Imperial Brands running out of puff? A tough year for the...
BRITISH multinational firm Imperial Brands has had a challenging year, with pre-tax profits for 2019 falling from £1.83bn to £1.69bn and shares down 9.4...
Oh, my gourd: pumpkins, sweets and costumes make today a monster...
WANT to hear a scary story…? Well gather round the hearth, children, and consider these facts (well, internet facts, courtesy of the US National...
EV News Round-up Autumn 2019
By RICHARD THOMAS
THREE months have passed since the last issue of BV, each bringing more developments in the Electric Vehicles world — on the...
Thomas Cook ceases trading, leaving tens of thousands of customers stranded...
AFTER almost 180 years in business holiday firm Thomas Cook has collapsed — leaving 150,000 Britons stranded abroad.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said...
In for the long haul: Qantas to experiment with non-stop trips...
QANTAS Airways is planning to run test flights between London and Sydney to discover how planes, crews and passengers will cope with the longest...
Mahindra Group: Indian corporate giant proves that ethics and success ‘are...
In a world where the public at large is increasingly disenchanted and sceptical of corporate business models, the Mahindra Group proves that following business...
Chicken-and-egg dilemma for the EV market: do we need more charging...
By HAL WILLIAMS
ELECTRIC vehicles may well be the future, but their uptake and the infrastructural challenges of providing charging points for them is part...
Mega-merger of media giants brings stock moves and criticism
BROADCASTING giants CBS and Viacom are set to merge in a media deal that will see shared ownership of MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount...
Plunge in disc sales seems to prove that future is virtual...
THE NEWS that sales of DVDs, CDs and video games has plunged by almost a fifth should come as no surprise. After all, consumers...
Max woes continue for Boeing, with production halt mooted
BOEING may halt production of the controversial 737 Max because of the aircraft’s grounding in the wake of two fatal accidents.
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