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Sterling rebounds after hitting 16-month low

Sterling rebounds after hitting 16-month low

By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound eked out gains against the U.S. dollar on Monday, recovering after falling ..

Matterport Introduces Axis, a New Hands-Free Motor Mount for Precision 3D Capture for Smartphones

Matterport Introduces Axis, a New Hands-Free Motor Mount for Precision 3D Capture for Smartphones

Matterport Axis is available with special pre-launch pricing starting today     SUNNYVALE, CA – February 8, 2022 – Matterport, Inc. (N..

MariaDB Radically Enhances Distributed SQL Product Xpand

MariaDB Radically Enhances Distributed SQL Product Xpand

Xpand gets smarter and goes global London  – March 11, 2022 – MariaDB® Corporation today announced the release of Xpand 6 with signifi..

76% of Brits willing to adopt digital IDs

76% of Brits willing to adopt digital IDs

London, UK – Over three-quarters (76%) of Brits would be comfortable having some of their data incorporated into a digital ID, accordi..

Biden, G7 revoke Russia’s favored nation trading status

Biden, G7 revoke Russia’s favored nation trading status

By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Friday the G7 industrialized nations will revoke ..

Russia shifts stance on hospital bombing that sparked world outrage

Russia shifts stance on hospital bombing that sparked world outrage

By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) – Russia shifted its stance over the bombing of a Ukrainian hospital in the city of Mariupol,..

Exclusive-TikTok nears deal with Oracle to store its data-sources

Exclusive-TikTok nears deal with Oracle to store its data-sources

By Echo Wang and David Shepardson (Reuters) – TikTok is nearing a deal for Oracle Corp to store its U.S. users’ information without its Ch..

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

(Reuters) – Ukraine said Moscow had snubbed its plea for humanitarian access to rescue hundreds of thousands of civilians trappe..

Epson Response to the Ukraine Crisis

Epson Response to the Ukraine Crisis

London, UK, 9th March 2022 – Epson and its Group companies are deeply concerned by the conflict in Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis..

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

(Reuters) – Russia announced a new ceasefire in Ukraine on Wednesday to let civilians flee besieged cities, but there were only ..

Ukrainian women fleeing war find welcome, and work, in Eastern Europe

Ukrainian women fleeing war find welcome, and work, in Eastern Europe

By Krisztina Than VESZPREM, Hungary (Reuters) – Two days after arriving from the bombarded outskirts of Kyiv following a gruelli..

Scant progress evacuating Ukrainian civilians despite Russian ceasefire promise

Scant progress evacuating Ukrainian civilians despite Russian ceasefire promise

By Natalia Zinets LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia announced a new ceasefire in Ukraine on Wednesday to let civilians flee besie..

Tesco Bank partners with Onfido to enable secure, streamlined onboarding for Tesco Clubcard Pay+ customers

Tesco Bank partners with Onfido to enable secure, streamlined onboarding for Tesco Clubcard Pay+ customers

Rapid identity verification, using biometric technology, enables a seamless customer journey for users. London – 8 March 2022 – Tesco ..

Serge Blanco Chooses New Fashion ERP to Orchestrate Overhaul of its Entire IT Environment

Serge Blanco Chooses New Fashion ERP to Orchestrate Overhaul of its Entire IT Environment

Menswear brand chooses Infor CloudSuite Fashion as part of a major IT overhaul to meet the challenges of diversifying its sales channe..

Latest version of the Appian Low-Code Platform now available

Latest version of the Appian Low-Code Platform now available

Reach new users with Appian Portals, and deliver a total experience with a unified platform London, UK — March 8, 2022 — Appian (NASDA..

LME forced to halt nickel trading, cancel deals, after prices top $100,000

LME forced to halt nickel trading, cancel deals, after prices top $100,000

By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) – The London Metal Exchange (LME) was forced to halt nickel trading and cancel trades after pric..

Biden bans Russia oil imports to U.S., warns U.S. gasoline prices will rise further

Biden bans Russia oil imports to U.S., warns U.S. gasoline prices will rise further

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden announced a ban on Russian oil and other energy i..

Britishvolt Powers a Sustainable Future with Infor

Britishvolt Powers a Sustainable Future with Infor

LONDON – March 7, 2022 – Infor, the industry cloud company, today announced that battery pioneer Britishvolt, the UK’s foremost invest..

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UK to set out new energy supply strategy as prices soar

UK to set out new energy supply strategy as prices soar

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will set out a new energy supply strategy as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent rally in energy prices accelerat..

