TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp on Thursday said chairman Kazuo Hirai, who helped engineer the electronics giant’s recent revival, will retire in June, bowing out as the Japanese company is on track for another record profit this year. Hirai, together with his finance chief Kenichiro Yoshida, helped reinvent Sony as an entertainment company with stable […]
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian construction firm LendLease Group has appointed Morgan Stanley and local adviser Gresham to run the sale of its underperforming engineering and services business (E&S), two people aware of the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The investment banks have sent term sheets to a host or prospective buyers, added one of the […]
Festival season is almost here! Whether you are headed to Coachella to see your favorite band or ready to hang out with your friends for a wild summer night, it’s one of the best times of the year to think “more is more” when it comes to planning out your makeup looks. While nobody is […]
The suspcious package was found near the French Embassy in central London, near the south side of Hyde Park. Road closures are in place on A4 Knightsbridge both ways from A3216 Sloane Street (Scotch Corner) to Piccadilly Underpass (Hyde Park corner). Members of the public have been urged to stand back after reports of a controlled […]
Colin Farrell arrives at the Good Morning America studio for his appearance on Tuesday morning (March 26) in New York City. The 42-year-old actor looked cool in a gray suit and light blue dress shirt along with Adidas sneakers as he stepped out to promote his upcoming movie Dumbo. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics […]
Jason Alexander is looking at Krispy Kreme’s connection with Nazis through a positive lens, or at least a hungry one … he wants a cut of the reparations, but he’ll settle for a box of donuts. We got the actor in Larchmont, L.A. Wednesday afternoon and our photog asked him about the owners of Krispy Kreme […]
ANKARA, March 28 (Reuters) – Turkey’s central bank raised its total lira swap sale limit to 30 percent from 20 percent for swap transactions that have not matured, in a move aimed at increasing the forex reserves of the bank, bankers said. The bank had raised the limit to 20 percent on Monday from 10 […]
A grieving husband has been forced to show officials his genitals to prove that he didn’t kill his wife. Identified only as Barsah, he was taken in for questioning following the death of the young woman, 23. His father-in-law Nedi Sito claimed she died during sex as a result of the size of his penis […]
BOAO, China (Reuters) – China’s Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday that he doesn’t think is any trust deficit between China and the United States, and both countries should work to prevent one occurring. He also said he hoped Sino-U.S. trade talks could achieve results. Later on Thursday, China’s Vice Premier Liu He was due […]
Government plans to introduce age checks on porn websites appear to have been pushed back. Adult websites were expected to introduce the measures – a bid to stop children viewing their content – imminently. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has now said a commencement date will be announced “shortly”, despite some reports […]