Sunday, March 31, 2019

China economy: Manufacturing sector returns to growth in March

Two separate surveys showed a surprise jump in Chinese manufacturing activity last month.

Minimum wage rates rise, but bills go up too

Two million UK workers on minimum wages receive a pay rise - but household bills have also increased.

Automatic compensation for broadband users goes live

Five UK broadband and landline providers will now compensate users when services do not work.

Small firms face a series of new costs from Monday

The Federation of Small Business criticise a series of new costs facing firms from this week.

Natalia Fileva: Russia airline co-owner dies in private jet crash

Natalia Fileva, one of Russia's richest women and S7's major shareholder, dies in a German air crash.

'Taking big, scary decisions is critical'

"Taking scary decisions is critical", says James Dawson who junked his existing teas to start again.

Labour plans national bank using Post Office network

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says the proposed Post Bank would protect community banking.

Saudi Arabia 'hacked Amazon boss's phone', says investigator

An investigator working for Jeff Bezos says Saudi Arabia accessed data on the Amazon boss's phone.

Mark Zuckerberg asks governments to help control internet content

Mark Zuckerberg writes an open letter calling for new laws to monitor internet content.

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Lyft, Uber, Pinterest: Are internet unicorns really worth billions?

Lyft is the first tech company to float this year but the $24bn business is yet to make profit.