Three Freight Fraud Trends Every Carrier Should Watch Summary Truckstop’s 2025 review finds freight fraud is getting smarter and harder to spot. After examining nearly 50,000 entities this year, the company highlights three accelerating trends: convincing identity fraud (including AI-generated IDs and photos), a rise in spoofed communications (emails and phone calls designed to impersonate […]
Rail Leaders Split on $85B Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger Summary The proposed $85 billion merger between Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS) — which would join roughly 50,000 route miles across 43 states and create the US’s first coast-to-coast freight railroad — was the focus of debate at the RailTrends conference in New York. […]
Pay clarity will challenge the heart of workplace culture Summary The article examines the cultural implications of rising pay transparency initiatives, focusing on the upcoming EU Pay Transparency Directive and its likely ripple effects for UK employers with European staff. While data shows pay transparency can boost trust, competitiveness and performance, the deeper challenge for […]
Federal judge in Nevada reverses a key court win for Kalshi prediction markets Summary A US district judge in Nevada, Andrew Gordon, has dissolved a preliminary injunction that earlier blocked Nevada regulators from treating Kalshi’s sports-event contracts as unlawful gambling. Gordon rejected Kalshi’s argument that its Commodity Futures Trading Commission registration pre-empts state oversight, saying […]
Unprecedented OBR leak confirms UK gambling tax increase Summary The UK Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) leak reveals steep gambling tax rises announced in the autumn budget. From April 2026 remote gaming duty will jump from 21% to 40% and bingo duty (currently 10%) will be abolished. A new general betting duty for remote betting […]
Where UK gambling tax ranks amongst global markets Summary The UK’s autumn budget under Rachel Reeves massively raises tax on the regulated gambling sector, with remote gaming duty jumping from 21% to 40% from April 2026 and general betting duty rising to 25% from April 2027. The move puts the UK among the highest-taxed European […]
Nevada judge reverses course, orders Kalshi to halt operations in the state | Yogonet International Summary A US district judge in Nevada, Andrew Gordon, has dissolved Kalshi’s preliminary injunction that had prevented Nevada from enforcing a March cease-and-desist order against the prediction market operator. The judge rejected Kalshi’s argument that registration with the Commodity Futures […]
NBA coach Billups pleads not guilty in Mafia-tied criminal poker case Summary Chauncey Billups, the suspended Portland Trail Blazers coach and 2024 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, pleaded not guilty at a Brooklyn arraignment to charges that he profited from a rigged poker scheme allegedly backed by New York organised crime families. He faces federal […]
Allwyn reveals Q3 growth ahead of OPAP merger Summary Allwyn International posted a 4% year‑on‑year rise in total revenue for Q3 of FY2025 as it prepares to merge with OPAP to form a €16 billion group. CEO Robert Chvatal expects further growth in 2026 and beyond, driven by a move to a single consumer‑facing Allwyn […]
UK sector hit with 40% remote gaming duty, new remote betting tax from 2027 Summary The UK government will raise the remote gaming duty from 21% to 40% from April 2026. A new general remote betting duty of 25% (up from 15%) will apply from April 2027, but only to online betting profits and excluding […]
