London Report: Draghi QE hint sends banks and FTSE up but Antofagasta falls August 26, 2014 BRITAIN’S top equity index rose yesterday, with financial stocks outperforming, amid expectations of new economic stimulus measures from the European Central Bank. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed up by 0.7 per cent, or 47.51 points, at 6,822.76 points – its highest closing level since early July. As the FTSE was closed on Monday due [...]
New York Report: Burger merger sends Dow up August 26, 2014 WALL Street’s record-setting rally continued yesterday as the S&P 500 notched its 30th record of the year and closed above 2000 for the first time ever. The Dow also rose but fell short of its record closing high after setting an all-time intraday high earlier in the session. The S&P 500 index rose 2.10 points, [...]
French Prime Minister announces confidence vote to be held in the Autumn August 26, 2014 French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has pledged to hold a parliamentary confidence vote which will take place in the Autumn, reports AFP. In a TV interview, Valls said, "I will have the opportunity to hold a vote of confidence at the (lower house) National Assembly… in September or in October." The news comes after the [...]
Lawmaker who voted to clamp down on Uber arrested for drink-driving August 26, 2014 In a delicious twist of irony, a California state senator was arrested on Saturday for driving under the influence of alcohol only hours after voting for legislation that would subject the taxi app service Uber to a host of burdensome regulations. Ben Hueso was spotted driving the wrong way down a one way street at [...]
The Whopper of all rows: Burger King slammed by customers after Tim Horton deal August 26, 2014 Burger King was forced to issue a statement claiming its merger with doughnut business Tim Horton was “not tax-driven” after receiving a barrage of criticism on social media today. The burger giant today struck a deal to create the world's third largest fast food restaurant with a market capitalisation of $20bn (£12bn), as part [...]
This is still a man’s world when it comes to entrepreneurship August 26, 2014 A study by the US Senate committee has exposed a large gender imbalance in entrepreneurship, with women lagging behind men in many of the areas crucial for business success. Called “21st century barriers to women's entrepreneurship”, it reveals that there were eight million women-owned firms in the US in 2007, but these accounted for [...]
Boris Johnson’s parliamentary voting record: Yes to hunting, no to the EU August 26, 2014 Boris Johnson has been out of parliament for six years. As mayor he has been pro-business and is quoted as saying: "I'm a one-nation Tory. There is a duty on the part of the rich to the poor and to the needy, but you are not going to help people express that duty and satisfy [...]
The 12 London streets where house prices are £10m plus August 26, 2014 Figures by Zoopla published on Tuesday show almost 500,000 homeowners in the UK are now property millionaires. According to the figures, the number of streets in Britain where houses are worth over £1m has risen by almost a third since August last year. Not surprisingly, though, London has the most expensive streets – including Kensington Palace [...]
Ecigarettes should be banned indoors and heavily regulated, says WHO August 26, 2014 In a major intervention into the heated debate surrounding ecigarettes the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for devices to be banned indoors and prohibited for minors. The UN agency said advocates of ecigs should not claim they help people quit smoking until there is more evidence proving their success. The WHO claimed that vaping [...]
Ball boys and Marcos Giron test Ralph Lauren’s Polo tech shirt to monitor heart rate and biometrics at US Open August 26, 2014 There’s a lot of talk about wearables – clothes combining smart technology- but much of it is still in the hypothetical or early beta stages. Ralph Lauren could be the first big fashion brand out of the stalls when it comes to getting wearable tech on to people’s backs. The designer known for preppy polos [...]