Millions more Britons will pay more tax as Jeremy Hunt cut the top-rate threshold and announced freezes on several other taxes in his autumn statement. The total amount of savings from the autumn statement has been costed at £55bn, through tax rises and cutting government spending. However, in real-term costs, UK households’ disposable incomes will
In this article MSFT ATVI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., during the company’s Ignite Spotlight event in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Nadella gave a keynote speech at an event hosted by the company’s Korean unit. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images
China has said it supports frank exchanges as long as they are held on an equal basis, after its president publicly scolded Justin Trudeau. The two were seen arguing at the G20 summit in Indonesia after President Xi Jinping expressed his ire at Mr Trudeau for allegedly leaking details of a meeting in which the
US President Joe Biden has disputed Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s assertions that a missile that landed in Poland and killed two people was not of Ukrainian origin. Ukraine’s president said on Wednesday he had “no doubt” the missile “was not Ukrainian” and called for his officials to have access to the site of the blast. Ukraine war
All the main announcements as chancellor Jeremy Hunt reveals his autumn statement to MPs: • He told the Commons in his opening remarks: “In the face of unprecedented global headwinds, families, pensioners, businesses, teachers, nurses and many others are worried about the future. So today we deliver a plan to tackle the cost-of-living crisis and
Nov 15, 2022 With the World Series in our rearview mirror — though the champion Astros are surely still reveling in their victory — the 2022 season is all but done, with one final piece left: awards! The winners of MLB’s four major end-of-season awards — Rookie of the Year, Manager of the Year, Cy
Toyota launched the global world premiere of its fifth-generation Prius from Japan this morning. The famed plug-in hybrid sees a new exterior design and will deliver a decent boost to its electric range compared to its previous generation. The Toyota Prius has been in production for over two decades and holds its spot in automotive
A man who killed six people and injured many others when he drove his car through a Christmas parade has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of release. An eight-year-old marching with his baseball team and three members of the Dancing Grannies group were among the dead – and more than 60
In this article FSLR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A worker builds frames for solar panels at First Solar in Perrysburg, Ohio July 8, 2022. Megan Jelinger | Reuters First Solar said Wednesday that it has selected Alabama as the site for its fourth U.S. solar panel manufacturing facility, after the Inflation Reduction Act
The lying in state of the monarch has now come to a close. Chrissy Heerey was the final person in the queue which, at its peak, stretched for miles across London
Retired Air Force Col. Colonel Cedric Leighton explains the significance of the Kherson liberation and predicts the next steps for the Ukrainian military. #CNN #News
The Republicans have won back control of the US House of Representatives. After two years of Democratic control of both the House and the Senate, the power dynamic in Washington will now shift. It means Joe Biden’s administration could struggle to enact parts of its legislative agenda. The Democrats did manage to keep control of
Jeremy Hunt will promise to weather an economic “storm” by raising taxes, cutting public spending and scaling back energy support to fill a £54bn black hole in the nation’s finances. The chancellor will insist to MPs on Thursday that his autumn statement puts the UK on a “balanced path to stability” as he tackles the
In this article TSLA TWTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk attends the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China August 29, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters Elon Musk said in court Wednesday that he does not want to be the CEO of any company. He recently acquired social
A Chinese-owned tech company has been told to sell the majority of its stake in a UK silicon chip factory due to security concerns. The government has said Nexperia must reduce its stake in Newport Wafer Fab by 86%, back to its previous holding of just 14% when it took over the firm in 2021,
Iran has made at least 10 threats this year to kidnap or kill people in the UK deemed as “enemies of the regime”, the head of MI5 has revealed. Ken McCallum also warned the UK must be ready for more aggression from Russia, saying that over 100 suspected Russian spies have been refused entry to
7:12 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tony Stewart won the battle with partner Gene Haas over next year’s NASCAR lineup by giving reserve driver Ryan Preece a shot with a top-tier Cup organization. Preece spent 2022 doing simulator work for Stewart-Haas Racing to help the organization adapt to NASCAR’s new car. Haas said
NASA’s huge next-generation rocketship was on course Wednesday for a crewless voyage around the moon and back hours after blasting off from Florida on its debut flight, half a century after the final lunar mission of the Apollo era. The much-delayed launch kicked off Apollo’s successor program, Artemis, aimed at returning astronauts to the lunar
A former Tesla executive has pled guilty to charges of insider trading in Australia after he bought stock in a lithium mine before a deal with the automaker was announced. Despite only recently starting the production of its own cells, the automaker has been involved in securing the supply of lithium, nickel, cobalt, and other
In this article ENR-FF BP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT This image shows part of a green hydrogen facility in Spain. A number of major economies, including the EU, are looking to develop green hydrogen projects in the coming years. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty Images Plans for an Australian “super hub” focused