LONDON (Reuters) – DRI Healthcare, an investment company investing in healthcare royalty assets, is aiming to sell up to $350 million of shares in a planned initial public offering in London, it said on Wednesday. Managed by Toronto-based DRI Capital, an investment manager with $2.6 billion raised across its funds, DRI Healthcare is looking to […]

In October 31 Chinese teenagers reported to the Beijing Institute of Technology, one of the country’s premier military research establishments. Selected from more than 5000 applicants, Chinese authorities hope they will design a new generation of artificial intelligence weapons systems that could range from microscopic robots to computer worms, submarines, drones and tanks. The program […]

(Reuters) – Warner Music Group filed for an initial public offering on Thursday, making it the latest high-profile company opting for a public listing in 2020. The recording label, which is home to artistes including Cardi B, Ed Sheeran and Bruno Mars, set a place-holder amount of up to $100 million, and did not specify […]

(Reuters) – Casper Sleep Inc (CSPR.N) on Wednesday sold shares in its initial public offering (IPO) at the bottom end of a targeted range it had already lowered, slashing the online mattress retailer’s valuation by more than half in less than a year. The outcome of the IPO underscores the growing mismatch between the valuations […]

Oh dear god, it is almost Valentine’s again. It really feels like this should be one of those cursed occurrences that come around once every few years, like a blood moon, or Hale-Bopp. But no, we have to drag ourselves through this anxiety-producing nightmare every single year from the age of 13 onwards. Little wonder […]

We’re barely out of January and 2020 is already looking seriously dodgy. There I was feeling sorry for myself nursing a dose of man flu after a dumb dawn dip on Women’s Little Christmas, and suddenly the world eclipses my petty purgatory by going to hell in a hand basket. Bad enough we’re feeling the […]

Whichever way you vote next Saturday there’s a good chance you’ll be disappointed – but, take heart. This General Election is not an end in itself, it’s a stage in a process that’s been unwinding for the past 11 years. Today’s Fianna Fail and Fine Gael are still struggling with the consequences of the economic […]

‘They say it would be wine and roses… If England were for Englishmen again’ (Something About England ,The Clash) The scenes from the European Parliament said it all in one way. Farage being a jackass, he and his cronies waving their Union Jacks. An Irish woman getting slightly impatient and tetchy with the jackassery. And then […]

‘They say it would be wine and roses… If England were for Englishmen again’ (Something About England ,The Clash) The scenes from the European Parliament said it all in one way. Farage being a jackass, he and his cronies waving their Union Jacks. An Irish woman getting slightly impatient and tetchy with the jackassery. And then […]

It’s Super Bowl weekend in the United States. The Kansas City Chiefs play the San Francisco 49ers in Miami, Florida. Probably more attention will be paid to the half-time acts by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. In American football, a Hail Mary pass is a long throw, typically made in desperation, late in the game by […]