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Why filling up the average family car in the UK has topped £100
The Guardian - 9 Jun 2022 16:13
Explainer: Average cost of 55-litre tank of diesel or petrol is more than £100, adding to squeeze on finances The cost of filling an average family car with petrol has topped £100 on what has been labelled a "truly dar...
Microsoft Edge Kicks Off 'Alt Text Adds More' Campaign on Twitter
AdWeek - 9 Jun 2022 17:05
Only 0.01% of images posted to Twitter include alt text, and only a few of the top 50 accounts on the social platform have ever used alt text. Microsoft Edge is on a mission to change that. The Microsoft web browser team...
Epic Games teams up with Timberland to marry fashion design and Fornite
Venture Beat - 9 Jun 2022 16:00
Epic Games and Timberland partnered to create an innovation experience that blends the physical and virtual worlds for product design.
9 Million Borrowers Now Qualify For Student Loan Forgiveness
Forbes - 9 Jun 2022 18:18Citadel, Charles Schwab, Fidelity Join Forces to Build Cryptocurrency Trading Platform
Bitcoin.com - 9 Jun 2022 03:30
Citadel Securities and Virtu Financial are reportedly building a cryptocurrency trading platform with help from Fidelity Investments and Charles Schwab. “We know there is significant interest in this cryptocurrency spa...
Trader Joe's Workers Seek to Form a Union
Wall Street Journal - 9 Jun 2022 02:51Amy Coney Barrett received $425,000 for a forthcoming book, new financial disclosures show
Business Insider - 10 Jun 2022 01:38US mortgage applications are in 'meltdown' and the threat to house prices is growing, an economist says
Business Insider - 9 Jun 2022 19:35
Mortgage applications in the US are falling off a cliff as interest rates shoot higher, posing a danger to sky-high house prices.
Radio ad volumes rise by 20% y-o-y Jan- Mar '22
livemint.com - 9 Jun 2022 18:10
Vicco Laboratories topped the advertiser list from January to March 2022 followed by LIC India, found a report by Tam AdEx
McDonald's Is Loving Workplace From Meta
AdWeek - 9 Jun 2022 17:00
Workplace From Meta is officially on the menu at McDonald's. The fast-food restaurant colossus will use the enterprise platform as a communication and shift management tool for the next year-and-a-half, with frontline wo...
This Sweet Ode to Dads has an Important Message Ahead of Father's Day
AdWeek - 9 Jun 2022 16:55
As Father's Day draws near in the U.K. and U.S, shelves everywhere are being are stocked with greetings cards that depict the limited few activities Hallmark and co believe dads get up to: grilling meat, fishing, golfing...
401(k)s drop amid market turmoil, but rate of savings increases
New York Post - 9 Jun 2022 16:54
Turmoil in the stock market and runaway inflation has caused alarm among retirees as those living on savings see their retirement funds dwindle. The average 401(k) plunged nearly $10,000 in the first quarter of 2022, acc...
Greek Beer Brand Aims to Help Consumers Overcome 'Phubbing'
AdWeek - 9 Jun 2022 16:40
With the release of the mobile phone, the pace of the world sped up and the attention deficit grew as we could all become contactable anywhere there was a signal. That became even more distracting with smartphones and th...
Market Extra: European Central Bank to end bond buying and lift interest rates in July as it joins inflation battle
Market Watch - 9 Jun 2022 16:30
The European Central Bank on Thursday says it will end its asset-buying program on July 1 and lift interest rates next month.
EBay tightened its ban on assault rifle add-ons. They're still easy to find.
L.A. Times - 9 Jun 2022 16:00
After a Times investigation and pressure from Congress, EBay changed its policies to make it harder to sell parts and accessories for assault rifles. Enforcement remains spotty.
Tether deploys new USDT token on the Tezos blockchain
Coin Telegraph - 9 Jun 2022 15:59
The asset will also be available on twelve other networks, including Ethereum, Solana and Polkadot, among others.
'The Big Short' investor Michael Burry slams Biden, the Fed, and the Treasury for being ignorant of history — and scarily blind to the inflation threat
Business Insider - 9 Jun 2022 15:53Emma Chamberlain on Brand Deals, Making Ads That Work and Her Inability to Act
AdWeek - 9 Jun 2022 14:00
Emma Chamberlain is in many places all at once. The 21-year-old influencer, who has amassed 15.6 million followers on Instagram and 11.4 million on YouTube since her start in 2017, hosts the popular podcast Anything Goes...
Corporate jet, Rorschach test
The Economist - 9 Jun 2022 13:45
Emblem of greed or route to productivity: what do you see?
UK economic growth to dry up; house buyer demand falls - business live
The Guardian - 9 Jun 2022 10:55
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news UK growth to stall in Q2 and Q3, and shrink in Q4 UK economy 'will grind to a halt', BCC forecasts Price of UK petrol makes biggest daily jump in 17 years Fuel c...
Climate change: New Zealand's plan to tax cow and sheep burps
BBC - 9 Jun 2022 08:53
It would make it the first country to charge farmers for the methane emissions from their animals.
Optimism loses 20M tokens after L1 and L2 confusion exploited
Coin Telegraph - 9 Jun 2022 05:22
Although the airdrop took place less than two weeks ago, problems have already arisen for the vaunted layer-2 scaling solution's team and market maker.