JD Sports Fashion will complete the overhaul of its top executive team this week when it raids the owner of the Comparethemarket price comparison site to appoint its new finance chief. Sky News has learnt that the London-listed retailer has finalised the appointment of Dominic Platt, who is currently chief financial officer at privately held
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Nurses will vote on whether to hold England-wide strike action later this month after rejecting the government’s 5% pay rise. Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members have held a series of strikes over the past six months and while 14 health unions last week agreed to a 5% pay rise, the nurses union rejected the
Donald Trump has promised to appeal and called it a “disgrace” after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing a writer in the 1990s. The former US president was also found to have defamed E Jean Carroll, but the civil trial rejected her claim she was raped during the encounter. Trump must pay the
A police department in California has decided to convert its entire patrol fleet to all-electric vehicles using the Tesla Model Y. There is an impressive number of police departments around the world realizing that electric vehicles are the perfect solution to both reduce the operating cost and the environmental impact of their patrol vehicles. While
An offshore drilling platform stands in shallow waters at the Manifa offshore oilfield, operated by Saudi Aramco, in Manifa, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi state oil giant Aramco on Tuesday reported a 19% drop in its first-quarter earnings, recording net
Lancashire Police will not face any action over its handling of the disappearance of Nicola Bulley after investigations by two watchdogs. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced it will not be taking any enforcement action against the force over its disclosure of her personal information. Meanwhile, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Aytac Unal | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images LinkedIn, the popular business social networking platform owned by Microsoft, will discontinue its China-specific jobs app InCareer and lay off 716 employees worldwide, the company said in a message to employees. The move, announced Monday, will impact
A not-for-profit company set up nearly a decade ago in the wake of the Libor rate-rigging scandal will this week appoint a veteran City banker as its next chair. Sky News understands Jonathan Moulds has been lined up to head the Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB), with an announcement expected to be made on Tuesday.
It has been said the only glue that holds Russia together is the memory of its great victory over Nazi Germany. The country is vast and diverse. There is no ideology, no ‘ism’ to believe in any longer. No rule of law, no system of government beyond gangster kleptocracy, no Stalin or Lenin or any
ESPN News Services May 8, 2023, 03:04 PM ET The University of Iowa announced Monday that 26 athletes across five sports (baseball, football, men’s basketball, men’s track and field, wrestling) and one full-time employee of the athletic department are suspected of wagering on sports in violation of NCAA rules. In addition, Iowa State acknowledged that
Tesla has teased a new Cybertruck accessory, a rugged-looking tool rack that fits on the bed of the electric pickup truck. When Tesla first unveiled the Cybertruck back in 2019, the automaker talked about a few possible accessories that it plans to make for the electric pickup truck. However, that was four years ago, and
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk joined Texas Governor Greg Abbott to break ground at the site of the electric vehicle maker’s new lithium refinery in Corpus Christi on Monday. Tesla plans to invest $375 million to build
Lawyers in Aberdeen will join a boycott of plans to pilot juryless rape trials in Scotland. Aberdeen Bar Association branded the proposals “a danger” and accused the Scottish government of “political meddling”. Lawyers in Glasgow and Edinburgh have already confirmed they will refuse to take part in the pilot, which was proposed last month as
Donald Trump did not show up at a civil rape trial against him because “he knows what he did” to the woman accusing him of allegedly raping her, a jury heard in closing remarks. Lawyers for writer E Jean Carroll, who is suing the former president, said Mr Trump “didn’t even bother to show up
Russia launched dozens of drone strikes across Ukraine on the eve of a holiday celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany. Kyiv’s mayor said Russia had fired 60 Iranian-made kamikaze drones at Ukrainian targets, including 36 at the capital. All drones had been shot down but debris hit apartments and other buildings, injuring at least five
Tesla is planning to update its Full Self-Driving package with end-to-end AI in its FSD Beta v12, says Elon Musk. FSD Beta already makes plenty of use of neural nets powered by artificial intelligence, but it is used for the perception part of the equation – meaning for the vehicle to detect its environment. When
Aerial view of oil and gas jack-up rig at the yard for maintenance with many vessels in Singapore. Oil prices saw three consecutive weekly declines last week, marking the longest losing run this year. Chain45154 | Moment | Getty Images The recent slide in oil prices is starting to bottom out, according to analysts who
In this article COIN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Brian Armstrong, co-founder and chief executive officer of Coinbase Inc., speaks during the Singapore Fintech Festival, in Singapore, Nov. 4, 2022. Bryan van der Beek | Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, doubled down on his criticisms of the
A 17-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire in a “targeted attack”. A second 17-year-old boy was also hurt in the Sunday evening attack but his injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. Police are searching for four suspects, who all had their faces covered at the time. No arrests have
The King shared a joke with Lionel Richie as he and the Queen joined the singer for a surprise appearance on the hit US show American Idol. The King jokingly asked the star if he was going to be using one of the halls at Windsor Castle “all night long” – a nod to one