Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al-Maktoum, CEO of Emirates and president of Dubai’s Civil Aviation Authority, one of Boeing’s largest customer has threatened to order aircraft from its arch-rival, and seek compensation for the grounding of 14 737 Max jets at Emirates’ sister airline Flydubai, which has more than 230 on order. He added that…
A soap style drama resurrected with more than a touch of class. Review of Jane Clegg now showing at The Finborough Theatre Earls Court – described as Probably the most influential fringe theatre in the world by Time Out. Running every day except Mondays until 18 May – last performance. Check times on the website…
Patisserie Valerie’s creditors and shareholders have criticised KPMG, for taking on the role of the failed bakery chain’s administrator despite a significant conflict of interest. The Big Four firm said last month that a second administrator would be required to pursue legal claims against Grant Thornton, which was auditor to the chain and also vets…
In 2017, Japanese business magnate and investor of Korean descent, Masayoshi Son, SoftBank founder launched his $100bn Vision Fund, billions have gone in outflows to companies like Grab, the Singaporean ride-hailing service, WeWork, the US shared office provider. Last week, it was revealed that he had lost $130m of his personal fortune on a bitcoin…
Indian Premier League 2019 T20 45 of 60 matches No Team M W L NRR Pts 1 CSK 12 8 4 -0.113 16 2 MI 11 7 4 0.537 14 3 DC 11 7 4 0.181 14 4 SRH 11 5 6 0.559 10 5 KXIP 11 5 6 -0.117 10 6 RR 12 5…
Graham Greene, the former MI6 officer had stumbled upon the ideal setting for a comic espionage story. Cuba was a paradise especially for those with time and money to burn in search of a story. The British novelist and former spy Graham Greene chose Cuba’s capital as the setting of his 1958 spy novel Our…
A novel set in 2039 written by Quantum physicist and broadcaster Al-Khalili, who visualises a plausible apocalypse as Earth’s magnetic field is weakening and if and when it fails altogether, the planet’s surface will be exposed to lethal levels of radiation from space. Super storms wreak havoc and satellite communications fail, an international group of…
Hilarious, inspirational and heart breaking funny novel, where Queenie Jenkins’s boss doesn’t seem to see her and her Caribbean family who don’t seem to listen, as she tries to fit in two worlds that don’t really understand her. A subversive story of her life, love, rave and family, Queenie you will begin liking. Within…
Billionaire Investor Warren Buffett (88) said he is “ready to buy something in the UK tomorrow, We welcome the chance to put money out any place where we think we understand and sort of trust the system”, endorsing Britain ahead of Brexit. Berkshire Hathaway the conglomerate of Buffett has already a stake in supermarket Tesco…
Uber, the car-hailing group is seeking a valuation of £70.46 ($91.5bn) in its flotation to become Silicon Valley’s biggest initial public offering since Facebook. It is pitching its shares to investors at $50 as other highly valued tech companies including Pinterest, Slack and Zoom are following them to the public markets. Uber is expected to…