A Good Week for ... , September 21, 2014
Former British prime minister Gordon Brown was perhaps the best advocate for a "No" vote in the Scottish independence referendum. The vote went his way by 55 per cent to 45 per cent.
The former British prime minister was perhaps the best advocate for a "No" vote in the Scottish independence referendum. The vote went his way by 55 per cent to 45 per cent. The other major backers of the 307-year union - Prime Minister David Cameron and ex-minister Alistair Darling - were less than convincing. "Yes" vote leader Alex Salmond may have lost, and he quit as leader of the Scottish National Party, but he secured greater powers for Scots to run their own affairs.
Alibaba founder and executive chairman Jack Ma Yun saw his firm's shares surge 38 per cent on its Wall Street debut on Friday and close with a valuation of more than US$231 billion. The world's biggest initial public offering made Ma, the company's founder and chairman, mainland China's richest man. He sold shares worth US$867 million in the offering, with most of his wealth tied up in the 206 million shares he still owns. His net wealth is now in the region of US$25 billion. Another big winner was Yahoo - it has blundered in recent years but was an early investor in Alibaba.