27th August 2019: Artesian Solutions, the powerful technology for client facing commercial teams, designed to accelerate revenue growth by helping create deeper and more meaningful B2B relationships, is once again set to host the ‘Brain of the City’ Quiz for this year’s Lord Mayors Appeal City Giving Day. Following the success of last year’s event,
Month: December 2019
The Galapagos Islands are rightly renowned as a bucket-list destination. These fabled islands 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador were the inspiration for Charles Darwin and are home to remarkable species that can’t be found anywhere else. Although most tourists who are lucky enough to visit are keen to see Giant Tortoises, Marine Iguanas
Ralph Orlowski | Getty Images Dell Technologies cut its full-year revenue forecast on Tuesday as its PC business grapples with a shortage of chips from Intel, sending its shares down nearly 5% in extended trading. Dell is the third-biggest PC maker after China’s Lenovo and HP, with the business accounting for nearly half of its
Smaller charities are feeling more optimistic about the future, new research suggests. A survey of mostly smaller charities by the grant-maker the Garfield Weston Foundation and the support charity Pilotlight found that 41 per cent of respondents expected their income to rise over the next 12 months, up from 38 per cent in the same
AMMAN/DAHUK (October 24, 2019) – More than two weeks after the escalation of violence in north-east Syria, women, children, and families continue to be uprooted from their homes, with displacement figures reaching close to 180,000, according to the United Nations. While civilians continue to bear the brunt of the recent fighting, women and girls are the most
The cover story in Sunday’s print edition focused on UK hotels with a sprinkling of Christmas cheer, but some destinations offer a warm welcome whatever the time of year. We’d like to hear where you have felt most like a special guest on your travels, whether it was at a hotel or B&B, on a cruise,
Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors. Yuriko Nakao | Bloomberg | Getty Images (This story is part of the Weekend Brief edition of the Evening Brief newsletter. To sign up for CNBC’s Evening Brief, click here.) Wall Street analysts tend to run in packs, with most stocks finding an informal consensus
As anyone who has ever had a really good – or worse, really bad – fade will tell you, good hair matters. And yet, beyond a bit of styling product, men often neglect their hair like it’s a universal hobby. Then 30 comes along, the crown starts appearing, the quiff starts thinning, and panic ensues.
And so it begins! Another March Madness, sure to be full of incredible college basketball, is upon us. It will inspire lots of frayed nerves, some insane face painting, and of course, completion of those brackets in hopes of winning bragging rights… or that office pool. This year’s NCAA tournament bracket will be revealed on
Slayer ended their touring career on Saturday night, playing to a sold-out crowd at The Forum in Los Angeles. The concert put an end to the legendary metal band’s extensive farewell tour, which launched a year and a half ago. Saturday night’s show was the second of a two-night stand at The Forum, with the
Game of Thrones fans were not happy with Daenerys Targaryen’s “Mad Queen” arc, but it could have been fixed if it had only had more time to develop. The series finale concluded with Jon Snow riding north into exile after stabbing Daenerys in the heart, putting an end to her fiery conquest. It’s an ending that probably
YouTube influencer Olivia Jade hasn’t posted a video since March 2019, which is when her parents Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli were named in the College Admissions Scandal. Oliva Jade Giannulli, 20, is back in business — sort of. After a months-long hiatus from her popular YouTube account, the influencer made her return with a
Press Release IFCO SYSTEMS supports food banks worldwide by provisioning free RPCs and co-financing refrigerated vans PULLACH, GERMANY, 11. December 2018: Since the beginning of its initiative for the support of food banks in 2009, IFCO SYSTEMS, the leading global provider of reusable packaging solutions, has donated more than 280,000 RPCs (Reusable Plastic Containers) to
The yacht now known as Metis started off as FB276, a 63m steel hull with an aluminium superstructure built on spec by Benetti using the same pre-engineered platform as used on its award-winning 11.11. While starting construction on a yacht this large without an owner may seem risky, Benetti has found that it pays off
Two bowel cancer and disease charities have announced they will merge next year. Bowel & Cancer Research and the Bowel Disease Research Foundation said they would form a new charity in a bid to achieve more by working together. The charities said that while work on the new name continued they would operate using their
