Here’s what we can learn from the 10 biggest deals in pharmaceutical history August 7, 2015 The pharmaceutical world is abuzz about a major deal struck between AbbVie and small biotech company Pharmacyclics last night. The US pharma giant bought Pharmacyclics for a massive $21bn (£13.8bn), after fending off fierce competition from the likes of Johnson & Johnson. Why? To get its hands on the firm's super-successful cancer drug Imbuvrica, whose [...]
General Election 2015: Ukip is much more popular than its one parliamentary seat lets on August 7, 2015 It's been a terrible day for Ukip, after it managed to secure just one parliamentary seat in the General Election. Former Conservative MP Douglass Carswell, who held onto his seat in Calcton, was the party's only successful candidate. Even and Nigel Farage failed to beat the Conservative candidate in Thanet South. Yet if you [...]
Why widening the Suez Canal might not boost trade between Asia and Europe August 6, 2015 Egypt has just spent a huge $8bn (£5bn) on widening the Suez Canal – the fastest trade route between Asia and Europe. Read more: Egypt to build a new Suez Canal for $45bn By adding a new 21 mile long bypass along the 120 mile canal, Egypt hopes to transform its economy by [...]
This is why most people in the UK aren’t happy with their sex life August 6, 2015 The majority of adults in the UK aren't over the moon about their sex lives, according to a new YouGov poll. Read more: It turns out the marketing industry's oldest adage isn't true: Sex doesn't sell Out of 6,000 people questioned, only 45 per cent said they were either “fairly satisfied” or “very satisfied”. [...]
This is how much more people earn if they’ve been to private school August 6, 2015 If a privately educated person and a state educated person enter the same profession at the same time, with the same academic achievements to show on their CVs, the privately educated person will end up earning more, according to new research by the Sutton Trust and UpReach. By studying initial graduate salaries in the [...]
Does the universe actually exist? We might all be living in one big computer game, scientists say August 6, 2015 We always talk about the robots replacing humans, but what if we actually are robots, with brains that are programmed just like computers to think in a certain way? Read more: Did the big bang happen? Scientists call theory into question Our universe behaves suspiciously similarly to a simulated computer, obeying a series of [...]
A high end estate agent is trying to entice the super rich to Mayfair with a vintage style travel poster August 6, 2015 Mayfair is now up there with Gstaad, St Moritz and Monaco as a favourite playground among the world's super-rich. Read more: Showing off in your supercar will soon be a crime in Kensington & Chelsea And how better to keep them flocking to London's most expensive neighbourhood than with an art deco travel poster? [...]
British people’s confidence in the economy has soared in the last two and a half years August 5, 2015 British people's confidence in their economy is currently at its highest in five years, according to a global poll by Ipsos Mori. Read more: Surveys reveal UK consumers are optimistic on the economy Half of UK respondents in the July survey said they thought their economy was in good health – up from just [...]
Drinking wine can keep your brain 7.5 years younger, but only if you eat plenty of healthy foods, too August 5, 2015 Having a glass of wine a day contributes to a slowdown in mental decline, according to a study published in the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. Read more: Robots are stealing our jobs: Next to go is the fine wine industry Scientists at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago included the much-loved drink [...]
Robots are stealing our jobs: Next to go is the fine wine industry August 5, 2015 Wine buffs who pride themselves on understanding the value of the posh plonk are about to be trumped by robots, after scientists at UCL developed an artificial intelligence system capable of predicting the fluctuating prices of fine wines better than any human connoisseur on the planet. Read more: A robot might steal your job, but it [...]
