Yield hit for John Laing wind farm in Ireland as wind strength weakens
John Laing, the giant infrastructure firm, said it is taking a multi-million writedowns on a windfarm it owns in Co Tipperary and in Germany because it estimates that the wind will blow less and generate less power over the next 10 to 15 years than it ...
Jeffrey Epstein’s deathbed trust fund could deprive his accusers of millions of dollars
Two days before his jailhouse suicide, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein signed a will putting more than US$577 million in assets into a trust fund that could make it difficult for his dozens of accusers to collect damages.Estate lawyers and other...
Culture Shift: A Practical Guide to Managing Organizational Culture Hardcover – October 8, 2019, reviewed
Culture Shift: A Practical Guide to Managing Organizational Culture out October 8, 2019, reviewed By @SimonCocking review of Culture Shift: A Practical Guide to Managing Organizational CultureHardcover – October 8, 2019. Available from Amazon here. Cul...
US tariffs on monkeys could drive America’s biomedical research laboratories abroad
The United States could lose its edge in developing treatments for illnesses ranging from Aids and the Ebola virus to malaria and Parkinson’s disease, due to the latest salvo in the escalating US-China trade war, according to a biotech trade group.The ...
Red Velvet new album sees group accused of copying US designer’s outfits
The summer return of K-pop female quintet Red Velvet encountered a problem even before the group’s new album hit the shelves.On Tuesday the group released a new mini-album “The ReVe Festival Day 2”, with the lead track Umpah Umpah. However, their outfi...
HSBC considering bidding for Aviva’s Asian operations as it takes steps to diversify in region
HSBC Holdings, the bank that shook up its senior leadership this month, is considering a bid for Asian operations being sold by Aviva as it seeks ways to diversify its business in the region, people with knowledge of the matter said.London-based HSBC i...
Cambodian arts festival celebrates music, dance and performance as scene thrives once again
Arn Chorn-Pond says he can still smell the blood from all those years ago. “Watching my little brother and sister die slowly; that’s still here with me,” says the founder of Cambodian Living Arts (CLA), an organisation established to preserve endanger...
US charges Kansas researcher Feng ‘Franklin’ Tao over ties to Chinese university
A researcher at the University of Kansas was indicted on federal fraud charges on Wednesday for allegedly concealing ties to a Chinese university while doing research funded by the US government, the US Justice Department said.Feng “Franklin” Tao, 47, ...
Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers accuse Canadian officers of deception, and working for FBI, in fullest account of Huawei CFO’s airport arrest
Three Canadian border officers stood on the Vancouver International Airport jetway as passengers began marching out of Cathay Pacific Flight 838 on December 1 after the long journey from Hong Kong. It was 11.15am.According to a police description they ...