Wheat Trading Mixed on Friday
Wheat Trading Mixed on Friday
The wheat complex is trading with mixed action on Friday. Chicago SRW futures are trading with 5 to 6 cent losses. KC HRW futures are down 3 to 4 cents,…
Japan is facing a dementia crisis – can technology help?
Japan is facing a dementia crisis – can technology help?
Suranjana TewariAsia Business Correspondent, TokyoBBCScientists at Waseda University in Tokyo are developing caregiving robotsLast year, more than 18,000 older people living with dementia left their homes and wandered off in…
Can Japan get more female business leaders?
Can Japan get more female business leaders?
Phoebe AmorosoBusiness reporter, TokyoAFP via Getty ImagesSome hope that the election of Japan's first female prime minister will open doors for other womenIn October Japan got its first female prime…
Covid fraud and error cost taxpayers £10.9bn, report will say
Covid fraud and error cost taxpayers £10.9bn, report will say
Josh MartinBusiness reporterGetty ImagesThe report will look at Covid-era programmes like Eat Out to Help Out, which subsidised hospitality billsCovid-19 support programmes cost taxpayers nearly £11bn through fraud and error,…
Young people to lose benefits if they turn down work, says minister
Young people to lose benefits if they turn down work, says minister
Paul Seddon,Political reporterandKathryn ArmstrongPat McFadden says government's youth plans a 'strong offer of help'Young people will be stripped of their right to claim benefits if they refuse a taxpayer-funded job…
Redcar Area Foodbank running reverse advent calendar
Redcar Area Foodbank running reverse advent calendar
Reverse advent calendar call-out from foodbankRedcar Area FoodbankEvery day the foodbank reveals an item it wants people to donateA foodbank is asking for donations ahead of Christmas through a reverse…
Iceland boss Richard Walker to become Labour peer, sources say
Iceland boss Richard Walker to become Labour peer, sources say
Iain Watson,political correspondent,andAleks PhillipsThe chairman of the supermarket chain Iceland will be nominated for a Labour peerage, sources within the party have confirmed.They said Richard Walker was "a committed champion…
Ask-sale price gap weakening liquidity in housing market
Ask-sale price gap weakening liquidity in housing market
The divergence between asking prices and final sold prices is among the reasons for poor liquidity in the existing homes market, according to a report. The study, which was carried…
Living standards higher in Republic than in NI – report
Living standards higher in Republic than in NI – report
Living standards in the Republic are higher than in Northern Ireland, a new report by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has found. Household disposable income was €36,900 in…
Economy gets fatter from making the world slimmer
Economy gets fatter from making the world slimmer
Bertie Ahern's famous economic analysis that the "boom is getting boomier" is an apt description for what is happening in Ireland now. This week, a range of indicators showed activity…
Cardinal invests €30m in Cathedral Eye Clinic
Cardinal invests €30m in Cathedral Eye Clinic
Private equity company Cardinal Capital Group has invested €30m into Cathedral Eye Clinic, which operates specialist eye-surgery clinics in Belfast and Birmingham. This will allow the company to expand its…
Ireland examining social media ban for children – dept
Ireland examining social media ban for children – dept
Ireland, along with other European Union member states, is examining the question of prohibiting access by children and young people to social media platforms - the so-called "digital age of…