Ford will only sell electric vehicles in Europe by 2030, it said Wednesday. The automaker said it will spend $1 billion to convert its factory in Cologne, Germany, into its first EV production line on the continent. Ford says it will transition to EV-production gradually over the next decade. By …
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So I did something the other day that I try hard to never do: I entered my son’s bedroom. The doctor has ordered me to avoid stress, so in my world that means staying as far away as possible from the interior of my adult children’s rooms. They could have …
Read More »The multimillionaire hedge fund manager Crispin Odey has acknowledged propositioning a banker after inviting her to his Chelsea home following a work meeting, but has denied indecently assaulting her. Odey was accused of lunging at the woman after showering and changing into a bathrobe. During a hearing at Hendon magistrates …
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Gemany-based trailer manufacturer Goldhofer has appointed rental company Specialist Trailer Hire (STH) as its new distribution partner in the UK. Based in England and first established in the 1960s, STH provides rental, sales and maintenance services across the country. The family-run business operates from depots in Leeds and Rotherham, and …
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The world has never been more indebted after a year of battling Covid-19. And there’s even more borrowing ahead. Governments, companies and households raised $24 trillion last year to offset the pandemic’s economic toll, bringing the global debt total to an all-time high of $281 trillion by the end of …
Read More »Disney is hoping to pull in more customers to its Disney+ streaming service with the launch of a channel aimed at adults. The Star channel will debut on Disney’s streaming platform on 23 February with original shows such as Big Sky, from Big Little Lies and Ally McBeal creator David …
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The crumbling Trump Plaza Casino along the oceanfront in Atlantic City, New Jersey, once a key real estate asset of former U.S. President Donald Trump before his White House tenure, was demolished Wednesday. As onlookers cheered, the 39-story hotel with 906 rooms and 8,000 square meters of gambling space for …
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Medical testing company Preventx has settled its standalone abuse of dominance claim against Royal Mail, six months after a UK court ordered the incumbent postal operator to temporarily continue providing it with a freepost service. To read more Subscribe to Global Competition Review Subscribe and start reading now Global Competition …
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A small library that provides audio and video calling capabilities contains a bug that can allow attackers to join audio and video calls without being detected. The bug —discovered by security firm McAfee, and tracked as CVE-2020-25605— impacts the software development kit (SDK) provided by Agora, a US company specialized in providing …
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The Canada Revenue Agency has locked an unknown number of taxpayers out of its online platform, telling users their email addresses have been removed from their accounts with little explanation. Dozens of users took to social media on Tuesday and Wednesday to report encountering the same “error 021” on their …
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