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The UK's most senior climate adviser has strongly endorsed Labour's vow to halt new oil and gas exploration in the North Sea, and slammed the government for failing to show leadership on the issue.John Gummer, who as Lord Deben chairs the statutory committee on climate change, told the Guardian he approved of Labour's commitment.

Chef Marcus Samuelsson, the restaurateur behind NYC's famed Red Rooster Harlem, is opening the doors this weekend to his anticipated first restaurant in Atlanta.Marcus Bar & Grille ( 525 Edgewood Ave.SE) lands in the Old Fourth Ward with a menu built around comfort food, and a light-hearted dining room decorated with records and roller skates.

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been accused of delivering an historic blow to Scotland's whisky industry as he increased alcohol duty.In his Budget statement, the Chancellor confirmed duties on alcohol would go up in line with inflation in the usual way after the current freeze ends on August 1.

"A new company with a patent increases its sales by a cumulative 80 percent more than companies that do not have a patent."- USPTO
At the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Women's Entrepreneurship (WE) event in Naples, Florida, on Wednesday, January 18, USPTO Director Kathi Vidal announced that the Office has a new tool, called the Intellectual Property (IP) Identifier, intended to assist those "less familiar with IP" in identifying what IP they have and what rights they need to protect it.

Amazon.com Inc. is laying off employees in its devices and services units, America's second-largest private employer informed its staff on Wednesday following recent reports that it would cut around 10,000 jobs.The e-commerce giant did not share details on the number of jobs it will cut or a time period.

Greece's Prime Minister and leader of New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis, center, addresses supporters at the headquarters of his party in Athens, Greece, Sunday, May 21, 2023.Thanassis Stavrakis/AP ATHENS, Greece It was the most tantalizing of victories.Despite inflicting the most crushing defeat in half a century on the opposition, Greece's center-right Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected Monday to seek a second national election within weeks, as he lacks the majority in Parliament to govern alone.

Getty Images Home buyers need not fret over the Federal Reserve's latest move to restrain inflation.Mortgage rates probably won't go up much, if at all, and might fall over the next few weeks.In its latest bid to get prices under control, the Fed raised the short-term federal funds rate Wednesday by one-quarter of a percentage point to a range of 5% to 5.25%.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says this week's provincial budget will include $224 million more to build and upgrade training centres, as part of a push to boost the skilled trades.The government says applications for a new Skills Development Fund capital stream are set to open in the late spring for groups including unions, businesses, industry associations and Indigenous centres to build new training centres, or upgrade or convert existing facilities.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced that Tesla's new global engineering and AI headquarters will take over Hewlett Packard's original headquarters on Page Mill Road in Palo Alto.This comes after Tesla moved its corporate headquarters to Austin, Tex., in December 2021."This is a very poetic transition from the company that founded Silicon Valley to Tesla and we're very excited to make this our global engineering headquarters," Musk said.

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT could play a role in Whitehall, the new science secretary has suggested.Michelle Donelan, recently appointed Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, told the Sunday Telegraph that ChatGPT represented a massive opportunity more broadly.

Artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT could play a role in Whitehall, the new science secretary has suggested.Michelle Donelan, recently appointed Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, told the Sunday Telegraph that ChatGPT represented a massive opportunity more broadly.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, since taking office last year, has spoken of his ambition to turn the UK into a science superpower.

The Business Secretary has launched a review into tackling late payments for small firms from larger, more powerful companies.Grant Shapps said delayed payments are a real barrier to improved productivity and job creation as firms face a challenging economic backdrop.The Government already has a Small Business Commissioner dedicated to addressing the issue of late payments.