The prospect of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigning despite getting his bailout deal passed through by parliament had bulletin boards buzzing.
Last night, the Greek government passed, albeit begrudgingly, the deal, but only 118 coalition MP’s backed the bailout, meaning Tsipras has lost the minimum constitutional majority for his minority government.
One man who did not vote for the deal was former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, who stated he could not back the bailout. He wasn’t the only one, as 43 Syriza MPs failed to back the bill.
Still, at least it’s almost over. It only needs to be signed off by the Eurogroup and the rest of Europe can put the whole mess behind it.
That is, … unless Germany doesn’t try and block the deal.
Merkel, Schauble and co. apparently prefer a bridging loan in order to further discuss the conditions of the bailout and, ideally, get the IMF involved, Connor Campbell at Spreadex said.
From Greece to the Scottish Highlands, and Taylor Swift is apparently looking to buy a castle in Scotland for her boyfriend Calvin Harris.
Well, that’s the rumour anyway.
Property agent Colliers, which is selling a boutique castle hotel near Forfar, tweeted the singer to see if it could tempt her, but apparently Tay-Tay doesn’t fancy it.
If she does, she can better move quick if she wants to install an AGA Rangemaster oven.
The brand is being bought out by US company Middleby Corp with the deal expected to be completed on September 23. It announced it made a loss this year due to the costs of the takeover offer.
While she sits back and relaxes with her shortbread baking away in her oven and a bottle of Glenfidditch, Swift can listen to the soothing sounds coming from one of Walker Greenbank’s new radios.
The interior designer has joined up with Pure to release the Pure Evoke digital radios in Sanderson's Chelsea and Dandelion Clocks designs, its most iconic …apparently.
If radios aren’t her thing, Swift can spend her time playing candy crush, goodness knows King Digital, the company behind the game, could use a new player.
That is assuming, of course, that she doesn’t already enjoy crushing some candy while on her tour bus between gigs. Who knows?
The candy crush maker reported a drop in profits with bookings falling 13% sending shares 7% lower in after-hours trade.
She’ll have to wait to watch AppleTV though as the tech giant said it is to delay its TV service to at least next year.
A lack of content and slow talks with CBS and Twenty-First Century Fox has led to Apple scrapping the plans.
Among the small caps Tekcapital (LON:TEK) acquired the licensing rights to a group of nine patents that make air conditioning up to 25% more efficient.
Bought from the University of Central Florida, the system incorporates a condenser fan that is based on aircraft propeller design elements. Pretty cool, huh?