Uber and Lyft’s claims their services reduce car ownership in US cities is debunked in a new study

Uber and Lyft have touted their ride-hailing companies as ‘car-cutters’ by reducing the number of vehicle ownership in US metro areas, but a new study finds the claims are far from the truth. A team from Carnegie Mellon University found, on average, a 0.7 percent increase in personal vehicles after the two firms unleashed drivers … Read more

Kim Kardashian finalizes a 20 percent sale of ownership of her beauty line to Coty for $200M

Beauty company Coty Inc announced on Tuesday they have completed acquisition of a 20 percent ownership interest in Kim Kardashian’s business for $200M.  The strategic transaction was announced in June 2020 and successfully completed on schedule in Q3 fiscal year 2021, according to a press release from Coty. Together, Coty and Kardashian will ‘focus on … Read more

Kate Mara says her family’s ownership of Giants and Steelers makes for ‘stressful’ Sundays

Kate Mara says her family’s ownership of the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers makes for ‘stressful’ Sundays By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 06:47 GMT, 7 December 2020 | Updated: 06:47 GMT, 7 December 2020 Football Sundays can get tricky for Kate Mara. The 37-year-old actress tells Ellen Monday of the complicated dynamics of family and … Read more

Car ownership falls across Britain with the young turning to bicycles and electric scooters

Young in wealthy urban areas are fuelling decline in car ownership across Britain as they turn to bicycles and electric scooters instead  Car ownership among a third of England’s population has declined in 10 years  It is a trend seen largely in wealthy urban areas among adults aged 18 and over  More than 2.3 million … Read more

Putin’s old judo partner, 68, battles his 39-year-old ex-wife over ownership of £27m Surrey mansion

Vladimir Putin’s old judo partner is battling his 39-year-old ex-wife over the ownership of a £27million mansion in Surrey complete with tennis courts, a swimming pool and its own panic room.   Russian billionaire businessman Arkady Rotenberg, 68, and his former wife Natalia Rotenberg, 39, began fighting over money in British courts over five years ago. … Read more

Jade Thirwall invests in South Shields FC as it makes a move towards fan ownership

Jade Thirwall invests in South Shields FC as it makes a move towards fan ownership… after she was given the role of Honorary President By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 13:13 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 13:13 GMT, 10 November 2020 Jade Thirlwall has become a shareholder at South Shields Football Club as she heightens … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: New kings of the aisles return Asda to British ownership

The return of Asda to British ownership under the leadership of Mohsin and Zuber Issa will bring a fresh dynamic to Britain’s grocery market. It underlines how smart the Competition Commission was to block the Asda merger with Sainsbury’s, which would have cut the number of big grocery chains from four to three. It is … Read more

Smart speaker ownership rises – are they useful?

‘Okay Google. Play, Aerosmith.’ ‘Sure, here’s The Smiths on Spotify.’ Since the start of the year, our home has contained two Google Nest Mini devices. They came free with two Fitbits I bought and my wife was adamant that we wouldn’t use them in the home. But, we have. We have one upstairs and one … Read more

Shared ownership homeowners will be able to buy their home 1% at a time from April

First-time buyers struggling to keep up with rising house prices may have been thrown a lifeline following an overhaul of the government’s shared ownership scheme. Under shared ownership, buyers can purchase a small stake in their home and pay a subsidised rent to their housing association on the remaining portion. It’s then possible to ‘staircase’ … Read more

Great Dane ownership falls as UK favours smaller dog breeds

Bad news for Scooby Doo. British pet-owners are falling out of love with the Great Dane – the dog that the beloved cartoon canine is based on – a new report has found. The popularity of the breed has been in steady decline since its heyday in 1980 when the spin-off show Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo first … Read more