Facebook-owned WhatsApp has delayed the rollout of its updated privacy policy after an outcry over the changes sent users flocking to smaller rival messaging services Signal and Telegram. The encrypted messaging app said the changes, which are being made to reflect its recent push into ecommerce, would be pushed... Read more
US retailers took a larger than expected hit from the upsurge in coronavirus cases over the all-important holiday shopping season, it became clear on Friday, as data showed an unexpectedly sharp contraction in sales in December. Figures from the commerce department showed the third consecutive monthly decline in retail... Read more
WASHINGTON — Chemical facilities would face fewer regulations under a proposed rule change from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency that targets 49 explosive chemicals. These “Division 1.1” explosives, which include black powder and desensitized nitroglycerine, are currently regulated by both CISA, which is part of the Department of... Read more
Interested in ETFs? Visit our ETF Hub for investor news and education, market updates and analysis and easy-to-use tools to help you select the right ETFs. Investors have raced to buy and sell bitcoin-linked securities on both sides of the Atlantic, with one German exchange traded product garnering trading... Read more
Virtual reality made me want to get into bed with Glenn Close. Well, I had to do something. She laid there right in front of me, dying. I stepped to the edge of the bed and reached out, wanting to comfort. My sister Daisy Ridley and I exchanged a... Read more
France has reiterated its opposition to the €16.2bn takeover of supermarket group Carrefour by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard, dealing a major setback to the groups’ hopes that they could overcome government concerns over food security and jobs. “My answer is extremely clear: we are not in favour of the deal,”... Read more
The new year is obviously young but already there is a pretty clear theme on display in financial markets. According to Bank of America, inflation assets are outperforming deflation assets by the most since 2006. Bank of America says inflation assets include commodities GSG, +1.16%, real estate, Treasury inflation-protected... Read more
Shares in China’s Xiaomi sank after the US government added the smartphone group to an investment blacklist, in a move that is likely to thin its ranks of American shareholders. The Beijing-based company’s stock dropped 10.3 per cent in Hong Kong trading on Friday, hours after the Pentagon added... Read more
A distinguished Whitehall scientist sounded the alarm. Henry Tizard had served during the war as a special emissary between Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt, criss-crossing the Atlantic to manage the exchange of military secrets. A thoughtful, unflashy civil servant, Tizard became chief defence scientist in Clement Attlee’s government. ... Read more
Boxes of imported steaks arriving at the Baishazhou wholesale market in Wuhan go through an elaborate ritual before being placed in the freezers that line one of the city’s largest wholesale markets. Behind a high red fence, men in hazmat suits test the packages for coronavirus, spray them with... Read more