Animal story

In the jungle, a tiger owned a factory. There was one ant as the only worker in the factory who would come on time would complete all the work and then go back home. Tiger’s business was running very smoothly. One day the tiger thought, “ If this lone ant without anyone’s supervision  and guidance …

Airbnb sign $500m deal to support Olympics until 2028

Airbnb has signed $500m deal to join an elite corporate list including Coca Cola, Alibaba, Toyota, supporting the Olympic Games until 2028. The deal covers five Olympic games including next year’s games in Tokyo and subsequent Winter an summer games in Beijing, Paris, Milan and Los Angeles. The five cities are among the Us Accommodation-booking…

Yahoo Japan merge with Line to make the biggest Internet in Japan

SoftBank has backed Z Holdings owner of Yahoo Japan and will finally get to merge with messaging app line. An all-share deal with South Korea’s Naver, 75 per cent owner of Line, will create a mostly Japanese internet Behemoth worth $30bn (¥3.3.Tn). The deal with create a joint venture between two companie to own Line…

Kylie Jenner sells 51 per cent of her beauty company for $600m

The world’s youngest self-made billionaire Kylie Jenner is selling 51 per cent of Kylie Cosmetics to US makeup group and fragrance giant Coty for $600m. The youngest of the five Kardashian-Jenner sisters, Jenner will still be the face of the brand and involved in creating new products. Kylie Jenner started the company in 2015 as…

Recipharm to buy Consort for £505m

Consort Medical, medical devices makers was snapped up today by a Swedish rival Recipharm for £505m, delivering a boost to City Investors. Consort Medical whose brands include Besapk Asthma inhalers. ASIC medicine making facility and disposable syringes has eight manufacturing sites across the UK and employs over 2000 staff. The bid is a 39 per…

Terry O’Neill, British Photographer to the stars dies aged 81

  Terry O’Neill British photographer whose work captured iconic images of London’s Swinging Sixties died of prostrate cancer on Saturday night. He photographed iconic celebrities including David Bowie, Elton John, Queen and The Rolling Stones and received a CBE last month for services to photography.   O’Neill dreamed of becoming a jazz drummer ended up…

Joker nets $1bn in global boxoffice

Comic book film Joker passed the $1bn  (£772m)  in global ticket sales this weekend, becoming the first R-rated movie to do so despite not releasing in China. Joker became the most profitable comic book movie of all time earlier this month. Director Todd Phillips made the movie on a budget of $62.5m (£49m) a fraction…

ByteDance to compete with Spotify and Apple

Bejing-based, TikTok, the Chinese company behind the popular video app is set to go head-to-head with the likes of Spotify and Apple in the music streaming market with the launch of its rival service ByteDance, which is in talks with largest record companies with the largest record companies  like Sony Music, Warner Music and Universal…

Social-media influencers income soars

The Average price of a sponsored photo on Instagram has leaped from £104 ($134) t0 £1, 276 ($1, 6742 in 2019. Brands are willing to pay more to sponsor posts, videos, stories and blogs too. “Digital marketing is the equivalent of word of mouth but there will always be a mix between that and traditional…

Blackouts triggered by hackers causing global chaos

The chilling conclusion to be drawn from reading Andy Greenberg’s new book Sandworm, on state-sponsored cyber-hacking as we are at war, but not as have known it but all big powers are involved and the potential for cataclysm is great as the hostilities are taking place in real time, undermining a system near you. Democracy…