The 24 best universities in the world according to Times Higher Education
English-speaking universities continue to dominate the world, according to a new ranking from the Times Higher Education (THE) supplement released on Thursday.Of the top 24, 16 were American and six...
View ArticleMoney transfer firm Zooz raises $24 million
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Payments Industry Insider" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Zooz, an Israel-based payments platform that works to facilitate...
View ArticleHere's the full letter Sir Philip Green sent to MPs accusing them of 'public...
Retail billionaire Sir Philip Green has made his first public comments since the collapse of BHS into administration last week, an event that many in the press and Parliament have blamed him for in...
View ArticleA Brexit could spell a mass exodus of EU workers because they'd fail...
Immigration is arguably the number one issue for supporters of a Brexit — Britain leaving the European Union.And if Britons did pip for a Brexit in the June 23 referendum, it would see the mass exodus...
View ArticleU.S. trade panel to probe devices of eight smartphone vendors
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) is launching an investigation into the mobile devices of eight smartphone vendors over an alleged patent violation, the trade panel...
View ArticleBillionaire Sir Philip Green tells MP investigating BHS collapse: 'Stand down'
The row over the collapse of 88-year-old retailer BHS is getting increasingly ugly, with Labour MP Frank Field and former BHS owner Sir Philip Green trading blows in the press.Green, who bought the...
View ArticleThe world's largest steelmaker is getting smashed by China
ArcelorMittal, the biggest steel producer in the world, saw first quarter profits fall by a third as the price slump in commodities continued to affect its bottom line.Revenues in Q1 were $13.4 billion...
View ArticleBusiness Insider UK is hiring a front page editor
Business Insider UK is looking for someone who is obsessed with news and has experience managing a team to be our front page editor.This person is cool under pressure and comfortable assigning,...
View ArticleShares in one of Britain's biggest construction companies have crashed nearly...
Shares in Interserve, one of the UK's largest construction and services companies, are getting pummelled on Friday morning, after the company said that it faces a huge impairment charge on a major...
View ArticleMore bad news for arts students — a humanities PhD isn't worth the costs
Doing a PhD or Doctorate in Humanities subjects doesn't give a worthwhile return on their cost, according to salary benchmark site Emolument.com.It analysed 23,866 graduate salaries with five to nine...
View ArticleRedstone competence trial to start with mogul's testimony
By Lisa RichwineLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A high-stakes trial to settle questions about the mental competence of media mogul Sumner Redstone begins on Friday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom.Redstone...
View ArticleELECTIONS LIVE: Sadiq Khan for Labour is leading in the Mayor of London count
Counting begins for the next Mayor of London. Results expected at around 6 p.m. BST. Sadiq Khan for the Labour Party is currently ahead of the Conservative candidate Zac Goldsmith in the count.The...
View ArticleGlass Lewis recommends not backing Deutsche Bank co-CEO
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shareholder advisory firm Glass Lewis has recommended that investors at Deutsche Bank's shareholder meeting on May 19 do not vote in favor of the 2015 performance of outgoing...
View ArticleSquare had its worst day ever
Square is sinking like a stone.The payment-tech firm's stock dropped over 21% Friday, settling at $10.23 a share.The drop is the worst for the company since it went public on November 19, 2015,...
View ArticleWells Fargo told staff to keep quiet about missing papers: lawsuit
By David Ingram(Reuters) - A former employee accused Wells Fargo & Co of instructing workers at a call center to refrain from telling customers about lost deeds or other missing documents, and of...
View ArticleLABOUR'S SADIQ KHAN IS THE NEW MAYOR OF LONDON
Sadiq Khan of the Labour party is the new Mayor of London.Khan has secured a comfortable victory over his closest rival — the Conservative party's Zac Goldsmith — with 1,310,143 votes. That's a record...
View ArticleWe did the math to see if it's worth it to buy a ticket for the $415 million...
The Powerball lottery drawing for Saturday evening has an estimated jackpot prize of $415 million.While that's a huge amount of money, buying a ticket is still probably a losing proposition.Consider...
View ArticleWhy this startup bubble won't pop like the last
When many people hear that the tech bubble is going to burst, they harken back to 2000 or 2008 when the floor fell out of the tech industry."Other than the fact that they are cycles of eight, the three...
View ArticleIf trend stands, consumer stocks to boost market
By Rodrigo CamposNEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. stock market could get a shot in the arm next week as consumer-facing companies report earnings in a season in which the sector has so far been the...
View ArticleTHE PAYMENTS INDUSTRY EXPLAINED: The trends creating new winners and losers...
The way we pay is changing dramatically. For example, people are beginning to use their smartphones for every kind of formal and informal transaction — to shop at stores, buy songs online, and even...
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