“Last year, Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart succeeded in getting Californians to vote in favor of a ballot measure exempting them from classifying drivers and delivery workers as employees,” remembers CNN. So after their success with Californian’s P…
Team GB’s successes can give us insight into the country’s economy
There are lessons to be learned from how and why GB Olympians have gone from under-performer to globally competitive in 25 yearsForget the feelgood factor. The warm glow generated by Team GB winning gold for three-day eventing or the modern pentathlon …
Call centre used by UK firms accused of intrusively monitoring home workers
Unions say Teleperformance also asked some staff based overseas to give biometric and medical dataA multinational call centre used by dozens of leading UK companies has been criticised for what unions have called the intrusive monitoring of home-workin…
Can I make money selling Atomy products, or is it too good to be true?
As the Korean beauty firm launches in the UK, some critics are concerned about so-called ‘multilevel marketing schemes’A South Korean cosmetics company is making a major push into Britain, and claims that those who sign up to be a sales representatives…
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What Do You Do With A Billion Grams Of Surplus Weed? Cannabis legalization was supposed to be a licence to print money. Three years on, nobody is turning a profit
A look in the mirror: the existential threat facing beauty halls
Covid pandemic has accelerated shift to online purchases, with big brands buying up startupsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe department store beauty hall is facing a fight for survival: the pandemic has accelerated the sh…
農機大手のジョンディアは、シリコンヴァレーの技術で「農業の自動化」を加速させる
米国の大手農業機械メーカーとして知られるジョンディアが、農場用の完全自律型トラクターを開発するシリコンヴァレーのスタートアップを買収すると発表した。米国では農業の自動化が加速しているが、人工知能（AI）の進歩がその動きを後押しする可能性が高い。
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Huawei Chairman Says the ‘Aim Is To Survive’ As Revenue Slides 29%
The chairman of Huawei said the Chinese technology company’s “aim is to survive” as revenue fell almost 30% in the first half of the year. CNBC reports: The Shenzhen-headquartered company, which was put on the U.S. trade blacklist in 2019, announced Fr…
Shops accused of failing to publicise recall of food linked to cat deaths
Cat owners share evidence of chains including Sainsbury’s stocking food suspected of causing pet deathsRetailers have been accused of doing too little to warn customers about recalled cat food that has been linked to the deaths of potentially thousands…
‘My heart sank’: how lifting energy price cap will hit the most vulnerable
Millions of homes face some of the highest energy bills for the past decadeEnergy firms join charity push for social tariff to offset fuel povertyAnthony Lyman, from Northampton, said his heart sank when he learned that his annual energy bill would cli…