Tens and thousands of people are lining up the street in Ahmedabad city to greet visiting US President Donald Trump on his first visit to the world’s most populous democracy. Mr Trump will inaugurate the world’s largest cricket stadium in Gujarat Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home town, which is expected to cost over £10m ($13m).…
Raf Simons, The former head designer of Calvin Klein and Dior will join the listed fashion company Miuccia Prada in April as the director of Prada label, in a move to reinvigorate interest in the company, which was lagging behind in social media and eCommerce and has been slower than other luxury conglomerates in attracting…
Ten-Towns in Italy’s wealthy northern regions battled to contain the biggest outbreak of coronavirus outside Asia. Officials have imposed strict quarantine and said that a sixth Italian has died from the virus as the infection count rose to 230, up from three identified cases on Friday morning. Billions were wiped off stock markets around the world…
“Crossover” exhibiting artwork by Maryam Mirzael. Gallery P21, 21 Charlton Street, London, NW1 1JD. 18 February to 5 March 2020. Nearest tubes Kings Cross or Euston. Open 12 – 6 Tue, Thur, Fri. 12 – 8 Wed. 12-4 Sat. Closed Suns and Mons. Written by Penny Nair Price. True attention to detail inspires awe from…
Morgan Stanley said it will buy discount brokerage E-Trade Financial Corp in a stock deal worth about £10.7bn ( $13bvillion), the biggest acquisition by a Wall Street bank since 2008 financial crisis. Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman enters into an ambitious course with a $13billion e-trade deal. In 2009 Morgan Stanley purchased Smith Barney…
Alstom, French high-speed rail supplier Alstom has agreed to buy Canadian Bombardier’s train unit in a €7.5bn deal, in the face of Chinese competition and growing demand in Europe, a year after their attempt to build a European rail champion with Germany’s Siemens division was blocked by regulators. Henri Poupart-Lafarge, born in Nancy, France, Alstom’s CEO…
Laundrapp, an on-demand laundry and dry cleaning service start-up founded in 2014, by one of City of London’s most successful entrepreneurs, collapsed into administration on Friday, wiping out all its investors, including Mr. Spencer. The founder of Interdealer broker ICAP and substantial donor to the Tory party was the main investor in the laundry service…
Cambridge world’s second best university by The Times Higher Education World University Rankings , ranked 3rd worldwide by Academic Ranking of world universities, 6th by QS and 7th vt US News. Cambridge’s reputation as global centre for innovation is damaged by the battle for technological supremacy between China and US, Several universities in the UK…
Rajeev Misra, , a London-based banker and the head of Soft Bank’s $100bn Vision Fund has lined up millions of dollars outside investment for a new hedge fund style vehicle, to pursue complex bets on publicly traded companies., with able support from Abu Dhabi’s state fund Mubadala, which in turn has helped to instil interest…
Dog of all sizes are welcome at the ground floor bar in where they will be given a bowl of water on arrival and looked after by bar staff while you sup up your favourite cocktails or spirits with 20 per cent off the generous portion of meals prices. Located off City Road, East…