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• Luxury automaker Aston Martin is reportedly preparing for an IPO.
• The IPO could be worth as much as £5 billion, according to reports.
• The manufacturer is currently owned by Italian private equity fund Investindustrial.

Luxury carmaker Aston Martin is lining up three banks to manage a floatation that could value the firm at between £4bn and £5 billion ($5.6 billion t0 $7 billion), according to reports.

The firm, a favourite of the fictional spy James Bond... Читать дальше...

Detroit Bargain prices on 2- and 3-year-old vehicles fueled record sales of used cars, trucks and SUVs last year, a trend that is expected to continue because people can save thousands of dollars over buying new. Used vehicle sales hit 39.2 million vehicles in 2017, more than double the number of new automobiles sold, according to the Edmunds.com auto website. To be sure, Americans for years have bought more used cars than new, but a recent glut of well-equipped vehicles coming off leases is sending more people to the used market. Читать дальше...

Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 15:04:49 07/04/2018 smi.pp.ua Kiev must fight so that Nikolay Gogol is considered by the world as a Ukrainian writer. Russia is a country without culture, unlike the great Ukrainian nation. This was stated by the deputy from the “Radical Party of Oleg Lyashko” Andrey Lozovoy from the tribune […]

Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze expects a change of rhetoric regarding the language article of the Ukrainian law “On Education” from the Hungarian side and the Hungarian minority in Ukraine after the elections in Hungary. “We expect the elections and the formation of a new Hungarian government. I […]

The Gunners took a big step toward the Europa League semi-finals with a comfortable win over CSKA Moscow on Thursday night, and but for profligate finishing in the second half, it could have been even more comfortable. The 4-1 should be enough to get us over the line when we travel to Russia next week; though ideally we want to make sure the defence isn’t as jittery as it was between our first and second goals. Golovin’s unstoppable free-kick arose out of some slapstick defending by Koscielny... Читать дальше...

What a wild ride for Philadelphia.

We’d been hyping up Friday’s game between the Cavaliers and 76ers for weeks, and it didn’t disappoint. With both teams coming in hot and the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs at stake, the Sixers blasted off to a 30-point in the second quarter and were up 23 at the half. But LeBron James led a monster comeback — this is what he does — to grant us crunch time. Philadelphia survived on Ben Simmons’ back to come away with the win and control of the No. Читать дальше...

Daniel Craig as James Bond in Casino Royale (2006)

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Daniel Craig as James Bond, British secret agent

Lake Como, Italy, August 2006

Film: Casino Royale
Release Date: November 14, 2006
Director: Martin Campbell
Costume Designer: Lindy Hemming

Background

The name is Bond… James Bond.

After more than two hours of anticipation, Daniel Craig finally delivered the words that 007 fans were waiting to hear. 007 had embarked on an adventure with more ups and downs ... Читать дальше...

Rund dreieinhalb Stunden ist Jürgen Melzer am Samstag auf dem Tennisplatz in der Moskauer Luschniki-Halle gestanden - und das höchst erfolgreich. Mit einem gewonnenen Doppel und einem Einzelsieg war der 36-Jährige in der Davis-Cup-Partie gegen Russland hauptverantwortlich für das 3:1 der Österreicher. "Es ist wie ein Märchen, das wahr wird", sagte Melzer nach Erreichen des Weltgruppen-Play-offs.

Rund dreieinhalb Stunden ist Jürgen Melzer am Samstag auf dem Tennisplatz in der Moskauer Luschniki-Halle gestanden - und das höchst erfolgreich. Mit einem gewonnenen Doppel und einem Einzelsieg war der 36-Jährige in der Davis-Cup-Partie gegen Russland hauptverantwortlich für das 3:1 der Österreicher. "Es ist wie ein Märchen, das wahr wird", sagte Melzer nach Erreichen des Weltgruppen-Play-offs.

Rund dreieinhalb Stunden ist Jürgen Melzer am Samstag auf dem Tennisplatz in der Moskauer Luschniki-Halle gestanden - und das höchst erfolgreich. Mit einem gewonnenen Doppel und einem Einzelsieg war der 36-Jährige in der Davis-Cup-Partie gegen Russland hauptverantwortlich für das 3:1 der Österreicher. "Es ist wie ein Märchen, das wahr wird", sagte Melzer nach Erreichen des Weltgruppen-Play-offs.

A jailed Catalan pro-independence activist was on Saturday proposed as the new regional president for a second time despite a failed first attempt.

Phil and David attempt to preview the fight between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Al Iaquinta under the vain assumption that it will actually happen and that reality itself will not crack asunder

The UFC 223 start time, TV schedule for the Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Al Iaquinta fight card at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday night. The fight card is broken into two different parts and airing on two different mediums. This post will help explain which fights are airing where and at which times.
The main card airs on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET. This portion is as follows:

Tiger has receded, but he’s got a tee time for the weekend chasing a loaded leaderboard at Augusta.

They made their quota and came tantalizingly close to setting the bar a notch higher.

I first gave up on Windows Phone back in December 2014. Microsoft’s mobile platform was being left behind, and I was tired of not getting access to the apps everyone else was using. It took Microsoft a few years to finally admit Windows Phone is dead, and the company is no longer planning to release any new hardware running its mobile OS or update it with any features. I recently switched on an old Windows Phone to create a silly April Fools’ joke about returning to using it as my daily device... Читать дальше...

He is pure Trumpism, but that doesn’t mean Trump will spare him.

Scott Pruitt is not like past administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency, just as Donald Trump is not like past presidents.

In both cases, it’s not that they’re conservatives. Conservatives have held those positions before. It’s that they seem to be engaged in something different than their predecessors — different not just in degree, but in kind.

They are governing on behalf of their allies and supporters... Читать дальше...

And the rest of the week’s best writing on books and related topics.

Welcome to the weekly Vox book link roundup, a curated collection of the internet’s best writing on books and related subjects. Here’s the best the web has to offer for the week of April 1, 2018.

• This week on Twitter, women have been describing themselves the way male authors do. For the New Yorker, Katy Waldman analyzes the joke:

Reynolds’s challenge felt rooted in a long history of literary male self-congratulation. Читать дальше...

The musical Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, coming to the Valentine Theatre on Thursday, celebrates of one of rock’s most influential innovators.

"Roxanne," The Police's "signature tune according to their bassist, Andy Summers--and he's right; the only song of theirs which might challenge that judgment is, of course, "Every Breath You Take"--as released as a single in the UK today, 40 years ago. It was the second record they'd ever released, and the first with the line-up and look that made them famous (Summers on lead guitar, and Sting with spiky blonde hair), but it didn't fair any better than their first release did. In fact it got no airplay... Читать дальше...

INTERNATIONAL - Talk to any expert on luxury and they’ll tell you that for today’s consumers, perception matters more than ever. Especially when it comes to cars.

Think you've perfected art of watching Netflix? Not so fast...

Sure, you may have found the coziest blanket to cuddle with on the couch and finally added everything you aspire to watch to your queue, but if you're not using these handy Google Chrome extensions, you have yet to master the high-tech art of streaming.

SEE ALSO: Netflix has tons of hidden categories — here's how to see them

While Netflix has made some much-needed improvements since streaming was introduced in 2007 ... Читать дальше...