Timber shortage due to ‘unprecedented’ post-lockdown demand
Prices are rising sharply as climate change and post-lockdown DIY and building projects hit supplies.
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The downfall of Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn: An insider’s view
Former Nissan lawyer Ravinder Passi had a ringside seat of the downfall of chairman Carlos Ghosn.
MV Asphalt Princess: Ship hijacked off UAE ordered to sail to Iran
The Panama-flagged MV Asphalt Princess has been ordered to sail to Iran, officials say.
New York restaurant customers to need Covid jabs
The city is to require people using indoor businesses to have had Covid vaccinations.
Sweaty Betty sold in a £300m deal to a US firm
The upmarket UK sportswear company is sold to US buyer Wolverine Worldwide, which sells footwear and lifestyle brands
Ministers reject calls to lower state pension age to 60
The government says lowering the state pension age is not fair or affordable for taxpayers.
Return to the office would help young workers, says Rishi Sunak
The chancellor says being in the office helped him build strong relationships when he started out.
Greggs: New stores set to create 500 jobs
The bakery chain swings back to profit and says it plans to keep expanding on the High Street.
Shares slide after China brands online games ‘electronic drugs’
In recent months Beijing has cracked down on China’s technology and private education industries.
Finance firms plan to close coal plants in Asia
“By purchasing a coal-fired power plant with, say, 50 years of operational life ahead of it and shutting it down within 15 years we can cut up to 35 years … Read More
Qantas stand downs 2,500 staff over Sydney lockdown
The airline says it expects Australia’s largest city to be closed for at least two more months.
Covid-19: Amber watch-list travel idea scrapped
“We also have to recognise that people want, badly, to go on their summer holidays, we need to get the travel industry moving again, we need to get our city … Read More
Twitter works with news sites to tackle disinformation
Twitter announces it will cooperate with two news agencies to promote more reliable information.
Corporate fraud: The dark side of business
Twenty years on from the collapse of Enron, are the rules preventing corporate fraud tough enough?
What is solarpunk and can it help save the planet?
“Prescribing to people that they need to be more solarpunk is much less inviting to them than encouraging people to exercise their own imaginations,” says Phoebe Tickell, scientist, systems designer, … Read More