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Britain must find its tech champions or be left behind
Consider the fact that Europe’s most valuable listed tech company is SAP, a German software giant, which at €167bn, or $198bn, is worth less than one tenth of Apple’s valuation. Next largest is Dutch chipmaker ASML, at €158bn (£142bn), while a cursory glance down the list makes clear an obvious […]
Times are tough, but young people can find joy in starting their own business
Q: My granddaughter, who got her A-level results last week, is considering her future. In these difficult times, can you encourage young people to go into business? Is it fun? Are there happy and rewarding times to be had? A: Young people have drawn the short straw: school work at […]
NBA, Sprite find more reward than risk with BLM ads, study says
Dive Brief: NBA’s “The Truth is #BlackLivesMatter,” Papa John’s “Delivering Better” and Sprite’s “Together We Can” spots were the top performing recent ads related to the Black Lives Matter movement, according to new research on the topic from Ace Metrix. All of the top 10 BLM ads earned significantly higher scores than […]
LGBTQ-inclusive marketing opens door to acceptance, P&G and GLAAD find
Dive Brief: Representation of LGBTQ people in media, including TV, film and advertising, plays a significant role in growing acceptance among non-LGBTQ consumers, a new study published by media advocacy group GLAAD in partnership with Procter & Gamble finds. Eighty percent of respondents exposed to LGBTQ-inclusive media said they are […]
Clamour is increasing for voluntary patent pool but we need to provide incentives to find a vaccine
European leaders are arguing for a “patent pool” that would effectively put a vaccine in common ownership. Last week, Oxfam fronted up a campaign for a People’s Vaccine with signatories that included the former prime minister Gordon Brown, the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and the leaders of Pakistan and South […]
Pizza and beer on wheels: Japan’s restaurants find ways around virus
TOKYO — On a quiet residential street in Tokyo, the delicious smells emanating from a nearby food truck stop passersby in their tracks. Bakka, run by pizzeria Bakka M’unica, serves up freshly made pizza from a wood-fired brick oven right inside the truck. The 1,050 yen ($9.81) margherita pizza and […]
Branson races to find Virgin Atlantic buyer
Sir Richard Branson is seeking a buyer for Virgin Atlantic and has set an end-of-May deadline to save the airline from collapse after a taxpayer bailout proved beyond his reach. The Sunday Telegraph has learnt that the pursuit of a £500m government package has been effectively shelved and that the […]
Japanese experts find kitchen detergents may kill coronavirus
TOKYO — Japan’s economy ministry and the National Institute of Product Evaluation Technology announced Wednesday that simple cleaners such as kitchen detergent may be effective disinfecting agents for the new coronavirus. The findings will be verified through experiments and preliminary results compiled in May. Japan aims to increase the range […]