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‘Silicon Valley can’t completely wash their hands of Elizabeth Holmes’, says Washington Post reporter
We spoke to Gerrit De Vynck, the Washington Post’s Technology Reporter, who’s been following the case of Elizabeth Holmes and began by asking how she was able to dupe so many rich business people.
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Elizabeth Holmes: Theranos founder guilty of fraud
She was once feted as the world’s youngest female self made billionaire who promised that her blood testing start-up would transform the future of healthcare but now Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty of four counts of fraud – in a case which came to symbolise Silicon Valley’s ethos of hype and corporate greed.
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‘Unprecedented’ energy prices have created need for government action, says Energy UK
We spoke to Emma Pinchbeck, from Energy UK, and began by asking her how serious she thinks the situation with rising energy prices is at the moment.
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Warning energy bills could rise by up to 50% next spring
Household energy bills could rise as much as 50% in the spring, the industry has warned.
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Treasury’s Covid relief fund is ‘blunt instrument’, says music promoter
We were joined by Rain Newton Smith, chief economist at the CBI, and the live music and events promoter Stuart Galbraith.
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Businesses given £1 billion Covid relief
Struggling hospitality firms have broadly welcomed the chancellor’s new package of support, which includes grants of up to £6,000 and a statutory sick pay rebate scheme.
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Action is needed to tackle ‘urgent’ business crisis, says UK Hospitality CEO
We were joined by Kate Nicholls, the chief executive of UK Hospitality.
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Covid: No new money to support business
While the decision on a formal circuit breaker didn’t materialise today, for many companies the economic impact on the ground is already here, and it’s looking pretty anxious.
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Bank of England hikes interest rates amid soaring inflation
At a time when the economy faces a growing threat from the Omicron surge, the Bank of England has hiked interest rates for the first time since the start of the pandemic. They’ve risen from their historic low of 0.1% to 0.25%.
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Covid: Can the hospitality industry survive the Omicron wave?
In the already hard-hit hospitality sector, business leaders have been pleading for financial help as they face a wave of cancellations and closures because of the Omicron surge.
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Inflation hits 10-year high as fuel prices soar
Inflation last month was the highest in a decade at 5.1%.
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Bitcoin: the future of money or a giant Ponzi scheme?
Today we speak to our Economics Correspondent Helia Ebrahimi about cryptocurrency, the future of our financial system, and how she could have been a Bitcoin success story – if only she could find the key to the crypto she bought.
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Bulb: Energy firm to go into administration
Spiralling wholesale gas prices struck down yet another energy firm today, but this one is the biggest yet.
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Rolls-Royce secures funding to develop mini nuclear reactors
Rolls-Royce has secured more than £400 million in funds from private investors and the UK government to develop a new generation of small nuclear reactors.
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Is the four-day working week the future?
In today’s episode, we speak to one of the researchers behind the four-day week trial. Does it really work, and could it soon be coming to an office near you?