September, 2016

• 24 September

  Massive hack is yet another huge jolt to ailing Yahoo

  

    AFP The huge Yahoo hack deals a fresh blow to the internet pioneer which has been struggling to reinvent itself, potentially impacting the pending sale aiming at giving it a new start. The hack in late 2014 affecting some 500 million users worldwide, disclosed this week, could further erode confidence in the online giant which has been on a …

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• 24 September

  Twitter to start sales talks after Salesforce interest

  

    Bloomberg Twitter Inc. is holding informal talks with several potential buyers after receiving interest from Salesforce.com Inc., people familiar with the situation said. Twitter’s board met several weeks ago after hearing from Salesforce, said the people, who asked not to be named because the information isn’t public. Twitter then hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Allen & Co. to …

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• 24 September

  Google cloud joins in serving blockchain clients

  Bloomberg Google’s cloud services will be used to test blockchain technologies for banks, an area where IBM, Microsoft and Amazon have been courting clients for the past year. Royal Bank of Scotland Group has employed Google servers in a trial of a new blockchain application for clearing and settlement, the consulting firm GFT said Friday in a statement. The company’s …

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• 24 September

  Apple to step up plans for echo-style smart-home device

  

    Bloomberg Apple Inc. is pressing ahead with the development of an Echo-like smart-home device based on the Siri voice assistant, according to people familiar with the matter. Started more than two years ago, the project has exited the research and development lab and is now in prototype testing, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing unannounced …

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• 24 September

  Huawei Arab Fashion Week to return this October

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business The Arab Fashion Council (AFC), a Dubai based non-profit fashion association promoting ‘Ready-Couture’ from around the world has officially announced the venue for the third edition of the highly anticipated Huawei Arab Fashion Week (HAFW). The bi-annual event is taking place from October 6-10 at the iconic Meydan Hotel and will be presented by Huawei. …

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• 24 September

  Blurred lines help couture king to ready-to-wear success

    Milan / AFP Giambattista Valli says his fledgling ready-to-wear line is thriving — thanks to spillover synergy from a haute couture operation that has made him a darling of the celebrity A-list set. The Paris-based Roman designer has made his name with spectacularly beautiful and eye-wateringly expensive made-to-measure creations for the likes of singer Rihanna, George Clooney’s wife Amal …

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• 24 September

  Gucci in the pink as Michele turns up the flamboyance

  AFP Alessandro Michele unveiled his most extravagantly flamboyant Gucci collection yet on Wednesday with a pink-hued spectacular on the opening day of the latest Milan fashion week. The Roman designer credited with reviving the fortunes of what was a flagging brand returned to the themes that have underpinned his turnaround and, it seemed, pushed each envelope a little further. Androgynous …

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• 24 September

  India’s prize-winning designer steadies for world stage

  

    New Delhi / AFP He shot onto the world stage after winning a glittering international fashion prize previously given to design icons Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld. Yet India’s Suket Dhir — hailed by Vogue as a potential “global fashion superstar in the making” — is uneasy about the sudden attention that has come with winning the International …

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• 24 September

  Fendi flashes glitter lips this summer

    AFP With the help of superstar models Gigi and Bella Hadid, Karl Lagerfeld unveiled his vision of what stylish young women will be wearing next summer: glitter lips and big pants that everyone can see. The veteran German designer’s latest work for Fendi was a playful affair — or “decorative opulence twisted with an athletic elan,” as he put …

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• 24 September

  Art rescues dying town

  

    Favara / DPA Ten years ago, Favara was a sleepy dormitory town of 30,000 in Italy with a crumbling and rapidly depopulating historic centre surrounded by the messy urban sprawl that is common across Italy. It has become an unlikely tourist hotspot, thanks to an enterprising local couple whose buzzing contemporary art centre, Farm Cultural Park, has reawakened civic …

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