The Storm Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) was downgraded to a tropical storm by state weather bureau PAGASA late Monday morning, December 8, together with the Japan Meteorological Agency and the US Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center. However, storm warning signals are still up in large parts of Southern Luzon and the Visayas. As of 10 am
OverviewThe Alfa Romeo Stelvio was officially introduced to the public in the UK at the 2017 Goodwood Festival of Speed, after being shown to the world as the Kamal concept four years earlier at the Geneva Motor Show. Borrowing the name of the famous mountain pass in Italy, it was a significant moment in Alfa
From the more obvious additional three per cent stamp duty tax to various other tax implications, void periods, mortgage costs, agency fees, the cost of finding a tenant, and more, research shows the average buy-to-let brings an annual return of just £2,000. With the Government’s continued attack on UK landlords, making the most out of
Signage outside Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is caked in snow after a blizzard struck overnight on November 27, 2019 in Bloomington, Minnesota. Snowfalls neared 12 inches in parts of the state on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Stephen Maturen | Getty Images News | Getty Images Air travelers faced hours-long delays
If you hit the Mega Millions jackpot in Friday night’s drawing, don’t forget that good ol’ Uncle Sam will be hovering with palm out. After more than two months of twice-weekly drawings with no one matching all six numbers — your chance of doing so is 1 in about 302 million — the top prize
Tristan Davis is in his senior year at New York University where he studies Politics, Human Rights, and Middle Eastern/Islamic studies. Tristan spent 3 months traveling through the Balkans this past year. For more of Tristan’s Eastern European adventures, read this. Bulgaria is an up-and-coming tourist destination: On the Eastern side, there are beaches and
tyler joe Jordan isn’t a fashion capital—yet—but give Nafsika Skourti a few years. The native designer is getting style cred for her home country with an eponymous new brand that seams together the country’s rich history and its bright global potential. tyler joe “We think of Jordan as a childhood best friend,” explains Nafsika, who
This story is part of a series, “I See You Man,” about depictions of manhood and masculinity running through the month of November, which is Men’s Health Awareness month. Billy Porter has had a hell of a year. He wore an instantly iconic tuxedo gown to the Oscars in February, floated onto the red carpet
Gorillaz have officially announced their forthcoming documentary, Reject False Icons. The movie is the first-ever, all-access, immersive journey into the world of Gorillaz and the band’s extended family. Gorillaz promise never-before-seen-footage where “the virtual meets the real,” as their music project tends to do. In his debut feature, director Denholm Hewlett follows the band’s every
Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker has been set for a December 20 China release, in step with domestic. This marks a change from the saga’s recent holiday installments which have each bowed in the Middle Kingdom in January, after initial rollout elsewhere. The official Star Wars Weibo account posted a Chinese-subtitled trailer today
The longest-reigning monarch in British history, Queen Elizabeth II has worn the crown for 67 years. In that time, she gave birth to four children: Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward — all of whom, like their parents, are notoriously private people. That’s why the public is so fascinated with what goes
Book excerpt: ‘Through Fiery Trials’ by David Weber Posted by Savanna, Assistant Editor on January 16, 2019 Science fiction icon David Weber has been having a very busy few months—a new Honor Harrington novel was released in the fall, and Through Fiery Trials, the tenth installment in his extremely popular Safehold series just hit shelves
READING, UK & MALTA, September 02, 2019 – DataCore Software is sponsoring the LifeCycle Challenge in its 21st anniversary year, raising much needed funds to assist renal patients to have a significantly improved quality of life. Their main fundraising event, the Nescafé 3in1 LifeCycle Challenge, this year sees 27 cyclists racing 2,000km across Vietnam, Laos
Gio Ponti’s Co-Cathedral of Taranto, 1964/70 40 years after his passing, in September 1979, star-architect Giovanni Ponti makes headlines once again. The latest Amare l’Architettura exhibition at Rome’s Maxxi Museum, is a gift to the public. Translating to the love of architecture, the exhibition features Ponti’s archived material and models, detailing the designs of his
A group of Black Friday online shopping purchases photographed in delivery boxes filled with polystyrene packing pellets, taken on September 13, 2019. Future Publishing | Future | Getty Images Black Friday shoppers spent $7.4 billion online, the second largest Internet shopping day ever, according to data compiled by Adobe Analytics. The $7.4 billion marked the