A group of pensioners at engineering consultancy Halcrow have launched a legal challenge against plans to cut their benefits after a regulatory intervention July 24, 2016 NULL
Exclusive: Walkie Scorchie, more like: City A.M. uses the rays of the Walkie Talkie building to fry an egg | City A.M. July 22, 2016 The developers of the Walkie Scorchie skyscraper – aka 20 Fenchurch Street – had hoped their building would be known for its striking design and its blue chip clients. But instead City A.M. has revealed how the building has begun emitting a curious ray of light, started melting cars, set a carpet on fire and [...]
Bitcoin Ponzi scheme operator gets 18 months in prison July 22, 2016 An American was sentenced to 18 months in prison yesterday in the first federal securities fraud case involving a bitcoin Ponzi scheme. Trendon Shavers, a 33-year-old Texan, raised more than 764,000 bitcoins through his Bitcoin Savings and Trust investment fund from 2011 to 2012, which he operated from home. At the time, these were worth $4.5m (£3.4m). Read [...]
“Defies all the laws of political gravity”: Wikileaks has revealed how a US briefing described Boris Johnson back in 2008 July 14, 2016 NULL