Honda is planning to close its factory in Swindon dealing what trade unions called a “shattering body blow” to an automotive sector already struggling with the effects of #Brexit-related uncertainty. The Japanese carmaker, which employs… Read More
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Flybmi tells customers to seek refunds from credit card companies
Flybmi is advising customers to seek refunds from credit and debit card companies or rebook with other airlines after the company collapsed late on Saturday, leading to the cancellation of thousands of journeys. On Sunday… Read More
Capitalism’s Ownership of Global Warming
by Robert Hunziker Capitalism not only owns global warming, there’s a big red mitigation arrow pointed at the heart of today’s rampant capitalism, which is eerily similar to the loosie goosie version of the Roaring… Read More
Blaming Political Climate, Trumps Give Up on New Hotels – The New York Times
In the early months of the Trump administration, with the president no longer running his family business, his eldest sons embarked on a plan to roll out two new hotel lines in dozens of American… Read More
‘It will create a firestorm’: Mulvaney’s border wall cash grab sparks dissent in White House – POLITICO
The White House is firming up plans to redirect unspent federal dollars as a way of funding President Donald Trump’s border wall without taking the dramatic step of invoking a national emergency. Done by executive… Read More
New Evidence Emerges of Possible Wrongdoing by Trump Inaugural Committee
The Trump inaugural appears to have overpaid for space at Trump’s Washington hotel, a possible violation of the law. Federal prosecutors are probing the festivities. by Justin Elliott, ProPublica, and Ilya Marritz, WNYC Federal prosecutors… Read More
GOP livid with Trump over ignored Khashoggi report
Senate Republicans are fuming at President Donald Trump for telling lawmakers he would disregard a law requiring a report to Congress determining who is responsible for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The uproar… Read More
Calls for regulator to ensure access to cash after bank IT failures
The government is facing calls for a new regulator to protect consumers’ access to cash, following several bank IT failures and thousands of cash machine and branch closures across the UK. The consumer group Which?… Read More