Falcon and The Winter Soldier S1E2: Marvel picks up the pace March 29, 2021 *** WARNING: spoilers ahead for all current episodes of Marvel’s Falcon and The Winter Soldier *** Unlike WandaVision, which played its cards close to its chest, Falcon and Winter soldier had a lot of world building to do in its first episode. Sam/Falcon (Anthony Mackie) had given up Captain America’s, while Bucky/The Winter Soldier (Sebastian [...]
Markets A.M. – Attention shifts to credit data with UK-EU vaccine row set to continue March 29, 2021 US markets once again finished a rather choppy week on a high, with the S&P500 setting another new record, and both the Nasdaq and Russell 200 also posting strong gains in the last hour of trading, in a broad-based uplift across the board. In a week that saw optimism and pessimism in equal measure, stock [...]
Coronavirus: Carnival shares sink as cruise operator raises equity April 2, 2020 Cruise ship owner Carnival saw its shares sink over 8 per cent this morning after the firm said it had raised new equity at a higher cost than expected as the firm covers itself against the coronavirus disruption. Although its cruise ships are currently moored due to extensive restrictions on travel, the firm managed to [...]
Labour should become the party of AI and tech under Keir Starmer February 16, 2021 Sir Keir Starmer has had a rough start to 2020. The Labour leader has taken a battering in the past few weeks for a perception that Starmerism has no impetus or direction, leaving some pundits to question whether he has cut through beyond the SW1 bubble. While much of this criticism should be dismissed when [...]
LGIM set to reopen property fund in October September 16, 2020 LGIM will reopen its property fund in October, seven months after the coronavirus crisis forced it to suspend dealing. In an update today, LGIM said its authorised fund manager, L&G Unit Trust Managers, intends to reopen the property fund and its feeder fund on 13 October. The board is now “confident” in lifting the suspension [...]
The highs and lows of Antonio Horta-Osorio’s decade at Lloyds February 24, 2021 The return to dividend payouts announced today is a strong legacy for the outgoing Lloyds boss, who oversaw the successful turnaround of a bank left reeling from the financial crisis. Antonio Horta-Osorio will step down at the end of April, with finance chief William Chalmers set to take over temporarily before HSBC banker Charlie Nunn [...]
WTO tells EU it can slap $4bn of tariffs on US over Boeing subsidies October 13, 2020 The EU has been given the go-ahead to slap tariffs on $4bn (£3.1bn) of US goods in the latest development in the subsidy saga involving Boeing and Airbus. It comes after the World Trade Organization (WTO) last year allowed Washington to tariff $7.5bn of EU goods over state support for European aeroplane manufacturer Airbus. The [...]
Saga shares plunge 36 per cent after it announces £310m writedown and slashes dividend April 4, 2019 Over-50s travel and insurance company Saga lost a third of its value this morning after it said it was more than halving its dividend as it crashed to a £134.6m loss. Its share price plunged 35 per cent to 68p after its shock announcement. Read more: Saga set to hit profit guidance after sales cruise [...]
Slave to the algo: facial recognition and fraud in a Covid-19 world February 19, 2021 “There will come a time when it isn’t, ‘they’re spying on me through my phone’ anymore. Eventually, it will be, ‘my phone is spying on me’.” American author, Philip K. Dick, warned us about the rapid advancement of technology. Incredibly, this warning was given long before his death in 1982, when mobile phones were the [...]
Meghan loses latest High Court battle against Mail on Sunday September 29, 2020 The Duchess of Sussex has lost the latest ruling in her High Court lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday over its publication of a personal letter sent to her father. Meghan Markle is suing Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers (ANL) over claims the handwritten letter was a breach of the Data Protection Act and [...]