Elon Musk drops DogeCoin logo, restores Twitter bird, plus the Blue Tick latest April 11, 2023 Twitter has restored its bird logo after Elon Musk, one of the world’s funniest richest men, had temporarily switched it for the meme dog best known as the logo of cryptocurrency DogeCoin. Internet sluths went into overdrive trying to work out the reason. Was it a hack? A disgruntled employee? No, it was of course [...]
BMW M3 Touring review: The ultimate fast family car? April 11, 2023 The BMW M3 Touring is a family-friendly estate car with enough firepower to worry a Porsche 911. Tim Pitt gets behind the wheel.
Bitcoiners and the spirit of Satoshi April 11, 2023 In her debut column for Crypto AM, Susie Violet Ward lays out what it means to be a Bitcoiner.
‘An evil act of targeted violence’: Five dead after US bank worker livestreams Kentucky shooting spree April 11, 2023 A Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle killed five people at his workplace on Monday morning while livestreaming the attack on Instagram, authorities said. Police arrived as shots were still being fired inside Old National Bank and killed the gunman in an exchange of gunfire, Louisville Metro Police Department chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said. The [...]
Analysis: After the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, is it time for tighter liquidity rules? April 7, 2023 Experts have suggested that the global banking system needs tighter liquidity rules after the largest bank run in history felled Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last month. The impact of mobile banking, new technologies and social media means it is easier than ever to move money around. More than $42bn flowed out of SVB in just [...]
John Lewis’ partnership model put it on a pedestal, now it joins the rest of us April 6, 2023 John Lewis has had an easy ride because its almost mythical shared ownership structure, as it looks to dilute it, it joins every other businesses in Britain in facing a hostile environment.
The Square Mile and Me: Steffan Williams on the joy of comms, the City’s data revolution and J Sheekey’s charms April 6, 2023 Each week we ask the City’s great and good to dig deep into the memory bank and tell us their favourite tales from the Square Mile. This week it’s Steffan Williams, the well-connected comms supremo and co-founder of Williams Nicolson What was your first job? Graduate Trainee at Charterhouse Bank. The key question at interview [...]
Ed Warner: Fear of losing to the Poms may get Australian sport its extra A$2bn April 6, 2023 As an English sports fan it’s always fun when others cite your nation as their greatest rivals when they wouldn’t make your own top three. Cricket aside, such is the case with Australia. Last week a cry from Australia’s sporting hierarchy for more financial backing from politicians caught my eye. The need to beat the [...]
Peter Murrell released without charge amid ongoing police probe of SNP finances April 6, 2023 Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has been been released without charge as police continue an investigation into the SNP’s finances. Mr Murrell, who married the former first minister in 2010, stepped down as the SNP’s chief executive last month following a controversy about misleading information being given to journalists over the party’s membership numbers. The [...]
Nottingham Forest owner backs Steve Cooper despite poor form April 5, 2023 Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis insists manager Steve Cooper is not about to be sacked despite the club’s poor run of form. Marinakis, who is on his sixth manager in six years at the City Ground, warned however that results would have to “improve immediately”. Forest are without a win in the Premier League since [...]