Most Wilko shops to close next week with ‘significant job losses’ expected
M ost Wilko stores will close in the next seven days, the union representing around a third of its staff has revealed, after it said a rescue purchase out of …
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A’s owner John Fisher says he won’t sell team: Las Vegas interview
John Fisher has yet to do an interview with a Bay Area outlet since taking over as the Oakland A’s owner in 2016, or even since becoming a part-owner in …
SoftBank-Owned Chipmaker Arm Is Going Public After Failed Nvidia Deal
SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Arm, a U.K.-based chip designer owned by Japanese conglomerate SoftBank (SFTBF), has filed to go public on …
U.S. Jobs Total 300,000 Less Than in Earlier Data Through March
The red-hot American job market might be just a couple of degrees cooler than previously believed. There were 306,000 fewer nonagricultural jobs in the United States in March than initially …
How English women’s football could become a billion pound industry
Christina Philippou, principal lecturer of economics at the University of Portsmouth explains where the money could come from to change the women’s game forever. A long-awaited official review of women’s football …
Water companies almost breached licences to keep supply flowing, documents show
S everal water companies came close to breaching their licences in order to maintain public water supply after the intense heat and dry weather last summer, Environment Agency (EA) documents …
California lawmakers consider permanent ban on watering grass at businesses
California’s most-recent drought is over. Reservoirs are full. Ski season lasted until July. But despite the wet winter, an effort is gaining momentum in the state capitol to add manicured …
Spear Street Capital to enhance Perimeter Summit office component
Spear Street plans interior and exterior enhancements for Perimeter Summit including the modernization of lobbies. (JLL/Spear Capital) Spear Street Capital has announced it will make “significant improvements” to the office …
Kids Are Going Back to School. So Is ChatGPT
Last winter, the unveiling of OpenAI’s alarmingly sophisticated chatbot sent educators into a tailspin. Generative AI, it was feared, would enable rampant cheating and plagiarism, and even make high school …
Relax, lawyers and accountants. AI isn’t going to take your jobs
A nice respectable career as a lawyer or an accountant has been the ambition of generations of young people. But with professional services firms investing billions in AI technology will …