EU referendum clarity by British Government needed, says BoE Governor Mark Carney
The British Government urgently needs to provide clarity on its EU referendum procedure. The referendum will decide whether the United Kingdom stays or leaves...
Alibaba CEO says company will focus on expansion abroad
Alibaba Group’s new CEO, Daniel Zhang, said that the company will prioritize expansion abroad this year and focus on globalization.
Alibaba, which operates platforms that...
We’ll lose war against superbugs unless we spend billions on research, says new report
Unless we spend millions every year globally in an internationally-coordinated strategy, we will lose the war against superbugs, says a new UK commissioned government...
UK number of unemployed down to seven year low
The jobless rate in the UK continued to drop, according to The Office for National Statistics (ONS), with the number of unemployed at a...
Shake Shack shares surge on impressive sales growth
Shake Shack posted quarterly results on Wednesday that beat Wall Street expectations.
Revenue surged 56 percent to $37.8 million, driven by a 12% rise in...
Microsoft reveals lineup of Windows 10 editions
When Windows 10 launches it will come in at least six different flavors, with variants of the OS tailored for businesses, personal users, and...
US retail sales unchanged in April on weak big-ticket purchases
US retail sales were unchanged in April as consumers kept spending in check, cutting back on purchases of big-ticket items such as automobiles.
The results...
Slower but ‘solid’ GDP growth, low inflation, rising at end of 2015, says Bank...
Economic growth in 2014 was described as 'robust' by the Bank of England in its 'Inflation Report' released on Wednesday 13 May, although it...
Eat more insects, aim of new cookery kit created by student
Product design student Courtney Yule has created a cookery kit to encourage us to include insects in our daily dietary intake. Insects, like grasshoppers,...
Transition from dinosaur snout to bird beak recreated by scientists
Scientists have managed to replicate the molecular process that led to the first bird beaks from dinosaur snouts by using the fossil record as...