City Pages: The 10 books that should be on your list this summer July 10, 2023 From classic to contemporary, thriller or Booker prize winner, the City A.M. team picks the 10 top books that should be on your list this summer. 1. Victory City by Salman Rushdie It’s Rushdie, so you know it’s gonna be good, but this is really good. Framed as a translation of a 15th Century Sanskrit [...]
Facebook owner Meta touts AI might as digital ads boost outlook April 27, 2023 Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday that AI was helping the company boost traffic to Facebook and Instagram and earn more in ad sales, as it forecast quarterly revenue well above analyst expectations. Meta shares surged 12 per cent in after hours trading, adding over $50bn (£40.06bn) to its market value and continuing a rally [...]
Mercedes-AMG SL 55 review: Rolling thunder February 27, 2023 The Mercedes-AMG SL offers a fresh take on the iconic roadster, with more aggressive styling and a sportier demeanour. Tim Pitt drives it.
Harry and Meghan, welcome to the Monochrome Set December 6, 2022 Harry and Meghan have fallen for the PR trap of turning pictures black and white in a bid to make them 'arty'.
Surprise price surge sees Bitcoin back above $28,000 as another US bank sends up a distress flare April 26, 2023 It’s unclear what pushed the price of Bitcoin past $28k but last night's rally follows First Republic Bank reporting a loss of $100 billion.
Tory party rocked by more sexual misconduct allegations amid claims MP sexually assaulted man in his sleep in Pakistan April 4, 2022 A man was assaulted while asleep by a Tory MP who was visiting Pakistan, a court heard today. The incident allegedly occured after a party where they were smoking marijuana and drinking whisky, a jury was told. Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, who was elected as the Conservative MP for Wakefield in West Yorkshire in 2019, [...]
We Should Deploy The Lessons of Covid to Combat Needless Blindness October 13, 2022 World Sight Day (13 October) is an international day of awareness to focus the attention on the global issues of eye health. The hashtag for this year’s World Sight Day is #LoveYourEyes. Unfortunately, most of those most in need will not get to engage with this sentiment. Over 90% of the world’s 40 million blind [...]
EY agrees record $100m settlement with US regulator over ethics exam cheating scandal June 28, 2022 EY has reached $100m (£82m) settlement with the US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) over claims the Big Four firm’s auditors cheated on accounting exams and later misled the watchdog’s investigators. The US financial watchdog said in a statement that EY had agreed to pay the highest penalty ever imposed on an audit firm by [...]
Just Stop Oil protests should not justify carte blanche powers to the police December 5, 2022 You would need the patience of a saint, or a dyed-in-the-wool eco-warrior, not to have been even slightly irritated by the recent activities of Just Stop Oil protestors. Whether it’s young people throwing soup over some of the world’s most valuable paintings or twenty-eight-year-old Indigo Rumbelow reduced to yelling at a television interviewer, these are [...]
US investor Fortress snaps up Punch Pubs for undisclosed sum December 15, 2021 Investment group Fortress has acquired Punch Pubs from Patron Capital for an undisclosed sum. The US-based investor owned by SoftBank said it had acquired 100 per cent of the firm’s share capital on Wednesday. The pub group comprises 1,300 venues in the UK, made up of wet-led, community pubs. It is largely focused on a [...]