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29.10 / 13:58

Facebook Google Facebook and Google duck questions about earnings from scam ads

Facebook and Google avoided questions from UK lawmakers about how much money they make from advertisements for unregulated financial products.

29.10 / 10:55

UPS Landmark Fallout NatWest racks up £300m legal bill amid money laundering fallout

NatWest has racked up a legal bill of nearly £300m as it continues to deal with the fallout from a landmark money laundering case.

29.10 / 09:59

Time Australian Macron and Biden to meet in person for first time since Australian submarine crisis

French President Emmanuel Macron and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, will meet in Rome ahead of the G20 summit on Friday as they seek to mend relations following the Australian submarine crisis.

29.10 / 08:09

Mikheil Saakashvili: Jailed Georgia ex-president 'getting weaker every day'

Ukraine's Public Defender Lyudmila Denisova has reported that Georgia's ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili "is getting weaker every day".

29.10 / 02:11

Citi Morrissey: FCA gender reporting rules could act as ‘distraction’ to boardroom diversity

City grandee and diversity champion Baroness Helena Morrissey says proposals from the UK's financial regulator to allow listed firms to report the chosen gender of their employees could act as a “distraction” to achieving boardroom diversity, rather than helping the cause.

28.10 / 22:59

London summons French ambassador over post-Brexit fishing row

London wants to speak with France's ambassador to the UK about an ongoing row over post-Brexit fishing licences.

28.10 / 22:25

News Facebook is rebranding as Meta, says CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Social media giant Facebook is rebranding as Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced.

28.10 / 14:39

Health Businessman found guilty over fatal flight of footballer Emiliano Sala

The businessman who organised the fatal flight of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala has been found guilty of endangering the safety of an aircraft.

28.10 / 14:39

Platform investment platform Investment platform complaints spike in wake of the DIY trading boom

Complaints to the Financial Conduct Authority about investment platforms have jumped more than 100% in the three years to June 2021, according to latest data from the UK markets watchdog.

28.10 / 13:21

COVID-19 Pandemic Support U.K., Canada Lead West in Weaning Economies Off Covid-19 Pandemic Support

LONDON—The U.K. dialed back government stimulus for the fast growing British economy, one of the first big Western economies to step away from the emergency policies put in place to tackle the coronavirus pandemic as concerns over inflation intensify.

28.10 / 12:29

Art LGBT France's fishing row threats are 'disappointing and disproportionate', says UK

France has threatened to impose increased customs checks on goods coming from the United Kingdom from November 2 over an ongoing fishing row.

28.10 / 12:29

Art LGBT Drugs SOLIDARITY 'Girls Night In': UK bars and clubs close in solidarity with anti-spiking boycott

Several bars and nightclubs in the UK have said they are closing on Wednesday to "stand in solidarity" with a nationwide protest at the number of young female clubbers being drugged on nights out – often as a prelude to attempted sexual assault.

28.10 / 11:27

Art LGBT gay rights Australian 'This shouldn't be news': Australian footballer Josh Cavallo comes out as gay

"I'm a footballer and I'm proud to be gay."

28.10 / 07:55

Art Spain presses Algeria to guarantee natural gas supply

For the second time in a month, a Spanish minister met with Algerian officials on Wednesday to guarantee the European country’s supply of natural gas after Algeria closes a pipeline that runs through Morocco this weekend.

28.10 / 02:13

View: Politicians must stop bashing the UK’s banks

How much longer must the banks stay in the sin bin? It is now 13 years since RBS and Lloyds were bailed out by the taxpayer at the height of the financial crisis. Yet they still haven’t been forgiven.

28.10 / 02:09

Financial Investor giants opt for ESG over financial metrics when backing companies

Heavyweight investors are placing greater emphasis on environmental, social and governance factors than they were 12 months ago — a sign that pension funds and other large asset owners are showing a preference for ESG over traditional financial metrics when picking companies in which to invest.

27.10 / 23:55

Art France to return looted treasures to Benin

French President, Emmanuel Macron, was a special guest at a ceremony marking the return of looted artifacts to Benin.

27.10 / 23:55

Art MPs Portugal faces snap elections after MPs reject budget

Portugal's parliament has rejected the proposed state budget for 2022, likely leading to an early election.

27.10 / 19:51

Art Italy’s senate rejects divisive bill aimed at fighting homophobia

Italy's senate voted to reject a bill on Wednesday that would have banned anti-LGBTQ violence and discrimination.

27.10 / 17:15

COST Citi Autumn Budget 2021: What the economic crime levy means for the City and how it will work

The UK government is pushing ahead with a levy designed to tackle the £37bn annual cost of economic crime, much of which stems from money laundering.

27.10 / 17:15

COST UPS blast Bank surcharge cut to cost exchequer £1bn as opponents queue up to blast City

Cutting a tax surcharge on bank profits its set to cost the exchequer £1bn by the financial year ending April 2027, according to costings documents published alongside the UK's Budget on 27 October.

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