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British software company Sage is tying up with lenders Funding Circle and MarketInvoice to give its small business customers easier access to alternative sources of funds. Bank lending in Britain has been weak since the financial crisis and many small businesses have struggled to get finance from traditional lenders. MarketInvoice, which Sage said on Tuesday would be integrated into its small business accounting package, provides short-term funds against outstanding invoices,
Iran nuclear talks busted through their second deadline in a week Tuesday, casting new questions about the ability of world powers to cut off all Iranian pathways to a bomb through diplomacy. But the parties agreed to continue their talks.
The “Trainwreck” director, one of Cosby’s most vocal critics in Hollywood, says we shouldn’t need the 77-year-old comedian to admit guilt to believe his alleged victims.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 bombings in London, Tube commuters are walking together in honor of the terror attack victims.
An Indian economist and member of a key government panel which formulates policy on social issues slammed the United Nations’ new development goals on Tuesday, saying that having so many goals and targets would drive governments “nuts”. World leaders are due to adopt a set of new development objectives in September, to replace eight expiring U.N. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Although the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be finalised
By Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A new app designed to educate young people about female genital mutilation (FGM) was launched in Britain on Tuesday amid a government crackdown on people who take girls abroad to undergo the practice during the summer holidays. Britain’s first FGM app, “Petals”, presents facts and information about the practice, offers a quiz to test the user’s knowledge and provides details on where
On July 4th, Americans across the world celebrated Independence Day. While the word, “independence” is universally associated with sentiments of growth and relief, for the women and men that survive relationship violence, the positive effects of leaving their abuser are not at all as instant. In fact, did you know that once a victim leaves…
By Gopal Sharma THECHO, Nepal (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Shanti Maharjan, who gave birth to a baby girl 10 days ago, has spent the last two months living under corrugated iron sheets with her husband and five others after two major earthquakes reduced her mud-and-brick home to rubble. What worries the 26-year-old mother most is her inability to produce breastmilk for her new-born daughter, who she fears is at serious
In the wake of the recent King v. Burwell Supreme Court decision to uphold subsidies for the 34 state health insurance exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, it’s worth understanding why losing them would’ve made insurance for nearly 6.4 million Americans unaffordable. It boils down to two numbers: the cost of delivering care and the rate…
Have you eaten this 2300 calorie pizza, or 1700 calorie salad?Dozens of meals on today’s chain restaurant menus contain more than 2,000 calories — the amount a grown man should eat in an entire day.
