Boeing CEO denies 737 Max design control flaw

  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…

KPMG criticised over conflict of interest over Patisserie Valerie

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…

SoftBank is cash rich

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…

IPL 2019

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…

Havana: every vice was permissible and every trade possible

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…

Techno-Thriller

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…

Contemporary prejudice

  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…

Warren Buffett ready to back Britain

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 valuation to cross $91.5bn

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…