Russia may face a domestic energy crunch as production slows following EU’s oil embargo, natural-gas cuts to Europe

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images A halt in gas supplies to Europe could cost Russia as much as $ 6.6 billion a year, per Bloomberg. The export slump could lead to deep cuts in Russian gas output, hitting domestic energy goals. The EU's oil embargo could also cause production of the fuel to […]

Elon Musk tweets Tesla will be profitable in Q3 and Q4, denying rumors of cash crunch

Elon Musk has a fairly consistent message for all the haters and doubters and gossipers and journalists and investment bankers and analysts who think Tesla is about to hit a massive financial wall: Suck it. In a tweet today, Musk again insisted that the many reports which claim that Tesla will have to raise at […]

House of Fraser is looking wobbly as the consumer spending crunch deepens

House of Fraser House of Fraser has held cash talks with a fund that specialises in distressed retailers. The department store’s worried lenders have called in EY to assess the business. Next warned last week that the High Street is facing the toughest trading conditions in 25 years. LONDON — British department store House of […]

Arsenal board hold crunch talks to discuss sacking Arsene Wenger BEFORE the summer

Arsenal have lost four games in a row and the players are playing the blame game. Arsenal were humiliated twice in a week by Manchester City and then beaten by Brighton on Sunday. And Wenger’s future is hanging in the balance with reports of in-fighting at the club. The Sun report that the Arsenal board […]

Crunch time: FIFA to meet with FFA, A-League clubs

AUSTRALIAN football’s protracted civil war is set to enter volatile territory when A-League clubs and state member federations push their cases to FIFA. After holding several interviews on Tuesday with smaller stakeholders, a delegation of top FIFA and Asian officials will wade into the ever-deepening governance dispute that’s engulfed the local game for two years […]

Italy face crunch Sweden game as World Cup disaster beckons

Italy face Sweden tonight in their World Cup play-off game knowing that they are in real danger of missing football’s showpiece event for the first time since 1958. Italy went down to a 1-0 defeat in the first leg in Stockholm on Friday, and must overturn that deficit tonight at San Siro in Milan to […]

‘Significant Zero’ and ‘Blood Sweat and Pixels’ Review: Taking On Game Development, and the Demon That Is “Crunch”

Two recent books take readers into the pressure cooker that videogame development can so often become. https://media.wired.com/photos/59cd8cdf1609f048a8833574/master/pass/VideoGameBook-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest

Arsenal set for crunch Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain talks this week: Chelsea still interested

Oxlade-Chamberlain is out of contract at the end of this season and Arsenal are reluctant to let him leave on a free transfer. Reports emerged suggesting the Gunners are hoping to tie the 24-year-old down to a new deal. It was suggested the north London outfit are hoping to offer a four-year deal to ward […]

EXCLUSIVE: 'Livid' Antonio Conte set for crunch talks with the Chelsea board

It was revealed last night that Conte’s top summer target Lukaku completed a £75million switch to Manchester United after passing a medical in Los Angeles. Lukaku was the subject to late bid from Chelsea, who matched United’s offer. The Belgian striker was arrested in Los Angeles last week following a noise complaint and will appear […]