Deposed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont said he was not trying to escape justice by travelling to Brussels and that he wanted to “put the Catalan problem at the heart of the European Union.” Puigdemont traveled to the Belgian capital on Monday as Spain’s chief prosecutor called for criminal charges of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement to […]
Read moreFacebook, Google and Twitter plan to tell congressional investigators this week that the scope of Russia’s campaign to spread disinformation on their sites — and to potentially disrupt the 2016 U.S. presidential race — is much broader than the companies initially reported. At Facebook, roughly 126 million users in the United States may have seen […]
Read moreApple’s rollout of more expensive iPhone models this year is a sign the smartphone maker is moving further into the luxury market, according to one Wall Street firm. The iPhone X will be available on Friday at a base model price of $999. Positive reviews for the device were released Monday and Tuesday. HSBC reiterated […]
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Bank of England sees up to 75,000 finance job losses after Brexit: BBC
The Bank of England expects Britain to lose up to 75,000 financial services jobs in the years after the country leaves the European Union in 2019, the BBC reported on Tuesday. “I understand that senior figures at the Bank are using the number as a ‘reasonable scenario’, particularly if there is no specific UK-EU financial […]
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Call to ban the Coca-Cola truck from English city because of ‘obesity epidemic’
The famous red Coca-Cola truck should be banned from visiting the city of Liverpool this Christmas, according to members of a U.K. political party The English city’s Liberal Democrat party has written a letter to mall owners who host the truck, asking that the tradition should not take place because Liverpool “is in the grip […]
Read moreThe recent bounce in oil could be creating a rare buying opportunity in a beaten energy name, according to one market watcher. Crude rallied to its highest level since March 1 on Monday after Bank of America and JPMorgan bumped up their forecasts for oil. According to Max Wolff, chief economist at Disruptive Technology, Exxon […]
Read moreFacebook, Twitter, and Alphabet’s Google head before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday for two days of grueling hearings on how Russia allegedly used their services to try to sway the 2016 U.S. election. At stake for the Silicon Valley companies are their public images and the threat of tougher advertising regulations in the United States, where […]
Read moreThe Apple iPhone X is chock full of high-end hardware and new features. To help you understand them all, we broke each of our favorites down for you, explaining why they stand out so much from other phones and, in some cases, even other iPhones. The features we discuss range from the clarity and brightness […]
Read moreThe iPhone X will unlock if you look at it. It’s part of a new feature called Face ID, which replaces the fingerprint reader. It’s one of my five favorite features on the new phone. It takes just seconds to get going, so I thought I’d walk you through how that’s done on the iPhone […]
Read moreIf you’re like me and you want the best smartphone on the market then yes, the iPhone X is the phone you should buy. If you find yourself on your phone more than you do on your computer, constantly staring down at it, then why not get the best one there is? The starting model […]
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