State pensioners are to get a sizable increase to their payments from next week as payments increase 10.1 percent. The full basic state pension is increasing to £156.20 a week while the full new state pension is going up to £203.85 a week. This means a person on the full …
Read More »China plans $500M subsea internet cable to rival US-backed project
Rep. John James, R-Mich., details legislation that seeks to declassify China as a ‘developing’ nation, taking away favored nation and tax exemptions. Chinese state-owned telecom firms are developing a $500 million undersea fiber-optic internet cable network that would link Asia, the Middle East and Europe to rival a similar U.S.-backed …
Read More »Income tax warning as millions dragged into paying extra £1,000 extra | Personal Finance | Finance
Changes to income tax have come into force today meaning the additional rate of tax has now been cut in the UK. This means people will pay a higher rate of 45 percent when they earn more than £125,140 per year, which was previously £150,000 a year. The Government says …
Read More »Mega Millions jackpot soars past $400M for Friday night
Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com The Mega Millions jackpot has surpassed $400 million for the first time in almost three months. It is also just the 19th time in the 21-year history of the game that it has reached this point. The jackpot rolled over after no ticket matched all …
Read More »Coventry Building Society launches ‘competitive’ 4.2 percent fixed rate ISA
Coventry Building Society has launched two fixed rate ISA products to mark the new financial year.
Read More »Miami Heat unveil new arena name after removing FTX reference
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried now faces 13 charges related to the collapse of his cryptocurrency empire. He has pleaded not guilty to all counts. The Miami Heat’s home, previously known as FTX Arena, has a new name. In an announcement Tuesday, the NBA franchise said the Miami, Florida, sports …
Read More ȣ1,000 state pensions rise wiped out by food and energy inflation | Personal Finance | Finance
Pensioners face a price squeeze which will override gains from a record state pension increase and put them in more peril, experts warn. This week, under the triple-lock guarantee, the state pension will rise by 10.1 percent to £10,600 – adding nearly £19 a week to the full pension and …
Read More »Google’s AI Bard can easily break safety features, promote COVID and climate conspiracies, study finds
PayPal founding COO David Sacks discusses the potential of ChatGPT and how widespread it could become on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Google’s artificial intelligence chatbot Bard can break its guardrails and generate potentially harmful content on COVID-19, sexism, racism, Ukraine and more, a new study finds. According to the Center for …
Read More »Santander offers customers ‘exclusive account’ paying four percent | Personal Finance | Finance
The Santander Edge saver allows customers to benefit from four percent AER / 3.93 percent gross (variable) interest. The four percent applies on balances up to £4,000 and includes 0.50 percent AER (variable) bonus rate for the first 12 months from opening. Interest is calculated daily and added to this …
Read More »China, Malaysia to discuss Asian Monetary Fund to reduce dependence on US dollar
Radio host Bryan Suits reacts to Xi Jinping’s upcoming meetings with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy on ‘Kennedy.’ Malaysia is reviving a decades-old proposal to create an Asian Monetary Fund to reduce dependence on the U.S. dollar, with China being open to talks about the matter. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar …
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