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Catering and ground-handling company excluded from Canberra’s coronavirus support scheme

China’s example suggests that life will not snap back to normal, strategists say

A lot of enterprise cybersecurity efforts focus on malicious hackers that work on behalf of larger organizations, be they criminal groups or state actors — and for good reason, since the majority of incidents these days come from phishing and other malicious techniques that originate outside the enterprise itself. But there has also been a […]

Every year, our Japanese-language sister site throws a big Disrupt-like event in Tokyo where there is, of course, a Battlefield between about 10 different startups. With north of 100 million Internet users, Japan has a considerable domestic market. While Western companies have had more success in Japan than in mainland China, the national startup scene still has tons […]

Hostility to multilateralism means the forces that contained proliferation are dissipating

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US carmaker raises spending on EV and autonomous vehicles to $20bn by 2025

Big carmakers say small companies must be protected from collapse or factories may remain shut

Founders have always faced big challenges, but they pale in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Moving your business forward will require new thinking, new tools and new opportunities along with tried-and-true essentials. We’ve got you covered on all fronts. Case in point — catching investor attention in this climate will require a pitch par […]

The Netflix crime drama “Ozark” might not be exactly what you think of when you hear the phrase “high octane.” While there are a few big explosions, there are far more scenes of people talking urgently to each other while filmed in muted tones. A more apt description might be “high pulse rate.” Once you […]

We’ve spent so long asking tech to turn its attention to real-world problems. Let’s not complain when they do so now. 

Fintech companies have been lobbying for weeks to be able to participate in the U.S. government’s emergency lending program for small businesses. Now those efforts have paid off, as PayPal, Intuit and Square have all been approved to participate in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program, which provides aid in the form […]

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released updated projections of future U.S. energy production and use in its Annual Energy Outlook 2020 (AEO2020) today.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts that U.S. dry natural gas production will average 95.3 billion cubic feet per day in 2020, up 3% from 2019. However, EIA expects monthly production to generally decline through 2020, falling from an estimated 96.3 billion cubic feet per day in January to 92.3 billion cubic feet per day in December. Most of the decline in production will occur in the Appalachian and Permian regions. In the Appalachian region, low natural gas prices are discouraging drilling for natural gas. In the Permian, low oil prices are expected to reduce the associated production of natural gas from wells drilled to produce oil. In its March Short-Term Energy Outlook, EIA forecasts that U.S. dry natural gas production will average 92.6 billion cubic feet per day in 2021, down 3% from 2020. This would be the first decline in average annual natural gas production since 2016.

CEOs are more optimistic about growth than international counterparts, despite concerns about over-regulation and the Government's response to Australia's fiscal deficit, according to a PwC report launched today.

Cyber risk, political interference, and macro-economic volatility rank among the top sources of anxiety for Australian insurers, according to a joint PwC and Centre for Financial Innovation (CSFI) report released today.

Chairman of the Board of Partners of PwC Australia, Michael Happell, has announced that Luke Sayers will continue as Chief Executive Officer of the Australian firm for a further four years.

PwC Australia has recruited former CEO and Managing Director of David Jones Limited, Paul Zahra as Global Retail Advisor to add fuel to its growing retail and consumer practice.

Twitter announced today it’s introducing a new layout for replies that will use lines and indentations to make it easier to understand who you’re replying to and how the conversation is flowing. The company will also test putting engagement actions — including likes, Retweet and reply icons — behind an extra tap to make replies […]

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Ecosia, a not-for-profit search engine which uses ad generated revenue to fund planting trees, is set to get a visibility boost in Chrome. A change Google is making to its chromium engine will see it added as a default search engine choice in up to 47 markets for the version 81 release of Google’s web […]

Xponential Fitness Founder and CEO Anthony Geisler shares the leadership secrets that have helped him build a boutique fitness empire.

Back in the Seventies, much-loved television shows were regularly turned into films, and for eager audiences it often proved a rather disorientating experience.

