Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email The government’s own analysis has shown that 150,000 people will still be pushed into poverty even after ministers announced two major changes to the controversial welfare…
A Bloomberg News investigation has found that in three major hacks the US Treasury didn’t deploy cybersecurity measures that could have prevented the attacks or flagged the intruders sooner. Our review of previously unreported government documents and interviews with more than a dozen people including current and former Treasury employees, bank executives and cybersecurity experts…
The Oracle of Omaha has jettisoned more than 401 million shares of Bank of America stock since mid-July 2024, and built up a greater than 35% stake in one of America’s few publicly traded legal monopolies. At the end of the year, billionaire Warren Buffett will officially step down as Berkshire Hathaway‘s (BRK.A -0.34%) (BRK.B…
WARSAW (Reuters) -Silicon Valley startup Lyten will take full ownership of Northvolt Dwa ESS, Europe’s largest energy storage systems factory, in a move to expand its product line, the U.S. company said on Tuesday. Northvolt filed for bankruptcy in March, one of Sweden’s largest corporate failures and effectively ending Europe’s best hope of developing a…
Hikers at Gyeyangsan mountain in South Korea found an unexpected surprise at the summit – a huge swarm of ‘lovebugs’. In a video shared to social media, a hiker who visited the mountain is seen covered in the small insects and swatting them away with an electric bug zapper. The mountain was “covered with bugs”…
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has taken full control of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region, more than three years after President Vladimir Putin ordered thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian-backed head of the region told Russian state television. Luhansk, which has an area of … Source link
DENVER (AP) — The husband of a woman who disappeared on Mother’s Day 2020 is set to appear in court in Colorado on Tuesday for the first time since being charged again with murder in her death. Barry Morphew was arrested June 20 in Arizona after being newly indicted in the death of Suzanne Morphew,…
BANGKOK (AP) — China sanctioned a former Filipino lawmaker Tuesday over perceived “anti-China” positions, including his authorship of bills that marked out the Philippines’ territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea. Francis Tolentino, who has just finished serving his term as majority leader of the Philippine Senate, is prohibited from entering China as well…
How much should you save for retirement? The answer is it depends on the person. One person might be looking for a retirement full of travel while another wants something altogether more modest. This brings challenges when it comes to setting pension policy and is a problem the government will need to grapple with as…
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