A golden age for British entrepreneurship?
Posted onA golden age for British entrepreneurship? read more >>> Source : BBC
Reasons To Hate "The H8teful Eight"
Posted onMovie Review – Jackie K Cooper “The H8teful Eight” (The Weinstein Company) There are numerous reasons you should hate Quentin Tarantino’s “The H8teful Eight”. The first is it is full of racist characters who use the N-word excessively. The second is it portrays brutality to women. The third is its excessive violence in general, and […]
UPDATE 4-Floods swamp Missouri, Illinois; 9 million people in risk areas
Posted onDec 31 (Reuters) – Towns in Tennessee and southern Illinois prepared on Thursday to cope with potential flooding after rain-swollen rivers washed out hundreds of structures in Missouri, Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma and forced thousands to flee their homes. read more >>> Source : Reuters
A Giant Leap in 2016? Africa Is Narrowing its Techno-Gap
Posted onThough for many of us the year ahead may look pretty dismal, 2016 promises one great breakthrough – a major step toward ending Africa’s particular and hobbling form of the great Digital Divide. Poor connectivity has bedeviled much of the continent’s internet access (or often sheer lack of access) but now a huge improvement is […]
UPDATE 2-Police evacuate two Munich train stations, citing threat of militant attack
Posted onBERLIN, Dec 31 (Reuters) – German police evacuated two train stations in Munich late on Thursday, saying on Twitter they had received a tip regarding a planned militant attack on New Year’s Eve in the Bavarian capital. read more >>> Source : Reuters
VIDEO: Beer boss's pep talk down the pub
Posted onLord Bilimoria, founder of Cobra beer, offers the business advice he wishes he had had when he started out, as part of the BBC News series, CEO Secrets. read more >>> Source : BBC
Where The Smart Money Is Placing Its 2016 Stock Bets
Posted onIt is pretty clear what worked best for mutual funds in 2015. Several prominent strategists who spoke with IBD expect similar results at best — more likely, slightly worse — in 2016. And they expect to find better investment opportunities outside the U.S. Eighty-nine of 2015’s 100 top-performing U.S. diversified stock funds as of Dec. […]
A Whimsical Look at Fallacies: Appeal to Antiquity – Part 2
Posted onLast time, you suggested that you really can’t blame these antiquity-lovers for their chronic condition. After all, you’re in advertising and are largely responsible for keeping the old ideas alive. I say “advertising” only because that’s the modern term for it, but back in the good old days when we called things by their right […]
Cosby faces big financial threat from civil lawsuits: legal experts
Posted onNEW YORK (Reuters) – Civil lawsuits accusing Bill Cosby of sex abuse and defamation could do major damage to the entertainer’s wealth, regardless of how a criminal prosecution plays out, lawyers who have handled similar cases said on Thursday. read more >>> Source : Reuters
More than TWO THIRDS of people living with dementia feel isolated
Posted onNEW research has highlighted the lonely plight of dementia sufferers. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
City news: FTSE, Sports Direct and CBI
Posted onBROKERS expect the FTSE100 to be weighed down by low commodity prices this year, as well as slowing growth in emerging markets. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express