Woman Loses Silicon Valley Gender Bias Claim

By Sky News US Team A technology chief executive has lost her claim of sex discrimination in a $16m lawsuit against a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Gender was not a substantial reason that Ellen Pao lost her job at Kleiner Perkins Caufield...

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Google Can Be Sued In The UK Over Web Tracking

Google has lost a Court of Appeal battle to stop British consumers from suing it in the UK. A group called Safari Users Against Google's Secret Tracking accuse Google of bypassing security settings on Apple's browser to track their online browsing...

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One Quarter Of Students Consider Sex Work

By Becky Johnson, North Of England Correspondent Nearly a quarter of students in the UK have considered sex work as a way to fund their time at University. A study carried out by academics at Swansea University has found that 5% of students have...

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Premier League May Dump Sponsorship

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The Premier League is considering abandoning its long-running title sponsorship‎ arrangements when Barclays' 15-year association with English football's top flight ends next year. Sky News has learnt that the Premier...

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Co-op Bank Trims Annual Losses To £264.2m

The troubled Co-operative Bank says it has "stabilised", with losses cut to £264.2m in 2014 though its turnaround plan will result in more branch closures. It also confirmed, alongside its results, a Sky News story of Thursday evening that chief executive...

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Swiss Bank Nets Coutts International From RBS

A Swiss bank is to buy Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) international private banking and wealth management arm, though it is unlikely to raise a significant sum for the part-nationalised lender. The amount to be paid by Union Bancaire Privee (UBP)...

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Alliance Trust Defends Chair's Share Purchase

By Mark Kleinman, City Editor The chairman of Alliance Trust acquired thousands of shares in the company weeks after an activist shareholder had privately indicated that it was preparing to call for a boardroom shake-up. Sky News can reveal that...

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UK Airlines Bring In New Cockpit Safety Rules

By Charlotte Lomas-Farley, Sky News Correspondent New safety rules have been introduced in the UK after 150 people on board the Germanwings Airbus A320 were killed when it crashed in the French Alps. The UK's aviation regulator, the UK Civil Aviation...

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Major Power Outage Suffered Across Amsterdam

Hospitals, trains, trams and the metro were all hit by a major power cut in the Dutch capital Amsterdam and the surrounding area. The electricity network operator, Tennet, said the regional outage was caused by a grid "overload" at a high-voltage...

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Miliband's NHS Pledge At Campaign Launch

Labour leader Ed Miliband has launched his party's General Election campaign with a promise to safeguard the future of the NHS. The event in east London came after Mr Miliband and Prime Minister David Cameron answered questions in the Battle For Number...

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