John Lewis publishes its five-week trading update, revealing that the retailer saw both bricks and clicks break records. For the five weeks to 28 December 2013, total sales were £734m, 7.2 per cent up compared with last year, 6.9 ...
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Volvo has unveiled the engine that will power its Volvo Polestar Racing S60s in the 2014 V8 Supercars Championship. Announced in June, the racing engine has been modified and built by Volvo’s performance partner, Polestar, in ...
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In January 2014 Fashion East celebrates five years of its pioneering Menswear Installations. The ground-breaking platform is internationally recognised for championing emerging menswear designers and for the first time will ...
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Hatches don’t come any hotter than the BMW M135i and the Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG. Nor do rivalries come any fiercer. BMW has been building fast hatchbacks since the 130i of a decade ago, and its M division is esteemed in building ...
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ANTENNA REVEAL: As a special surprise and gift to New York City and the world, Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. has installed for the first time lights to the Empire State Building's antenna—the highest structure on the building. ...
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It's both the moment of this comparison test and the first time the Jaguar F-Type mounts a fierce challenge to the Porsche Boxster. The $171,045 F-Type V6 S is leading, with the $131,800 Boxster S PDK on the chase. We're on a special ...
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Performance, Ride & Handling 3.5 Comfort & Interior 3.5 Quality & Design 3.5 Value & Features 3.5 On paper the Renault Megane GT 220 Sport Wagon looks like an ideal blend of performance and practicality. Up front there's a ...
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If you're planning a picnic or hitting the beach, or just lounging in the back yard, isn't it more fun with a soundtrack you can share? Portable wireless speakers let you amplify the digital music stored on your smart phone, tablet, laptop, ...
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Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC. (SCEA) announced today the North American release of The Last of Us™, available exclusively for the PlayStation®3 (PS3®) computer entertainment system. The Story Line Developed by ...
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General Motors is the latest manufacturer in hot water over a controversial commercial, this time drawing ire over a Chevrolet Trax advertisement that was labelled racist by some viewers. The negative attention directed towards the Trax ...
Nostalgia: It ain't what it used to be. Or is it? In the same way that songs can conjure up vivid memories, toys have that same time travel quality, sending you scuttling back to a bygone era in a blaze of Technicolor. The likes of David ...
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In the battle for smart-phone supremacy, the highly anticipated HTC One appears to be the Taiwanese manufacturer's best warrior yet. While we haven't yet fully tested the HTC One, which hits the market next week, the press sample of the ...
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A comparison test between the BMW M135i, Volkswagen Golf R, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X and Subaru WRX STI?might seem like a war between Germany and Japan, but it isn't. Nor is it a showdown between rear- and all-wheel drive. Simply, the ...
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In a real-life demo conducted on Saturday, a hovering rocket made by commercial space-flight wunderkind SpaceX climbed 80 metres, or 24 storeys, doubling the rocket's previous reach into the sky. The flight brought the Hawthorne, ...
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Projection artist Ross Ashton from London UK based The Projection Studio created a special giant video artwork, Spiritus on the front of All Souls Church, Cheriton near Folkestone in Kent for the 2013 Cheriton Lights Festival. Ashton was ...