Former Barclays executive Ricci backs new London exchange January 30, 2014 FORMER Barclays investment banking supremo Rich Ricci has seeded a new equity trading exchange based in London. Ricci, who worked alongside former chief executive Bob Diamond to turn Barclays into one of the world’s top investment banks, has invested in Aquis Exchange, which launched in London last year. Ricci, who holds a small stake in [...]
Jones whips up snow storm and historic bronze February 9, 2014 SNOWBOARDER Jenny Jones wept tears of joy after her unlikely triumph on the slopes of Sochi yesterday saw her become Great Britain’s first ever medallist on snow at the Winter Olympics. Jones – at 33, six years older than any of her fellow finalists – claimed bronze in the slopestyle event with two brilliant descents [...]
This is how people will look at you when you wear Google Glass March 25, 2014 Bryan Foster likes wearing Google Glass. He lives in LA and is the kind of guy that calls himself a technology evangelist. On Twitter. And we’d wager on his business card. He also calls himself a Google Glass Explorer, he’s not the only one of course – there are plenty of these people out there [...]
City boffin with X-factor invents economist rock August 5, 2013 EARLIER in the year The Capitalist invited readers to send word of any business-related songs they had come across in the workplace. The request led not only to the door of economist-slash-rocker Andrew Sentance, but also ex-MBA tutor – and friend of Sentance – Peter Cook. Cook, who gives musical leadership lectures to firms like [...]
How to beat addictive puzzling game 2048 | City A.M. March 15, 2014 If you’ve tried 2048, then you’re probably already aware of how fiendishly difficult, yet instantly addictive the puzzler is. The creation of 19 year old Italian developer Gabriele Cirulli, it’s based on 1024 by Veewo Studio and is described by the author as being “conceptually similar” to Threes by Asher Vollmer. The aim of the game is to shuffle [...]
How to beat addictive puzzling game 2048 | City A.M. March 15, 2014 If you’ve tried 2048, then you’re probably already aware of how fiendishly difficult, yet instantly addictive the puzzler is. The creation of 19 year old Italian developer Gabriele Cirulli, it’s based on 1024 by Veewo Studio and is described by the author as being “conceptually similar” to Threes by Asher Vollmer. The aim of the game is to shuffle [...]
How to beat addictive puzzling game 2048 | City A.M. March 15, 2014 If you’ve tried 2048, then you’re probably already aware of how fiendishly difficult, yet instantly addictive the puzzler is. The creation of 19 year old Italian developer Gabriele Cirulli, it’s based on 1024 by Veewo Studio and is described by the author as being “conceptually similar” to Threes by Asher Vollmer. The aim of the game is to shuffle [...]
How to beat addictive puzzling game 2048 | City A.M. March 15, 2014 If you’ve tried 2048, then you’re probably already aware of how fiendishly difficult, yet instantly addictive the puzzler is. The creation of 19 year old Italian developer Gabriele Cirulli, it’s based on 1024 by Veewo Studio and is described by the author as being “conceptually similar” to Threes by Asher Vollmer. The aim of the game is to shuffle [...]
How to beat addictive puzzling game 2048 | City A.M. March 15, 2014 If you’ve tried 2048, then you’re probably already aware of how fiendishly difficult, yet instantly addictive the puzzler is. The creation of 19 year old Italian developer Gabriele Cirulli, it’s based on 1024 by Veewo Studio and is described by the author as being “conceptually similar” to Threes by Asher Vollmer. The aim of the game is to shuffle [...]
How to beat addictive puzzling game 2048 | City A.M. March 15, 2014 If you’ve tried 2048, then you’re probably already aware of how fiendishly difficult, yet instantly addictive the puzzler is. The creation of 19 year old Italian developer Gabriele Cirulli, it’s based on 1024 by Veewo Studio and is described by the author as being “conceptually similar” to Threes by Asher Vollmer. The aim of the game is to shuffle [...]