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Amazon rebrands London tube station, and MPs are not happy
Some UK lawmakers criticised an advertising campaign by Amazon.com yesterday which involved changing the name signs at London's Westminster underground station, where parliament is located, to 'Webminster', branding it "insulting". Amazon paid underground operator Transport for London (TfL) 390,000 pounds to change the signage at the station underneath the Houses of ...
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As talks loom, 'hard Brexit' option raises fear of tariffs
Is it cod or haddock?That's the sort of question that will matter to Britain if it leaves the European Union's tariff-free single market and ends up operating under rules overseen by the World Trade Organization.A complete divorce, often referred to as "hard Brexit," would see the EU impose tariffs on ...
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Malta earmarked as likely location for post-Brexit Lloyds subsidiary
Malta is emerging as a likely possible location for a subsidiary of Lloyds of London after Brexit, as discussions between the insurance firm, the Malta Financial Services Authority, and a local law firm intensify, the Malta Chamber said on its website.According to sources who spoke to The Business Observer, Lloyds ...
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Tecnologia & Innovazione
Diet to go, la "dieta a domicilio" arriva anche a Londra
L'attenzione alla linea, si sa, è una tendenza assai diffusa nelle società moderne e per questo è in crescita il numero di consumatori che si informa con attenzione sui contenuti calorici e nutrizionali degli alimenti e che compra prodotti dietetici. Nel 2016, a Milano, è nata Diet to go, una start-up ...
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Lifelong learning is becoming an economic imperative
THE RECEPTION AREA contains a segment of a decommissioned Underground train carriage, where visitors wait to be collected. The surfaces are wood and glass. In each room the talk is of code, web development and data science. At first sight the London office of General Assembly looks like that of ...
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Refugees In Serbia experiencing 'life-threatening conditions' as temperatures plummet
Source: Christian Aid Country: Greece, Serbia, WorldThe provision of food is becoming a major challenge for agencies. In this cold weather, people need access to hot, nutritious food, as well as adequate shelter and heating, says Christian Aid.Marija Vranesevic, Programme Manager at Philanthropy – Christian Aid’s partner organisation in Serbia, commented: ...
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Opening ceremony for Malta EU Council Presidency 2017, PM aims to remove political disconnect
The official opening ceremony of Malta's EU presidency was held this evening at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat officially being entrsuted with the leadership of the EU for the next six months in the presence of Eddie Fenech Adami, former Nationalist Prime Minister who ...
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Former England coach Graham Taylor dies at 72
Graham Taylor, a former England coach who was labeled a "turnip" by the tabloids for failing to qualify for the 1994 World Cup, has died. He was 72.Taylor died early Thursday of a suspected heart attack, his family said in a statement.Taylor, who also coach Aston Villa and Watford, reached ...
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Updated: Man on trial for human trafficking tells jurors he was ‘just another passenger’
A man on trial over human trafficking charges told jurors this afternoon that he was "just another passenger" and that other people on the packed boat mistook him for one of the organisers.Ethiopian Hadish Abayu, 58, is pleading not guilty to charges of people smuggling and complicity in the trafficking ...
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Updated: Italy's premier hospitalised, reported in good condition
Italian Premier Paolo Gentiloni's office was reported in good condition Wednesday after undergoing angioplasty surgery upon his return from a bilateral meeting in Paris.Gentiloni's office confirmed he was hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli hospital, but wouldn't comment on the nature of the illness. The news agency ANSA said Gentiloni had undergone ...
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Paul Sies appointed Air Malta’s New Chief Commercial Officer
Air Malta has appointed Paul Sies as Chief Commercial Officer. Paul takes his position with immediate effect and will be responsible for leading all commercial activity on a day-to-day basis. Paul joins Air Malta with a strong track record after having worked for over 25 years at senior management level ...
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UK considering £1,000 charge to hire EU workers after Brexit
The British government says it is considering charging employers 1,000 pounds ($1,200) a year for every skilled worker they recruit from the European Union after the U.K. leaves the bloc.Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill told a House of Lords committee on Wednesday that the charge is "something that's been suggested to ...
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Trenitalia acquisisce la società ferroviaria inglese NXET
(Teleborsa) - Trenitalia entra nel mercato ferroviario della Gran Bretagna attraverso la propria controllata Trenitalia UK, società di diritto inglese con base a Londra. Trenitalia UK ha...
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Finance news you need to know today
ICELAND’S citizens could soon go the opposite way of the UK, with the country mulling a referendum on joining the European Union.
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Speaker wants MPs to draft guidelines on use of mobile phones during parliamentary debates
Speaker Anglu Farrugia this evening called on both sides of the House to engage in a mature debate and come up with guidelines on the use of mobile phones during Parliamentary sittings. He was delivering a ruling after Opposition Whip David Agius had claimed that some government MP had taken ...
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Journalist Clare Hollingworth, who broke news of WW II, dies
Clare Hollingworth, a British war correspondent who was the first to report the Nazi invasion of Poland that marked the beginning of World War II, died in Hong Kong on Tuesday. She was 105.The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong announced her death, calling her a beloved member with a ...
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Mirae to finance W1tr for Yeosu resort development
A consortium led by Mirae Asset Financial Group and UK-based investment firm Castlepines clinched a deal to finance more
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London commuters face stress in subway strike
Millions of commuters cycled, trudged and waited in snaking bus queues Monday as a strike by London Underground station staff shut down much of the city's subway network.Scores of Tube stations and many of the city's subway lines were closed during the morning rush hour, forcing Londoners to walk, use ...
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U.K. rail, air woes worsen as Tube, BA unionists to strike over staff levels, pay
Londoners face transport chaos at the start of the working week after two unions representing workers on the London Underground said they would go ahead with a 24-hour strike from Sunday evening. Metro operator Transport for London (TfL) said most stations in central London would be closed due to the ...
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Updated: UK's May denies her government 'muddled' about EU exit
Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday she will announce details of Britain's European Union exit plans in the next few weeks, and denied a former diplomat's claim that the government is "muddled" about Brexit.In her first interview of 2017, May also said Donald Trump had made "unacceptable" comments about women ...
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EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Malta judges announced
Imagine meeting Bill Ford, the executive Chairman of the Ford Motor Company and getting his insights into the business world of today and tomorrow. With EY’s initiative to bring to Malta the World Entrepreneur of the Year, such an opportunity can be within reach - Bill Ford was only one ...