London’s FTSE 100 dragged down by windfall tax rumours hitting UK banks October 19, 2022 London’s FTSE 100 was dragged lower today by investors ditching UK banks on fears they will be hit by a windfall tax by new chancellor Jeremy Hunt. The capital’s premier index fell 0.17 per cent to 6,924.99 points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK [...]
Royal Mail modernisation plan: What changes is it proposing and how could they affect you? April 3, 2024 Royal Mail has proposed several measures to "deliver a more efficient and more financially sustainable Universal Service".
Ad firm Tremor in talks to snap up competitor for £165m June 20, 2022 London-listed ad tech giant Tremor is set to snap up an American competitor in a £165m deal.
Feature: Big Tech’s big bet on India June 1, 2022 Alphabet has given the Indian market another vote of confidence this week, reportedly pumping fresh capital into Mohalla Tech, the parent firm behind short-video platform Moj and regional social network ShareChat. Though the companies are yet to confirm the $300m funding round, which is expected to take Mohalla’s value to a whopping $5bn, the reports [...]
Amazon and Apple earnings: Covid-19 crashes the tech titan party May 1, 2020 It’s been a busy week for Silicon Valley as the major US tech firms lined up to report earnings for the first quarter. Google, Facebook and Twitter all delivered upbeat figures, proving that social media services are well-placed to weather the Covid-19 storm. But the mood was dampened somewhat last night as coronavirus costs weighed [...]
Top tier crypto exchanges’ market share surpasses 90% as volumes nosedive in India April 18, 2022 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin dropped below the $40,000 mark over the weekend after maintaining its $42,000 to $40,000 range throughout it.
Google slows down hiring for rest of 2022 amidst economic uncertainty July 13, 2022 Google will slow hiring for the rest of the year as economic gloom sets in. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, informed employees in an email yesterday, according to CNBC. “The uncertain global economic outlook has been top of mind,” he said. “Like all companies, we’re not immune to economic headwinds.” The company [...]
FTSE 100 close: Bank of England interest hike piles more pain on markets June 22, 2023 The much scrutinised Bank of England’s interest rate hike by half a point to five percentage points today, piled the pressure on London markets. London opened far lower in anticipation of the rate hike and continued in the red following the announcement, which marked the 13th straight rise from the bank and took interest rates [...]
London is crying out for more homes –here’s how the next mayor can build them March 5, 2024 It will take a young couple on a normal income 30 years to save a deposit to buy the average property in London, but there is a way to change that, writes Sam Richards London is in a housing crisis. The boom the city has experienced over the past three decades has seen the number [...]
Can Bitcoin be an alternative to the dollar? May 26, 2022 Nigel Green highlights two key reasons why Bitcoin could become a serious alternative to the dollar - supply and authentication.