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Wi-SUN Alliance report shows investment in IoT is critical to remain competitive as organizations face fresh challenges in 2022

Wi-SUN Alliance report shows investment in IoT is critical to remain competitive as organizations face fresh challenges in 2022

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a top IT priority for global organizations for the next 12 months. But while the vast majority (92%) agree that they n..

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Russia promises to scale back Ukraine war but West sceptical

Russia promises to scale back Ukraine war but West sceptical

By Jonathan Spicer and Gleb Garanich ISTANBUL/KYIV OUTSKIRTS/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia promised on Tuesday to scale down military ope..

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Russia promises to scale down operations in northern Ukraine

Russia promises to scale down operations in northern Ukraine

By Jonathan Spicer and Gleb Garanich ISTANBUL/KYIV OUTSKIRTS/MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia promised at peace talks on Tuesday to scale do..

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GumGum Powers into Europe as New Research Shows Consumers Reject Behavioural Ads

GumGum Powers into Europe as New Research Shows Consumers Reject Behavioural Ads

    London, UK 28th March 2022: GumGum, a contextual-first advertising technology company, today signals the next phase in its mission to sh..

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UK’s Sunak, under fire over cost of living, defends his tax cut plans

UK’s Sunak, under fire over cost of living, defends his tax cut plans

LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak on Monday defended the tax cuts he announced last week, after they were widely criticised for n..

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Selling a non-essential product at a time when people are tightening their financial belts.

Selling a non-essential product at a time when people are tightening their financial belts.

  Many small businesses who sell non-essential goods are looking at the looming global price rises and increase in minimum wage costs with a grea..

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EU leaders struggle for deal on energy crunch fix

EU leaders struggle for deal on energy crunch fix

By Sabine Siebold and John Irish BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union leaders struggled on Friday to agree on steps to ease the energy market crunch exa..

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Commodities trading houses help keep Russian oil flowing

Commodities trading houses help keep Russian oil flowing

By Julia Payne LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Commodities traders such as Trafigura and Vitol have helped keep Russia’s oil flowing thr..

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NEAR and SailGP unveil multi-year, global league partnership

NEAR and SailGP unveil multi-year, global league partnership

The groundbreaking sports technology partnership includes DAOs, NFTs and global community activation at SailGP events   SAN FRANCISCO – MARCH 24..

The truth about Bitcoin

The truth about Bitcoin

By Financial Planner and Creator of SpringGen Jenny Madhoo A brief history We’re seeing cryptocurrency everywhere now, and it has manypeople questioni..

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Indefensible’: UK’s Sunak under fire over response to cost of living crisis

Indefensible’: UK’s Sunak under fire over response to cost of living crisis

By William Schomberg and Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak faced broad criticism on Thursday for not giving enough hel..

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CYNERGY BANK GROWS BUSINESS IN NORTH – OVER £135M OF FINANCING IN 2021

CYNERGY BANK GROWS BUSINESS IN NORTH – OVER £135M OF FINANCING IN 2021

  21 March 2022: Cynergy Bank’s North Office celebrates its five-year anniversary by posting record lending volumes for 2021. Opened in May 2017,..

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INVISIBLE MICROPLASTICS FOUND 400 FEET UNDERGROUND IN UK UNDERWATER STREAMS

INVISIBLE MICROPLASTICS FOUND 400 FEET UNDERGROUND IN UK UNDERWATER STREAMS

The largest UK-wide, microplastic citizen science campaign to date, has revealed microplastics present in every UK waterway tested. Plastics were also..

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Nvidia unveils latest chips, technology to speed up AI computing

Nvidia unveils latest chips, technology to speed up AI computing

By Jane Lanhee Lee and Chavi Mehta (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp on Tuesday announced several new chips and technologies that it said will boost the c..

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Making regulation work in Fintech | IFX Payments

Making regulation work in Fintech | IFX Payments

“Upskilling supervisory officers is the answer to making regulation work for the Fintech Industry while safeguarding the integrity of the sector” argu..

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NEW STUDY REVEALS THE BEST DOG-FRIENDLY OFFICE SPACES IN THE UK

NEW STUDY REVEALS THE BEST DOG-FRIENDLY OFFICE SPACES IN THE UK

After a spike in canine companionship during the pandemic, 59% of UK households now own dogs, a 14% increase on pre-Covid numbers. However, now many o..

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Hungary ramps up rate hikes as war stokes inflation risks

Hungary ramps up rate hikes as war stokes inflation risks

By Gergely Szakacs and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The National Bank of Hungary raised its base rate by 100 basis points to 4.4% on Tues..

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EU split on Russia oil sanctions

EU split on Russia oil sanctions

By Sabine Siebold and Ingrid Melander BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign ministers disagreed on Monday on whether and how t..

