When Standon Calling â the summer music festival during which 17,000 people descend on the Hertfordshire countryside to see headliners such as Bloc Party and Wolf Alice â announced this year would be postponed, it became the ninth festival for 2024 to cancel or call time for good. The Association of Independent Festivalsâ (AIF) CEO, … Read more
The shares of Thai Casting listed with a premium of 141.4% on the NSE SME platform on Friday. The stock debuted at Rs 185.9 as against an issue price of Rs 77. Ahead of the listing, the company’s shares traded with a premium of Rs 70 in the unlisted market. The IPO, which is an … Read more
Gibson, the Nashville guitar maker beloved by Jimmy Page to Ray Davies, is opening its first big store outside the US just off Londonâs Oxford Street, where VIP visitors will be ushered into a secret bar accessed via a door hidden in a red phone box. Opening to the public on Saturday, the 4,500 sq … Read more
New York: The benchmark S&P 500 index hit a fresh record high on Thursday after a blowout revenue forecast from AI darling Nvidia boosted investor confidence in the sector and sparked a rally in growth and technology stocks. Nvidia’s shares surged 15.2% after the chip designer forecast a roughly three-fold surge in first-quarter revenue on … Read more
When Kaitlin Mogentale was studying environmental science at the University of Southern California, she watched a friend juice a carrot and noticed the waste it produced – and wondered what was happening to all of the pulp from Los Angeles’s juice shops. She later learned that most of it was being sent to landfills, where … Read more
The European Central Bank recorded its first loss in two decades following an unprecedented ramp-up in borrowing costs to tackle inflation. The shortfall for 2023 – even after the full release of ₹6.6 billion ($7.2 billion) in risk provisions – totalled ₹1.27 billion, as rising interest rates increased the cost of past stimulus efforts. While … Read more
Plans for a 21-mile cycleway linking Birmingham to Coventry alongside the HS2 line have been described as a âno-brainerâ for health, wellbeing and economic growth in the region. In a letter seen exclusively by the Guardian, Andy Street, the mayor of the West Midlands, wrote to the government-owned HS2 Ltd this week asking that it … Read more
Health insurance company Medibank will return a total of $215 million to its customers as a result of fewer health insurance claims during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, Medibank subsidiary AHM health insurance will extend its unclaimed extras annual limits so they can be used in the new financial year. Medibank said all of … Read more
US manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace since September 2022, powered by stronger orders growth and suggesting producers are breaking out of an extended slump. The S&P Global flash February purchasing managers index advanced to 51.5 from 50.7. Readings greater than 50 indicate expansion and, while only modest, the gauge has shown growth in … Read more
Reddit cofounders Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian spent about eight straight years living together, initially as college room mates, playing World of Warcraft late into the night and later working together on the foundations of the discussion forums service now frequented by nearly 270 million people. But that history was missing from Redditâs sales pitch … Read more
