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仮想通貨の大富豪（crypto tycoon）からの寄付を巡り、Tory partyの議長がReform UKのリーダーを規律担当官へ報告したことで、対立政党が調査を要求 Exclusive: Farage、仮想通貨の大富豪から未公表の500万ポンドを贈られる Analysis: 報道を先取りしようとするFarageの試みは、さらなる疑問を呼んでいる Guardianが、Nigel Farageが政党の献金者から未申告の500万ポンドの寄付を受け取っていたことを明らかにした後、同氏は議会の規範監視機関に報告された。 この報告はConservative partyによって行われ、MPsに対し、就任前の12ヶ月間に受け取ったあらゆる「個人的利益（personal benefit）」を、当選後1ヶ月以内に申告することを義務付ける規則を引用している。 Continue reading...

• Reform党のリーダーは、タイを拠点とする仮想通貨の大富豪クリストファー・ハーボーン氏からの贈与後、国会議員として立候補するかについての考えを変えた。 • ガーディアン紙の取材により、ナイジェル・ファラージ氏が2024年の英国総選挙への立候補を表明する直前、仮想通貨億万長者のクリストファー・ハーボーン氏から500万ポンドを受け取っていたことが明らかになった。 • ファラージ氏は、当初は立候補する意向はないと述べていたが、タイを拠点とするこの実業家から個人的な贈与を受けて数週間のうちに方針を転換した。

Tech giant accused of ‘cynical attempt to bust the union’ in decision to shutter location in Towson, MarylandWorkers at the first Apple store to unionize in the US are pushing back against the company’s decision to shut down the store by June, alleging the company’s decision is rooted in “a cynical attempt to bust the union”.On Monday, the union filed an unfair labor practice charge against Apple, alleging unionized employees at the store in Towson, Maryland, are being denied transfer rights and other rights compared with workers at non-unionized stores. The union is also alleging retaliation for being unionized. Continue reading...

Sources say staff have been asked to pack up final stock and equipment after waves of closuresJewellery chain Claire’s is closing its final UK stores on Tuesday, cutting about 1,000 jobs months after falling into administration.Sources said staff at Claire’s, which collapsed in January, had been asked to pack up the final stock and equipment with the final outlets to formally close on Tuesday after successive waves of closures in recent weeks. Continue reading...

• The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.48% to 16,240.35 on Monday, April 26, driven by weakness in mega-cap technology stocks including Apple (down 1.2%) and Microsoft (down 0.9%), as investors reassess growth expectations ahead of the Federal Reserve's May meeting. • Treasury yields climbed to 4.35% for the 10-year note amid inflation concerns, pressuring valuations of rate-sensitive tech companies and spurring profit-taking after recent market gains. • The decline reflects growing caution among portfolio managers about earnings sustainability in the second quarter, with earnings guidance from major tech firms expected to dominate trading through early May.

Men in tuxedos and women in dresses dove under tables, like a scene from a dozen Hollywood movies, but now it was happening to meShocking. Unnerving. Unpredictable. Violent. For a decade I have been following the twists and turns of Donald Trump’s America with the privilege of journalistic distance. On Saturday night I felt the darkness come viscerally close.Bang! Bang! What was that? Where was it? At 8.36pm panic and pandemonium reigned in the cavernous ballroom at the Washington Hilton hotel. There were men running and cries of “Get down!” and “Stay down!” Continue reading...