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The CEO of a ‘funky’ powdered latte company backed financially by Meghan Markle is a globe-trotting Californian free spirit who hopes to convince the world of the power of mushrooms and stress-relieving plants known as ‘adaptogens’. Hannah Mendoza founded Clevr Brands in January 2019, after initially selling her powdered drinks at a pop-up coffee shop. … Read more
A young CEO who founded his company at the age of 17 has become an overnight billionaire after taking the firm public. Austin Russell, 25, saw his stake in Luminar Technologies soar to be worth about $2.4 billion after taking the lidar sensor technology company public on the Nasdaq exchange on Thursday. That makes him … Read more
A council has been accused of being ‘racist’ for trying to rename a Plymouth square honouring slave trader and naval commander Sir John Hawkins after the city’s black football legend Jack Leslie. During the summer Plymouth City Council proposed renaming Sir John Hawkins Square after the Plymouth Argyle player who is the club’s fourth highest … Read more
An entrepreneur who started a business from her grandmother’s house with £500 has revealed how she created an international fashion label loved by celebrities. Mollie Ward, 24, from Essex, founded luxury clothing label So Monroe in 2015 after hearing the news that her beloved grandmother had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Just starting her degree in … Read more
A new study claiming that coronavirus was manufactured in a Chinese lab was published by non-profit groups founded by former Trump aide Steve Bannon and a billionaire Beijing exile. The study, which has not been peer-reviewed, claims the disease was built by merging the genetic material of two bat coronaviruses and that a spike protein … Read more
REVEALED: Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford signs with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation agency… and company played key role in helping him force Prime Minister Boris Johnson into U-turn over free meals for children Marcus Rashford took on the government in his fight for free meals for kids during the summer holidays Manchester United star forced Prime … Read more
Of the many outraged voices amid the Black Lives Matter protests, few have been more prominent or persistent than The Guardian newspaper. As statues are torn down and long-established companies take to their corporate knees in apology, the paper and its columnists have been vociferous in calling on Britain and its institutions to acknowledge and … Read more
Marisa Meltzer says she’s fat. And she doesn’t have a ‘good answer for why.’ She has been on a diet since she was four years old and was nine when her parents first signed her up for Weight Watchers. ‘Tortured would be a polite way to label my relationship to dieting,’ she said. But she … Read more
The Utah Attorney General’s Office and multiple law enforcement agencies across the state have suspended their contracts with a surveillance company after reports that its founder had previously been a member of the Ku Klux Klan. The company, Banjo.io, uses AI to analyze GPS data, images and video scrapped from social media posts, surveillance cameras, … Read more
Death of Labour peer James Gordon – Lord Gordon of Strathblane – at 83 was caused by coronavirus, says radio station he founded The former broadcaster died at the age of 83 on Tuesday, announced his family Labour peer is said to have died from coronavirus at Glasgow Royal Infirmary Family paid tribute to Labour … Read more