Musk’s elevated status could raise X’s value too
For an ambitious plutocrat like Elon Musk, such things are hard to tolerate. His social network X is reportedly looking to ...
Plans to allow English single malt whisky branded ‘sabotage’ by Scots
Scotch requires the malt grains to be mashed, fermented and distilled all at the same site in order for the drink to qualify ...
US tech will pay a price for Trump’s approval
Even the fact that US tech companies are enjoying a reprieve from their habitual role as Trump’s punching bags on social media is a turn for the better — though that doesn’t mean his ire won’t swing ...
Wood Group finds bad M&A also comes in small packages
As well as disastrous M&A, there’s the painful lack of it. Two potential suitors have declined to acquire Wood in recent years. The highest of these offers was from Apollo in May 2023, which valued ...
The NHS has a junior doctor problem
So without significant investment in training or a change of tack, the situation is going to get worse since the current NHS Workforce Plan (a 2023 scheme drawn up by the last government) has a target ...
September Says — Ariane Labed’s directing debut is an unsettling portrait of sibling trauma
Labed doesn’t let us catch our breath to register exactly what it is — we see the family move into a seaside house in Ireland. The girls connect with some local teenagers and Sheela picks up a man in ...
The Monkey film review — a murderous toy goes on the rampage in Stephen King adaptation
Based on a Stephen King story, the film is played strictly for charnel-house laughs. It begins with the childhood of twin brothers, mild Hal and bully Bill, both expertly played by Christian Convery.
Baltic self-sufficiency is a warning for Washington
Although Baltic Sentry is a Nato operation, it was conceived by Baltic Sea leaders at a meeting in Helsinki. Like Nordic Warden, it is an entirely European undertaking.
What is fiduciary duty anyway?
It’s also because trustees have and will continue to have “an overarching fiduciary duty to act in the best interests of ...
The South — family tensions in rural Malaysia
Tash Aw’s first novel in a proposed quartet is a sparely written exploration of identity, migration and belonging ...
Donald Trump rushes to meet Vladimir Putin’s demands on Ukraine
Donald Trump is in such a rush to end the war in Ukraine, that he seems willing to give Vladimir Putin the advantage in any deal. The Russian president has stuck to stringent demands that would undo ...
What might an optimistic investor buy in the UK?
Anyone who was reasonably paying attention in their English classes at school would have come across the concept of pathetic fallacy — where nature seems to reflect the mood of the author or the main ...