The Notebook: Victoria Scholar on Big Tech’s recovery, soaring sterling and luxury goods booming in China May 16, 2023 Where the City’s movers and shakers get a few things off their chest. Today, it’s Interactive Investor’s Victoria Scholar. Big Tech looks to be back in Vogue BIG Tech suffered painful declines in 2022 with sky-high inflation and central banks scrambling to keep a lid on rising prices. Now with US inflation easing, and the [...]
Aston Martin DBX707 2024 review: The ‘supercar of SUVs’ June 15, 2024 The facelifted Aston Martin DBX707 has a bombastic V8 engine and new touchscreen tech. Tim Pitt drives it.
FTSE 100 today: London markets set for muted open ahead of ECB rate cut decision June 4, 2024 Doubts about US exceptionalism drive Asian market decline. UK spending slows in May. Investors watch ECB and BOC policies.
Legal sector hits back at EU calls for regulation of third-party litigation funders September 14, 2022 Lawyers and litigation funders have hit back at EU plans to regulate the third-party litigation financing industry in claiming new rules could limit access to justice. The clashes come after the EU parliament on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of adopting a report by German MEP Axel Voss calling for new regulation of Europe’s [...]
Magic Circle law firm Freshfields offers staff $60k worth of egg freezing, IVF, and surrogacy services January 26, 2022 Magic Circle law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has said it will give each of its employees up to $60,000 (£44,430) worth of fertility clinic services, to cover the costs of egg and sperm freezing, in-vitro fertilization (IVF), and surrogacy. In a statement, Freshfields said it had partnered with fertility clinic Carrot Fertility, which offers a [...]
General election 2024: Will the polls narrow? May 29, 2024 Polls often narrow as the date of an election draws near. If the gap shrinks this time round, will it mean Labour won't be able to secure the thumping majority it desires? Jessica Frank-Keyes takes a closer look
FTSE 100 today: London markets set to open lower amid US rate cut and domestic political uncertainty May 29, 2024 Asian markets fell on inflation fears, IMF raised China's growth forecast. Investors await Fed speeches, Beige Book, Friday's PCE index.
As electric cars follow the trajectory of the smartphone, software will be the turf war September 13, 2021 When Steve Jobs launched Apple’s iPhone in January 2007, the mobile phone industry was turned on its head. At the time, Jobs described the iPhone as a “revolutionary product” and said that Apple was “reinventing the phone”. This was a rare occasion where a businessman’s hubris was justified. With the iPhone, Apple changed the way [...]
Property investor Kennedy-Wilson buys £177.5m London office building June 29, 2021 American company Kennedy-Wilson Holdings has bought an office building in London for £177.5m, betting on a rebound in workspace demand after the pandemic and Brexit hit property valuations in the city. The U.S.-based real estate investment firm’s purchase of One Embassy Gardens, a 156,000-square-foot building in Nine Elms district, follows its recent sale of a central [...]
This Botswana safari offers these things others in Africa don’t May 13, 2024 These things make a Botswana safari stand out from the crowd