Boohoo.com profit warning sends shares plummeting
Boohoo.com, the British fashion brand that was floated on the London stock market in March 2015, saw its shares plummet by nearly half after...
Kepler Space Telescope finds 8 planets in ‘Goldilocks’ zone
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has found eight new planets orbiting sun-like stars at just the right distance for liquid water to exist on their...
What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term which refers to the idea of hooking up virtually everybody and everything to the internet, even...
Breathtaking images of “Pillars of Creation” taken by Hubble Space Telescope
Among NASA's Hubble Space Telescope’s images, the most breathtaking has to be the iconic view of the “Pillars of Creation”. The photograph, taken twenty...
Johnson Service Group closing 109 dry cleaning stores
Johnson Service Group PLC says it is closing 109 of its 307 high street dry cleaning stores. Their lease renewals, which are due in...
Rolls-Royce posts strong 2014 sales in N. America, M. East and Europe
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited posted record global sales, with a total of 4,063 cars sold in 2014. Sales were up 40% in Europe, 30%...
Internet of Things requires openness and industry collaboration, says Samsung
BK Yoon, Samsung Electronics’ CEO, says the Internet of Things requires openness and industry collaboration if it is to succeed. Mr. Yoon made the...
2014 warmest year on record, says UK Met Office
According to provisional data, 2014 was the UK’s warmest year on record, or since 1910 when official data started being gathered, says the Met...
Mercedes-Benz F 015 Luxury in Motion self-driving car unveiled at CES Las Vegas
The Mercedes-Benz F 015 Luxury in Motion automobile of the future shows how the car is changing from being a means of transportation to...
First time buyer numbers reach seven-year high to 326,500 in 2014
The number of first time buyers of homes in the UK rose 22% to 326,500 in 2014, a seven-year record, according to the Halifax...