米証券取引委員会 (SEC) は 14 日、モバイルアプリ関連の調査会社 App Annie および共同設立者で前 CEO 兼会長 Bertrand Schmitt 氏との和解を発表した(プレスリリース、 The Verge の記事、 The Register の記事)。
App Annie はモバイルアプリのパフォーマンスデータを金融取引会社に販売する企業としては最大手の一つで、企業の公式発表に含まれない「alternative data」と呼ばれるデータを販売している。しかし、企業から第三者に…
Joanna Davies was dragged along the road for 20 metres but has been offered less than half the £11,000 she has claimedA Hampshire cyclist who was driven over by a partially sighted motorist has described her struggle to get the driver’s insurer, Aviva,…
As NHS waiting lists reach record levels, more and more patients are paying for ops out of their own pocketsBritons without health insurance on why they paid to go privateWhen Fabien needed to have a decayed tooth removed in May, his dentist told him t…
CNNの記事によれば、現在、米国に居住している人たちはCovid-19ワクチンを無償で接種できる。政府はこのために医療機関に対し、1回の接種につき40ドルの資金を支払っているそうだ。一方でCOVID-19に感染して入院することになった場合、平均入院期間である9.2日間で試算した入院費用は2万1752ドル（約238万円）にも及ぶ。これは政府が支払っているワクチン接種費用の約145倍に相当する（CNN）。
さらに重症化して人工呼吸器が必要となると、平均入院期間である17.1日で費用を計算した場合、平…
Enough with the GDP — it’s time to measure genuine progress – “Unlike GDP, the Genuine Progress Indicator is designed to measure economic performance from the perspective of ordinary American households, not corporations or Wall Street investors.”[1,2]…
Coal plants being warmed up as market prices surge to £2,500 per MWh from a norm of £40A major fire has forced the shutdown of one of Britain’s most important power cables importing electricity from France as the UK faces a supply crunch and record hig…
CMA says it will take further action against developers which do not remove such terms from contractsThousands of people who bought leasehold homes from the housing developer Countryside Properties will be freed from costly contract terms, following an…
Analysis: Britain faces universal credit cut, public sector pay freeze and national insurance risePrices are climbing in the shops and consumers face an autumn crunch. Official figures show inflation rose at the fastest rate in a decade in August, as t…
One of the non-fungible token (NFT) space’s biggest marketplaces has admitted that a senior employee has been getting the drop on its most popular drops. From a report: Twitter users last night accused Nate Chastain, head of product at OpenSea, of usin…
We’re keen to hear how people across the UK experience the impact of rising costsUK inflation has hit the highest figure in nearly a decade, having jumped to 3.2% in August, from 2% in July, the highest rate since March 2012.We’d like to hear how peopl…
