Category: Business

[ad_1] If the indefinitely postponed J6 Awards Gala ever happens, one very special attendee will be in for a treat. According to the gala website, the plaque celebrates the “Platinum status” achieved by the song, “Justice for All,” which features accused rioters singing the “Star-Spangled Banner” intercut with the 2024 Republican presidential candidate reciting the…

[ad_1] Donald Trump pledged to cut the corporate tax rate, slash regulations and audit the federal government, embracing an idea proposed by billionaire backer Elon Musk, as he pitched his agenda to Wall Street and corporate leaders in New York. “I am promising low taxes, low regulations, low energy costs, low interest rates, secure borders,…

[ad_1] ChargePoint Holdings (NYSE: CHPT) provided its quarterly update this week, and it disappointed investors. That, along with the bigger picture of electric vehicle (EV) sales, has investors dumping ChargePoint stock. As of Thursday afternoon trading, ChargePoint stock had tumbled by 25% this week, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. That drove…

[ad_1] The competition watchdog has launched an investigation into the Oasis ticket sales fiasco. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will investigate Ticketmaster’s handling of sales for the band’s forthcoming tour, including how “dynamic pricing” may have been used to adjust the price. Initial excitement about the Gallagher brothers’ reconciliation soon gave way to dismay…

[ad_1] When the board of Royal Mail’s parent company rolled over in May and recommended a £3.6bn takeover offer from a Daniel Křetínský-led bid vehicle, one reason it gave was “significant uncertainty” around regulatory reform. That was a fair description at the time of Ofcom’s leisurely approach to reviewing the universal service obligation (USO), the…

[ad_1] After the damning findings of the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire and with the threat of criminal proceedings hanging over key players, the construction industry is facing a moment of reckoning. The 2017 fire that killed 72 people stemmed from a “rotten culture in the construction industry”, where multiple failures occurred across…

[ad_1] Don’t look back in anger about not getting tickets to Oasis’s UK reunion tour. That’s because Ticketmaster, which ran the ticket sales, is now under investigation. The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced on Thursday that it’s investigating whether Ticketmaster wronged the band’s fans with its “dynamic pricing” pricing model during ticket sales…

[ad_1] Madrid will ban e-scooters rented through mobile apps after the city’s three licensed operators failed to implement limits on their clients’ circulation or to control their parking, the Spanish capital’s mayor has said. José Luis Martínez-Almeida said on Thursday the licences of Lime, Dott and Tier Mobility would be cancelled from October, adding that…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) — Laid off by the music streaming service Spotify last year, Joovay Arias figured he’d land another job as a software engineer fairly soon. His previous job search, in 2019, had been a breeze. “Back then,” he said, “I had tons of recruiters reaching out to me — to the point where…

[ad_1] US stocks wobbled on Thursday as investors digested more weaker-than-expected labor market data that could help set expectations for both interest-rate cut hopes and the health of the US economy. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) wavered around the flatline, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 0.3%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) rose 0.3%,…