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?
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?
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
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
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…