Category: banned

  • Director behind 400 companies banned for nine years after ‘subverting insolvency system’

    A company director who “repeatedly subverted the insolvency system” by facilitating debt-swamping arrangements for distressed companies has been banned from running companies for nine years, following a government investigation. Neville Taylor, 57, served as a director of more than 400 companies and took nearly £270,000 from Atherton, operators of a…

  • UK faces net zero crisis unless full hybrids are banned by 2030, warns motoring body

    Britain must stick to its plan to stop selling all-new plug-in hybrid cars from 2030 or risk a “catastrophic mistake” that undermines its net zero ambitions, the Electric Vehicles UK (EVUK) group has warned. The Department for Transport (DfT) will ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars completely from…

  • Bitcoin Mining Was Never Banned In China

    Unusual discovery: Mining has never been banned in China. Yes, you read that right. In fact, not only is it not banned, but Chinese miners are leading the world in innovative uses of Bitcoin mining. But what about? This is a Reuters report. And Others Who says it’s banned? Let’s…

  • Instant noodles banned in Denmark for being too spicy

    The Danish Food Regulatory Authority has recalled a brand of instant noodles, declaring the chewy, umami-filled strands to be a health risk, despite no quality control issues. They were so hot. The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA) has taken the decision to recall three varieties of popular instant noodle…

  • US Senate panel expands probe into BMW use of parts from banned Chinese supplier By Reuters

    Written by David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said on Monday he was expanding its investigation into German automaker BMW’s (ETR:) use of electronic components from a banned Chinese supplier. Last month, Senator Ron Wyden, after a two-year staff investigation, said he had learned…

  • Lab-grown meat isn’t on grocery store shelves yet, but Florida and Arizona have already banned it

    Laboratory-grown meat Currently not available in any US grocery stores or restaurants. If some lawmakers had their way, that would never be the case. Earlier this month, Florida and Arizona both banned the sale of cultured meat and seafood. Grown from animal cells. In Iowa, the governor signed a bill…