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• Whitbread encerrará atividades de restaurantes no Reino Unido e na Irlanda, culpando custos e impostos mais altos por sua mais recente reestruturação estratégica • A proprietária da Premier Inn, Whitbread, cortará cerca de 3.800 empregos no Reino Unido e na Irlanda e fechará seus restaurantes remanescentes Beefeater e Brewers Fayre ao redefinir sua estratégia de negócios de cinco anos, em meio a aumentos de impostos e pressão de um investidor ativista dos EUA. • Os cortes afetarão cerca de 12% da força de trabalho de 30.000 pessoas da Whitbread no Reino Unido e na Irlanda que trabalham em seus restaurantes Beefeater e Brewers Fayre, que geralmente estão localizados ao lado ou dentro dos hotéis Premier Inn.

• Partidos rivais exigem investigação enquanto o presidente do partido Tory encaminha o líder do Reform UK ao comissário devido a presente de magnata das criptomoedas • Exclusivo: Farage recebeu £5 milhões não declarados de magnata das criptomoedas • Análise: a tentativa de Farage de se antecipar à história levanta mais questões

Reform leader changed his mind about standing as MP after gift from Thai-based crypto tycoon Christopher HarborneNigel Farage was given £5m by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before announcing he would stand in the 2024 British general election, the Guardian can reveal.Farage had already stated he did not intend to stand as a prospective MP but U-turned within weeks of receiving the personal gift from the Thai-based businessman. Continue reading...

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...