I remember election night 2016 well. I was in the bar of the Holiday Inn, Johnstown in the heart of the Pennsylvanian rust belt. There is remarkable passion in American politics and it was palpable that evening as I joined locals to watch the results come in. I’d spent time with them over the previous
Month: October 2020
The Duchess of Sussex has won her bid to have a privacy action against a tabloid newspaper delayed until next year. Meghan, 39, is suing Associated Newspapers and claims publication of parts of a handwritten letter to Thomas Markle in the Mail on Sunday and MailOnline last year was a misuse of her private information
Tesla has told staff that it is preparing a massive push to expand service capacity as it attempts to catch up to its rapid growth in sales. Over the last few years, Tesla has been growing at a ferocious pace with deliveries and production capacity seeing important increases. Now the Tesla customer fleet has reached
A Shell tanker truck delivers fuel to a gas station, operated by Royal Dutch Shell Plc., in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings and announced plans to increase its dividend to shareholders. The Anglo-Dutch company reported adjusted earnings of
Thousands of jobseekers are being scammed in a surge of fake job adverts, as fraudsters exploit the rise in unemployment. Reports of fake listings soared by 70 percent between March and October, according to SAFERjobs, an organisation that tracks employment fraud. Since the pandemic began, it has received 750 reports of job scams, which aim
Brian Roberts, CEO, Comcast David A. Grogan | CNBC Comcast is set to report earnings for its third quarter of 2020 before the bell on Thursday. Here are the key numbers: Earnings per share: 52 cents expected, according to Refinitiv survey of analysts Revenue: $24.74 billion expected, according to Refinitiv High-speed internet customers: 534,000 net adds expected,
The Labour Party broke the law in its failure to handle antisemitism complaints and there were “serious failings” by its leadership, the equalities watchdog has concluded. An investigation into anti-Semitism in the party by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) found it responsible for “unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination” and said there was
A woman has been decapitated in a suspected terror attack in Nice, French police say. Three people have died and several others are injured after a knife attack reportedly took place near the Notre Dame church. Nice’s mayor Christian Estrosi tweeted: “Everything suggests a terrorist attack.” He added that one person had been arrested. French
Lloyds Banking Group has posted a better-than-expected third quarter profit as it reaps the benefits of a boom in demand for mortgages. The bank reported a pre-tax profit of just over £1bn for the period between July and September – almost twice what was expected by analysts. Britain’s biggest domestic lender received its biggest quarterly
October 28th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan The theme of the past decade in the energy industry has been sharply dropping solar power, wind power, and battery prices. This has already led to enormous changes in the energy sector across the world. However, it’s sort of like the arrival of somewhat low-cost cellular flip-phones. Yes, their
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4:51 PM ET Associated Press Kentucky Derby winner Authentic heads a field of 11 horses, possibly including filly and Preakness winner Swiss Skydiver against males, for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, with trainer Bob Baffert entering three horses in the $6 million race that includes Belmont winner Tiz the Law. Besides Authentic, second to Swiss Skydiver
Politics and the pandemic have converged in America and Wisconsin is the eye of the storm. The state is now one of the world’s coronavirus hotspots. Around one in every four people being tested here is COVID-19 positive. That didn’t stop Donald Trump holding a packed rally here on Tuesday. His vice president then held
(L-R) Amazon’s chief Jeff Bezos, Larry Page of Alphabet, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Vice President-elect Mike Pence and President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower December 14, 2016. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images The five most valuable U.S. tech companies all report quarterly earnings this week, marking the last time investors will see
The COVID-19 epidemic has reached a “critical stage” with almost 100,000 people a day in England being infected as the spread of the coronavirus rapidly increases, scientists have warned. Researchers from Imperial College London say existing measures to control the virus aren’t working. And they argue more stringent action is needed nationwide “sooner rather than
October 28th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan Solar power continues to plow forward thanks to record-low costs that have followed a long, long slide (or at times avalanche) in solar panel prices. This week we got news of Iowa getting its largest solar power park to date. Photo courtesy of Clēnera Renewable energy company Clēnera and
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