Author: Holly Ellyatt

This statistic is surprising: There are some 10 million people who are blind yet there are only 10,000 seeing-eye dogs in service. What’s more, about 98% of people who are blind do not use either a dog or a walking cane. That leaves the vast majority of people with vision difficulties no way to get to work, do…Read More

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Britain’s choice of a former Amazon executive to chair its antitrust regulator is a clear pitch for investment, including from Big Tech, and signals it is prepared to go easier on deal-making if that would help, company bosses and lawyers said. Doug Gurr, former boss of the U.S. online retailer’s UK operation, was picked to chair the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after Marcus Bokkerink recognised “it was time to move on”, finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday. With the economy struggling and pressure building on the government to improve living standards, Reeves wants regulators to change, believing they…

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