I had my first teaching job lined up and a mortgage application in process. Now it looked like I would have to return to Germany and start training again from scratch. There were just 72 hours to save my dream of living in the UK In the early hours of Friday 24 June 2016, the result glowed on my phone: 52%. Barely a majority, but nonetheless a verdict. I lay in my rented bedroom in Devon, still in...
I had my first teaching job lined up and a mortgage application in process. Now it looked like I would have to return to Germany and start training again from scratch. There were just 72 hours to save my dream of living in the UK In the early hours of Friday 24 June 2016, the result glowed on my phone: 52%. Barely a majority, but nonetheless a verdict. I lay in my rented bedroom in Devon, still in pyjamas, watching everything I’d planned dissolve. When I saw the headline “ UK votes to leave EU ”, my first thought wasn’t political. It was: “What does this mean for me?” It was the final day of my second school placement, the culmination of my teacher training for a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). I’d moved from Germany the year before to train as a Religious Education teacher, convinced I’d found a profession and a place to call home. In Germany, RE meant teaching Protestant children Protestantism or Catholic children Catholicism – separate lessons, separate truths. Here, I could teach all major faiths side by side, invite discussion and let curiosity lead the lesson. In a world pulling itself apart along religious and cultural lines, that felt like the better approach. Continue reading...
Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY) has positioned itself as an early leader in the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft space. The eVTOL specialist went public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in 2021 and has seen some volatile swings since its public debut. Despite big pricing volatility, the company's share price is up roughly 53% from market close on...
Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY) has positioned itself as an early leader in the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft space. The eVTOL specialist went public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in 2021 and has seen some volatile swings since its public debut. Despite big pricing volatility, the company's share price is up roughly 53% from market close on the day of its post-combination trading. Joby's business has just started to post meaningful sales, and it remains to be seen whether the company's aircraft will receive necessary approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Alternatively, there are feasible paths for commercial operations for its eVTOL craft to begin in Saudi Arabia and other territories this year. The company has also attracted interest as a defense play, and some investors are betting that autonomous eVTOL drones could wind up being a significant long-term growth driver. Image source: Getty Images. Continue reading
Debt-riddled retail giant’s demise has cast uncertainty over the future of US luxury fashion The high-end department store conglomerate Saks Global filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday in one of the largest retail collapses since the pandemic, barely a year after a deal that brought Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus under the same roof. The move cast uncertainty over the ...
Debt-riddled retail giant’s demise has cast uncertainty over the future of US luxury fashion The high-end department store conglomerate Saks Global filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday in one of the largest retail collapses since the pandemic, barely a year after a deal that brought Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus under the same roof. The move cast uncertainty over the future of US luxury fashion, though the retailer said early on Wednesday its stores would remain open for now after it finalised a $1.75bn financing package and appointed a new CEO. Continue reading...
Precious metals are off to strong starts this year, building on dramatic rallies in 2025, with the prospect of a criminal indictment against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reviving worries about the monetary authority’s independence. Silver broke above $90 an ounce for the first time and gold flirted with a record high. Bloomberg’s Paul Dobson breaks down the situation.
Precious metals are off to strong starts this year, building on dramatic rallies in 2025, with the prospect of a criminal indictment against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reviving worries about the monetary authority’s independence. Silver broke above $90 an ounce for the first time and gold flirted with a record high. Bloomberg’s Paul Dobson breaks down the situation.
A Hong Kong man who claimed to be the reincarnation of a late Thai king has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the gruesome murder of an elderly man four years ago. The High Court on Wednesday sentenced 35-year-old Mang Yat-lam to mandatory life in prison after a seven-member jury unanimously rejected his claim that he had been suffering from paranoid schizophrenia at the time of the random a...
A Hong Kong man who claimed to be the reincarnation of a late Thai king has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the gruesome murder of an elderly man four years ago. The High Court on Wednesday sentenced 35-year-old Mang Yat-lam to mandatory life in prison after a seven-member jury unanimously rejected his claim that he had been suffering from paranoid schizophrenia at the time of the random attack. Mang, who was unemployed, told the court he did not know his victim, 70-year-old Cheung...