Sunday, 28 June 2015
Argentina in Falklands asset ruling
A judge in Argentina orders the seizure of assets of firms drilling for oil around the Falklands, but it is unclear how it can be enforced.
Ukraine model of resilience under threat
Ukraine's biggest coking plant is under threat of closure due to constant shelling. As Ivor Bennett reports, it could have far reaching consequences for the country's precarious economy.
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis making strides in turning the UK's biggest grocer around
Tesco reported its biggest loss in history in the year to February but figures today show an upbeat picture.
Greek worries hit London share again
Shares in the UK and across Europe wobble as investors remain cautious with no sign of a solution to the Greek debt crisis.
Autonomous cars have close call
Prototype vehicles from Google and Delphi Automotive nearly collided on a street in Northern California, a Delphi executive told Reuters. Fred Katayama reports.
Greek crisis: is it time for Plan B?
Third time unlucky for the euro zone as the latest in a trio of meetings in the last week fails to cut a deal between Greece and its international creditors. As Ivor Bennett reports, euro zone leaders are now said to be eyeing a 'Plan B' in case of a default.
Goodyear workers 'upset and angry'
Workers at tyre company Goodyear are "disgusted, upset and angry" at the decision to close its only UK manufacturing site.
Obama warned over Iran concessions
Former advisers to US President Barack Obama express concern at the emerging deal between world powers and Iran over its nuclear programme.
GE's health-care finance unit likely to fetch more than $11bn as Capital One and Apollo Global submit bids
GE is looking to sell most of its GE Capital assets over the next 18 months.
Middle-aged cyclists boost insurers
The fashion for middle-aged men spending hundreds of pounds on cycling equipment has led to a boost for the insurance industry.
Hong Kong rejects Jetstar local bid
Hong Kong authorities reject an application by Qantas-backed Australian budget carrier Jetstar to set up local operations on the island.
Visa, MasterCard and Amex: Payments dinosaurs face off Bitcoin technology threat
IBTimes UK spoke to executives about disruptive technology and their legacy systems.
VIDEO: 'I heard rumours so I'm getting cash'
After Greece called a referendum on the terms for a fresh bailout, the BBC's Anna Holligan speaks to people queuing outside banks in Athens.
Alibaba's new bank for "little guys"
E-commerce giant Alibaba has launched an online banking service. As Sonia Legg reports MYbank will target small and medium-sized Chinese enterprises that have struggled to obtain credit from major financial institutions.
VIDEO: Paradise lost? Greek islands' tourism fears
Residents on the Greek islands are concerned that government plans to end their favourable tax rate would damage tourism, as the BBC's James Reynolds reports.
Government to delay and cutback Network Rail renewal plan as chairman steps down
The ORR launched an investigation into Network Rail in June because of lacking reliability and punctuality.
'England into 1966 and 1990 club'
England's women have matched their male counterparts from 1966 and 1990 by reaching a World Cup semi-final, says boss Mark Sampson.
Will Kabbalah put financial consultants out of business?
Growing number of finance gurus turning to mystic tradition for business advice
Martinez to join Atletico Madrid
Colombian striker Jackson Martinez confirms he will join La Liga side Atletico Madrid from Porto after Copa America exit.
Forget self-driving Google pods, these cosy driverless cars offer space to relax [Photos]
The autonomous car of the future could be more like a living room.
Harry Potter play to open next year
JK Rowling announces the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will open in London's West End next year.
VIDEO: India's toxic liquor trade
How widespread has India's bootlegging industry become? The BBC's Yogita Limaye reports.
Ikea plans high-street presence with smaller stores
Company will test small-format stores, dubbed 'order and collection points', starting in Norwich in autumn.
Debenhams: Online sales growth bolsters department store revenue
Company hinted at more international expansion in the future and said its Danish store performed well.
VIDEO: Formula E's electrifying final races
The final round of the first world championship for electric racing cars is due to take place in London.