German real yields fall to new record lows on stagflation fears

German real yields fall to new record lows on stagflation fears

By Stefano Rebaudo MILAN (Reuters) -Surging inflation expectations triggered by possible sanctions on Russian oil drove euro zone real..

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: PROGRESS TOWARD PARITY IN STEM

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY: PROGRESS TOWARD PARITY IN STEM

By: Nicola Buckley, EVP, Global Service Delivery, Park Place Technologies In the spirit of March,with International Women’s Day coming..

Russia blocks Facebook, accusing it of restricting access to Russian media

Russia blocks Facebook, accusing it of restricting access to Russian media

By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) – Russia is blocking Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook, the country’s communications re..

BBC halts reporting in Russia after new law passes

BBC halts reporting in Russia after new law passes

LONDON (Reuters) – The BBC said on Friday it had stopped reporting in Russia after parliament passed a law there imposing a jail..

Shane Warne: the great who revived a fading art and inspired future leg spinners

Shane Warne: the great who revived a fading art and inspired future leg spinners

By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Former Australia captain and ‘voice of cricket’ Richie Benaud, who passed away in 2015..

U.S., allies slam Russia at U.N. over its seizure of Ukraine nuclear plant

U.S., allies slam Russia at U.N. over its seizure of Ukraine nuclear plant

By Humeyra Pamuk and Doina Chiacu (Reuters) -The United States and its allies heavily criticized Russia on Friday at the United Nation..

Russia seizes Ukraine nuclear power plant as forces lay siege to cities

Russia seizes Ukraine nuclear power plant as forces lay siege to cities

By Pavel Polityuk and Aleksandar Vasovic LVIV, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces in Ukraine seized Europe’s biggest nuclear..

Tesla’s long-delayed German gigafactory gets conditional green light

Tesla’s long-delayed German gigafactory gets conditional green light

By Nadine Schimroszik and Christoph Steitz POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters) -Tesla received a conditional go-ahead for its German gigafactor..

Security, speed and convenience at the heart of TSB’s new customer onboarding journey

Security, speed and convenience at the heart of TSB’s new customer onboarding journey

To meet rising demand for digital services, TSB launches cutting-edge, streamlined onboarding journey for new customers Biometric tec..

Lenovo Unveils Products and Solutions at MWC Designed to Power a Hybrid World

Lenovo Unveils Products and Solutions at MWC Designed to Power a Hybrid World

New ThinkPad™, ThinkBook™, ThinkVision™, IdeaPad™, tablet and motorola devices and solutions launched at MWC 2022  Barcelona – Feb. 28..

Optimizely selected to deliver Mazda’s new dealer websites

Optimizely selected to deliver Mazda’s new dealer websites

Mazda partner Candyspace selected Optimizely’s digital experience platform (DXP) to develop and optimise a new suite of sites for inte..

Pacific Textiles drives digital transformation with new infrastructure for legacy and cloud-native applications

Pacific Textiles drives digital transformation with new infrastructure for legacy and cloud-native applications

March 1st, 2022 — Canonical announces that Pacific Textiles chose Canonical Charmed OpenStack for its infrastructure upgrade. Th..

Coinbase, Binance resist calls to kick Russians off crypto platforms

Coinbase, Binance resist calls to kick Russians off crypto platforms

By Niket Nishant (Reuters) -Two of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase Global Inc and Binance, rejected calls..

Switzerland adopts new EU sanctions on Russia

Switzerland adopts new EU sanctions on Russia

ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss government on Friday widened sanctions against Russia in step with further measures imposed by the ..

Sterling falls 1% versus dollar, rises against euro

Sterling falls 1% versus dollar, rises against euro

LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling declined 1% to $1.3216 as the dollar strengthened against a basket of currencies on safe-haven deman..

Analysis-War in Ukraine puts pressure on East European banks to prop up sinking currencies

Analysis-War in Ukraine puts pressure on East European banks to prop up sinking currencies

By Gergely Szakacs and Alan Charlish BUDAPEST/WARSAW (Reuters) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is putting pressure on centr..

Lebanese bank closes over 30 British-held accounts after UK ruling-depositors’ group

Lebanese bank closes over 30 British-held accounts after UK ruling-depositors’ group

By Timour Azhari and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Bank Audi has closed more than 30 accounts belonging to UK nat..

NATO rejects Ukraine no-fly zone, says ‘not part of this’ war

NATO rejects Ukraine no-fly zone, says ‘not part of this’ war

By Simon Lewis and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO allies rejected Ukraine’s demand for no-fly zones on Friday, saying t..