How networking can make anyone a creative genius July 31, 2014 It boosts your career and your profile, but also makes you more innovative, says Judith Perle. How often have you been told to network to boost your professional profile, climb the promotion ladder, or to find a new job? But has anyone ever told you that networking will make you more creative? If not, [...]
What does The Engine Group do? July 30, 2014 ■ Nestled in offices behind Oxford Circus, the Engine Group describes itself as an integrated marketing communications group, which owns ad agency WCRS, PR group MHP Communications, digital shop Jam and direct marketing specialist partners Andrews Aldridge, among others. ■ Engine’s UK chief executive, Debbie Klein, stressed that the group would retain its independence after [...]
Kingman on track to bow out at Ascot after dethroning Toronado July 30, 2014 KINGMAN is likely to be aimed at the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot in October after underlining his status as the leading miler with victory in the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood yesterday. The John Gosden-trained three-year-old won his Duel on the Downs with Toronado, beating last year’s winner by a length in a [...]
The future of the commute July 30, 2014 Driverless cars are poised to go mainstream. But what of the other modes of transport beloved of science fiction? DRIVERLESS CARS (likelihood: 100%) Science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov wrote a short story in 1953 called Sally that takes place in 2057 and features cars controlled by “positronic” brains. The cars don’t require human drivers and communicate [...]
Labour and Tories rush to deny secret tax plans July 30, 2014 Both the Labour and Conservative parties have rushed to deny claims they plan to radically alter the tax system in the wake of two separate recordings emerging of senior figures in both parties voicing their views on the subject. Obtained by Sky News, a recording of Labour's Andy Burnham at the Fabian Society's summer conference [...]
US and EU sanctions on Russia: It’s not another cold war says Obama, yet Putin won’t thaw July 29, 2014 The US and Europe have joined forces to tighten the screws on Russia’s President Putin, as the spectre of downed Malaysia airlines flight MH17 continues to tug at the consciences of western leaders. As ambassadors in Brussels yesterday finally agreed a package of new sanctions designed to bring the Russian economy to its knees, Prime [...]
Sky Europe fails to find support for takeover bid July 29, 2014 BSkyB could find itself struggling to persuade Sky Deutschland’s investors to tender their shares as part of its £4.9bn Sky Europe takeover deal, according to the German broadcaster’s largest independent shareholder. Crispin Odey, who controls an eight per cent stake in Sky Deutschland through his hedge fund Odey Asset Management, said he would not accept [...]
Goodwood ready to crown new King in Sussex Stakes July 29, 2014 BILL ESDAILE PREVIEWS DAY TWO OF GLORIOUS GOODWOOD THERE have been some fantastic Duels on the Downs in the past few years, not least when Frankel demolished Canford Cliffs in 2011, and we are set for another classic today when KINGMAN takes on Toronado in the QIPCO Sussex Stakes (3.05pm). Kingman is short at 2/5 [...]
The New York penthouses getting a touch of British style July 29, 2014 In a corner of the Upper East Side of Manhattan, there is a tower that is an homage to quintessential European elegance. The Charles, named for its connotations of quality and regality, stands on First Avenue and 72nd Street, in among international schools, and five star hotels, with Central Park to the west. Each apartment [...]
Why inequality in science is a good thing – if you care about progress July 29, 2014 DOES inequality in the output of scientists matter? Inequality is a fashionable topic, and evidence for its existence is keenly sought in all sorts of places. John Ioannidis, a health policy researcher at Stanford, and his colleagues have found it in the research outputs of their fellow academics. As they detail in a paper in [...]