July 12, 2016
Odeon & UCI cinemas sold to China-owned firm
Odeon & UCI Cinema Group has been bought by AMC Entertainment, a US chain owned by Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda, in a deal worth £921m ($1.21bn). Odeon & UCI is currently owned by private equity firm Terra Firma, and has 242 theatres…
July 12, 2016
Dead driver’s car displayed outside Parliament
The parents of a man killed when his car was hit at high speed have put the wreckage on display at Westminster as part of a campaign for tougher sentences by road safety charity Brake. Joseph Brown-Lartey died as his vehicle was split in half by a…
July 12, 2016
F-150 sales undented by Chevy attack ad
The Chevrolet Silverado grabbed its biggest piece of the U.S. full-size pickup market since January in the first month of its blistering ad campaign attacking the Ford F-150's aluminum body as too flimsy. But the F-150 emerged from the fray looking…
July 12, 2016
Mercedes beats BMW at half-year mark
Mercedes-Benz solidified its sales lead over the BMW brand in the first half of the year, moving closer to a goal of unseating its rival for the first time since 2005. BMW’s global six-month brand deliveries rose 5.8 percent from a year earlier to…
July 12, 2016
‘Water-resistant’ Samsung Galaxy S7 Active fails test
A Samsung smartphone advertised as being water-resistant has failed a water immersion test by a leading product review site. The Samsung Galaxy S7 Active stopped working after being put in a tank that simulated the effect of being about 5ft (1.5m)…
July 12, 2016
US court raises Netflix sharing anxiety in password ruling
A US appeals court ruling that password sharing is illegal is set to influence how other judges handle complaints about the activity. The case involved a man who had been convicted of using someone else's login to access his ex-workplace's……
July 4, 2016
New tests find 14 Russian athletes positive at Beijing Games
The Russian Olympic Committee has said 14 of its athletes at the 2008 Beijing Olympics tested positive for doping during re-tests of their samples. Sports minister Vitaly Mutko said the news of the positive tests "certainly doesn't look good".…
July 4, 2016
Former VP Jack’ Warner sued by CONCACAF
Trinidad and Tobago’s Austin ‘Jack’ Warner, the former vice-president of football’s world governing body (FIFA), is being sued for more than US$50 million dollars by the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association (CONCACAF).…
July 4, 2016
Racers Grand Prix to confirm Full Athletes’ list Today
A press conference on the inaugural Racers Grand Prix International track and field meet will be held today at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel at 10:00 am this morning Rtc Sports was informed. The historic Racers Grand Prix, is set for June 11 at the…
July 4, 2016
Praises Vietnamese Youth in Personal Exchange
U.S. President Barack Obama said interacting with young people during his three-day visit to Vietnam makes him optimistic about the country's future. In some remarkably personal exchanges with young audience members at a town-hall style event in Ho…