Frenchie in Covent Garden and Native on Neal’s Yard are both fantastic February 16, 2016 NATIVE Neal's Yard, Covent Garden Tel: 0203 638 8214 FOOD ★★★★☆ | VALUE ★★★★★ | ATMOSPHERE ★★★☆☆ Cost for two with two rounds of beer: £50 – – – – – – – – – – – FRENCHIE 16 Henrietta St, Covent Garden Tel: 0207 836 4422 FOOD ★★★★★ | VALUE ★★★☆☆ | ATMOSPHERE ★★★☆☆ Cost [...]
Apple launches $12bn bond deal to fund share buybacks February 16, 2016 Apple has announced plans to return to sell debt across up to 10 tranches of corporate bonds, worth between $10bn (£7bn) and $12bn. The tech giant’s multi-billion dollar bond deal, which includes bonds with both fixed and floating interest rates, will help fund its share buyback scheme. The company said the proceeds will be used “for [...]
Fast Company’s most innovative companies 2016:OMG! Buzzfeed tops list ahead of Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Uber February 16, 2016 Move over Zuckerberg and step aside Bezos – there's a new innovator in town, and it might just surprise you to find out who. Beating both Facebook and Amazon, as well as Uber, Apple and Alphabet, it's media darling and animal listicle inventor Buzzfeed which has been named the most innovative company in the world. Putting a nail in [...]
Human drivers will be obsolete by 2050 as driverless technology takes over, say researchers Moshe Vardi and Bart Selman February 14, 2016 Cars driven by humans will become obsolete with the rise of driverless car technology, leading researchers have predicted, and it could happen as soon as 2050. "You cannot ride a horse in downtown Houston anymore. If you like horse riding, you have to go to horse ranches. The same is likely to happen with cars," said Moshe Vardi, [...]
The hottest tech sectors for investment and deals: Biotech, pharma and fintech are set to grow in Silicon Valley and Silicon Roundabout alike February 11, 2016 Last year was a bumper year for UK tech investment, with over £3bn of investment by venture capital. Yet the year finished without its usual flourish. It was the same story in the US and with the same protagonists – perceived overvaluations of private companies, particularly in the technology sector, and the uneasy public markets. [...]
FTSE 100 index closes higher as bank shares rise and Janet Yellen’s remarks calm markets despite the continued fall of miners February 10, 2016 The FTSE 100 index closed higher today as banks recouped some of the losses they made yesterday and US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen calmed markets. The index closed 0.71 per cent higher at 5,672.3 points. "Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s testimony was always going to be aimed at provoking the least reaction possible in her testimony to the House Financial [...]
Arm Holdings shrugs off Apple woes to report soaring profits February 10, 2016 Arm Holdings has reported profits and sales soaring by double-digit figures, as the UK chip maker shrugs off the sector’s woes. The figures Arm posted full-year revenue of £968.3m for 2015, up by 22 per cent from £795.2m the year before. Pre-tax profits were up 31 per cent to £414.8m, from £316.5m last year. The [...]
Conservatives “play down” the auction at the party’s annual Black and White Gala dinner this year February 9, 2016 Guests heading to the Tories' Black and White Ball on Monday night weren't expecting much from this year's auction lots. After some negative coverage in previous years – over prizes such as a dinner with Sajid Javid and shoe-shopping with Theresa May – many thought that the Tories wouldn't want to do draw too much attention to themselves. Karl [...]
Smartphone batteries that last for a week could be available soon as Intelligent Energy strikes deal with manufacturer to add hydrogen fuel cells to handsets February 8, 2016 While smartphones have changed the world mainly for the good – constant access to Google makes winning arguments and pub quizzes that much easier – they don't match up to their brick-like predecessors in one very important way – battery life. While old faithfuls like the Nokia 3210 could last for days without having to be [...]