Gordon Brown after seven years of labouring has given his own account of a significant political career that ended in a crushing electoral defeat in 2010 after he rose to the challenge of the financial crisis. Born in 1951, the son of a Fife Church minister, former Labour Prime Minister, and our longest serving Chancellor,…
The Chinese group behind messaging App WeChat has Chinese group per cent stake worth more than $2bn in Snap, the US parent of Snapchat. US teenagers continue to adore Snapchat, using the app more than 25 times a day, but much of rest of the world remains flummoxed and indifferent. Evan Spiegel, the Los…
Hock Tan, Broadcom’s master dealmaker, made an unsolicited $100bn bid for Qualcomm. If Broadcom is successful in convincing Qualcomm’s board, its shareholders and regulators of the merits of the merger, this will be a major deal for semiconductor industry especially Broadcom, which will create a company with a combined market capitalisation in excess of $200bn.…
US President Donald Trump arrived in China for talks about North Korea, after a speech to the South Korean parliament in which Mr. Trump urged China to further isolate North Korea. Chinese President Xi Jinping who recently consolidated his power at a Chinese Communist Party congress, gave a lavish welcome to Mr Trump. Mr…
Longji scenic area of Gulin, China, Huangluo village, 82 household of Red Yao ethnics, whose names are associated with red clothing. Their ancient traditions keep tourists entertained, however, the most fascinating thing about it is the women’s obsession with long hair as they are also known as the “ Long Hair Village” across China and…
Typhoon Damrey claimed 30 lives and a further 25 are missing, including members of 112 cargo ships that were sunk off the coast of the central province Binh Dinh, according to the Vietnam Management Authority. Despite this , 74 other crew members were rescued. In the province of Khanh Hoa 14 people lost their lives…
Pure Gym, a low-cost fitness chain and UK largest Gym by the membership, whose shareholders include Chris Hoy, has been bought by Los Angeles-based Leonard Green & Partners a US Private equity firm for £600m. The sale comes after Pure Gym dropped plans for a London Initial Public offering citing “challenging market conditions”. Pure Gym who brought…
Kelly Luce’s suspense novel “Pull Me Under” with a female protagonist that get more right about women, which tells the intriguing story of murder, rage, and explosive family secrets. Chizuru Akitani, a Japanese overweight hafu (“ a half Person” or mixed race) – the daughter of an American white woman and Japanese father- is an…
The FTSE 100 share index closed at a new high on Friday 3rd November 2017, up 5 points or 0.07% AT 7, 560.35. Share prices were boosted by Thursday’s fall in pound following the Bank Of England’s first interest rate rise in ten years, as investors digested the very gradual further rises in interest…