ARM Holdings profits rise as US licensing takes off April 23, 2014 Chip designer ARM Holdings has reported a nine per cent rise in profit before tax to £97m for the first quarter ended 31 March. The British company also enjoyed a 10 per cent rise in revenue to £187m. However, this was slightly below analyst expectations of £189m. ARM has seen a rapid expansion in the use [...]
Diamond adds sparkle to Twitter July 7, 2014 The City’s Twitterati got quite the treat yesterday as it was joined by relative royalty. Bob Diamond swept into the Twittersphere, holding a big fish and adopting the handle @rediamondjr. Surely he hasn’t stepped down from his pedestal to walk among us in the squalid world of 140-character musings, we thought at first – but [...]
PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel talks quarter-life crises and how to tackle the state November 2, 2014 It's not every day that you get to speak to Silicon Valley royalty. And Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, first outside investor in Facebook, fund manager, and leader of multiple firms, is a dynasty heavyweight. Having just published his new book, Zero to One, he’s keen to talk about some of his latest ideas. [...]
If a monkey takes a selfie, who owns the copyright? Photographer threatens Wikipedia with legal action August 6, 2014 If a monkey takes a photograph of itself using someone else's camera, who owns the image? The monkey, or the person whose camera was used? Lawyers may be about to face this unusual conundrum, following a disagreement between Wikipedia and British nature photographer David Slater over the ownership of a selfie taken by a [...]
Princess Diana’s wedding dress designer Elizabeth Emanuel talks Catch-22s and Richard Branson November 23, 2014 You'd be hard pressed to get one up on Elizabeth Emanuel when it comes to heydays – and the fashion designer hasn’t just had one. At the age of 28, she designed the wedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer – a day she wouldn’t trade for the world, she says. And ten years later, [...]
UK’s tech giant avoids growing fears of bubble June 5, 2014 APRIL’S worldwide tech sell-off – which knocked off 3.1 per cent of the Nasdaq index in a single day, its biggest one-day decline since 2011 – was the forerunner to a wider tech stock bubble bursting, an investment bank said yesterday. Berenberg yesterday warned that Samsung’s smartphone growth is peaking, Apple’s success in tablets is [...]
What is Formula E? Your guide to Leonardo DiCaprio and Richard Branson’s favourite new motorsport September 12, 2014 Racing goes on the grid for the first time this weekend, as the debut season of Formula E gets underway in Beijing this weekend. Formula E is the electricity powered alternative to the more gass-guzzling versions of motorsports, backed by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and an array of famous faces including Leonardo DiCaprio and [...]
Shell paid less UK tax last year April 9, 2014 FTSE 100-listed oil major Royal Dutch Shell’s income tax payments in the UK fell to $93m in 2013 from $815m in 2012, due to lower production from the North Sea. But the company paid the UK government a total of $15.28bn last year, second only to Germany, according to a new payments report published yesterday. [...]
Bashful Basham is in his element June 2, 2014 AS AN ex-City spinner you’d imagine Brian Basham’s passions being along the lines of lunches at The Savoy, Bentleys and well-tailored suits (and goodness knows, they probably are) but the veteran PR has revealed a somewhat more esoteric enthusiasm over the last week – the radioactive chemical element, Thorium. Basham, who as we revealed last [...]
Djokovic beats his demons to return to top July 6, 2014 AT WIMBLEDON NEW world No1 Novak Djokovic believes that securing his seventh grand slam title with a five-set victory over Wimbledon king Roger Federer yesterday represents the finest achievement of his career. The 27-year-old, who was runner-up to Britain’s Andy Murray last year, held his nerve after surrendering a match point in the fourth set [...]