Image copyright Getty Images Comcast’s victory in the long battle to win control of Sky, the satellite broadcaster founded by Rupert Murdoch in the 1980s, is the latest milestone in the media tycoon’s colourful career that spans six decades. It comes less than a year after the Australian sold the entertainment assets of 21st Century …
Image copyright Randgold Canada’s Barrick Gold is buying Randgold Resources, creating the world’s biggest gold miner with a value of about $18bn (£14bn). The firms own some of the world’s most valuable gold fields, producing more than 6.6 million ounces of gold a year. Barrick shareholders will end up own two-thirds of the combined firm …
Image copyright MISTER LYNCH Weight Watchers has unveiled a slimmed down version of its name, rebranding itself WW, in what it says marks “the next stage of the company’s evolution”. The company says the new name reflects its development from focusing on weight loss to overall health and wellness. But the chief executive was unable …
Image copyright Total Energy company Total has announced a major gas discovery off Shetland. Initial tests at a site on the Glendronach prospect indicated there could be about one trillion cubic feet of gas which could be extracted. Total’s Arnaud Breuillac said the discovery could be commercialised by using the current Laggan-Tormore infrastructure. Total has …
Image copyright Getty Images France’s biggest supermarket group, Carrefour has denied approaching rival Casino over a possible tie-up. That is despite Casino saying that its board had unanimously decided to reject a Carrefour approach. However, Carrefour is adamant that no such approach was ever made. Carrefour alleged that “difficulties” faced by Casino and its controlling …
Would you play a video game about Brexit? Not Tonight is a game that imagines a dystopian post-Brexit future where citizens of European heritage have been rounded up and exiled. Forced out of your previous life, you find yourself in the midst of a booming gig economy, fighting to scrape by and return to the …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption E-voting machines are in use across 14 US states A judge in the US state of Georgia has approved the use of electronic voting machines – despite being “gravely concerned” that they could be hacked. There wasn’t enough time before November’s mid-term elections to switch to a secure paper-based …
Image copyright EPA Labour would force all large firms to give shares to their workers worth up to £500 a year each, John McDonnell will say later. In his main party conference speech, the shadow chancellor will set out planned “inclusive ownership funds”. Firms would have to put 1% of their shares into the fund …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The latest raft of trade tariffs mark an escalation in the trade war between the US and China A new round of US tariffs on Chinese goods are due to come into effect, the largest yet in the trade war. The US is due to start imposing tariffs on …
In 2016, Sikkim, a small state in India’s northeast, was declared the country’s first fully organic state. Since then, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has been trying to promote chemical-free farming across the country. It’s been nearly half a century since the “Green Revolution” introduced modern farming techniques that included the use of pesticides, to …