Kenya’s digital taxi drivers seek worker benefits after landmark U.K. ruling

By Kepha Muiruri,

Digital taxi drivers in Kenya are seeking worker benefits following a landmark ruling relating to the treatment of the drivers by companies in the U.K...

Bolt , digital taxis , uber

This is the most expensive work of literature ever to sell at auction

By CNN,

A rare copy of Shakespeare's First Folio sold for almost $10 million (Ksh.1 billion) Wednesday, becoming the most expensive work of literature ever to...

literature , Shakespeare

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos buys a KSh.16Billion home

By CNN,

Jeff Bezos has set a new property price record in Los Angeles with the purchase of a KSh 16Billion Beverly Hills estate, the Wall Street Journal repor...

Elton John AIDS fundraiser brings Ksh.600M for Kenya HIV testing

By Reuters,

Elton John on Wednesday hosted a celebrity-packed gala that raised more than Ksh.6oo million to fight HIV/AIDS in Kenya, thanks partly to auctions of ...

Elton John , HIV/AIDS , Rocketman

Madonna loses appeal over auction of Tupac Shakur breakup letter, other items

By Reuters,

Madonna lost a court battle to keep a trove of intimate belongings including a pair of satin panties, a brush containing her hair and a breakup letter...

GottaHaveRockandRoll.com , madonna , Tupac Shakur

Why investors spend millions on designer furniture

By CNN,

In June 20, Christie's New York offered a wood-and-brass armchair upholstered with calfskin at its summer design auction. The 90-year-old "Transat"...

"Dragons" chair , "Transat" armchair , Christie's auction , designer Eileen Gray , Marc Newson , New York auction

Original Eiffel Tower staircase goes on sale

By CNN,

Forget your standard Paris souvenir, now you can take part of the original Eiffel Tower home instead -- a section of the statuesque building's famou...

Artcurial , auction , Eiffel Tower , Statue of Liberty , The Cité des sciences. , The Musée , Yoishii Foundation

New York: Painting sells for a record Ksh.9 billion

By CNN,

Money has never mattered that much to David Hockney, as long as he has enough to continue working. But equally, he's also always had a good memory for...

Christie's auction , David Hockney , New York

Marie Antoinette’s pearl and diamond pendant fetches $36 million at auction

By Reuters,

Marie Antoinette, France's last queen, is still able to capture the imagination of the public -- or at least buyers with a lot of spare cash -- more t...

French Revolution , Louis XVI , Marie Antoinette , Marie-Thérèse , Vienna

Rare pink diamond sells for record-breaking $50M

By CNN,

An unusually large pink diamond sold for a record-breaking $50 million (about 50.3 million Swiss francs) Tuesday at Christie's auction house in Geneva...

Eddie LeVian , Pink diamond , Pink Legacy diamond , Rahul Kadakia , Rare Diamond

Kenyan-born professor named Chancellor of UK Arts University

By Teddy Otieno,

World-renowned Kenyan-born artist and Professor of Ceramics, Magdalene Odundo, has hit global headlines, with the West Surrey College of Art and Desig...

Chancellor of UK Arts University , Professor of Ceramics Magdalene Odundo , UK UNIVERSITY , West Surrey College of Art and Design

Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller dies at age 101 in New York

By Reuters,

Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller, former head of Chase Manhattan Corp and patriarch of one of the most famous and influential American fam...

chase manhattan , David Rockefeller

Polish Olympian sells Rio medal to save boy battling cancer

By AFP,

  Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski, who took silver at the Rio Olympics, said that he auctioned off his medal this week to fund treatme...

olympics , Piotr Malachowski , Rio 2016

Items from late comedian Joan Rivers’ home up for auction

By Agencies,

Fans of the late Joan Rivers will have the chance to buy items from the acerbic comedian's New York home at an auction later this year, auctioneers Ch...

auction , home , Joan Rivers , Melissa Rivers , Newyork

I want to go back to acting- Drake

By Elainer Mogoa,

American hip-hop artist Drake has said he wants to go back to acting. “I can’t wait to get back into acting,” said Drake who was talking to�...

acting , Degrassi , Drake , Drake wants to go back to acting