The US drug regulator has approved the first cannabis-based epilepsy treatment for children as young as two. GW Pharmaceuticals, which grows its own marijuana plants in glass houses in Britain, hopes the drug will be approved in the UK next year. Justin Glover, the CEO, said “ This is a new breakthrough in the field…
IBM revealed in March 2018, “world’s smallest Computer”, but a team at University of Michigan has brought out even smaller computer that’s “dwarfed by a grain of rice”, measuring just 0.33mm on each side. The University originally held the “world’s smallest” trophy with its 2mm x 2mm x 4mm Michigan Micro until IBM’s smaller-than-salt 1mm…
Calendar myth A phenomenon you will see once every 823 years. Is a myth 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 128 29 30 31 This month of July 2018, will have…
Nirav Modi (47), a billionaire designer jeweller whose designs have been worn by the actress Kate Winslet and Naomi Watts, is believed to have stayed in his flat above his Mayfair store in Old Bond Street and used the UK as a “safe haven” while he was sought by law enforcement agencies in Delhi. Last…
Voice powered device Alexa is checking into your hotel room. The Seattle based technology group is partnering with Marriott International, the world’s largest hotel operator, to launch Alexa for Hospitality, which will allow guest to order room service, request housekeeping, spa treatments, play music and adjust the temperature, curtains and lighting in their rooms, and…
BRICS was first launched by Goldman Sachs in 2001, to describe the world’s most dynamic emerging economies with Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. But Brics do have corruption in all five countries, graft in the centre of politics as both in South Africa and Brazil have seen presidents booted out of office by…
JD.com a Chinese second largest e-commerce group is bought by Google for $550m, a deal for a less than 1 per cent stake is the latest step in a China Strategy whose core search engine has been effectively blocked in China since 2010. JD.com initially will offer its merchandise over Google’s shopping site before branching…
The 1.7bn Virgin Money takeover deal by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group (CYBG), creates UK’s sixth-largest bank with 6 million personal and small business customers with total lending of £70bn and 9, 500 staff, risking over 1,5 00 jobs, mainly senior management posts. The bank expects to make £120m of annual savings by 2021 by…
Sir Marin Sorell the former CEO of WPP who resigned in April 2018 which he founded and grew into the world’s biggest advertising holding group, embroiled in contro0versy over his departure. Ken Auletta states in the last chapter of Frenemies, “Seventy-two and still robust, Martin Sorrell was unlikely to step down any time soon” which…
A second hand 10-year-old diamond encrusted Hermes Himalaya Birkin bag made of Nile crocodile skin with an 18-carat white gold has been sold for £162, 500 in London, becoming the most expensive handbag ever sold at Christie’s auction in Europe on Tuesday. A 2006 version of the handbag in blue sold for £100, 000 at…