Crossing Continents recounts Standard Chartered’s story not a critique of British imperialism, silver crises, and currency reforms but of men and British achievement in the East, with in depth details from one of the richest archives available to any commercial bank, by giving rare and compelling perspective on the evolution of international trade and finance,…
Singapore registered X-Press Pearl with tonnes of chemicals and plastics is threatening marine life off the coast of Sri Lanka. Efforts to two the sinking cargo ship into deeper water to limit its environmental impact failed according to officials. Hundreds of tonnes of oil could leak into sea with some warning it would destroy the…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson *(56) has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds (33), the first PM to get married while in office in nearly 200 years, at Westminster Cathedral in a secret wedding on Saturday afternoon. The couple would celebrate again with family and friends next summer with their honeymoon delayed until that then. Their son…
Chelsea beat Man City to win Champions League after 9 years Chelsea won the Champions League for the second times in all-English beating Manchester City, with Kai Havertz scoring the winner three minutes before half-time when he collected a defence-spitting pass from Mason Mount to round City goalkeeper Emerson. Thomas Tuche got the better of…
Over seven centuries, the Anglo-Saxon period has attracted a huge amount of mythmaking and a formative time for English society. Between fifth and 11th century , many things took shape start are still recognisable as those the Anglo-Saxons knew; the English language, the settlement of most of our towns and cities, the monarch, the national…
Deirdre Nansen McCloskey, professor emerita of six separate disciplines at the University of Illinois, Chicago an Economic historian, in her latest book on the Great Enrichment and the betterment of the poor -not just materially but spiritually, gives a intellectual and rigorous analysis with focus on human rather than the institutions. She asserts her vision…
Napoleon Bonaparte ( 1769-1821), the most celebrated general in history, has always attracted eminent male writers but only a few female writers have written his biography. Ruth Scurr, a lecturer in history and politics at Cambridge University, a keen Gardner herself, who knows her pelargonium from her amaryllis is one of the most eloquent and…
Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman’s last masterpiece book, has demonstrated in a companion volume book Noise, aimed at most people care about rationality and good judgement. Multi-million copy bestselling author Daniel Kaneman teamed up with co-author of million copy bestseller Nudge, Cast Sunstein and the eminent professor and writer on strategic thinking Olivier Sibon,…
Daily Mail and General trust plc (DMGT)l the owner of The Daily Mail, the company operates in over forty countries through its subsidiaries, whose investment in online car seller Cazoo could be worth £950m ($1.35bn), an eight-fold return on its investment. The DMGT half year results reveal it put an extra £34m into Cazoo last…
HSBC has sold 80 retail branches network in America to Citizens bank and 10 others to Cathay Bank. There also more than $10bn of deposits and $3bn of loans. The HSBC US network has been consistently loss-making . Noel Quinn, HSBC CEO, is on a drive to Slash costs of $4.5bnand 35, 000 jobs after…