• Google lays off workers, Tesla cans its Supercharger team and UnitedHealthcare reveals security lapses

    Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the week that was in tech. This edition’s a tad bittersweet for me — it’ll be my last (for a while, anyway). Soon, I’ll be shifting my attention to a new AI-focused newsletter, which I’m super thrilled about. Stay tuned! Now, on with […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Dutch voters have more confidence in EU than The Hague – survey

    Dutch voters have more trust in the European Union than their own parliament, but confidence in both institutions is waning, according to a survey by the statistics agency CBS. The annual poll, taken last year, showed 47.1% of people over 15 trusted the EU, while 29% had faith in the Lower House. The figures for 2022 were 48.7% and 30.4% respectively. It is the first time since the survey began in 2012 that fewer than three in 10 people expressed

  • NFU survey shows collapse in Northamptonshire farmer confidence

    The Farmer Confidence Survey shows that short and mid-term confidence across England and Wales is at its lowest since records began in 2010. Because of this lack of confidence, production intentions have also plummeted with all farming sectors expecting to decrease production over the next year. The relentless wet weather has played a big part, with 82% of respondents, including those from Northamptonshire, saying their farm businesses have suffered fairly negative (52%) or very negative...

  • Colorado agricultural workers can now unionize. So why aren’t they?

    The 2021 law, dubbed the Farmworkers Bill of Rights, allowed Colorado ag workers to unionize for the first time. But nearly three years later, the Denver cannabis operation remains the only success story.

  • Glamorous Texas construction worker reveals why she is not voting for Joe Biden

    Mary, a construction worker, made the announcement to her 15,000 followers. She claimed she used to lean left, but switched sides due to 'cancel culture'. The self-employed tiler branded herself 'a former woke liberal' in an older post

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    Mbappé 'confident' PSG can reach Champions League final

    Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappé has said his side are still confident they can overturn a 1-0 deficit against Borussia Dortmund in Tuesday's Champions League semifinal second leg.

  • Fed Survey Reveals Tighter Standards and Weaker Demand for Loans

    Banks are seeing a slide in demand for loans — at the same time that they’re tightening lending standards. And the pressures, as noted in the most recent Federal Reserve survey of loan officers through the “Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices,” have impacted all manner of loan types, spanning commercial and […]

  • Lidl reveals 13 desired locations for new supermarkets in Sheffield

    Discount supermarket giant Lidl has released a long list of potential locations for new stores across the country - including 13 sites in Sheffield. This year marks Lidl GB’s 30th year trading, and has consistently been the fastest growing bricks and mortar supermarket for the past seven months. To celebrate, it’s doubling down on its commitment to making good food accessible to everyone with plans to open hundreds of new stores. The discounter has published its latest list of desired locations...

  • House prices in Sheffield: City's cheapest and most expensive postcodes revealed

    The cheapest and most expensive areas of Sheffield to buy a house have been revealed using each ‘S’ postcode within the limits of Sheffield. Sign up for newsletters from The Star The rankings, courtesy of Online Marketing Surgery and Cardinal Steels, uses property price data from HM Land Registry to determine the placements. The list includes 17 ‘S’ postcode areas throughout Sheffield. Take a look through our gallery below to see where your postcode area ranks. Any surprises? Let us know in the...

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    Opinion: You can’t deny the skill of Trump’s defense lawyers

    Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — Friday was a relatively low-key day in the Manhattan criminal trial of former President Donald Trump, as prosecutors offered a series of additional witnesses for putting documents and records into evidence and we await the testimony of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen on Monday. I thought I would take advantage of the relative lull

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    Opinion: You can’t deny the skill of Trump’s defense lawyers

    Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — Friday was a relatively low-key day in the Manhattan criminal trial of former President Donald Trump, as prosecutors offered a series of additional witnesses for putting documents and records into evidence and we await the testimony of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen on Monday. I thought I would take advantage of the relative lull

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    Opinion: You can’t deny the skill of Trump’s defense lawyers

    Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — Friday was a relatively low-key day in the Manhattan criminal trial of former President Donald Trump, as prosecutors offered a series of additional witnesses for putting documents and records into evidence and we await the testimony of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen on Monday. I thought I would take advantage of the relative lull