Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives at Robert F. Peckham U.S. Courthouse for opening arguments in her trial, in San Jose, California, September 8, 2021. SAN JOSE, CALIF. – Elizabeth Holmes was

It was six years ago when CEO Dan Price raised the salary of everyone at his Seattle-based credit card processing company Gravity Payments to at least $70,000 a year. Price slashed his own salary by

U.S. regulators have stepped up their oversight of the volatile cryptocurrency space as the wild rides in the speculative markets continued to grab attention. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairm

Charlie Mullins, the entrepreneur who became an unlikely business celebrity as the founder of a London-based plumbers, is closing in on a deal to sell the 42-year-old business. Sky News has learnt th

A 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 high market prices. National Grid was

(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, announced its largest ever stock-repurchase program of as much as $60 billion, at a time when U.S. lawmakers are considering a tax o

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Goldman Sachs named Denis Coleman the bank's new chief financial officer beginning next year. Coleman, the current co-head of the firm's Global Financing Group, will take over for Stephen Scherr, who

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The number of job vacancies in the UK has topped 1 million for the first time on record, according to new figures. There were an estimated 1,034,000 vacancies between June and August this year, Offic

Truepic Inc., which helps companies like banks and insurers fight fraud by verifying images, raised $26 million in a funding round led by Microsoft Corp.’s M12 venture capital arm. Adobe Inc., Sony I

Sept 14 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has increased its average starting wage in the United States to more than $18 an hour and plans to hire another 125,000 warehouse and transportation workers

Property giant China Evergrande Group has said that it cannot sell properties and other assets fast enough to service its massive $300bn debts, and that its cashflow was under “tremendous pressure”.

Prices for an array of consumer goods rose less than expected in August in a sign that inflation may be starting to cool, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. The consumer price index, which measur

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Intuit, the maker of TurboTax and QuickBooks, on Monday said that it has agreed to buy email marketing company Mailchimp for $12 billion in cash and stock. Why it matters: This would be the largest-e

Kape Technologies and ExpressVPN have agreed to join forces in a $936 million acquisition. The figure makes it the largest deal on record in the VPN industry and one of the largest in the consumer pr

Top earners in New York City could face a combined city, state and federal income tax rate of 61.2%, according to plans being proposed by Democrats in the House of Representatives. The plans being pr

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Share A LinkedIn icon Share by linkedin An email icon Share by email KEY POINTS S&P Global Ratings warned last week that the global resurgence of Covid and China's zero-tolerance approach may further

The former auditor of Patisserie Valerie is facing a multimillion pound fine nearly three years after the cafe chain collapsed in one of Britain's biggest recent accounting scandals. Sky News has lea

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Prepare for Mishcorp. Mishcon de Reya's partners have voted to float their firm on the London Stock Exchange, with staff set to receive shares in the business. It has been predicted that Mishcon wil

Roger Goodell & Co. have thrown a bucket of ice water on the piping hot NFT market. While soccer clubs across the pond and the NBA embraced cryptocurrency and NFT sponsorships, the NFL is not int

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Diversity in Business Why It Is An Important Driver for Business Success Diversity and inclusivity in business and the workplace is becoming of increasing concern to business owners. As a business o

Prices that producers get for final demand goods and services surged in August at their highest annual rate since at least 2010, the Labor Department reported Friday. The producer price index rose 0.

D igital bank Monzo is set to enter the fast-growing but controversial buy now pay later market, the Standard can reveal. Two industry sources said the bank was working on a launch for the payment pr

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Plant-based meat company Impossible Foods launched a new product on Tuesday: meatless chicken nuggets. The chicken substitute has first appeared on the menus of popular restaurants in New York City a

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Microsoft will let its employees in the US continue working from home until further notice as the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread through the country. The Windows giant had planned to recall

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