CMA clears $4.3bn Roche-Spark deal as US drags feet December 16, 2019 Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche today won UK regulatory approval for its $4.3bn merger with gene therapy firm Spark Therapeutics. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) unconditionally cleared the tie-up in the latest milestone in Roche’s $114.5 per share offer. Read more: Roche faces fresh delay in $4.3bn Spark merger The deal had faced intense scrutiny [...]
Frank Stephenson on the rights and wrongs of car design November 17, 2020 Frank Stephenson’s car design CV stretches from the modern Mini to the McLaren P1. We ask about his career and what BMW has been drinking.
Jose Mourinho must improve Tottenham’s attack and arrest Harry Kane’s waning club form November 20, 2019 Jose Mourinho arrives at Tottenham with a to-do list that includes arresting a year-long slump that threatens the club’s status as Champions League regulars and rehabilitating his own weathered reputation. But chief among the former Manchester United and Chelsea manager’s priorities in North London should be reinvigorating an attack whose threat has dissipated to the [...]
7 Reasons why spending with Crypto is broken August 18, 2020 Another week, another avalanche of announcements about companies offering payment gateway solutions to merchants so consumers can spend their crypto more easily. While this makes for decent clickbait headlines, if you peek under the hood even momentarily, you will quickly understand that none of this makes any financial or market sense. 1. Crypto is too [...]
A life of photography on the verge of stepping into the blockchain ring July 7, 2021 Crypto AM writer Jillian Godsil meets Christina Jansen, photographer and artist who forged a special bond with one of the world's greatest ever athletes.
Private Equity firm 3i posts 10 per cent return November 14, 2019 Listed private equity firm 3i has reported an increased half-year return of 10 per cent, boosted by good trading performance across its portfolios. The company notched up a total return of £767m for the first six months of the year, a 10 per cent increase on the previous year’s figure. Read more: Cobham buyer Advent [...]
UK unemployment: 650,000 Brits lose jobs in lockdown July 16, 2020 Around 650,000 people lost their jobs between March and June, official figures showed today, as the UK labour market “weakened markedly” during lockdown. Job losses led to a 0.3 per cent drop in total pay in May compared to a year earlier, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. That is a 1.3 per cent [...]
Shipping sector proposes $5bn fund to cut emissions December 18, 2019 The global shipping industry will this morning submit a proposal to form a $5bn research and development fund for decarbonising the industry. Shipping currently accounts for two per cent of all global emissions. Read more: Global banks are leading the charge to decarbonise shipping The fund, which will operate over a ten-year period, is designed [...]
Fuel prices knock UK inflation rate down to 1.5 per cent in March April 22, 2020 The UK inflation rate fell 0.2 per cent in March to 1.5 per cent, as coronavirus restrictions hit fuel prices. A drop in the price of fuel and clothing resulted in the largest downward contribution to the change in the UK inflation rate between February and March. The rate marks eight consecutive months below the [...]
Knot the usual auction: Buyer stumps up $850,000 in rare sneaker sale July 18, 2019 A Canadian entrepreneur has snapped up 99 pairs of the world’s rarest sneakers for $850,000 (£681,000) at an auction in New York. Read more: Sotheby’s wine sales hit £100m in record-breaking year In the first ever auction dedicated to sneakers, businessman Miles Nadal bought all but one pair of limited edition shoes on sale at [...]