Uncategorized

Uncategorized

Coca-Cola raises revenue forecast as demand rebounds on reopening boost

Coca-Cola raises revenue forecast as demand rebounds on reopening boost

(Reuters) – Coca-Cola Co raised its full-year sales and profit forecasts on Wednesday, as demand bounces back from pandemic lows for its beverag..

Uncategorized

Vaccine deserts: The poor nations trailing in the fight against COVID-19

Vaccine deserts: The poor nations trailing in the fight against COVID-19

By Nita Bhalla and Anastasia Moloney NAIROBI/BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – At a private hospital in Burundi’s capital, emergency s..

Uncategorized

Netflix’s gaming foray will cost time and money – Wall St

Netflix’s gaming foray will cost time and money – Wall St

By Nivedita Balu and Akanksha Rana (Reuters) – Wall Street analysts welcomed Netflix’s planned plunge into mobile gaming on Wednesday, cal..

Uncategorized

Dollar demand persists even as stocks recover

Dollar demand persists even as stocks recover

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Currency markets still showed signs of caution on Wednesday, with the safe haven dollar touching its hi..

Uncategorized

Eyeing IPO, Volvo Cars to take full control of its Chinese business

Eyeing IPO, Volvo Cars to take full control of its Chinese business

By Niklas Pollard and Yilei Sun STOCKHOLM/BEIJING (Reuters) -Volvo Cars has struck a deal to buy out parent company Zhejiang Geely Holding from their ..

Uncategorized

Germany sets out flood relief funding, hopes of finding survivors fade

Germany sets out flood relief funding, hopes of finding survivors fade

By Kirsti Knolle and Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) -A relief official dampened hopes on Wednesday of finding more survivors in the rubble of village..

Uncategorized

SoftBank’s robotics ambitions short circuit as Pepper loses power

SoftBank’s robotics ambitions short circuit as Pepper loses power

By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) -When SoftBank Group Corp’s CEO Masayoshi Son unveiled the wide-eyed android Pepper in 2014, he painted a vision, ..

Uncategorized

Oil retreats on surprise rise in U.S. stocks, weakening demand outlook

Oil retreats on surprise rise in U.S. stocks, weakening demand outlook

By Sonali Paul and Roslan Khasawneh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Wednesday after an industry report showed an unexpected build-up in U.S. o..

Uncategorized

Lehman Brothers trader to fintech billionaire: Revolut’s Nikolay Storonsky

Lehman Brothers trader to fintech billionaire: Revolut’s Nikolay Storonsky

LONDON (Reuters) – British-based banking app Revolut’s latest $33 billion valuation, achieved after a fresh funding round, has likely made..

Stocks on worst run in 18-months amid global COVID-19 surge

Stocks on worst run in 18-months amid global COVID-19 surge

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Risk-aversion ruled on Monday as a surge in worldwide coronavirus cases drove down bond yields and left stocks ..

British pound drops as investors seek safety on ‘Freedom Day’

British pound drops as investors seek safety on ‘Freedom Day’

LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling fell to a three-month low on Monday even as most COVID-19 restrictions in England were lifted, as a cautious tone in..

Uncategorized

Inflation and the Bank of England: what its rate-setters are saying

Inflation and the Bank of England: what its rate-setters are saying

LONDON (Reuters) – Some Bank of England officials say the time is approaching for action to fend off higher inflation as Britain reopens its eco..

Uncategorized

Risk FX retreat catapults dollar to 3-month top as reflation doubts reemerge

Risk FX retreat catapults dollar to 3-month top as reflation doubts reemerge

By Ritvik Carvalho LONDON (Reuters) – Currencies such as the Australian dollar, the Canadian dollar, Norway’s crown and Britain’s po..

Uncategorized

UK says it and allies blame Chinese-backed actors for Microsoft hacking

UK says it and allies blame Chinese-backed actors for Microsoft hacking

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Monday that it and its partners held Chinese state-backed groups responsible for “a pervasive pattern o..

Uncategorized

Bill Ackman rejigs Universal deal after regulators probe SPAC plan

Bill Ackman rejigs Universal deal after regulators probe SPAC plan

(Refiles to read “have experienced”, paragraph 4) PARIS (Reuters) -Billionaire investor Bill Ackman will buy up to 10% of Vivendi’s ..

Uncategorized

Social Media Innovations in 2021

Social Media Innovations in 2021

By: Harvey Morton, Digital Expert and Founder of www.harveymorton.digital Writing about social media trends is a dangerous business. The trends come a..

Uncategorized

How A/B testing can improve customer service and drive acquisition

How A/B testing can improve customer service and drive acquisition

Christi Alvarez; Growth Strategist; Cro Metrics It was the French philosopher, Emile Chartier who said; “Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when i..

SEO and marketing. One and the same.

SEO and marketing. One and the same.

By: Natalie Weaving There isn’t a year gone by when I haven’t heard SEO is dead. The funny thing about that is that it is not..

How to launch a new brand that delivers purpose

How to launch a new brand that delivers purpose

By: Mieke Evans, Senior Account Manager at sport for social impact consultancy thinkBeyond, explores the best ways for new brands to incor..