Around 120 horses and 150 personnel left their barracks in London for an annual training visit to the North Norfolk coast. The unit is the Queen's ceremonial saluting battery.

Downton Abbey creator's new HBO series revealed Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon will star in the period drama The Gilded Age with Morgan Spector and Amanda Peet.

Get ready for Christmas with these recipes from a new book by Lady Carnarvon, chatelaine of Highclere Castle, the real Downton Abbey. Pictured, Christmas cake.

Get ready for Christmas with these recipes from a new book by Lady Carnarvon, chatelaine of Highclere Castle, the real Downton Abbey. Pictured, Christmas pudding.

The annual 20ft Norwegian Spruce has been hoisted at Downton Abbey's Highclere Castle. It is the same traditional tree as Trafalgar Square and the job requires a structured plan.

Jesy Nelson's boyfriend Chris Hughes is at the centre of a police investigation after he became embroiled in a violent altercation after Tuesday night's NTAs

The presenter, 40, who shares daughter Patricia, 16 months, with her footballer husband Frank, 41, was enjoying a night off mummy duty to rub shoulders

Jesy was pictured arguing with Chris inside the lobby of the InterContinental Hotel, before they left separately.

Olivia Attwood arrived back in Manchester on Wednesday evening hours after appearing to mock her ex Chris Hughes National Television Awards brawl.

During an interview at Tuesday's NTAs on Tuesday, the screen star, 41, insisted singing the rendition of The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl's tune  'felt appropriate'.

The former Love Island star, 27, was seen to launch a shocking attack after he was called 'a c**t', when the photographer in question failed to capture a shot of Chris with his girlfriend Jesy Nelson

Chris Hughes and Jesy Nelson's National Television Awards row was sparked by the ex-Love Island star being banned from doing interviews with his girlfriend.

Jesy Nelson has finally thrown her support behind boyfriend Chris Hughes in the wake of his shocking National Television Awards brawl with a photographer.

Police have launched an investigation into the incident, that saw Chris involved in a violent row, which he says was sparked by the photographer calling him a 'c**t'. 

Despite this, the star, 27, shared images while filming before continuing his damage control by sharing a snap from the night in question with his girlfriend Jesy Nelson

Chris Hughes, 27, put on a united front with his girlfriend Jesy Nelson, 28, when the pair stepped out together on Saturday.

The TOWIE star, 28, admitted Chris' scuffle with a paparazzi photographer did not come as a surprise to her after they previously had an argument at the awards.

Chris Hughes has reportedly been axed from Sport Relief's The Heat Is On challenge, following his shocking brawl at the National Television Awards last month.

House Rules' Lisa and Andy had to delegate a team to give Shayn and Carly's daughter Harper's newly renovated bedroom a makeover.

Ian Hickton, from Stoke, was staying as a guest at an Airbnb last weekend when he found a list of very specific bathroom rules and shared them on Twitter. One stated men should 'sit down' for a wee.

Lyon will be looking to put a traumatic week behind them when they go up against Nice this weekend with the Champions League spots still in touching distance.  

Paris St Germain extended their Ligue 1 lead to 13 points with a 4-3 home victory against Girondins de Bordeaux on Sunday but the French champions had Neymar sent off.

When Paris Saint-Germain made Neymar the world's most expensive player of all time, their hopes for what he would achieve were sky-high. Now they may feel they are better off without him.

Elizabeth Hurley was at it again on Tuesday, when the English actress took to Instagram to post a picture of herself sans bra beneath a sparkly blazer.

The former TOWIE star, 32, shared a picture of his wife, 32, mother, 59, sisters Jess, 34, with her beau William, and Natalya, 19, brother Josh, 30, and his wife Hollie posing in front of a Christmas tree.

The Wright family - including Mark, 32, and his wife Michelle Keegan, also 32 - provided fans with an inside peek into their wild Christmas in a series of Instagram snaps on Wednesday.