Elon Musk, dressed all in black showed off Model Y in front of an adoring crowd of Tesla employees and customers, making an extended rendition of the electric car history before taking credit for what he claimed was its impact on the rest of the automobile industry forcing companies to secure their own futures on…
Aspiring fashion designer and Instagram influencer with 1.3 million followers, Felicite Tomlinson – sister of One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson has died aged 18. Louis and Felicite lost their mum Johannah to leukaemia in 2016 and they have five siblings including twins under the age of six. According to Scotland Yard, police were called by…
The US genuflected to global pressure and ordered grounding of Boeing 737 Max aircraft only days after insisting that the plane was airworthy despite two crashes in five months. Canada said it received “new data” on Ethiopian Airlines crash that made them think again and to ground the plane. The US ban was announced…
Europe’s aviation safety regulator issued a continent-wide ban on flights of Boeing 737 Max yesterday placing the aircraft manufacturer and US regulators on the defensive as they continue to insist that the plane was airworthy. Similar bar to the aircraft was also made by Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Egypt, China, Vietnam, New Zealand, Lebanon, Singapore,…
Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302, 737 Max-8 Boeing from the Ethiopian capital to Nairobi in Kenya has crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, killing 149 passengers and eight crew members died. 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, eight Americans, Seven French, 6 Egyptians, five Germans, four Slovakian, four Indians, three Austrians, three Swedes, Three Russians, two Moroccans,…
Economist Raghuram Rajan’s The Third Pillar, describes an ongoing struggle for balance between the three building blocks of a good society Market, State and Community. Rajan tells us what’s needed to shift our prospects in favour of technological progress that empowers and enriches the many, away from political anger and estrangement. Rajan was awarded the Director’s…
Eamonn Kevin Roche, Dublin born above a grocer’s shop on June 22, 1922, six days before formal beginning of Irish Civil war, died aged 96 in Connecticut, U.S., on March 1, 2019, became one of the most successful architects in modern American history, whose designs included works from corporate monoliths, cultural buildings and skyscrapers from…
Greggs, the North East Baker and retailer saw sales rise by 7.2 per cent over the year, with pre-tax profits rising 15 percent to £82.6m. Roger Whiteside, OBE, CEO said “ whilst there are significant uncertainties in the months ahead Greggs has started 2019 in great form helped by the publicity surrounding the launch of…
Findel, online shopping firm rejected a £139m offer from Sports Direct. In a note to the London Stock Exchange that it had offered to purchase the remaining shares in Findel that it does not already hold for 161p per share, marking a 1p discount to Findel’s close on last Friday. Findel saw its share price…
21-year-old Kylie Jenner has become the world’s youngest self-made billionaire according to Forbe’s billionaires’ list. The youngest Kardashian family member made her fortune from her best-selling cosmetics business promoted by Instagram postings with over 128m followers. She made her announcement ” I wanted to remind you guys that my powders launch on Thursday” and proceeded…