A High Court judge yesterday brought the curtain down on a controversial theatre investment company backed by former BBC boss Lord Grade and the Duchess of York. A bitter court dispute – which saw the Conservative peer forced to defend his own company after his lawyers quit – laid bare allegations that Grade and other directors … Read more
British Airways today revealed coronavirus is threatening its very survival as staff were told there will be job cuts and aircrafts must be mothballed because of the ‘worsening’ worldwide pandemic. Chief Executive Alex Cruz has written to all 45,000 workers saying the virus’ relentless spread is a crisis ‘of global proportions like no other we have … Read more
By Natalie Rahhal, Acting US Health Editor for DailyMail.com HOW DANGEROUS IS CORONAVIRUS? About 14 percent of people who contract the Covid-19 coronavirus are taken to hospital – with severe symptoms including breathing problems and pneumonia. About 5 per cent need intensive care. But the majority who get the virus suffer nothing more than … Read more
US law enforcement sign contract with company that allows agencies to track a person’s movements by harvesting their phones’ location data – all without a search warrant Locate X allows one to hoover up location data in a geographic area Multiple US law enforcement signed contracts that allow them to use the tool Makers of … Read more
Facebook’s new fraud detection system helped the company take down more than 6.5 BILLION fake accounts in 2019 A new report from Facebook reveals how the company is fighting fake accounts The company has developed a machine-learning tool to analyze user accounts It also analyzes the activity of an accounts friends to determine authenticity By … Read more
A high-flying businesswoman suing a major FTSE 100 company for sexism was ‘aggressive’ and ‘dictatorial’ at work, her bosses have claimed. Adrienne Liebenberg was sacked from her £200,000-per-year job at packaging giant DS Smith in December 2018, after being told that her ‘leadership style’ was ‘not working’. However Ms Liebenberg – who had previously worked … Read more
A North Carolina company claims that their disinfectant can kill the coronavirus that’s now spread to nearly 90 Americans. Enviro-Master, based in Charlotte, says that its Virus Vaporizer bathroom cleaning product is ‘proven’ to kill the virus, according to CBS17. Virus Vaporizer is hospital-grade disinfectant that purports to kill everything from MRSA to H1N1 flu … Read more
Founder of personalised vitamin company Nourished raises £2million By A Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:45 GMT, 1 March 2020 | Updated: 07:46 GMT, 2 March 2020 The founder of a personalised multi-vitamin business has raised the second-largest seed funding for a sole female entrepreneur. Melissa Snover, 40, raised more than £2million from angel investment houses … Read more
‘The philosophy is quite straightforward; we invest into high quality businesses at attractive prices,’ says Stephen Yiu, chief investment officer of Blue Whale Capital. That superficially simple approach has paid off in spades for Yiu and the Blue Whale Growth Fund he heads, which finds itself in exalted company. Its performance since inception two-and-a-half years … Read more
Jay-Z’s entertainment company Roc Nation is backing a lawsuit alleging that inmates are held in “barbaric” conditions at a Mississippi prison. The class-action lawsuit, published by CBS, was filed on behalf of 152 inmates. It names as defendants several officials from the state department of correction and from the facility. At the heart of the suit … Read more