Ashtead equipment firm to move stock listing to US in blow for UK
Ashtead Equipment hire giant Ashtead plans to move its primary stock market listing to the US in a fresh blow to the London Stock Exchange. It said the US was a “natural long
Cost of average UK Christmas dinner rises by 6.5%, says Kantar; Ashtead to move listi
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature UK shows some progress on clinical trials – ABPI More clinical trials – where new medicines are tested on
Royal London in talks to buy Thames super-sewer investor Dalmore
One of Britain’s leading financial mutuals is in talks to buy Dalmore Capital, the infrastructure investor which owns a stake in the Thames ‘super sewer’. Sky News has learnt that Royal London is
Column: With final report on pandemic, House GOP fully embraces COVID conspiracy-mong
Over the last two years, the Republican-dominated House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic conducted 38 interviews and depositions, held 25 hearings and meetings, and examined more than 1 million pages of documents.
A day without Mexicans in Mammoth? Locals mull how to get a message to Trump
MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif. — If all the service workers born in Mexico stayed home from their jobs for just one day in this thriving resort town perched high in California’s Sierra Nevada, the
‘We’re absolutely in panic mode’: Toymakers are bracing for Trump&#
These plastic toys were manufactured in Michigan by American Plastic Toys. But most toys sold in the U.S. are imported and could be subject to tariffs in the incoming Trump administration. Johannes Eisele/AFP
Shell and Greenpeace settle climate protest case
Shell and the environmental campaign group Greenpeace have settled a multimillion-pound lawsuit brought over an at-sea protest. The oil firm brought the case, described by Greenpeace as an act of “intimidation”, in London
Examining President Biden’s major economic accomplishments
NPR’s A Martinez speaks with Lael Brainard, director of the National Economic Council, about President Biden’s economic legacy. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: When President Biden took office in January 2021, the economy he inherited
A phone company developed an AI ‘granny’ to beat scammers at their own ga
A screenshot of the AI-generated “Daisy” — a new program launched by British phone company O2 to combat phone scams. Screenshot captured by NPR/O2 hide caption toggle caption Screenshot captured by NPR/O2 British
Luigi Mangione contests extradition in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing on Tuesday in Hollidaysburg, Pa. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Luigi Mangione, the