VIDEO: Tunisia survivor: 'Bullet hit my arm'
A man who survived a gun attack on a popular tourist beach in Tunisia speaks of the moment two gunmen struck.
High on Google: Now you can virtually climb Yosemite's El Capitan on vertical Street View
Free climber Tommy Caldwell joined project leading camera crew up Dawn Wall.
VIDEO: Kuwait mosque attack: Arrests made
Several people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement with the bombing of a Shia mosque that killed 27 people in Kuwait City.
VIDEO: Blue targets reduce sleeping sickness
The lure of a bright blue target is helping to reduce numbers of tsetse flies which pass on the parasite responsible for sleeping sickness.
VIDEO: Armenians dance at electricity protest
Hundreds of Armenians continue their round-the-clock protest in the capital Yerevan against rising electricity tariffs.
VIDEO: Device helps women avoid dirty toilets
An Indian entrepreneur has come up with a female urination device that helps women stand and pee.
Argentina in Falklands asset ruling
A judge in Argentina orders the seizure of assets of firms drilling for oil around the Falklands, but it is unclear how it can be enforced.
Consumer sentiment on the rise
New data from the University of Michigan shows consumer sentiment rose in June, with the reading the highest since January. Bobbi Rebell reports.
Network Rail 'too big', says Branson
Network Rail is too big and should be broken up into regional units, Sir Richard Branson tells the BBC.
England Women 2-1 Canada Women
England knock out hosts Canada to reach the Women's World Cup semi-final and book a date with defending champions Japan.
Polish pigs prefer Mozart to metal
A Polish scientific breeding study shows that pigs are Mozart connoisseurs rather than budding metalheads. Nathan Frandino reports.
Saturday, 6 June 2015
Nestle hires US public relations specialist APCO Worldwide to handle Maggi crisis
APCO's clients in India include Dow Corning, Walt Disney, Mastercard, Cairn, Welspun and Facebook.
Turkey votes in crucial election
Voters in Turkey go to the polls on Sunday, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeking a big enough parliamentary majority to change the constitution.
South Koreans win robotics challenge
South Korea's Team Kaist win the $2m prize for the fastest robot at the US Department of Defence's Darpa Robotics Challenge.
Warships rescue thousands off Libya
More than 2,000 migrants have been saved from wooden fishing boats off the coast of Libya, according to rescuers.
VIDEO: Replica French warship arrives in US
A replica of the Hermione, the ship that transported a French general to America in 1780 to support the US in its fight for independence, has arrived in Yorktown, America.
VIDEO: Mexico protesters look to disrupt vote
Protesters and police have clashed in several states in Mexico ahead of the mid-term elections.
VIDEO: Activists gather ahead of G7 summit
Thousands of activists have gathered in the German alpine resort where G7 leaders will hold a two-day summit.
Obama leads tributes to Beau Biden
President Obama delivers an emotional eulogy at the funeral of former Delaware Attorney-General Beau Biden, the son of US Vice-President Joe Biden.
VIDEO: Acronym dispute: Greek debt explained
A look at all the acronyms used in the Greek debt crisis
VIDEO: Close up look at new Virgin spaceship
Virgin Galactic have been building a new spaceplane in a hangar in the desert in the US.
Czech novelist Ludvik Vaculik dies
Czech novelist and dissident Ludvik Vaculik, who wrote the Two Thousand Words manifesto during the 1968 Prague Spring, dies, aged 88.
Library finds 'missing' art in library
Artworks by Rembrandt and Durer reported missing from Boston Public Library are found, in the library.
Egypt removes Hamas from terror list
Egypt's appeals court overturns an earlier ruling that listed the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation, court officials say.
No more war, Pope tells Bosnia crowd
Tens of thousands turn out at a stadium in Bosnia-Herzegovina to see Pope Francis celebrate Mass in a visit intended to promote reconciliation.
