Re Reality star Kim Kardashian West’s Kimono underwear offends Japanese Kim Kardashian West has angered Japanese with the launch of her new shapewear bran Kimono Intimates. Kim said the label, launched on Tuesday, is inclusive and “celebrates and enhances the shape and curves of women.” Japanese people on social media have said the trademarked brand…
BMW has accelerated its electric car models, in an attempt to convince investors it is capable of catching rivals in the race to sell Battery vehicles. The company plans to release 25 fully electric of hybrid models by 2023, two years earlier than previously announced and over 50 per cent of the new vehicles will…
Facebook’s dreams of launching a new virtual currency have hit the buffers as two more financial regulators including International Financial Stability Board and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority said yesterday they were paying close attention to the social media company’s plans. The regulators would not allow the world’s largest social network to launch its planned…
Just Eat has strengthened its board by poaching Jambu Palaniappan, ex-head of Uber Eats in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. They hope to satisfy activist investors who say the food delivery firm should be sold. Online takeaway firm Just Eat’s new executive director Jambu Palaniappan, from Tech Investment firm Atomico, Mike Evans, chairman of…
As regulators tighten “Know Your Customer” (KYC) rules Lloyds Banking Group froze the accounts of 8, 000 offshore banking customers as part of a crackdown on money laundering after asking three years to prove their identity, and highlighted the growing pressure on global banks from regulators to take action against financial crime. Deutsche Bank last…
Five people have been arrested and questioned over alleged accounting fraud at the Patisserie Valerie chain according the Serious Fraud Office. The arrests took place last Tuesday, 18 th June 2019, in a joint operation with police, the SFO said. It took eight months after the firm’s former finance director Chris Marsh was arrested and…
Rajan a former governor of Reserve Bank of India, is an expert of world of economics, economic policymaking and public debate. In his latest book he argues that the balance between the market economy and the state has been disrupted. The solution is to empower a third pillar: the local community. He also recommends reforms…
This book gives us an incisive look at austerity measure that succeed and those that don’t by using pragmatic evidence to assess the effects of fiscal austerity through spending cuts versus tax increases and concludes the negative effect on output of spending cuts are far smaller than tax increases, by assessing costs only in terms…
Better-on-the-internet experience is here with the %G launch by EE promising downloads faster than 4G ( 1000megabits per second) less lag. You can stream favourite TV program on the go, Facetime or Facebook on demand with an entire box set of our choice all from the comfort of 4G smartphone. 5G is superfast with the…
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra Jona’s wax statue was unveiled at the Madame Tussauds in London on Tuesday titling “ Welcome to London, Priyanka Chopra” according to a Twitter post. Prinyanka has four wax separate statues at Madame Tussauds wax museums across the world. “Fans have been waiting to see the hotly-anticipated London arrival since the…