Friendly reminder that 1.5% of European Nato countries’ GDP is earmarked for non-military defense like cyberattacks, disinformation campaigns, …
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The hack was “an extraordinary moment in time,” it said, as it revealed statutory profit before tax - a figure that reflects all costs for a period - slumped 99% from £391.9m to £3.4m for the first half of the year, compared with the year prior.
As well as disrupting its online business, the hack affected M&S in-store too, leaving some shelves bare in the weeks after it was targeted.
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Why would the government bail them out?
The government doesn’t bail out retailers. Does Woolworths, Netto, and Wilko not ring a bell?
E: you’re American, so they probably genuinely don’t ring a bell.