President-elect Donald Trump used a photo of himself sitting next to first lady Jill Biden on Sunday to announce a new line of fragrances on his Truth Social app, with the caption: “A scent your enemies can’t resist!” » The fragrance line, called “Fight, Fight, Fight,” includes a men’s cologne and a women’s perfume, each … Read more
Demand for new staff at businesses has fallen to levels seen in 2020 following last month’s budget, according to a survey of major recruitment consultants. A monthly report from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and accountants KPMG suggests the chancellor’s corporate tax raid Rachel Reeves on October 30, employers were forced to “reassess their … Read more
A London-listed marketer backed by Lord Ashcroft, the former Conservative Party treasurer, will this week announce the purchase of a key digital partner for sports properties including the men’s T20 Cricket World Cup. Sky News has learned that Brave Bison, which trades on junior exchange AIM and has a market capitalization of just under £30 … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to impose across-the-board tariffs on goods imported from some allies and adversaries, saying foreign countries would pay those taxes to the U.S. Treasury. But it is American consumers who would open their wallets to pay the customs duties. Correspondent David Pogue speaks with Dartmouth economics professor Doug Irwin about the … Read more
New President Donald Trump has made his feelings on tariffs very clear: “The word ‘tariff’ is the greatest word in the dictionary,” he said. “I think it’s more beautiful than ‘love.’ …I love the prices! …Music to my ears! And what exactly is a tariff? It’s a tax. According to Doug Irwin, an economics professor … Read more
The Guardian’s owner is pushing ahead with the sale of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper to a fledgling digital media company, just hours after scores of journalists went on strike to protest the deal. Guardian Media Group (GMG) and its parent company, Scott Trust, confirmed on Friday that the sale of The Observer to Tortoise … Read more
Amazon secretly excluded two ZIP codes from its fastest delivery service while charging nearly 50,000 Prime members who live in the area the full price of its Prime membership, the District of Columbia attorney general claims in a filing Wednesday. Amazon violated consumer protection laws by stopping its fastest delivery service to the two historically … Read more
The UK’s biggest water supplier has received another offer, despite declaring itself ‘non-investable’. The latest bid for Thames Water came from infrastructure investor Covalis Capital, which would use French utility Suez, the company confirmed on Friday morning. If agreed, the supplier could be split into smaller companies, the Financial Times reported, and Suez would be … Read more
One of the UK’s biggest insurers could become even bigger as Direct Line looks set to accept a sweetened £3.61bn takeover offer from Aviva. This is not the first time Aviva has attempted to buy Direct Line, which includes the Churchill and Privilege brands. Last month was £3.3bn bid was rejected for being “highly opportunistic” … Read more
Harland & Wolff (H&W), the owner of the shipyard that built the Titanic, is close to reaching a government-backed rescue deal with a Spanish shipping industry group. Sky News can reveal that Navantia has won approval from Downing Street to acquire H&W’s four UK shipyards in a deal which could be formally agreed as early … Read more