Author: James Martin
Elon Musk has listed 18 investors who have committed to collectively stump up more than $7 billion worth of equity to help fund his Twitter takeover.In a filing on Thursday, the world’s richest man said that Oracle Corp co-founder Larry Ellison’s trust will invest $1 billion towards the $44 billion purchase of the social-media platform.Musk said he had also received equity commitment letters from investors including Sequoia Capital ($800m) and Brookfield ($250m) for financing of $7.14 billion. Other investors listed included Qatari Holding ($375m) and NYC real estate investor Steve Witkoff ($100m).The filing also listed Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin…
CNN — I have a confession to make. My name is Harry Enten, and I am a millennial who sounds like a 75-year-old Jewish man. In fact, a lot of people assume I have stepped out of a time machine. I speak with what many consider a stereotypical New York accent. And yes, it’s distinct. This got me thinking about accents and dialects in general. When you turn on television, it feels like we hear fewer accents than we used to. Instead, we get this bland “general American” accent that doesn’t sound like it’s from anywhere in particular. Are our…
This photograph of staff counting bundles of cash is alleged to be incriminating evidence in a £266million money laundering trial against businessman James Stunt and his associates.The jury at Leeds Cloth Hall Court was shown the photo – sent by one of the defendants on WhatsApp – as the prosecution detailed its case against eight people in the dock.Socialite Stunt took ‘a very hands-on approach’ as his company became involved in a ‘sophisticated’ £266million money-laundering operation, prosecutors have claimed. Nicholas Clarke, QC, said the picture was taken in the London offices of Stunt and Co in February 2016 and shows staff counting…
After a two-decade legal battle, Israel’s high court has ruled that about 1,000 Palestinians can be evicted from an area of the West Bank and the land repurposed for Israeli military use, in one of the single biggest expulsion decisions since the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories began in 1967.About 3,000 hectares of Masafer Yatta, a rural area of the south Hebron hills under full Israeli control and home to several small Palestinian villages, was designated as a “firing zone” by the Israeli state in the 1980s, to be used for military exercises, in which the presence of civilians…
Bookmakers have tipped Carol Vorderman and Rachel Riley as favourites to replace Anne Robinson as the main presenter after number one favourite Richard Osman ruled himself out of the running.Carol Vorderman, who was the show’s maths whizz for 26 years, this week told fans it ‘would be an honour’ to return to Countdown as host after calls for her to get the job.It was revealed that Anne Robinson was leaving the show after just one year earlier this week by The Daily Mail’s Alison Boshoff, and Anne has since said she quit over a pay dispute. Back again? Bookmakers have tipped Carol…
The Bank of England today hiked interest rates again as it battles to control spiralling inflation.The base rate has been increased by 0.25 percentage point to a 13-year high of 1 per cent.Although still historically low, the move is the fourth increase since December and add to the mortgage burden for many families already struggling to cope with the cost-of-living crisis. Boris Johnson admitted yesterday that Britain is in a ‘tough patch’ but said the country are in a ‘much better position’ to cope with rising inflation than we were in the 1980s or 1990s.The headline CPI inflation rate reached 7 per cent in…
“Diuretics are a family of drugs that make the body hold less water,” Professor Layton said.”Being dehydrated is a major factor in acute kidney injury, and then the RAS inhibitor and ibuprofen hit the kidney with this triple whammy. If you happen to be on these hypertension drugs and need a painkiller, consider acetaminophen instead.”Other reasons to avoid ibuprofenAccording to the NHS, you should not take ibuprofen by mouth or apply it to your skin if you have ever had an allergic reaction or symptoms like wheezing, runny nose or skin reactions after taking aspirin, ibuprofen or other non-Steroidal anti-inflammatory…
Windows 10 and Windows 11 users would be wise to follow the latest guidance from Microsoft with the Redmond firm issuing some vital tips to keep PCs safe from cyber attacks. The advice has been released to coincide with today’s World Password Day event which aims to highlight the dangers of having poor online security.”In today’s world of online work, school, shopping, healthcare, and almost everything else, consumers are struggling to keep their accounts secure and passwords are not only hard to remember, but also the most common entry points for attackers,” said Microsoft in an email sent to Express.co.uk.The…
Rishi Sunak was reportedly blocked from raising some benefits to help them keep pace with spiralling inflation as a result of out-of-date government IT systems.The chancellor was said to have wanted to help those in receipt of welfare more in his spring statement, which set out measures to tackle the cost of living crisis, but was criticised for not going far enough to help the least well off.Last month, Sunak raised benefits by 3.1% – based on the consumer prices index measure of inflation last September.He faced calls from economists across the political spectrum to increase them significantly more, given…
The father of a world-record brood of nonuplets has spoken about the experience of raising nine miracle babies as they celebrate their first birthday.Kader Arby, 36, along with wife Halima Cisse, 27, from Mali, set a new world record last year when Halima flew to Casablanca, Morocco to birth a whopping nine children at the Ain Borja hospital She displaced ‘Octomum’ Nadya Suleman, who gave birth two eight babies in 2009, the previous record holder.The nonuplets were only taken off a ventilator in August, five months after they were born, and are now each healthy and happy in a flat close to the…