UncategorizedStreeting urges doctors to call off strikes ahead of UK election fwadmin / June 17, 2024 Shadow health secretary ‘beyond furious’ over five-day walkout, but blames Tory ‘intransigence’
UncategorizedRachel Reeves to seek ‘improved’ UK-EU trade terms if Labour wins election fwadmin / June 17, 2024 Shadow chancellor also wants to secure billions of pounds of investment via an international summit
UncategorizedGen X is the least confident about retirement as ‘crunch time’ nears—and has done less to prepare than boomers or millennials fwadmin / June 17, 2024 “Gen Xers are reaching crunch time for retirement planning. For Gen Xers, retirement is no longer this far off idea.”
Uncategorized$155 million debut for ‘Inside Out 2’ is biggest since ‘Barbie’ and second best ever for Disney’s Pixar fwadmin / June 17, 2024 The success is significant for Pixar, marking a much-needed return to form for a studio that has had a string of underwhelming launches.
UncategorizedElectricity prices in France turn negative as renewable energy floods the grid fwadmin / June 17, 2024 French day-ahead power fell to -€5.76 a megawatt-hour, the lowest in four years, in an auction on Epex Spot.
UncategorizedTop Wall Street bear surrenders to bull market and flips forecast, now seeing the S&P 500 soaring to 6,000 by year-end fwadmin / June 17, 2024 “Today, GenAI’s potential in every job and sector is inflecting. The backdrop of slowing inflation, a Fed intent on cutting rates and growth support Goldilocks.”
UncategorizedBill Gates says he’s ready to plow billions into a next-gen nuclear plant being built by his startup fwadmin / June 17, 2024 “I put in over a billion, and I’ll put in billions more,” said Gates.
UncategorizedPodcast: Martin Wolf and Raghuram Rajan on democracy’s year of peril fwadmin / June 17, 2024 The FT’s chief economics commentator and special guests examine a critical moment for democratic institutions
UncategorizedA dash for growth: the shadow chancellor prepares for government fwadmin / June 17, 2024 Rachel Reeves says she is focused on increasing UK output, rather than ‘fiddling with tax rates’
UncategorizedWhy tackling accent bias matters at work fwadmin / June 17, 2024 Wall Street banks and big City law firms among employers addressing potential discrimination