Dad calls on McDonald’s to pay for his car to be cleaned after soft drink spilled into it – Daily Record
Chris Martin, 61, and his daughter both decided to grab a bite at the fast-food branch but he soon regretted it.
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Call for probe as innocent Scots are linked to illegal ‘spec’ tickets on Viagogo – Daily Record
Spec selling is fraud and can bring a jail sentence. Fraudulent listings account for between £2million to £4million on any given…
Game consoles were once banned in China. Now Chinese developers want a slice of the $49 billion pie – CNBC
China’s independent developers and major companies like Tencent and NetEase are eyeing the burgeoning console market after Beijing…
China economy under pressure as factory output, retail sales growth slow sharply – Reuters
China’s factory output and retail sales growth slowed sharply and missed expectations in July, as new COVID-19 outbreaks and…
Australia vaccination: Top companies offer staff jab incentives – The Australian Financial Review
Telstra chief executive Andy Penn told fully vaccinated staff they could get the equivalent of $200 they could use in an internal…
Flames, banging and a plane veering off course forces Jetstar pilot to abort take off – Newshub
The object had been inside the engine for at least 100 flights.
Big Four accountancy firms refuse to back sharing audits with smaller rivals – Financial Times
Ministers want to break dominance of largest accountancy firms and increase competition
Transpower’s social media posts lead to confusion on East Coast – RNZ
Transpower is apologising to power users in Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti for a confusing message today, only a week after last…
Google and Facebook’s New Cable to Link Japan and Southeast Asia – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. announced their participation in a new subsea cable system for 2024 set…
Tesla Giga Texas receives fresh IDRA shipment, hints at new Giga Press machines – Teslarati
A massive IDRA shipment was delivered to Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas site recently. The arrival of another IDRA shipment suggests…