Topics: United Kingdom

Raghuram Rajan says, “Brexit is a reason why he didn’t apply for the job to lead Bank of England.”

RBI's ex-Governor Raghuram Rajan on Friday said that “the political challenge posed by the Brexit were the few reasons why he didn’t apply for...

G20 heads agree to fix loopholes used by Facebook, Amazon, Google, and others to reduce corporate taxes

Group of 20 finance ministers agreed on June 8 to compile standard rules to close loopholes used by global tech giants such as Facebook...

The Brexit deal ‘won’t pass’ in the near future says UK’s PM Theresa May

British Prime Minister Theresa May acknowledged that the government's strategies to get her Brexit deal approved in Parliament failed, saying on April 6 there's...

#BrexitDeal : British MP’s to hold votes on various Brexit options

British MPs will on Wednesday hold votes on various Brexit options even as Prime Minister Theresa May comes under pressure to announce a departure...

#Brexit : Theresa May calls European divorce deal for the third time, Reports Cabinet plots to topple her

British Prime Minister Theresa May held crisis talks with senior colleagues and hardline Brexiteers on Sunday trying to breathe life into her twice-defeated European...

Microsoft UK chief Cindy Rose joins WPP Plc board as non-executive director

WPP Plc, the world's biggest advertising company, said on March 12 it appointed Microsoft Corp's UK chief executive officer, Cindy Rose, as a non-executive...

Facebook removes more than 100 fake accounts on the ground of spreading hatred in the UK

Facebook has taken down over 100 fake accounts that were used to spread hate in the UK. These pages and groups frequently changed their...

The UK Parliamentary committee says Facebook is acting like a digital gangsters

Lashing out at Facebook for behaving like "digital gangsters" in the online world, a UK parliamentary committee concluded that the social networking giant intentionally...

Facebook to open meaningful regulation in the UK

Facebook is "open to meaningful regulation", it said on February 18 after British lawmakers said that big technology companies should be subject to a...

Economists say, Britain’s economy to make a moderate post-Brexit recovery if deal agreed

Britain's economy will barely grow in the run-up to Brexit amid concern the UK will leave the European Union without an agreement, but if...

Smugglers and immigrant in the UK are using Facebook to buy boats

Smugglers and migrants are using Facebook to buy boats for crossing the Channel from the French port city of Calais to come to Britain,...

Report: UK doctors sceptical that AI could replace them

Although artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to disrupt health care, doctors in the UK are sceptical of the technology entirely replacing them, according to...

Fintech startup NIRA secures $1Mn in seed round funding

An India based Fintech startup NIRA, on Tuesday announced that "It has secured $1 million in seed round funding from angel investors in India...

Facebook takedowns fake accounts linked with Iran

Facebook Inc has deleted accounts originating in Iran which featured posts on “politically divisive” topics that had attracted more than 1 million followers in...

Alibaba opens two new data centers in Europe, aims to boost its Cloud Business

To increase the presence of Cloud business in Europe, Alibaba on Monday announced that "It has opened the two new data centers in U.K." The...

The new European Union Law is a nightmare for tech giants like Google, Apple and others

Tech giants such as Google, Apple, Amazon, et al are about to face rules dictating their relationships with the smaller businesses for the first...

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