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One of Britain's top financiers is to be handed a powerful new role by the BBC in an attempt to grow its commercial revenues amid the threat of a real-terms cut to its funding.

Five key mindset shifts.

Fetch Rewards, a SoftBank-backed consumer rewards company, has named David Sommer as its first chief customer officer. He was previously head of industry at Facebook parent Meta Platforms.

Shares in PlayStation maker Sony have plunged after rival Microsoft, the company behind rival games console Xbox, agreed to buy games developer Activision Blizzard for $68.7bn (£50.5bn).

With its $75 billion deal for Activision Blizzard, Microsoft aims to shake up the gaming industry by building out its library of blockbusters and bolstering its efforts to entice consumers onto its cloud-gaming service.

Crypto exchange Binance is launching a new exchange in Thailand after the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint against the company for operating without a license. Binance has now signed...

Concerns about spare capacity are valid, but often involve a misunderstanding of capacity estimates--and the potential for them to increase.

D1 Capital Partners of New York led a $32 million Series A round for Rei do Pitaco, a Brazil-based daily fantasy sports platform known as RDP. RDP focuses exclusively on soccer for now, but has larger aspirations.

The U.K. government has announced plans to impose new rules on cryptocurrency ads to ensure they are fair, clear, and not misleading to consumers. The rules will be enforced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). UK t...

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Walgreens has launched its own Covid-19 surveillance system to help identify the spread of virus variants across the U.S.

Two big freight operators are betting on technology that allows workers to operate forklifts remotely as the distribution sector confronts persistent labor shortages.

Focusing on direct consumers' changing needs and their right to privacy is becoming increasingly critical--and challenging--than ever. Christine Cox, IKEA U.S.'VP of Digital Data and Analytics along with Mozilla's CMO Li...

This flat-rolled steel supply company is revolutionizing its business's inventory management practices with technology solutions, to help debottleneck its corner of industry.

The government unveiled full legislation aimed at protecting national security and thwarting illegal money flows through the gambling hub.

The second-largest U.S. bank earned $7.01 billion, up from $5.47 billion a year earlier, while revenue rose 10%.

Quarterly sales rose 6%, led by health and cleaning products, with price increases accounting for half of the jump.

Economists see more trouble ahead as we enter the third year of a pandemic.

"No one in this country can pick and choose if and how the law applies to them," tweeted New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday night.

Consumers will be able to leverage their BTC holdings and digital assets to purchase real estate in the U.S.

The online platform Crypto.com suspended customer withdrawals for about 14 hours on Monday, after reports of unauthorized activity in the accounts of some users, the company said.

The company said it had conducted a "thorough, independent" review of its culture.