Buyers of luxury homes and mansions in and around London are demanding a new amenity in the age of Covid-19: proximity to private airports. Super-rich clients are making more journeys in private jets now the pandemic has curbed commercial air travel, according to luxury London real-estate agent Beauchamp Estates. That includes foreign buyers who have been using private planes to […]

The family of Singapore’s richest billionaire, the co-founder of Sichuan hotpot chain Haidilao, is buying a freehold good class bungalow (GCB) in Gallop Road at the highest price per sq ft (psf) for the area. According to documents seen by The Straits Times, the option to purchase the 21,649 sq ft bungalow, located a stone’s throw from the Singapore Botanic […]

OPINION: Ninety minutes before rioters stormed Capitol Hill, US president Donald Trump addressed many of the same people using unequivocally inciteful language. “You’ll never take back our country with weakness,” Mr Trump said. “You have to show strength.” His personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, also called on the crowd to conduct “trial by combat”. A mob made up of “Make America […]

President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is set to deliver a speech on the economy on Wednesday afternoon, remarks that could take on greater significance given the chance that the Senate will soon be controlled by Democrats. Mr. Biden’s speech is expected to emphasize several of his economic priorities, including reiterating his call for another round of financial aid to help […]

Roughly 1 in 100,000 people have had a severe allergic reaction to the first Covid-19 vaccine, a rate that’s higher than the flu vaccine but still quite rare, U.S. health officials said. A study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Wednesday outlined 21 cases of anaphylaxis among the first 1.9 million recipients of Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine, a […]

New York (CNN)It’s always a challenge to find the right gift to get one’s mother, the right token that accurately reflects the appreciation and affection you feel towards the woman that birthed you. If you are Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, deep pockets enable you to name a giant rocket recovery ship after her. In perhaps the ultimate gift, […]

The office-sharing company WeWork has outlined drastic steps to survive the pandemic, after aggressive expansion left it with acres of expensive office space just as demand for communal working dived. Accounts filed at Companies House show that the UK subsidiary, WeWork International, racked up losses of £234m in 2019, after signing a flurry of new leases for buildings. They committed […]

“Digital destinations” may soon become the norm in retail — and swift, strategic steps toward creating a wholly personalized experience for e-commerce shoppers is the recommended path for survival. Retail’s revolution is now, and for RichRelevance, a personalization solution firm based in San Francisco, Calif., the simplest way to embrace change is with robust response. Sarath Jarugula, president and chief […]