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Britain's GDP grows 0.5% in Oct: statistics office
AFP, Published on 12/12/2022
» LONDON: Britain's economy grew 0.5% in October, official data showed Monday, after a sharp fall the previous month in part because of the national holiday for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.
Amazon founder Bezos says will donate most of fortune to charity
AFP, Published on 15/11/2022
» WASHINGTON: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has for the first time said he would give away most of his $124 billion fortune to charity, but warned that doing so effectively will be hard.
Samsung pulls Singapore drag queen ad after backlash
AFP, Published on 21/01/2022
» SINGAPORE: South Korean tech giant Samsung has pulled an online advert in Singapore that featured a hijab-wearing Muslim woman hugging her drag queen son after it sparked a backlash from socially conservative corners.
Jordanian company dives into Arabic mobile games market
AFP, Published on 24/10/2021
» AMMAN - Its logo is a tomato, not an apple, but in just eight years Jordanian company Tamatem has already bitten a chunk out of the lucrative market for Arabic mobile games.
OnlyFans: doomed by its own porn ban?
AFP, Published on 25/08/2021
» PARIS: When the website OnlyFans announced plans to ban sexually explicit content, the internet was awash with comparisons to another site that famously went down the "family-friendly" route -- and promptly lost many of its users.
'Frozen 2' holds top spot at N.American box office
AFP, Published on 02/12/2019
» LOS ANGELES: Disney blockbuster "Frozen 2" held top spot at the North American box office over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, taking in an estimated $85.2 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.
May appeals for party unity at 'toughest phase' of Brexit
AFP, Published on 03/10/2018
» BIRMINGHAM: Prime Minister Theresa May appealed for her bickering party on Wednesday to unite at the "toughest phase" of negotiations aimed at averting economic chaos once Britain leaves the European Union in six months.
Sorrell quits as CEO of advertiser WPP
AFP, Published on 15/04/2018
» LONDON: Martin Sorrell quit Saturday as chief executive of WPP, the world's biggest advertising agency, following allegations of personal misconduct through the misuse of company assets.
UK brings in polymer banknote
Business, AFP, Published on 14/09/2016
» London: A new polymer banknote featuring wartime leader Winston Churchill went into circulation in Britain yesterday -- one of the first European countries with notes that, literally, can be laundered.
Giant uncut diamond fails to sell at auction
Business, AFP, Published on 01/07/2016
» London: The world's largest uncut diamond failed to sell at auction in London on Wednesday after the bids fell short of the reserve price.