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Budget 2023: Money will have to be found from somewhere for public sector pay, says IFS

The government will have to find money to increase public sector pay or face consequences in its services, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)...

Exiled Chinese businessman with ties to Steve Bannon charged in $1bn fraud conspiracy in US

An exiled Chinese businessman with ties to former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon has been charged in the US with orchestrating a conspiracy to...

Exiled Chinese businessman with ties to Steve Bannon charged in bn fraud conspiracy in US

Politics

Jeremy Hunt defends speed of his childcare budget giveaway as ‘biggest transformation in my lifetime’

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has defended the speed of the rollout for his budget offer of free childcare for working parents, describing it as the...

Business

Credit Suisse secures £44.5bn lifeline amid fears of global financial crisis

Credit Suisse has said it will borrow up to 50bn Swiss francs (£44.5bn) from the Swiss central bank to shore up its liquidity. The...

Business

Budget 2023 calculator: See if you are better or worse off after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s statement

Are you richer or poorer? Use our budget calculator to see how you have been affected by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s tax and spending announcements....

Business

Beer drinkers toast to budget, but wine and whisky producers feel sour over alcohol duty increase

The price of a bottle of wine could rise by 44p this summer after Jeremy Hunt limited a freeze on alcohol tax to pints....

Business

Coal power stations unlikely to provide emergency energy top-up next winter

Companies running the UK’s three remaining coal-fired power stations have told Sky News that they will not be able to commit to new emergency...

Sports

United States vs. Colombia – World Baseball Classic Live Game – March 15, 2023 | ESPN

Puerto Rico ousts Dominican Republic at WBC, but loses Edwin Diaz to injury Puerto Rico ousted the favored Dominican Republic from the World Baseball...

Sports

Puerto Rico ousts D.R., but Mets closer Diaz hurt

10:37 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” MIAMI...

Sports

Freeman (hammy) expects to be fine for opener

8:06 PM ET ESPN News Services 1 Related “We expect him to be in a game sooner rather than later,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts...

Environment

Rail strike to bring many train services to a halt

A strike by rail workers today will bring train services to a halt across the country in the latest disruption caused by a wave...

Technology

Snap stock surges on report that Biden may ban TikTok

Co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. Evan Spiegel attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition...

Technology

Google ends enterprise sales of Google Glass, its augmented reality smartglasses

Alphabet’s Glass being used in manufacturing Alphabet Google has stopped selling its Glass Enterprise smart glasses, the company announced on Wednesday on its website....

Environment

Labour to oppose removing lifetime pensions allowance, calling it a ‘tax cut for the rich’

Labour has said it will oppose plans to abolish the lifetime pensions allowance, calling it a “tax cut for the rich”. Shadow chancellor Rachel...

Labour to oppose removing lifetime pensions allowance, calling it a ‘tax cut for the rich’

Labour has said it will oppose plans to abolish the lifetime pensions allowance, calling it a “tax cut for the rich”. Shadow chancellor Rachel...

Spacesuit lands astronauts with a new look

A new spacesuit designed for astronauts hoping to land on the moon has been demonstrated in Texas. NASA awarded Axiom Space, a company based...

Russia trying to recover crashed US drone after Black Sea collision

The US says the drone which crashed into the Black Sea after encountering two Russian fighter jets will not provide intelligence of any value...

Sports

NASCAR hits Hendrick with largest penalty ever

2:58 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR levied the largest combined fine on one team in series history Wednesday, hammering Hendrick Motorsports...

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Sir Michael Caine celebrates 90th birthday with Tom Cruise and Loose Women’s Denise Welch

Sir Michael Caine celebrated his 90th birthday with a star-studded dinner attended by Tom Cruise, David Walliams and Loose Women panellist Denise Welch. The...

Technology

In client call, SVB’s new CEO urges clients to bring funds back to the bank

Three days into his tenure as Silicon Valley Bank‘s government-appointed CEO, Tim Mayopoulos has a message for his high-powered venture capital and startup clients:...