The Irish government has backed the sale of its 25 per cent stake in Aer Lingus to International Airlines Group, parent company of British Airways and Spain’s Iberia. At the end, the fatal attraction of plugging Ireland’s national career into a far bigger network and diverting passengers who might have once travelled via London Heathrow…
Lamborghini, the Italian maker of super sport cars announced that it plans to build an SUV version. Already, Aston Martin (Aston Martin Lagonda), Rolls- Royce and Bentley, Lotus, Maserati, Jaguar and Alfa Romeo are also planning to introduce SUV’s avoiding the name instead “ High bodies Rolls motorcar”, “performance crossover- Jaguar. ” Low fuel…
German court rules adblocking software programs are legal, a judgement that poses challenges to the revenues of global media groups. The case was brought by German broadcasters RTL and ProSiebenSat.1. saying: “ It did not focus on software itself but alleged that the use of a list of acceptable ads- breached law on competition, copyright…
Tragedy and comedy, especially to the acting fraternity are an integral and inescapable part of our lives. Shakespeare wrote 16 plays on each of these subjects each amounting to 32 plays. On Wednesday May 27 Dr Rowan Williams talked on the subjects at The Actors’ Church – St Paul’s in Covent Garden which was founded in 1898. …
India, Philippines and Vietnam are the new pace setters replacing China, Indonesia and Thailand, helped by cheaper oil and trading patterns as Chinese economic boom is beginning to fade. World Bank expect Chinese to dominate the economy until 2017 after which according to private analysts, India is well placed to outpace China for the top…
Charter Communications will pay £35bn to take over its larger peer, making it second biggest broadband provider in the US. US tycoon, John Malone 74 year old, owner of Charter Communications, nicknamed “Cable King” publicly stated that he wanted Liberty Global, which he controls to buy Vodafone. Shares in the London-listed mobile giant shot up…
The death toll in the heatwave sweeping India has passed 1, 300, with temperatures nearing 50°C (122F) in several areas. Most deaths have taken place in the southern states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where at least 1,118 people have died since last week. The heat wave in Andhra Pradesh since May 13 has…
Thirty-eight people were killed and six others injured after a fire broke out in Kangleyuan, in Lushan County, Pingdingshan City, a privately owned rest home in central China’s Henan Province at 7.55 pm on 25th May 2015, according to the Henan Provincial Work Safety Administration, Xinhua reported. The six injured, two in serious condition, have…
Some of the skits and carry-ons in this eagerly awaited sequel to Pitch Perfect which grossed $113m worldwide last year, with an outlay of $17m leave one gaping, gasping, gauping and generally a little flushed and embarrassed or on the edge of one’s seat with either laughter or anticipation of what will happen next with…