Three tips to avoid a messy divorce when changing career October 24, 2016 There might be 50 ways to leave your lover, but if you’re leaving one job and joining a competitor, there is a very careful path you need to steer in order to avoid an expensive and damaging dispute. There is a natural desire to impress your new boss with your knowledge, contacts and ability to [...]
AT&T confirms $85bn takeover of Time Warner October 23, 2016 US telecoms giant AT&T is to buy entertainment behemoth Time Warner in an $85bn (£69.5bn) takeover, it was confirmed this morning. The deal will be a combined cash-and-share offer which will see Time Warner investors given $107.50 per share – half in AT&T stock and half in cash. That is a thirty per cent premium on the $80 Time Warner shares were [...]
The funniest jokes from Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s speeches at last night’s Al Smith dinner October 21, 2016 Less than 24 hours after their frosty final debate, the US' two Presidential candidates were at each other’s throats once again – but this time under the guise of comedy. They were taking part in the annual Al Smith dinner, a white tie charity event organised by New York’s Catholic elite where every four years the [...]
Cyber security innovators are taking on the criminals on their own turf October 21, 2016 In an increasingly digital world where we entrust our most valuable data to the information superhighway, it was almost inevitable that criminals and other bad actors would eventually catch up and move their business online too. Their methods are becoming ever more sophisticated as they take advantage of the labyrinth that is the "dark web", which enables [...]
Weathering the Twitter storm at work October 21, 2016 In the time it takes to read this sentence, over 25,000 tweets will have been posted worldwide. Some of these will be interesting, some amusing and many forgettable, but it’s inevitable that some will be completely misjudged. In a personal context this may lead to social embarrassment, but in a work context the consequences can [...]
Red tape could stem startup Brexit exodus as tech hits government agenda October 21, 2016 It was just two weeks after the Brexit vote that the city of Berlin sent a billboard van around Shoreditch beckoning London tech firms to move to the German capital. However, firms that took up the offer have found the German city to be lacking London's supportive, tech-friendly environment. From the country that invented the [...]
The debates changed nothing: Trump’s attitude toward women is fuelling his polling decline October 20, 2016 The first two US presidential debates have been the talk of the town – and the world – since they aired. The third, and final, debate on Wednesday night has proven no different. But what’s new? Hillary Clinton won the third debate, just as she won the first. Clinton is ahead in the polls – [...]
In Pursuit of Silence: a blissfully quiet film about our noisy world October 20, 2016 This intriguing, quiet documentary explores the effect our noisy society has on our well-being. Filmmaker Patrick Shen talks to various, disparate people including monks, authors and explorers to discuss the benefits of having space to reflect. Initially feeling like a pitch for a wellness retreat, his film actually opens up an interesting discussion about how [...]
David Cameron’s top adviser explains why Remain lost the EU referendum October 20, 2016 Two decades of attacks on the European Union, a convoluted reform process, botched campaigning techniques and a failure to answer basic questions on immigration cost David Cameron the referendum – so says the former Prime Minister's top aide. Daniel Korski, who was deputy director of the highly influential Number 10 policy unit and was one of Cameron's most [...]
Sky’s finally launching its mobile service October 20, 2016 Sky is finally launching its mobile service nearly two years after it first signed a deal with Telefonica to use its O2 network capacity. Customers will be able to pre-register for the service from 31 October and the media company will reveal further details of the service at its investor event today. Sky has taken some [...]