Chopard unveiled “The Full Strike”, its crown-operated first-minute repeating watch, with sapphire gongs and a slew of patents on security devices to ensure the watch does not break when it is mishandled. The 21-year-old manufacturer chose the design to be least complicated. This is the first time we’ve heard a Chopard minute repeater strikes the…
Hugh Hefner, Playboy founder has died aged 91, by his family and friends at his home in Los Angeles. Hefner was born on April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois and went on to become a millionaire after founding Playboy, the influential men’s adult magazine in 1953. Hugh Hefner revolutionised publishing and helped user in the…
The billionaire who revolutionised the vacuum cleaner said 400 engineers in Wiltshire had been working since 2015 on the £2.5bn project, Sir James Dyson, the inventor who was knighted in 2007 New Year honours list, is in the race to build tomorrows electric vehicles. ” I decided to start developing electric motors and batteries, as…
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani, Reliance Industries, Chairman, Indian business magnate, oil, and gas tycoon, speaking at the first-ever “India Mobile Congress 2017”, in New Delhi, said that the Indian economy has grown unparalleled and in the next years will reach £ 56.2 Trillion), $7 trillion from the current £ 1.86 Trillion $2 and half trillion where…
“For years as I carved a path in venture capital, I believed that if I did what I’d earlier to succeed at the highest levels of academia and law and business, I could rise there, too. I am the daughter of Chinese immigrants, I’ve always believed in keeping my head down and forging ahead. I…
A 1000-year-old brush washer ceramic dish from Ru Guanyao, the most revered of the five great Kilns used from the Imperial China commissioned during the Song dynasty, is expected to sell for more than £10 million at Sotheby’s sale in Hong Kong, on October 3rd, 2017. “Of the 87 heirloom Ru wares to have survived…
Nick Matthewman, a student at the University of Sheffield, who was celebrating his 20th birthday on 20th September 2017, at the Banker’s Draft Wetherspoons in Sheffield when Rory McArthur (19) posted the invitation along with a photo saying ‘This is Nick and it’s his birthday. We’re at the Banker’s Draft Spoons in Sheffield, table…
Billionaire L’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, whose family founded L’Oreal over a century ago, as the maker of hair dye and still owns largest stake in the cosmetics giant, has died aged 94. French businesswoman, listed in Forbes as the World’s richest woman, and L’Oreal, France’s fourth largest listed company. Bettencourt and her family owned 33…
The tremor punched holes on the side of the skyscrapers in the capital at Mexico City. The 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck at 1 pm (6GMT) killed 250 people including 21 primary school children and toppled several buildings in the Mexico City. The earthquake came on the anniversary of the devastating 1985 earthquake that caused major…
John Thomas Chambers (68), is to step down as chairman of Cisco Systems, the networking equipment company. During his tenure, in the last 15 years, Cisco was described as the world’s most valuable company, and currently going through upheaval caused by cloud computing. Chambers stepped back as Chief executive two years ago, handing the position…