Police hurt at Kiev gay pride rally
Five policemen are injured as participants of a gay pride march in Ukraine's capital Kiev are attacked with smoke bombs and stones.
New Tory group to pressure PM over EU
More than 50 MPs form a group called Conservatives for Britain to put pressure on David Cameron to demand more in his EU negotiations.
US economy adds 280,000 jobs in May
The US economy adds 280,000 jobs in May, much better than analysts had expected and the biggest increase this year.
Opec oil output fix boosts prices
Oil prices rise, then fall, then rise again after Opec oil ministers keep their current production levels unchanged.
India regulator bans Maggi noodles
India's food safety regulator says tests have found that Nestle India's Maggi instant noodle products are "unsafe and hazardous".
Williams beats 'nightmare 48 hours'
Serena Williams feared she was too ill to play the night before her French Open final victory over Lucie Safarova.
Friday, 5 June 2015
US facing 'dedicated' hacking enemy
The US says it faces a "dedicated adversary" and an "ever evolving threat" to the nation's cyber security, after a major data breach.
Dozens die in Yemen border fighting
Four Saudi soldiers and dozens of Yemeni rebels are killed in intense fighting along the two countries' border, the Saudi-led coalition says.
India, Bangladesh to seal land pact
Bangladesh and India are to sign a historic agreement to simplify their common border by exchanging more than 150 enclaves of land.
Ukraine 'ousts rebels from Maryinka'
President Poroshenko says Ukrainian forces have restored control over Maryinka, near Donetsk in the east, after heavy fighting.
Two dead in Malaysia mountain quake
Two people die and several are missing after an earthquake near Malaysia's highest peak, but 137 climbers trapped there are now safe, officials say.
Classical phone rage: in praise of concert scourge David Patrick Stearns
The US journalist confiscated a Vienna concertgoer’s phone at a Philadelphia Orchestra performance. But it’s not just their ringing that can ruin a concert…
Kudos to David Patrick Stearns, the Philadelphia Inquirer’s classical music critic, who has done what so many of us have longed to do when an errant mobile phone goes off in the middle of a slow movement – or in this case, the start of Shostakovich’s First Violin Concerto. In the Musikverein in Vienna, where the Philadelphia Orchestra, their music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and violinist Lisa Batiashvili have been on tour this week, Stearns was driven to unusual acts of concert hall etiquette-saving behaviour when a fellow audience member in the eighth row of the stalls was entranced by her phone and an apparently repeated stream of Facebook notifications, emails, or whatever else was more interesting to her than Shostakovich.
Stearns went for it, “American-style”, as he writes. “Yours truly reached over, took the phone out of her hand, and pocketed it until intermission. Another phone (unfortunately out of my reach) went off during Batiashvili’s cadenza. Was it my imagination or did her playing grow increasingly angry? The music takes well to that emotion, and Shostakovich got the most uproarious applause of the night” – even more than the performance of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony in the second half. The person’s reaction to this US Department of Concert Behavior intervention isn’t, alas, recorded.
It's the unmistakable blue glow of those for whom social pseudo-interactivity is more fulfilling than actual performance
Continue reading...New shape-changing frog species named 'Pristimantis Mutabilis'
Marble-sized 'Mutable Rainfrog' found in Ecuadorian cloud forest can change skin texture to ward off predators. Roselle Chen reports.
Savers trying to bend pension rules
Cash-strapped savers are trying to bend pension transfer rules, financial advisers are warning.
Defiance and anger in Greece
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says that "harsh austerity" measures in the country must end, later saying Greece will not accept deal without debt relief. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Nestle continues to defend Maggi noodles amid pullout from India market
Nestle's global CEO Paul Bulcke says company wants recalled Maggi noodles back on shelves as soon as possible.
U.S. adds 280,000 jobs in May
The solid jobs report suggests the economy is rebounding from a weak winter quarter. Some economists see the Fed hiking interest rates in the fall. Fred Katayama reports.
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