BP staves off activist rebellion as embattled chairman keeps his seat April 27, 2023 BP has convinced shareholders to back its climate agenda, fighting off pressure from activist investors at its AGM today.
Air film review: Ben Affleck’s feel-good Nike movie April 27, 2023 Good Will Hunting besties Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reteam for the story behind the Air Jordan shoe, a product that still is the gold standard among sneaker heads but had a rocky road to infamy. This biopic follows Sonny Vaccaro (Damon), an executive at the struggling Nike brand who believes he has found basketball’s [...]
Jerry Springer’s London: Born in Highgate Tube station during WWII April 27, 2023 It seems incongruous that Jerry Springer, legendary US talk show host, was British-born during the Second World War. But Springer, who has died aged 79, lived his first days in a subterranean war bunker during German bombing. He was born in Highgate Tube station, which had been refashioned as a bomb shelter as many of [...]
PwC invests $1bn in AI tools – but insists jobs are safe April 27, 2023 PwC will invest $1bn to develop AI tools for its staff to use across its audit, tax and consulting services in its American business, but has insisted that it won’t lead to job losses. The Big Four accountant will work with the creator of ChatGPT, Microsoft-backed OpenAI, to develop generative tools, which it hopes will [...]
Jerry Springer dead: London born legendary talk show host dead at 79 April 27, 2023 Jerry Springer has died aged 79. The London-born American talk show host became famous in the 1990s for his eponymous talk show where families would go in front of a studio audience to discuss their issues live. Springer would end each show with an inspirational word of wisdom about how we live our lives. The [...]
Fund crackdown or farmers will continue to pollute UK rivers, think tank warns government April 27, 2023 The government needs to provide regulators with the funds to stamp out farms polluting British rivers with slurry leaks.
I tried living like the King ahead of the Coronation – was it worth it? April 27, 2023 St James’s tailors dress King Charles. Ahead of the Coronation, our man Adam Bloodworth went to find out whether living like a King is all it’s cracked up to be Rumour has it that princes William and Harry used to go to St James’s barbers Truefitt & Hill for their haircuts. They were taken there [...]
Bitcoin still climbing as it clings to fingerhold above $29,000 April 27, 2023 Bitcoin came within a hamster sneeze of $30k before dropping back to around the $29k mark where it languishes this morning.
‘I knew I wouldn’t be loved’: The FCA’s ESG chief talks ruffling feathers in the fight against greenwashing April 27, 2023 ESG has become the City’s favourite acronym over the past three years and almost every boss and investment manager has scrambled to plant their flag on the standards as closely as they possibly can. But those claims and labels don’t always stand up to scrutiny. Greenwashing is running rampant. Clean and green claims are being [...]