The bear market story and what next – in six charts June 23, 2022 It’s been the worst start to a year for markets since the Great Depression. We tell the story so far in six charts. Like a bear with a sore head, many investors probably wish they had stayed in hibernation in 2022. It has been a brutal year so far, the worst since the Great Depression [...]
Snap snaps and Big Tech feels the heat: What’s next for advertising? September 6, 2022 City A.M. chats with sustainable advertising platform WeAre8 to chat about the future of advertising in an age of distraction and economic turmoil.
Bank of England not poised to slash interest rates until middle of next year despite inflation cooling February 5, 2023 A year of interest rate pain is still in store for households, businesses and mortgagors even after Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey and his team of economists have already lifted borrowing costs 10 times in a row. That is according to several top City economists, who do not expect interest rate cuts until early [...]
Twitter’s blue tick ‘probably’ coming back next week as fake accounts boom November 13, 2022 Twitter’s $8 (£6.99) blue tick feature will “probably” come back at the end of next week, according to chief executive Elon Musk. The serial entrepreneur announced the decision earlier today after being asked about it by Paul Jamil, chief executive of SEO platform Whatsmyserp. Twitter – which announced the paid feature’s introduction days after Musk’s [...]
Brokers back Next 15 in final push for M&C Saatchi takeover October 3, 2022 After months of back and forth, Next 15 may just be on the home straight for a deal to takeover M&C Saatchi. It comes after rival contender AdvancedAdvt announced that its offer for the advertising giant had lapsed on Friday. Excluding Vin Murria and her investment vehicle AdvancedAdvt’s 22 per cent stake in the ad [...]
Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss will be the next UK Prime Minister July 20, 2022 Either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss will be the UK’s next Prime Minister, after coming out top in a series of Conservative MP votes that finished this afternoon. Rishi Sunak picked up the most votes in the final round with 137, followed by Truss on 113 and Penny Mordaunt on 105. The next Conservative leader [...]
Cryptocurrency prices hold their nerve as all eyes turn on the Fed’s next move October 6, 2022 The price of Bitcoin has grown roughly 4.5% in the last week, while Ethereum has followed in its tracks with upward movement of 3%.
Majority of UK firms to ramp up business travel spending by next year October 3, 2022 The majority of UK businesses are set to ramp up their travel spending in the next year, according to research. Data published on Monday by American Express revealed that 68 per cent of UK companies would increase their business travel spending by at least 50 per cent, while four in ten firms are looking to [...]
Next boss warns of two cost of living crises after slashing forecasts September 29, 2022 Next has slashed its sales forecasts for the second half of the year today despite a 16 per cent jump in pre-tax profit in the six months to July.
Enhanced trading could be the icing on the cake when PancakeSwap V3 is served up next month March 5, 2023 Multichain decentralised exchange PancakeSwap has revealed it will be launching 'PancakeSwap V3, at the start of April.