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Balancing Britain’s energy security options as prices rise

Balancing Britain’s energy security options as prices rise

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is expected to publish its plan next week on how to boost domestic energy supplies to try to tackle spira..

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Life echoes art for Ukraine’s Eurovision refugee

Life echoes art for Ukraine’s Eurovision refugee

By Yesim Dikmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Six years ago Ukrainian singer Jamala conquered Europe with a song about Soviet leader Joseph Stalin’..

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Digital banking in Africa report by BPC highlights challenges and opportunities in Sub-Saharan region where over 50% are unbanked

Digital banking in Africa report by BPC highlights challenges and opportunities in Sub-Saharan region where over 50% are unbanked

London, 17th March 2022: Leading fintech BPC  today announced the launch of a new report that focuses on the regional market environment of Sub-Sahara..

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Bank of England raises rates in 8-1 vote

Bank of England raises rates in 8-1 vote

LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England raised interest rates on Thursday in a bid to keep fast-rising inflation in check but, with the economy f..

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Ukrainian refugees hope for peace, but more expected to flee

Ukrainian refugees hope for peace, but more expected to flee

By Anna Koper and Krisztina Than PRZEMYSL, Poland/BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Thousands more refugees crossed into Eastern Europe on Thursday, many hop..

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Menlo Security report reveals less than three in 10 organizations are equipped to combat the growing wave of web-based cyber threats

Menlo Security report reveals less than three in 10 organizations are equipped to combat the growing wave of web-based cyber threats

Web malware (47 per cent) and ransomware (42 per cent) now top the list of security threats that organizations are most concerned about. Yet despite t..

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Biden to address Zelenskiy appeal, still opposes ‘no fly zone’

Biden to address Zelenskiy appeal, still opposes ‘no fly zone’

By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will announce an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukr..

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New talk of compromise on both sides lifts hope for Russia-Ukraine breakthrough

New talk of compromise on both sides lifts hope for Russia-Ukraine breakthrough

By James Mackenzie and Natalia Zinets KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – New talk of compromise from both Moscow and Kyiv on a status for Ukraine ou..

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impact.com acquires Pressboard, providing publishers with a best-in-class platform for branded content as digital advertising is deprioritised

impact.com acquires Pressboard, providing publishers with a best-in-class platform for branded content as digital advertising is deprioritised

London, UK — March 15, 2022 — impact.com, the world’s leading partnership management platform driving partnerships for more than 2,000 brands, today a..

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POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE BIGGEST BUG BEAR FOR BRITS

POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE BIGGEST BUG BEAR FOR BRITS

∙         New research show we waste an entire month of our life on hold ∙         Eight in ten Brits would stop using a company if their customer ser..

4 Tech Trends That Are Set To Transform The Transport Industry

4 Tech Trends That Are Set To Transform The Transport Industry

The UK’s Transportation and Storage sector is now the eighth-fastest growing sector in the country and the second-ranked sector for business growth in..

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Close to 3 million have fled fighting in Ukraine

Close to 3 million have fled fighting in Ukraine

By Anna Koper and Olimpiu Gheorghiu PRZEMYSL, Poland/PALANCA, Moldova (Reuters) -Nearly three weeks into the war, the number of Ukrainians fleeing abr..

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Symbol of resistance as EU leaders head to Kyiv ‘where history is forged’

Symbol of resistance as EU leaders head to Kyiv ‘where history is forged’

By Pavel Polityuk, Natalia Zinets and Omer Berberoglu LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) – Three European prime ministers rode a train for Kyiv on Tue..

COVID, War and Fed push world stocks down for 4th day

COVID, War and Fed push world stocks down for 4th day

By Tommy Wilkes and Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks fell for a fourth consecutive session on Tuesday as a combination of risin..

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Sterling rebounds after hitting 16-month low

Sterling rebounds after hitting 16-month low

By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound eked out gains against the U.S. dollar on Monday, recovering after falling to a 16-month lo..

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Biden, G7 revoke Russia’s favored nation trading status

Biden, G7 revoke Russia’s favored nation trading status

By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Friday the G7 industrialized nations will revoke Russia’s &..

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Wazoku and Jisc partner to harness the collective brainpower of two million students

Wazoku and Jisc partner to harness the collective brainpower of two million students

  Series of challenges provide students with the chance to work with global business, gain valuable experience and win cash prizes 10 March 2022..

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Russia shifts stance on hospital bombing that sparked world outrage

Russia shifts stance on hospital bombing that sparked world outrage

By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) – Russia shifted its stance over the bombing of a Ukrainian hospital in the city of Mariupol, with a mix of s..

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Exclusive-TikTok nears deal with Oracle to store its data-sources

Exclusive-TikTok nears deal with Oracle to store its data-sources

By Echo Wang and David Shepardson (Reuters) – TikTok is nearing a deal for Oracle Corp to store its U.S. users’ information without its Ch..