Happy World Vegan Day!

Every year on 1st November Vegans around the world celebrate their vegan lifestyle, which is beneficial for the health of human beings and fosters environmental protection as well as the lives of animals. The movement decries all acts of cruelty  and violence against our animal brethren. World Vegan Day was introduced in 1994 by Louise…

OCADO buys 2 robotic companies for £222.3m amid lockdown

The FSTE100 helped by leaks on Friday, managed to shrug off much of bad news as investors who have seen what happened to company earnings last time lockdown, are buying supermarket and selling travel shares. Both Tesco and Sainsbury had a excellent session up 5p to 210.6p and 5.5p to 207p respectively. Kingfisher the DIY…

Baker itching for a new challenge beyond law enters politics

A definitive biography of legendary White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A Baker III: the man who ran Washington when Washington ran the world. From the end of the Watergate scandal to the aftermath of the Cold War, no Republican won the presidency without his help or ran the White House…

Kim Kardashan mocked for birthday party on private island

Reality star Kim Kardashian West has been accused of being “ tone deaf” after celebrating her 40th birthday on a private island with a large group of family and friends. Kardashian said the trip followed “two weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine” with the photos of the event posted on Twitter,…

Is Apple creating its own search engine?

Apple is likely to have been working on its own search engine for years, after key hiring in 2018 of John Giannandrea, former Google head of search to improve AI tech and Siri and software hints to improve search. The Applebot web crawler has seen increased activity for years, potentially laying the groundwork for a…

Post-furlough job losses worse among young and ethnic minorities

Resolution Foundation’s latest survey of 6, 000 adults found 19 per cent of 18-24-year-olds who were furloughed during lockdown were unemployed in September. For Black, Asian, and other minority ethnic workers the figure was 22 per cent compared to 9 per cent for the general population. The Treasury said its wage support schemes had helped…

Woolworth high street relaunch a hoax

A Tweet announcing the relaunch of Woolworths although proved to be a hoax but gone viral. The Twitter account@UKWoolworths, linked to a website that was not active, which has now over 4, 000 followers misspelled the shop’s name. Very, the company that owns the local rights to the Woolworths brand, confirmed it was a hoax.…

HSBC warns that it will start charging for current accounts

  HSBC has reported a 35 per cent fall in pre-tax profits for the three months to the end of September and wants to start charging for current accounts. Europe’s largest bank by assets is finding it difficult to charge more for loans than it pays out to depositors as the interest rates are the…

Lee Kun-hee Samsung chairman dies aged 78

South Korea’s Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee died on Sunday aged 78. He helped to grow his father Lee Byung-chull’s noodle trading business into South Korea’s biggest conglomerate. Mr. Lee who was Samsung’s big thinker, the provider of grand strategic direction was convicted and pardoned twice for white collar crimes. Lee Kun-hee,  who had been…