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Frankfurt seeks to shed bland image to win over FinTech whizzkids

Frankfurt / AFP As Germany’s banking capital, Frankfurt has long established itself as one of Europe’s leading financial hubs. But the city, which has a rather staid and strait-laced image, is now vying with hipper and trendier centres around Europe to woo financial start-ups known as FinTechs which want to revolutionise the way the world of money does business. FinTechs ...

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Clinton South Carolina win sets stage for Super Tuesday

Bloomberg Hillary Clinton scored a dominating victory over Bernie Sanders in South Carolina’s Democratic primary with the overwhelming support of black voters, helping solidify her path to the party’s nomination heading into Tuesday’s 11-state round of contests that represent the biggest prize of the 2016 primary campaign. “Tomorrow, this campaign goes national,’’ Clinton said in her victory speech in Columbia. ...

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3 Stabbed, 13 arrested at ‘KKK’ rally in California

Los Angeles / afp Three people were stabbed, one of them critically, and 13 others were arrested in California when a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally erupted into clashes with counter-protesters, witnesses and police said. Around midday, half a dozen members of the white hate group, whose ranks still number several thousand in the United States, arrived at the protest ...

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