Video of Charlotte Dujardin ends Paris 2024 Olympic dressage dream July 23, 2024 A medal at the Paris Games, where she was entered into the solo and team dressage competitions, would have taken into a solo lead for medals held by a female Brit.
Prediction markets are starting to take off July 23, 2024 Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets. Prediction markets allow users to bet money on specific outcomes. If run on the blockchain, they can be trustless, open and permissionless, meaning that in theory, they [...]
Andy Murray confirms worst kept secret in tennis as he arrives at Paris Olympics July 23, 2024 The three-time Grand Slam winner won gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016 and had long hinted that this Games would represent his swansong.
Luxury faces a reckoning: What do Gucci, Burberry and LVMH need to do to survive? July 23, 2024 The post-pandemic luxury market was unstoppable. Record profits driven by China’s reopening and the revenge-on-lockdown ‘urge to splurge’ sent profits at all the major luxury brands to unbelievable highs. Briefly, it looked as though the upswing was going to stick, with pundits – and papers – asking if it would ever end. Now, results season [...]
Paris 2024 firm anti-sex beds leave Olympic athletes stiff July 22, 2024 The so-called anti-sex cardboard beds at the Paris 2024 Olympic Village have left athletes stiff with firm mattresses causing discomfort. Australian water polo player Tilly Kearns said on social media: “This is how night one went on the cardboard beds. “It’s actually rock solid. You can flip them over apparently to a softer side but [...]
Christian May returns as City A.M. editor July 22, 2024 May's return coincides with City A.M.'s move to new offices in the City of London.
City A.M. announces two-year partnership with publisher Reach July 22, 2024 David Higgerson, chief digital publisher at Reach, said the partnership will help the London-listed media group to strengthen its quality business journalism offering.
Elite athletes transform communities – this Labour government must invest after Paris 2024 July 22, 2024 These are the people you don’t recall when you become an elite athlete. But publicly funding elite athletes, including those at Paris 2024, is good for us all.
Is America’s ‘woke backlash’ a warning? July 22, 2024 With Microsoft scrapping a DEI team and Elon Musk moving to Texas, is the tide turning on the ‘woke’ agenda – and should businesses pay attention? Asks Eliot Wilson When America sneezes, Britain catches a cold. It is an idea that became popular after the Wall Street Crash of 1929, when the fall in New [...]
FTSE 100 today: Blue-chip set to rise ahead of key earnings reports July 22, 2024 Asian stocks fell as Joe Biden exited the election race, China cut rates. Focus on earnings reports from major tech and banking firms.