Katharine Gemmell

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  • A customer looks at some goods at the Asda supermarket, in Aylesbury, England, on August 15, 2023. UK annual inflation stands at 7.9 percent, the highest among G7 nations, while the Bank of England is tasked by the UK government with keeping annual inflation at around two percent. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)Retail

    Asda may face an £1.2 billion equal pay claim that could trigger a multi-billion-pound reckoning for U.K. supermarkets

    By Jack Ryan, Katharine Gemmell, and others
  • Yazmin Oukhellou (R) reality personality arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, UK, on Thursday, June 13, 2024.Lifestyle

    Love Island stars prove they’re all about the content and not the crime as they plead not guilty to FX allegations

    By Katharine Gemmell and Bloomberg
  • Mistral AI cofounder Arthur Mensch giving a presentationTech

    Microsoft partnership with France’s Mistral AI won’t face British antitrust probe

    By Katharine Gemmell and Bloomberg
  • The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. headquarters in the City of London, UK, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. The business rate (a commercial property tax in the UK.) for Goldman’s new office is due to rise 21% according to analysis of the rateable values of the biggest buildings in the City of London and Canary Wharf by broker Colliers International Group Inc. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Ex-Goldman Sachs recruiting head sues bank for $1.3m, claiming it pushed him so hard he developed a major depressive disorder and heart issues

    By Katharine Gemmell and Bloomberg
  • Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare video game and Microsoft’s Xbox One video game controller arranged in Denver, Colorado, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Microsoft Corp. agreed to buy Activision Blizzard Inc. in a $68.7 billion deal, uniting two of the biggest forces in video games to create the worlds third-biggest gaming company. Photographer: Michael Ciaglo/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Microsoft will soon own Call of Duty and Candy Crush after the UK finally approves the monster $69 billion deal for Activision Blizzard

    By Katharine Gemmell and Bloomberg
  • Cloud computing networkTech

    Amazon and Microsoft are in the crosshairs of another antitrust watchdog, this time over their cloud power

    By Katharine Gemmell, Thomas Seal, and others
  • The Acitvision Blizzard Call of Duty game is seen in the Apple App StoreTech

    Microsoft’s $69bn Activision buyout set to clear final hurdle after U.K. competition board signals it will accept latest concessions

    By Katharine Gemmell and Bloomberg
  • The Acitvision Blizzard Call of Duty game is seen in the Apple App Store in this photo illustration on 13 March, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland.Finance

    Microsoft gets rare second chance for $69 billion Activision merger approval from U.K. regulators

    By Katharine Gemmell, Dina Bass, and others
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 7: People walk near Call of Duty game publicity on December 7, 2022 in New York City. Microsoft has entered into a commitment to bring the gaming Call of Duty to Nintendo platforms. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz/VIEWpress)Finance

    Microsoft’s plan to buy Activision vetoed by British antitrust watchdog, dealing a hammer blow to the $69bn deal’s prospects

    By Katharine Gemmell and Bloomberg
  • A teenager receives the Sinovac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine in Pekanbaru, Riau, on July 9, 2021, as part of a mass vaccination program including children. (Photo by WAHYUDI / AFP) (Photo by WAHYUDI/AFP via Getty Images)Health

    Most young people don’t need to worry about COVID-19, major study finds

    By Katharine Gemmell, Suzi Ring, and others