Ed Sheeran set to headline Jubilee concert as organisers unveil £15m celebrations April 26, 2022 Ed Sheeran is set to be the centrepiece for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee as preparations are made for the “people’s pageant”.
Tesla shares plunge following Musk’s Twitter takeover, with $97bn wiped off valuation April 26, 2022 Tesla’s shares plunged 11 per cent today less than a day after chief executive Elon Musk snatched Twitter for $44bn. Twitter’s takeover wiped off $97bn off of Tesla’s valuation after Musk secured a $12.5bn loan against his share in the automotive giant, the Financial Times reported. The extravagant entrepreneur said he will fund the acquisition [...]
Sanctions are having ‘profound’ impact on London insurers, expert tells MPs April 26, 2022 The sanctions imposed on Russia are having a “profound” impact on London’s insurance sector, a leading insurance expert has told MPs. London insurers are struggling to keep on top of complex sanctions legislation and have resorted to taking an extremely cautious approach, the insurance chief said. “The volume of the legislation that’s been coming [...]
Medical tech firm Sensyne set to axe 80 staff in scramble to stay afloat April 26, 2022 London-listed medical tech firm Sensyne is set to axe two thirds of its workforce after being rescued from the brink of collapse earlier this month.
Fighter another Win Win for Lui after Golden Sixty’s Sunday success April 26, 2022 TRAINER Francis Lui must have breathed a huge sigh of relief following the scintillating success of HK champion Golden Sixty in the Champions Mile at Sha Tin on Sunday. Lui would have been under immense pressure for the people’s champion to deliver over the weekend, and it must have given him great pleasure to see [...]
Emmanuel Macron has cast himself as France’s defender against extremism April 26, 2022 You can tell a lot about a person by what they place in their study, their “room of one’s own”, as novelist Virginia Woolf put it. The clues of who a person is – and what they value – are often in plain sight. Newly re-elected French President Emmanuel Macron is no exception to this [...]
EV makers treble battery range delivering 15 times more choice to customers April 26, 2022 Electric vehicle (EV) makers have trebled the battery range in the last 10 years, giving customers 15 times more range of choice. According to a research published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), the number of plug-in models has gone up from nine to 140 since 2011. EVs now account for [...]
New Orange chief bats away cross-border merger rumours April 26, 2022 The new Orange boss Christel Heydemann batted away rumours that the telecoms giant was looking at cross-border mergers, stating that the firm was looking at strengthening in current markets rather than expanding.
Valiant Hewitson can pull off front-running heroics on Xponential April 26, 2022 FORMER South African Champion Jockey Lyle Hewitson can continue his run of good form when he teams up with mentor and trainer Douglas Whyte for three rides on a nine-race programme at Happy Valley today. Hewitson had his most successful days racing since his return to Hong Kong at the beginning of the season when [...]
London’s top indexes fail to recover China Covid lockdown triggered losses April 26, 2022 London’s top indexes failed to recover from Monday’s bruising session as investors were still jittery due to concerns over the severity of the impact on the global economy from China sticking to its zero-Covid tolerance policy. London’s premier FTSE 100 index edged 0.08 per cent higher to 7,286.19 points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 [...]
