Diversity has become a corny word: Idris Elba
Author: ARAB NEWSMon, 2017-03-27ID: 1490558208212554200LOS ANGELES: Actor Idris Elba said diversity has become a “corny” and overused word.Elba believes that people have got tired of hearing the term being used in relation to the entertainment industry in Britain and the US.“It’s become a bit of a corny word. People are just like, ‘Oh, stop talking about it’,” […]
Thimble, wheelbarrow, boot kicked out of Monopoly board game
SEATTLE – If you have ever wanted to rampage through a game of Monopoly like a dinosaur, you’re in luck.The popular U.S. board game is changing out three of its playing tokens, swapping in a penguin, T-Rex and rubber ducky in for the thimble, wheelbarrow and boot, Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based toymaker Hasbro Inc HAS.N said […]
'Snapchat' most-searched app on App Store followed by Instagram: Forbes
Although Snap’s stock price was a bit down this week, Snapchat is the top searched app on the iOS App Store, a media report said.According to a report in Forbes magazine, Snapchat led all competitors in App Store search volume and as a result, Snapchat was also the app people were looking for most frequently.Snap […]
BRIEF-IFB Industries to buy 100 pct stake in Global Automotive & Appliances, Singapore
March 27 (Reuters) – IFB Industries Ltd * Accorded in-principle approval to buy 100 percent stake ofGlobal Automotive & Appliances, Singapore from IFB Automotivefor INR 200 millionSource text: http://bit.ly/2op24lLFurther company coverage:
BT fined record 42 million pounds for business-line installation errors
LONDON – Britain’s BT has been fined a record 42 million pounds ($53 million) by the regulator for failing to install high-speed lines for businesses fast enough, in an error that is likely to cost the company around 300 million pounds in compensation. BT, which runs Britain’s major telecoms network, misused the terms of its […]
BRIEF-Sacheta Metals gets overseas export order worth 124 mln rupees from Mozambique
March 27 (Reuters) – Sacheta Metals Ltd: * Says received overseas export order of Rs. 124 millionfrom MozambiqueSource text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
NATO to spend 3 billion euros on satellite, cyber defences
BRUSSELS – NATO plans to spend 3 billion euros ($3.24 billion) to upgrade its satellite and computer technology over the next three years as the Western military alliance adapts to new threats, a senior official said. Seeking to deter hackers, and other threats including Iranian missiles, the investments underscore NATO’s recognition that conflicts are increasingly […]
New Zealand and China plan to expand free-trade deal
Author: NICK PERRY | APMon, 2017-03-27ID: 1490631487399601500WELLINGTON, New Zealand: New Zealand and China announced Monday they would open talks soon to expand a successful free-trade deal in place for nearly a decade.The announcement came during a visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English said the 9-year-old deal had been a huge success and […]
First warning signs appear for UK’s resilient economy
Author: Agence France PresseMon, 2017-03-27ID: 1490630530919531600LONDON: Britain’s economy has for months defied the cataclysmic predictions made by campaigners for staying in the EU ahead of last year’s referendum but its smooth run shows signs of hitting the skids.As Britain begins the delicate process of extracting itself from the European Union, headwinds are expected for the economy even […]
Le Pen’s plan to jettison euro spooks French business
Author: AFPMon, 2017-03-27ID: 1490550573311709600PARIS: The euro — and her fervent wish to withdraw from it — is a central theme of every stump speech by French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen.Le Pen calls the single European currency “a knife that you stick in a country’s ribs to force it to do what its people do not […]
