iPhone X review: A decade after the release of the first phone, Apple hasn’t lost its Midas touch November 16, 2017 The iPhone X is the biggest reinvention of the iPhone since… well, the iPhone. Apple is hardly shy when it comes to boasting about a new handset – every year Tim Cook takes to the stage and breathily exalts whatever happens to be in his hand as “the best phone we’ve ever made” – but [...]
Tesla is building a plant in China that can make 500,000 vehicles a year July 10, 2018 Tesla has reached a preliminary deal with the Chinese government to build its next gigafactory in Shanghai, with a plant that can make 500,000 cars a year. The Shanghai government confirmed the deal in a statement this morning, after reports surfaced earlier today surrounding Tesla chief executive Elon Musk’s visit to the city. Bloomberg added [...]
Space man? Virgin boss Richard Branson says he will go to space in ‘months not years’ May 26, 2018 Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson says he is in training to be an astronaut and his first trip to space could be in “months not years”. Talking on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme multi-millionaire Branson said that he was close to achieving his long-held ambition of space travel. Read more: Richard Branson says space [...]
From igloo glamping to glacier kayaking, the frozen landscape of the Pemberton Icecap has been transformed into a tourist hotspot January 18, 2019 Outside, the sun is blazing hot, a white glare cast across a vast expanse of snow. Inside the ice cave, it’s one degree above freezing; a gleaming cool blue cut through with a trickling lake of glacial water. Centre stage is a moulin, a frozen “straw” of ice that glows as the sunshine above ground [...]
Apple’s iPhone X demand is sending share prices of IQE, Dialog Semiconductor, Foxconn and more suppliers soaring October 30, 2017 Shares in firms supplying Apple’s new iPhone X have been boosted after strong demand for the devices. Shares in Apple itself closed more than three per cent higher on Friday when the device was finally released for pre-ordering. The tech giant said demand was “off the charts” easing concerns over consumer interest. Read more: Delivery [...]
CYBG’s £1.7bn takeover of Virgin Money approved by shareholders September 10, 2018 Shareholders have backed banking group CYBG's £1.7bn takeover of Virgin Money. CYBG, which owns Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank, and Virgin Money held general shareholder meetings this morning where three motions related to the deal were passed with an overwhelming majority. Read more: Virgin Media wins landmark legal case against council over land access All three resolutions were passed [...]
Editor’s Notes: A subversive Brexit comedy? It’s about bloody time; art’s in the right place and Conservative party conference diary October 5, 2018 Whenever Brexit is introduced as a subject for comedy, it is invariably the Remainers laughing at the Leavers. I don't say this to make a populist point, it is simply an observation. Think of Radio 4 comedy, BBC panel shows and the stand-up circuit. It’s risk-free to be a Remainer – and laughing at the Leavers, [...]
Theresa May has sacrificed herself on the altar of Brexit November 16, 2018 The power of Brexit is infinite. It has broken party lines, destroyed the traditional political order, forced people to reverse ideological positions, challenged the concepts of truth and fact, and sucked every last molecule of oxygen out of Westminster. It also, we have just discovered, has the power to distort time. For months, nothing has [...]
‘Thinking Fast and Slow’: Two big lessons for investors July 27, 2018 On The Value Perspective blog, we aim to extol the merits of value investing, the art of buying shares that are unloved by the market for no good reason. The summer holidays – and this guest column on City AM – offer an opportunity for us to highlight investing books that can help keen students [...]
Chris Tremlett: Testing conditions make Sri Lanka the hardest but most rewarding England tour October 10, 2018 Sri Lanka is the hardest place I have ever visited to play cricket. England’s players, who are one game into their tour after the washout in Dambulla today, will be faced with a many more challenges than just those on the pitch. India has similar difficulties, but the sheer heat and humidity of Sri Lanka is [...]