Company will cut up to 336 jobs in attempt to create growth under recently returned chief executive Jack Dorsey
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Britain falls back into deflation as tumbling fuel prices take effect
Consumer prices slip to their lowest level since April at -0.1 per cent on the back of falling energy costs and sluggish growth in clothes prices
‘Non-existent’ laser razor hits Indiegogo after Kickstarter boot
A bladeless laser-based razor has been booted from Kickstarter for the seemingly minor reason that the product does not, currently, exist.
Why you should (sometimes) just forget your mistakes
Those that don’t know history are doomed to repeat it? Maybe not, suggests a new study.
Dell pays $67bn for EMC in biggest ever tech takeover
Michael Dell has landed the biggest technology takeover of all time to accommodate the “selfie” generation’s seemingly insatiable hunger for taking pictures and streaming music.
Rugby World Cup boosts sales of beer and party food
British Retail Consortium says like-for-like sales grew at fastest annual pace for six months in September, buoyed by demand for snacks and alcohol
Government raises £591m selling off final Royal Mail shareholding
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills authorises sale of 13pc shareholding and gifts 1pc to employees
Volkswagen’s UK boss to face MPs over emissions scandal
Paul Willis, the managing director of Volkswagen Group UK, will be questioned by the transport select committee on Monday
Facebook pays less tax than Britain’s average worker
Facebook’s UK division paid just over £4,000 in corporation tax last year, almost £1,000 less than the average British worker pays in income tax and national insurance contributions.
World cannot spend its way out of a slump, warns OECD chief
Angel Gurría says spendthrift countries are leaving themselves exposed to next shock as OECD secretary general warns both sides would lose if Britain left the EU
Former Anglo Irish Bank CEO Drumm arrested in US & facing extradition
Arrest follows request by Dublin prosecutors who are pursuing executives over massive failure of Anglo Irish, which needed huge government bailout
How Tesla, Under Armour, & Sonos do branding
The network effect, which describes how services and technologies become more valuable as more people use them, has driven the success of many internet companies.
7 things mentally strong people never do
Quit these bad habits and you’ll become massively more resilient instantly.
China props up currency to tune of $43.3bn in September
China burned through $43.3bn in foreign currency reserves in September, down from $93.9bn in August
George Osborne’s infrastructure plans are a ‘win-win’ for UK, says IMF
Christine Lagarde has heaped praise on the Government for its infrastructure spending plans
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