EP: 174 Christmas Ante Post Preview & Hong Kong December 16, 2022 The frozen tundra has scuppered jumps racing in the UK for the second weekend running with both Ascot and Haydock having to cancel their meetings due to the frozen ground. Morning Wire Racing editor Bill Esdaile takes this opportunity to look ahead to the exciting King George meeting at Kempton on Boxing Day, plus we [...]
Square Mile goes green: Landmarks including Tower Bridge to be powered from UK solar farm December 16, 2022 Square Mile landmarks including Tower Bridge, and the Barbican Centre will be powered with renewable energy from a Dorset farm, it has been revealed The initiative which also includes , Hampstead Heath, Guildhall, Smithfield Market and the Old Bailey, will harness solar power through a £40m deal signed in 2020. Energy provider Voltalia has sold its electricity produced [...]
Kerry Jackson, National Theatre, review: This show would instil empathy in the most hardened sociopaths December 15, 2022 Amid the deafening noise of the culture wars, when everyone’s trying to shout the loudest to get their point across, we need shows like Kerry Jackson. A new piece by April De Angelis, it employs an almost perplexingly simple set up to show how easily we forget to look for the empathy in one another. [...]
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Markets cooling down after yesterday’s highs December 15, 2022 The majority of the crypto market has followed Bitcoin into the red today after yesterday’s action. The Fear and Greed Index is showing a brief respite from extreme uncertainty, albeit still in Fear territory.
Union boss says posties to work with business rather than just strike December 14, 2022 Trade union baron Dave Ward has said posties will need to adopt a more business focused approach to industrial action in the new year, expanding action beyond just strikes. The man behind both the Royal Mail and Post Office strikes said the Communication Workers Union (CWU) was currently “weighing up other ways we can put [...]
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CPI and the FED in focus December 14, 2022 | City Talk Another interesting week in markets this time round, where it could end up being crunch time for the FED to make a decision on when these rate hikes are going to end. We’ve just had the November CPI print out of the US and have had some massive moves. Which begs the question, do the [...]
Price of Bitcoin looks to be heading back towards $18,000 December 14, 2022 Bitcoin is trading around $17,820 this morning, after yesterday coming within a hair’s breadth of $18,000 with a new monthly high of $17,926.
Twitter continues to leak advertisers after Musk jibe at Covid rules boss Fauci December 13, 2022 Twitter is facing an exodus of advertisers after Elon Musk tweeted a call to prosecute the US medical chief over pandemic restrictions – in his latest controversial move since buying the social media giant. The social media site is staring down an estimated loss of UK advertising revenue around £10m, and it could deepen if [...]