impacted by a 14pc drop in operations costs to €406m. However, revenue at the telecoms group declined by 2pc to €1.2bn, according to annual results from the company. Carolan Lennon, eir chief […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Papua New Guinea will start preliminary hearings on Sept. 19 into the terms of a A$1.2 billion ($810.5 million) loan from Swiss bank UBS (UBSG.S) used for an ill-fated government investment in the gas sector, the inquiry’s chairman said on Monday. The timetable and terms of reference, released for the first time, […]
Emily Morris had close to £600 stolen from her by fraudsters, only for the hearltess scammers to send her an apology card after. The 22-year-old from Rhostyllen, Wrexham, had her Amazon account hacked by criminals, who then went on a three-day spending spree with her money. But she only realised days later, as she'd been […]