Uncategorized

Research from EPOS reveals a huge disparity about the return to the office

Research from EPOS reveals a huge disparity about the return to the office

53% of bosses expect employees to work more from the office, compared with 26% of employees Copenhagen, Denmark – June, 2021 As hybrid working pattern..

Uncategorized

IS IT GAME OVER FOR OFFICE WORKPLACES?

IS IT GAME OVER FOR OFFICE WORKPLACES?

While most UK home workers say they are as productive or more productive working at home as they are in the office (63 per cent), only 39 per cent of ..

Uncategorized

“Creative courage” is the go-to strategy for tech marketers in a post-pandemic age, Shaped By study reveals

“Creative courage” is the go-to strategy for tech marketers in a post-pandemic age, Shaped By study reveals

30 June 2021 “Creative courage” is the go-to strategy for tech marketers in a post-pandemic age, study reveals. New Shaped By study of over 200 senior..

Uncategorized

IT DEPARTMENTS GETTING A BAD RAP OVER REMOTE WORKING

IT DEPARTMENTS GETTING A BAD RAP OVER REMOTE WORKING

New research shows 7 in 10 UK employees dread contacting their IT department for support –   JULY 2021, LONDON, UK: Research investigating how ..

Uncategorized

Remote working during COVID: a successful social experiment

Remote working during COVID: a successful social experiment

By: Trisha Manda   As I’m writing this article, sitting in my living-room-turned-study, I wonder how different our work culture would have been t..

How to Maintain Positive Psychology while Trading

How to Maintain Positive Psychology while Trading

By Patrick Reid, co-founder of the AdamisPrinciple.com  Trading can be a brutal and unforgiving health hazard. If you search on the internet there are..

Uncategorized

RationalFX drives customer acquisition with RegTech platform from TruNarrative

RationalFX drives customer acquisition with RegTech platform from TruNarrative

Leading Foreign exchange and Payment firm chooses RegTech platform to deliver a frictionless customer journey and reduce onboarding time to under 5 mi..

Uncategorized

E-commerce: Stop reinventing the shopping cart

E-commerce: Stop reinventing the shopping cart

By, Udo Rauch, Chief Sales Director, Emporix Online shopping is more competitive than ever, yet many companies spend large portions of their budget ju..

Uncategorized

Preparing for Life After COVID-19: Post-Pandemic Automation

Preparing for Life After COVID-19: Post-Pandemic Automation

By Adrian Ewer, VP, financial services, EMEA, Blue Prism Along with ‘you’re on mute’ one of the most used terms throughout the pandemic is digital acc..

Uncategorized

Oil edges up but on track for big weekly drop on supply concerns

Oil edges up but on track for big weekly drop on supply concerns

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil edged up after turning positive in volatile trade on Friday following supportive U.S. economic news, but pri..

Uncategorized

Basic material, luxury stocks drive European shares to a third day of losses

Basic material, luxury stocks drive European shares to a third day of losses

By Sruthi Shankar and Susan Mathew (Reuters) – European stocks fell on Friday as a slide in Rio Tinto’s iron ore exports hammered mining m..

Uncategorized

Annodata renews sponsorship with GLL Sport Foundation, helping deliver support to almost 3,000 talented athletes

Annodata renews sponsorship with GLL Sport Foundation, helping deliver support to almost 3,000 talented athletes

Annodata’s involvement makes up part of £1.2m fund to cultivate next generation of sportspeople Annodata, a Kyocera Group company and one of the UK’s ..

Uncategorized

PlatformE – Leading the digital fashion revolution

PlatformE – Leading the digital fashion revolution

PlatformE is a next generation technology company founded in 2015 with a mission to accelerate the fashion industry’s  transition to a new made-..

Uncategorized

UK supermarkets ask shoppers to keep wearing mask

UK supermarkets ask shoppers to keep wearing mask

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s biggest supermarket groups will encourage staff and customers to keep wearing face coverings from Monday despite new..

Uncategorized

Trend Micro Cloud One Delivers Projected ROI of Up to 188%

Trend Micro Cloud One Delivers Projected ROI of Up to 188%

Study calculates total projected benefits of up to $1.7 million   Bangalore, July 1, 2021 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global ..

Uncategorized

Two thirds of UK financial services companies now use alternative data to improve decision making

Two thirds of UK financial services companies now use alternative data to improve decision making

From ‘The Growing Importance of Alternative Data in the Finance Industry’ white paper by Oxylabs 63%are using alternative data sources as a way to im..

Uncategorized

Cardlay builds cloud solution integrated with Concur® Expense to help banks deliver commercial payment management capabilities

Cardlay builds cloud solution integrated with Concur® Expense to help banks deliver commercial payment management capabilities

Solution to help banks’ corporate clients by delivering easy, time-saving, and secure card management Copenhagen, July 1st, 2021: Cardlay, a leading D..

Uncategorized

U.S. weekly jobless claims fall to 16-month low

U.S. weekly jobless claims fall to 16-month low

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a 16-month low last week as..