You can own shares in a rare unopened iPod from 2001 as collectibles go mainstream

A rare first-generation Apple iPod from December 2001 is being offered for sale on a tech platform – but rather than buy it outright, bidders are being offered shares in it for just $5 each. Rally Rd., a New York-based platform, is offering the iPod for $5 a share, selling 5,000 shares for an initial … Read more

Ministers must block attempts to ‘censor’ mainstream news publications, warns Tory chairman

Ministers must block attempts by Home Office lawyers to ‘censor’ mainstream news publications, warns Tory committee chairman Julian Knight wrote to Culture Minister John Whittingdale over proposed laws He also called for ‘tech levy’ on companies such as Facebook to pay news outlets The Home Office has said a ‘publishers’ exemption’ would create ‘loopholes’ By Glen … Read more

Lucy Aitkenread: Meet the mum who doesn’t believe in mainstream schooling

A mother who is ‘anti-school’ takes her kids to the beach for picnics and hunting for possums instead of sending them to a mainstream classroom to learn traditionally.    Lucy Aitkenread’s two daughters, Ramona, nine, and Juno, seven, are encouraged to wake up when they want and pass their days surfing, hiking, kayaking and exploring the … Read more

SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: GraniteShares brings hedge fund savvy to the investment mainstream 

Exchange-traded fund specialist Will Rhind and his team launched GraniteShares in the US in 2016, and set it with a mandate to shake up the commodity investment space. It has very quickly grown into something much more than this, with £632million of assets under management and products listed in New York and London. ‘The great … Read more