FTSE 250 bests main market after postive GDP data fails to move the dial April 13, 2021 FTSE 250 bests main market after postive GDP data fails to move the dial
Is confidence returning to the cryptocurrency markets? February 7, 2022 The price of Bitcoin is currently around $42,500 - up two per cent since yesterday morning and 14 per cent since this time last week.
Tiktok and Wechat US downloads to be banned from Sunday September 18, 2020 Downloads of popular video app Tiktok and Chinese messaging app Wechat will be banned in the US from Sunday, White House officials have said. However the ban on Tiktok could still be reversed if its owner Bytedance is able to get a deal to offload its ownership over the US service approved by US President [...]
The City View: Michael Hewson on how markets could react to the US election October 29, 2020 In this episode Christian is joined by CMC Markets’ chief market analyst Michael Hewson, who gives his take on the state of the US economy and how markets could respond to either a Biden victory or four more years of Donald Trump. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Michael looks at the current health of [...]
Wall Street ticks up as FTSE 100 sinks into red amid Covid-19 case worries August 21, 2020 Wall Street crept marginally higher this afternoon and the FTSE 100 dropped again as investors weighed up the global economic recovery and pockets of rising coronavirus cases. London’s blue-chip index closed down almost 0.19 per cent at 6,001 points, while the FTSE 250 climbed 0.24 per cent. US markets opened in the red before reversing [...]
The government should have been working on multiple tracing apps all along June 24, 2020 The NHS contract tracing app has been scrapped in favour of a system developed by Google and Apple. Although health secretary Matt Hancock has been heavily criticised for this failure, the UK is by no means alone. For example, Denmark, Germany and Italy each tried to build their own app, based on the same type [...]
Switzerland vies to become Europe’s AI hub June 15, 2021 With approximately 8.6 million people and four official languages (German, French, Italian, and Romansh), Switzerland is uniquely at the heart of Europe but without being a member of the European Union. In global terms, Switzerland does not even enter the top five as an ‘AI leader’. But when it comes to Europe and its place [...]
Central banks face tough journey to ‘Goldilocks’ policy setting June 19, 2022 Goldilocks found the perfect bowl of porridge through trial and error. The US Federal Reserve, Bank of England and the rest of the central banking elite are following a similar rationale right now. They are grasping for that “just-right” policy setting which allows an economy to reach its full potential without knowing what that setting [...]
Very.co.uk enjoys record-breaking Christmas period January 12, 2021 Very.co.uk increased sales by 25 per cent year-on-year in the seven weeks leading up to Christmas, recording its best ever figures over the holiday period. Home and electrical goods were the standout categories for the online retailer, up 46 per cent and 45 per cent respectively. Among the top selling items were bedding and soft [...]
House of Hazelwood: Autumn Collection 2022 October 28, 2022 The family behind William Grant & Sons has one of the largest and most diverse collections of Scotch whiskies in the world. The House of Hazelwood, is dipping into their private inventory, selecting and bottling some of their most precious casks, and making them available to the drinking public. In the rolling Scottish countryside, just [...]