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 …
Read More »New UK dealer for Goldhofer
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 …
Read More »World Debt Reaches Record $281 Trillion
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+ to launch Star channel aimed at adults | Disney+
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 …
Read More »Trump’s One-time Atlantic City Casino Is Demolished | Voice of America
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 …
Read More »Global Competition Review – Royal Mail settles abuse allegations
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 …
Read More »Bug in shared SDK can let attackers join calls undetected across multiple apps
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 …
Read More »CRA locks online accounts amid investigation, leaving users worried
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 …
Read More »Canada Post, Royal Newfoundland Constabulary on the trail of mailbox bandits | Local | News
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is investigating a rash of community mailbox break-ins in several communities within its jurisdiction over the last month. “We are upping patrols in the areas of community mailboxes,” RNC spokesman Cont. James Cadigan told The Telegram Wednesday. “It’s certainly, definitely more prevalent …
Read More »Mail delay blamed on Covid measures
FOLLOWING reports last week that a Richmondshire village had not received any mail for seven days, Royal Mail has blamed Covid restrictions for the delay. Residents of Gilling West were left without mail for a week during the recent snow and ice – but learned that more than half of …
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