A final decision on the wording for the abortion ballot will not be made for several months © Reuters Ireland’s Leo Varadkar bolstered his international credentials as a young modernising leader in… Read More
Monthly Archives: September 2017
Unlikely duo behind multimillion hit facing UK bookmakers
Matt Zarb-Cousin and Derek Webb run the Campaign for Fairer Gambling, which has targeted fixed-odds betting terminals © Charlie Biibby/FT Derek Webb and Matt Zarb-Cousin are not sure who came up with… Read More
Johnson’s Brexit ‘red lines’ undermine May
Theresa May with other EU heads of government at a summit in Tallinn on Friday © EPA Boris Johnson issued a direct challenge to Theresa May over her Brexit strategy last night,… Read More
‘A better future’ – May tries to rally her Conservatives
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will set out plans to build “a road to a better future” for Britain at her Conservative Party conference next week, hoping to head off… Read More
AIG freed from ‘too big to fail’ regulation
US regulators have freed AIG from the shackles of “too big to fail” regulation in a landmark moment that reverses an important part of President Barack Obama’s post-crisis crackdown on big finance…. Read More
Trump meets Fed chair candidates ahead of decision
Donald Trump signalled that he was in the final stages of choosing the next chair of the Federal Reserve, telling reporters on Friday that he had recently had meetings with four candidates… Read More
Macron launches attack on ‘Anglo-Saxon’ tech giants
Emmanuel Macron sais ‘the dominant actors, the Anglo-Saxon ones especially, do not respect the rules’ © AFP Emmanuel Macron hit out at “Anglo-Saxon” technology giants for distorting competition and acting against the… Read More
Aviation regulator CAA says Ryanair ‘capitulates’ to pressure on passengers’ rights
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Britain’s aviation regulator said on Friday that Ryanair (RYA.I) had “capitulated” to pressure to inform passengers hit by flight cancellations of their rights, and would keep pushing the airline… Read More
Clark tells Ofgem to rein in power companies
Business secretary Greg Clark has given the energy regulator Ofgem a final warning to eradicate £1.4bn of “excessive” annual charges by power companies, as the Conservatives embark on a drive to rebuild… Read More
Zarif calls on Europe to save Iran nuclear deal
Iran’s foreign minister has said he expects US President Donald Trump will not uphold a historic nuclear agreement next month, and called on Europeans to step in to protect the deal. Javad… Read More
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