Twitter network, which has over 300 million active members is down after technical fault at 8:00 GMT, and many web visitors are being greeted by an error page. Some mobile users are also unable to read or post tweets to the network. Tweeter chose to communicate the problem via a tweet, which simply said they…
Century old GE is to sell its Appliance business to China’s Qingdao Haier for £3.78bn, $5.4bn after their plan to sell it to Electrolux of Sweden failed because of opposition from antitrust regulators. This Chinese deal is the largest overseas acquisition in the consumer products sector. Haier currently number two home appliance manufacturer. GE will continue to market its current portfolio…
Wang Jianlin – China’s richest man has recently bought a property in London’s “billionaires’ row” for £80 million. “Chollywood” Chinese movie tycoon, who is worth more than £20 billion, has taken a long lease on a Kensington estate based in Kensington Palace Gardens. Formerly an army commander in the Chinese Army, Wang Jianlin is expected…
Saudi Arabia is planning to sell shares in State energy giant Saudi Aramco, world’s largest oil producer, creating Trillion Dollar company. In an interview in the Economist, deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman said the move was being “reviewed and the decision could be months away”. Prince Mohammed has become Saudi Arabia’s main powerbroker after…
Jet Airways 9W-070, Boeing 737 aircraft from Mumbai to Bangkok, makes emergency landing at Mayanmar’s Yangon, on January 5, 2016, at 14:10 hours local time. This incident forced the airline to cancel its flights to Ho Chi Minh City from and to Bangkok. According to a statement alternative travel arrangements for guest travelling between Bangkok…
Toyota has opted to use the latest in-dash touch screen interface originally developed by Ford to connect smartphone apps to its cars dashboards, ignoring both Google’s Android and Apple’s CarPlay. On the eve of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Toyota said, it looks to Ford for Dashboard software phone and app connectivity.…
Air India flight AI131 Mumbai-London was forced to turn back mid-flight after a rat was spotted on board when flying over Iran on Wednesday 30 December 2015. Passengers continued their journey on a replacement aircraft later. According to Air India the plane was fumigated and the presence of a rodent was thoroughly investigated. The stowaway…
Surinder Kumar of Jullandar North India, used to sell tea at the court complex of the sub-divisional magistrate court in Nakodar in Punjab, and ironically, his 23-year-old daughter Shruti passed the Punjab Civil Services ( Judicial) examination in her first attempt and soon she will be a judge in the same court. Shruti after completing…
Joseph Valente, the 25-year-old plumbing company owner finally beat social media entrepreneur Vana Koustomitis and got £250,000 investment from Lord Sugar for his business idea, Prime Time Plumbers ( renamed as Impra-Gas). Joseph nicknamed by Lord Sugar as ‘Valentine’ said “Thank you, Lord Sugar. It means a world to me. I’m not going to let…
India’s telecoms regulator has asked Reliance Communications, the mobile network that partnered with Facebook to put their Free Basics offer on hold. In India, the data fees are unbelievably expensive and the initiative aims to prevent this being a deterrent. Facebook’s efforts to provide the common man in India with free access to a limited…