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With Cancer Research UK confirming that obesity is the leading cause of four common cancers in the UK, it’s a scandal that Boris Johnson is questioning the effectiveness of taxes on food and drinks products, and whether taxes unfairly hit Read more
Starbucks has apologized to Arizona police after an employee reportedly asked six officers to leave or change their location in a shop in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe, because another customer reported feeling unsafe. The coffee giant said it has Read more
The Pensions Regulator could target Sir Philip Green’s overseas assets to secure promised contributions to Arcadia’s pension scheme. Guarantees given by Green and his wife include a £100m “cash” payment from Lady Tina Green, £75m over three years from Arcadia Read more
Welcome to Frankfurt, Christine Lagarde. A new job as head of the European Central Bank awaits. There are only so many supranational jobs on the political and economic circuit and you have nabbed a second one after seven years at Read more
Few Turkish financers expected to find themselves standing up for Murat Cetinkaya, Turkey’s former central bank governor, whose three years in office were often marred by erratic and unorthodox policy making. But his sacking over the weekend by President Recep Read more
Hundreds of City workers are fearing for their jobs after Deutsche Bank, the global bank that is one of the Square Mile’s largest employers, said it plans to axe 18,000 staff worldwide in the latest attempt to revitalise its reputation Read more
The Hong Kong-based company that brought you the digital camera attachment that transforms your camera into a Polaroid is back with another product that’s dripping with nostalgia and making a bloody mess everywhere. If you can stomach wading though walls Read more
Cyberpunk 2077 has become one of the staples of the game industry recently. It headlines every convention, from E3 in Los Angeles all the way to Gamescom in Cologne, and is one of the most searched for games online right Read more
In hindsight it probably wasn’t the best idea to binge watch the entire Black Mirror box set ahead of making a leap into the world of virtual reality for the very first time. Expectations, heavily rooted in Charlie Brooker’s dystopian Read more
The last addition to the Gran Turismo series may have been a bit of a disappointment for fans, but developer Polyphony Digital isn’t letting that dampen the future of the franchise. In fact, when it comes to next-generation hardware, the Read more