Naming is one of the trickiest decisions every parent has to make. A lovely name is the first gift parents can present to the baby that will stick with them forever. Muslim girl names are adorable and are meaningful. According to Islamic beliefs, every child has the right to be given a meaningful name. Muslims constitute a large part of …
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January, 2023
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16 January
Baby Girl Names, From the Sweet to the Stylish
There are so many factors that go into choosing a baby name. You want to find something that represents you as a family, something that sounds good from the baby years all the way up through your child’s adulthood and something that has meaning to you. Popularity may not be the deciding factor when it comes to choosing your baby girl’s …
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16 January
Best video games of the 21st century
SingStar (2004) Karaoke complexes might be relatively common now, but back in 2004 singing into a PlayStation was the closest most of us could get. SingStar’s discs of party classics formed the caterwauling soundtrack to millions of student gatherings, hen parties and five-pint Fridays all over Europe for more than a decade. Like Just Dance, it harnesses the infectious joy of pop music …
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16 January
Meta dealt blow by EU ruling that could result in data use ‘opt-in’
Irish regulator fines Facebook owner €390m after EU rejects argument for use of data to drive personalised ads The business model of Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta empire has been dealt a blow following a ruling that its legal justification for targeting users with personalised ads broke EU data laws. Campaigners said the move could force the Facebook and Instagram owner to ask users …
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16 January
Murray Lambell of eBay UK
The online retail giant’s boss is on a mission to make employee inclusivity a ‘moral obligation’ and to help his company adapt to a difficult post-pandemic marketplace hen corporate executives start discussing their efforts to influence company culture, a healthy amount of scepticism is advisable. But Murray Lambell, the UK boss of US online retail giant eBay, can draw on personal …
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16 January
Bet365 boss Denise Coates was paid more than £260m in year to March
Pay package is drop of about £35m on previous year but she still ranks as one of world’s best-paid executives The multibillionaire boss of gambling company Bet365 has collected annual pay and dividends of more than £260m – one of the world’s biggest-ever pay awards but less than the record-breaking £471m she collected in 2020. Denise Coates, who set up Bet365 …
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16 January
The Guide #69: Why the abrupt end of Netflix’s 1899 could be a bad omen
When the news broke at the start of month that Netflix had cancelled 1899, their genre-juggling supernatural horror series, after one seemingly well-received series, it sent a shudder through the streaming industry. Shows get axed all the time in Hollywood, but 1899 seemed pretty cancel-proof. After all, its creators, Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, were also behind Dark, the German …
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16 January
Currys no longer flavour of the month in the Scando countries
Currys has a claim to being the UK’s most infuriating retailer – not for the customers, but for its shareholders. This is a company that generates £10bn of annual revenues and enjoys No 1 positions in all its territories – the UK and Ireland, Greece and the Nordics, which means everywhere from Finland to the niche market of Greenland. It …
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16 January
Arsenal close to landing Mykhaylo Mudryk from Shakhtar in £80m deal
Arsenal are closing in on a deal to sign Mykhaylo Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk for an eventual fee of up to £80m, meaning their long pursuit of the player is on the verge of a successful conclusion. Mudryk has been Mikel Arteta’s top winter target but negotiations with the Ukrainian champions, who drive a notoriously hard bargain, have not been straightforward. Nor are they …
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16 January
Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy cleared of six rape charges
The Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty of raping four women and sexually assaulting another during alcohol-fuelled parties at his Cheshire mansion. The former French international slumped with his head in his hands as he was cleared unanimously of six counts of rape and one of sexual assault after a five-month trial at Chester crown court. …
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