Warren Buffett—long known as one of the world’s most successful investors and committed philanthropists—is rethinking how his fortune will be spent. Though he no longer holds the title of world’s richest man, Buffett’s net worth sits around $144 billion, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. And at 95, he’s acknowledging that some of his earlier ambitions…
Swire Coca-Cola has won a HK$31.9 million (US$4 million) contract to supply Bonaqua water to some Hong Kong government offices, following a HK$52.9 million procurement scandal last year. According to a Government Logistics Department notice, Swire Coca-Cola was awarded the 27-month contract on Tuesday to supply more than 1.46 million bottles of drinking water to…
The year is 2026, and I still cannot fathom why moving iPhone apps and organizing my Home Screen is one of the most frustrating things in my technology life. Now, I have a somewhat obsessive approach to app layouts and management in that I like to try and keep a logical flow to them —…
Tina Chummun has applied for jobs every day for the past two years. Some 4,000 applications later, and the 50-year-old finds herself unemployed, thousands of pounds in debt to her mortgage lender, and facing the possibility of having to move in with her mother. With relentless rejections in her inbox, she says frustration doesn’t even…
Residents of a housing complex destroyed in one of Hong Kong’s deadliest fires were misled into picking a convicted contractor for the estate’s renovation project amid “widespread” bid-rigging and other corruption in the construction industry, a public hearing has been told. The judge-led independent committee also heard on Friday that an engineering consultant allegedly accepted…
Warren Buffett has always been optimistic by nature. When he takes a negative stance on something, it warrants special attention. Over 24 years ago, Buffett worked with Fortune magazine’s Carol Loomis on an article that was an eye-opener for some. In the article, he discussed a valuation metric that eventually was named after him —…
ROME (AP) — Como took control of Serie A’s final Champions League spot by thrashing relegation-threatened Pisa 5-0 on Sunday for its fifth straight victory in Serie A. The victory boosted Cesc Fabregas’ club three points clear of fifth-place Juventus, which was held to a 1-1 draw by Sassuolo on Saturday. Advertisement Assane Diao, Anastasios…
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba began restoring its energy system on Sunday, a day after a nationwide collapse of the entire grid left millions of people in the dark for the third time this month. Some 72,000 customers in the capital, among them five hospitals, had electricity again early Sunday, according to a report from the…
The reviews are in for Saturday Night Live UK, hosted by Tina Fey with musical guest Wet Leg in its debut this weekend. The sketches on the first-ever international spinoff of Lorne Michaels’ hit NBC show — impressively executed by a relatively unknown cast and watched on Sky by over 220,000 people — were wide-ranging and…
Hong Kong police have launched a manhunt for three people involved in a suspected deception case in which a shop reportedly lost 73kg of gold bars worth an estimated US$12 million, the South China Morning Post has learned. The force said on Friday that a woman in Hung Hom had made a report around 2.57pm…