City A.M. TV: Daily Market Snapshot (video) April 26, 2021 Since early April, US equity markets have been in a persistent uptrend. That’s been is aided and abetted by (i) notable US dollar weakness; (ii) lower bond yields (resulting in tech outperformance); and (iii) a strong Q1 earnings season, with most US companies surprising markets to the upside. In that respect, and while US equity indices [...]
NFTs: Learning lessons from the first steps in the digital collectables world June 17, 2021 Alex Lightman discusses how NFTs exploded on the scene and how they can have a successful future.
Replace existing property taxes with new proportional system, says think tank May 20, 2021 Bright Blue, a liberal conservative think tank, has proposed replacing the UK’s current property taxation system with a new Annual Proportional Property Tax (APPT) to help “level up” the country. Bright Blue said that some sort of APPT would be the best solution in terms of both economic and political grounds to replace the current [...]
Bitcoin gets seal of approval as Baillie Gifford ploughs $100m into London crypto firm April 21, 2021 One of the UK’s most well-know asset management firms has invested a hundred million dollars into UK-based cryptocurrency company Blockchain.com.
Rise & grind: Employers splurge on keeping teams caffeinated while working remotely April 6, 2021 Employers kept staff fed and caffeinated while working from home during the pandemic, making up for the loss of coffee and sweets available at the office by expensing Starbucks and Deliveroo orders. Keeping teams fed and caffeinated while working remotely made up nearly 36 per cent of all expenses claimed during January to November 2020, [...]
Microsoft and Oracle team up to take on Amazon Web Services June 5, 2019 Microsoft and Oracle will connect their cloud services in an effort to woo big businesses and take on market leader Amazon Web Services (AWS). The combined service will enable users to connect Oracle’s autonomous databases with Microsoft services, such as Azure analytics and artificial intelligence. The new high-speed link between the two company’s data centres [...]
UK targets Netflix and Channel 4 with new streaming rules June 23, 2021 The government is plotting an overhaul of the UK broadcasting landscape in a move that could place tightened regulations on US streaming giants such as Netflix. Ministers will carry out a review of rules for video on-demand platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney Plus in an effort to protect viewers and boost public [...]
We need a humanitarian vision for AI and robotics March 9, 2021 Robotics and artificial intelligence are beginning to transform a broad spectrum of industries, and I believe that in time, given its near-endless applications, omnipresent AI will contribute $150 trillion to the global economy. I also believe that humanitarian efforts all over the world will be greatly advanced by emerging artificial intelligence and robotics technologies as [...]
Top 10 billionaires: Jeff Bezos boosts fortune by $13bn in one day July 21, 2020 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos leads a list of the world’s top 10 billionaires after seeing his personal fortune jump $13bn (£10.2bn) yesterday, in what is believed to be the largest single-day individual wealth jump of all time. Bezos’ net worth has swelled $74bn this year to $189.3bn, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index. The Amazon [...]
How Ukrainian crypto and tech entrepreneurs are helping to defend the home front May 20, 2022 Denys Andrushchenko of WTFbit Group hails the heroics of Ukraine's crypto entrepreneurs who mobilised in the face of Russian aggression.