Cisco snaps up London firm IMI Mobile in $730m deal December 7, 2020 US tech giant Cisco has agreed to buy London-based software company IMI Mobile in a $730m deal. IMI Mobile provides software and services for enterprise and its customers include BT, Hermes and O2. The tech firm will pay 595 pence per share in exchange for each IMI Mobile share, assuming fully diluted shares, net of [...]
Wall Street joins FTSE in the red following gloomy jobs data February 18, 2021 Wall Street faced a sea of red this morning as shares slid across the board after an unexpected rise in weekly jobless claims highlighted the fragile labour market recovery. A report from the US Labor Department showed initial claims for state unemployment benefits were 861,000 last week, compared with 848,000 in the prior week. The [...]
Serco, Deloitte and Amazon bosses coached on how to apply for New Years Honours March 11, 2021 Contractors, consulting giants and big businesses who profited from the coronavirus pandemic are being offered tailored advice on how to apply for New Years Honours. Serco and Amazon are among a number of industry giants being asked to nominate staff members for official honours from the Queen such as MBEs. The revelations emerged after invitations [...]
No Time to Die: James Bond film release pushed back for third time January 22, 2021 The release of the latest James Bond film has been pushed back for a third time as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. No Time to Die had already been pushed back twice, and will now not hit screens until 8 October, the film’s producers announced today. The Bond blockbuster was originally due to be [...]
Cast your net wider when choosing smoky whiskies March 9, 2021 For many casual drinkers, “smoky whiskies” are synonymous with Islay, the Inner Hebridean home of fire-wreathed sea monsters like Ardbeg, Laphroaig, and Lagavulin. But cast your net wider and you can find spectacular smoky whiskies all over Scotland, and a notable new addition is Smoke Season, the most heavily peated single malt ever to be [...]
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Wall Street dips on tech sell-off after FTSE 100 closes higher March 30, 2021 Wall Street closed in the red today following a sell-off of tech stocks as US Treasury yields hit a 15-month high. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones both dropped 0.3 per cent, while the Nasdaq slipped 0.1 per cent. It came after the FTSE 100 pushed higher following a volatile start to the week as [...]
Oppo Reno 4 Pro review: An all-rounder but no killer blow November 26, 2020 Last week I reviewed two new phones, one you’ve definitely heard of, and one you almost certainly haven’t. The latter was a handset from one of the biggest manufacturers in the world, Chinese firm Vivo, which has virtually no footprint in Europe (the camera-focused X51 is its first official launch over here). This week I’m [...]
Rwanda: Mother nature’s bootcamp, with wild chimpanzees as your trainer January 24, 2022 I’m on my hands and knees, mud-caked and scratched to pieces, while a sticky-legged insect is meandering its way down the back of my neck. Somewhere in front of me, I can hear the gentle snick snick of machetes slicing through corkscrew ferns and above me murky sunlight bleeds through the thick forest canopy. I [...]
Wall Street dragged down by sinking Amazon shares July 30, 2021 US stocks fell sharply on Friday morning driven by shares in Amazon sinking after the EU slapped the firm with a record fine. The blue-chip S&P 500 dropped 0.51 per cent, while the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 0.36 per cent and 0.66 per cent respectively. Shares in Amazon sunk as much as 7.1 per [...]