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ORLANDO, Fla. — Diversity, fairness and inclusion applications have been abolished Tuesday from Walt Disney World’s governing district, now managed by appointees of Gov. Ron DeSantis, in an echo of the Florida governor’s agenda which has championed curbing such applications in increased schooling and elsewhere. ...

HSBC has been accused of benefiting from increased rates of interest whereas not totally passing them on to savers - after its pre-tax income this 12 months greater than doubled to £16.9bn.The banking large's outcomes, for the primary six months of 2023, are sharply up on the £6.6bn it reported throughout the identical interval a 12 months in the past. Chief govt Noel Quinn mentioned it had been "trying to get the balance right between savings and mortgages" and insisted the financial institution was thoughtful of the monetary pressures lots of its prospects had been below.More than 80% of HSBC's income had been generated outdoors of its UK enterprise, together with in China, Hong Kong, and the Middle East. The financial institution additionally benefited from its takeover of...

AMC Theatres says extra folks went to its venues final week than at another seven-day interval within the firm’s 103-year historical past. The huge ...

One of Britain's largest electrical automobile leasing teams has drafted in City advisers to discover a purchaser after certainly one of its predominant backers refused to inject recent funding.Sky News has learnt that Onto is working with Deloitte on a sale or different type of financing in an try to position it on a sustainable monetary footing. Deloitte's work has emerged simply weeks after Legal & General (L&G) advised Onto that it will not plough further cash into the enterprise.L&G dedicated £22.5m in May and June, on high of earlier funding.Rob Jolly, CEO and co-founder of Onto, mentioned in an announcement on Tuesday: "Onto has engaged Deloitte to contemplate strategic choices for the group, together with potential additional recapitalisation, as we naviga...

Children who play with Barbie dolls will quickly have local weather activist Greta Thunberg staring again at them by eyes constituted of algae, bamboo and clay as an alternative of plastic. ...

House costs will possible fall additional within the coming months after a closely-watched index reported the largest drop in 14 years, specialists predict.It comes after Nationwide reported that annual property values declined by 3.8% in July - the sharpish fall since July 2009. The common house is now value £260,828 - a fall of 0.2% in comparison with the earlier month however down 4.5% on the height recorded in August 2022, the constructing society mentioned on Tuesday.Nationwide's chief economist Robert Gardner blamed the excessive value of mortgages."As a result, housing affordability remains stretched for those looking to buy a home with a mortgage," he mentioned. It follows the Bank of England's choice to elevate rates of interest 13 instances in a row because it tries...

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling practically 900 automobiles within the U.S. and Canada with Takata air bag inflators that might explode and hurl shrapnel in a crash. ...

British Muslims are having their financial institution accounts closed "without adequate transparency and recourse", representatives have claimed. The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) mentioned people and organisations in the neighborhood had been being "disproportionately affected by this issue", leaving the group with "deep concerns". The physique has written to senior politicians - together with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer and Liberal Democrat chief Sir Ed Davey - to name for banking rights to be protected.Politics stay: Minister cannot say when asylum seekers might be moved onto bargeThe MCB mentioned it used the correspondence to focus on "the recurring issue of banks withdrawing services from British Muslims over the ...

Elon Musk's X - previously referred to as Twitter - is suing a hate speech watchdog that has accused its billionaire proprietor of overseeing an increase in abuse and disinformation on the platform.The Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) has been an everyday critic of Musk's stewardship since he purchased the corporate for $44bn (£38bn) final October. It has reported an increase in hateful language, hit out on the dropping of COVID misinformation insurance policies, and criticised the location of adverts subsequent to posts from accounts like that of Andrew Tate.The social media agency, just lately renamed X, has stated any coverage adjustments are about defending "free expression" and claims most posts are "healthy".In a weblog submit, the corporate accused the CCDH of...

BP has recorded an enormous drop in income within the first half of its monetary yr, as power costs fell from the highs seen after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The oil and gasoline big reported internet income of simply over $2.5bn (£2bn) for the three months to the tip of June. It's half the $5bn (£4bn) revenue achieved within the previous three months, the primary quarter of 2023.When in contrast with income in the identical interval final yr, the drop is even steeper - $8.45bn (£6.5bn) was recorded at the moment.A fall in income had been anticipated by analysts, however BP's outcomes have been worse than anticipated. BP mentioned it was right down to "significantly lower" refining margins, a "significantly higher level" of upkeep exercise and decrease oil and gasoline cost...