With a Star-Studded ‘Gig on a Wing’ The best of British music, fashion, design and cuisine came together in Hong Kong for one night only, to celebrate British Airways launching its brand new A380 on the Hong Kong to London route. The exclusive event, billed as a ‘Gig on a Wing’ showcased the very best
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Hurricane strength winds battered northern Europe on Monday, killing more than a dozen people, cutting power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and train journeys. At least seven people died in Germany while there were four deaths in Britain and fatalities in the Netherlands, Denmark and France as the storm brought down trees,
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Apple Inc's profit and margins slid despite selling 33.8 million iPhones in its September quarter, and greater China revenue climbed just 6% even though two smartphone models hit store shelves in its second-largest market last month. The unremarkable quarterly numbers prompted some disappointed investors to cash in recent gains in the stock, which slid 5%
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When top U.S. intelligence officials testified at a congressional hearing weeks ago, the public uproar was over the National Security Agency collecting the phone and email records of Americans. But when the NSA director and other spy chiefs appear at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday it will be against a backdrop of angry
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Asian shares withered and the dollar lurked just above its recent lows on Tuesday, as investors awaited confirmation the U.S. Federal Reserve will stay the course with stimulus at its policy meeting this week. European markets were tipped to open not far from their previous closes, with financial spreadbetters predicting Britain's FTSE 100 to open
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Brent crude rose nearly 2% on Monday after Libya's oil exports dropped, while stocks were little changed at record highs on expectations that the Federal Reserve will keep its loose monetary policy in place this week. The U.S. dollar edged up but held close to a nine-month low against a basket of currencies as Fed
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World share gains stalled near a six-year high and the dollar steadied on Monday as a rally built on expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve will stick with its loose monetary policy at a meeting this week ran out of steam. A rise in U.S. stock index futures signaled further gains were possible when Wall Street
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Turkish police fired water cannon and teargas on Monday to break up a protest by around 2,000 people outside an Ankara court over the handling of the trial of a policeman accused of killing a demonstrator earlier this year. A group of protesters wielding sticks descended on the court entrance after a ruling that the
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Saudi women demanding the right to drive have said they will keep up their campaign after government warnings over the weekend and a heavy police presence thwarted their call for many women to get behind the wheel, sending a parody video http://www.financialmirror.com/web.php?vid=2641 to a record 3.3 mln views on YouTube. Activists are asking Saudi women
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Lou Reed, the pioneering musician who fronted influential rock band The Velvet Underground and won mainstream acclaim with solo songs "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Perfect Day", died on Sunday aged 71. Reed, whose band fused music and art in collaboration with its early benefactor, pop artist Andy Warhol, died at the Long Island
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