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Nassau County Executive Bruce A Blakeman speaks in front of the entrance of Columbia University which is occupied by pro-Palestian protesters in New York on April 22, 2024.  Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images Billionaire donors like Robert Kraft and Leon Cooperman are weighing their support for Columbia University amid rising campus tensions over

The UK’s biggest water company has put forward an investment offer that could increase customer bills even more than the 40% rise it already requested. Thames Water, which serves 16 million customers in the south of England, has proposed increasing spending by £1.1bn and revealed another potential £1.9bn investment in its network as part of

Shares of Arizona Metals Corp , a Canadian gold explorer, could more-than double, according to analysts at Scotiabank — and their price target is more conservative than most. The investment bank reiterated its bullish stance on the mining company after it released new drilling results from its Kay Mine Project, located 45 miles north of

Liz Truss has acknowledged she and her government lost the confidence of financial markets following the mini-budget of October 2022 – but has refused to apologise to homeowners for higher interest rates. Talking to Sky News, the former prime minister blamed her downfall on the Bank of England, primarily governor Andrew Bailey. However, she said

Devin Nunes, chief executive officer of Truth Social, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, US, on Thursday, March 2, 2023.  Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes on Friday said he would “do whatever it takes” to defend the company’s retail investors from possible

The private equity titan Blackstone is this weekend drawing up plans for a £1.2bn takeover bid for the owner of songs performed by Blondie, the Kaiser Chiefs and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Sky News can exclusively reveal that Blackstone has already tabled several offers to buy Hipgnosis Songs Fund (HSF), the London-listed music rights

Former President Donald Trump returns from a lunch break at Manhattan criminal court as jury selection continues in New York on April 18, 2024. Jabin Botsford | Reuters The New York Attorney General’s office on Friday asked a judge to effectively void a $175 million bond posted by former President Donald Trump to secure a

How have the markets reacted to Israel’s attack on Iran? Ian King is joined by Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown to assess the impact. He is also talking to the boss of Dutch telecoms firm KPN, which has launched a major campaign against the sending of unsolicited sexual images. Listen and subscribe

A sign marks the location of a Nordstrom store in a shopping mall on March 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.  Scott Olson | Getty Images The Nordstrom family is once again considering taking the department store private and has formed a special committee to evaluate bids, it announced on Thursday.  CEO Erik Nordstrom and president

Ministers are to kick off a search for the inaugural chair of the new football watchdog, even as it faces growing hints of opposition to its establishment from the Premier League. Sky News has learnt that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will launch the appointment process for the role at the Independent

Cranes rest idle while waiting for a ship to dock to remove cargo containers in Los Angeles Harbor on March 14, 2024.  Genaro Molina | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images A top Biden cybersecurity official urged the nation’s ports in a joint call on Wednesday to have their data encrypted, rapidly patch any vulnerabilities

An employee benefits platform used by Asda and Burger King has secured close to £20m in new funding from investors including a subsidiary of the British Business Bank (BBB). Sky News has learnt that Wagestream, which enables the employees of its corporate clients to receive their salary early every month, will announce on Thursday that

A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft lands at San Francisco International Airport. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images United Airlines on Tuesday cut its aircraft-delivery expectations for the year as it grapples with delays from Boeing, the latest airline to face growth challenges because of the plane-maker’s safety crisis. United expects to receive just

A former Post Office director has expressed regret over a “missed opportunity” to prevent the Horizon IT scandal at the public inquiry. David Miller. who was chief operating officer in 2004, admitted failing to read an expert’s report claiming issues with the accounting system in the case of then-Cleveleys sub-postmistress, Julie Wolstenholme. She had been

TAYLOR, Texas — The Commerce Department is on track to dole out all of the $39 billion in grant money allocated under the CHIPS Act by year-end, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told CNBC on Monday. The Commerce Department is providing the money to semiconductor companies to incentivize them to build out manufacturing production capabilities in

Tesla is cutting 10% of its global workforce in a bid to reduce costs and bolster productivity, it has been reported. The electric vehicle maker, founded and run by Elon Musk, was yet to comment on a story earlier on Monday by Electrek that it was to axe about 15,000 personnel. The tech publication said