Global Finance

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Contactless ‘in-touch with wary consumers’ — cash ‘faring poorly’

CONTACTLESS spending could soon account for 47 percent of all transactions, according to research carried out by the Centre of Retail Research (CRR). It examined...
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ESG integration boost for Blackrock’s DC strategy

US INVESTMENT company BlackRock’s UK Defined Contribution (DC) default strategy, LifePath, is moving to the next phase of ESG integration. The move will increase LifePath UK’s ESG exposure,...
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Top stock searches: Google and ye shall find

Controversial oil giants Shell and BP top the search list SHELL is Europe’s most Googled stock, while BP holds top spot for Britain. The oil giants...

3 reasons why consistent implementation is critical for the EU’s GDPR

A particularly momentous year in the world of privacy, 2018 will see the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) move from policy...
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Apple shares fall as China bans iPhone use

By HAL WILLIAMS ISAAC Newton would doubtless see the gravity of the situation: Apple's stock market valuation has fallen by more than six percent. That’s quite...
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EU citizens ‘need help from UK firms to resolve status issues’

WITH JUST 20 days for European citizens to apply for settled status in the UK, businesses should help with outstanding applications. That advice comes from...

Gender pay-gap: women undervalue their own contributions, study finds

Expectations play a part in unequal rewards system – and women appear less pushy when it comes to negotiating a salary WOMEN often find themselves...
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Faltering Libra project is losing more traction

FACEBOOK’S Libra currency project appears to be close to dead in the water, with five major payments providers pulling out. The founding companies in the...
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Consumer ‘personas’ driving ongoing internet sales boom

Research by the World Retail Congress and Railsbank investigates the behaviours of today’s global consumer — and finds that the online buying habits are...
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Old news is good news for FibreCycle

Catch it at the pet expo in Surrey later this month... SCUNTHORPE eco-conscious innovator FibreCycle has for some time been making an example for/of the...