Retail suffered a washout last month as the end of the Euro 2020 tournament combined with wet weather were blamed for a sharp fall in sales. Experts also pointed to the likely impact of rising COVID-19 case numbers prompting people to self-isolate as well as the global chip shortages holding back computer and phone supply.
Month: August 2021
You can watch Tesla AI Day right here starting at 8:00 PM ET (5:00 PM PT) if Tesla is on time, which is a big ‘if’. We are also going to link to all the headline-worthy news coming out of the event. Over the last few years, Tesla started holding events, not really to unveil
In this article SPOT BMW-DE SSAB.A-SE Steel production is one of many industrial processes ripe for improvement when it comes to emissions. Henrik Kettunen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sweden’s SSAB says it has “produced the world’s first fossil-free steel” and has started delivering it to the Volvo Group, its first customer. The news represents
2:36 PM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Golf’s regular season came to a close on Sunday, with a lot of last-day jockeying to get into the field when the FedEx Cup playoffs start next week at the Northern Trust. Only the top 125 advance to the first event. After that, the
Taliban fighters killed nine ethnic Hazara men after taking control of Afghanistan’s Ghazni province last month, Amnesty International has said. The killings, which took place between 4 and 6 July in the village of Mundarakht, Malistan district, saw six men shot and three others tortured to death. One man was strangled with his own scarf
Britney Spears is under investigation over assault charges after a staff member claimed the singer struck her, authorities have said. Deputies attended Spears’ home in Southern California after a member of her staff reported a dispute had taken place on Monday night, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said. No injuries were recorded and reports taken
In this article UWMC Tony Andrews | Twenty20 Starting later this year, U.S. homebuyers will have the option to pay for their mortgage in bitcoin. United Wholesale Mortgage, which made its public debut in January via a special purpose acquisition (SPAC) merger, announced plans this week to accept cryptocurrency for home loans, in what is
A £7bn bid for the supermarket chain Morrisons by US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice has been backed by the supermarket’s board, edging the company towards a takeover of the Bradford-based grocer. The offer by CD&R tops a rival bid by a private equity-backed consortium of £6.7bn, and is the latest development in
Ministers”blindsided themselves” by ignoring a warning eight months ago about the implications of the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. A report submitted to the government in January laid out how the US pull-out risked undermining the Afghan government and allowing the country to descend into civil war. But the Conservative chair of the International Relations
12:20 PM ET The NHL will allow teams to sell advertising on their jerseys beginning in the 2022-23 season. The measure has been approved by the board of governors, and teams are already having exploratory conversations with potential sponsors. To say those teams are salivating at the potential revenue the ads will generate is an
The paras knew we wanted to get outside of the British evacuation camp where they’re protecting and processing thousands of people bound for the UK. “Do you really want to go outside?” a somewhat incredulous looking soldier said to me. “Obviously I’m not going to stop you, if you are sure.” We’d been outside already,
9:32 AM BST Flyhalf Handre Pollard as said winning is the priority for South Africa, not playing entertaining rugby, in response to continued criticism of the Springboks’ style of play. The world champions, who defeated the British & Irish Lions 2-1 in their recent series, have been roundly criticised for what is perceived as a
US Capitol Police are responding to reports of a possible explosive device in a truck near the Library of Congress, law enforcement officials have said. People in and around the Cannon House Office Building have been evacuated after concerns over the suspicious vehicle, which is located near the Capitol and Supreme Court. Police said investigators
Plymouth gunman Jake Davison had an argument with his mother before shooting her in the head at the start of his attack, an inquest has heard. In a 12-minute rampage last Thursday evening, the 22-year-old killed five people, including a three-year-old girl, with a shotgun before taking his own life. The inquest into the deaths
Honda is making up for lost time by investing in a slew of new electric scooter models, each less expensive than the previous. The new Honda U-BE electric scooter may take the cake for cheap seated electric scooters. The U-BE follows on heels of the Honda U-GO (no, not the Yugo) that we covered earlier
A freight train transports coal from the Gunnedah Coal Handling and Prepararation Plant, operated by Whitehaven Coal Ltd., in Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. David Gray | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Soaring electricity demand, infrastructure woes and a surge in global gas prices have triggered an extraordinary rally
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