By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – China was the biggest source of applications for international patents in the world last year, pushing the United States out of the top spot it has held since the global system was set up more than 40 years ago, the U.N. patent agency said on Tuesday. The World Intellectual […]
PARIS – Paule Ka has changed hands again. Thierry Le Guénic has just acquired the French ready-to-wear brand worn by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, according to a decision handed down by the Paris Commercial Court. The transfer price was around 1.1 million euros, including 500,000 euros worth of inventory. Le Guénic […]
Greggs’ bid to sell sausage rolls 24 hours a day has been axed over fears shops would become all-night crime “hotspots”. Plans to run the first 24/7 pastries superstore crumbled when police were warned of a potential spike in trouble. Plans had been submitted to use CCTV and even have a bouncer guarding the flagship […]
