The CMA sets out new regime for tech giants such as Google and Facebook December 8, 2020 The CMA sets out new regime for tech giants such as Google and Facebook
Joules sales hit by lockdowns and country show cancellations, sending shares lower December 8, 2020 Sales at Joules sunk in the six months to the end of NOvember due to lockdowns and Covid-19, sending shares lower
Goldman Sachs shifts to full ownership of China securities joint venture December 8, 2020 Goldman Sachs Group Inc has signed a pact to buy out its China joint venture partner to make it the most advanced foreign bank to take full ownership of a mainland securities business. The process to boost its stake in the Goldman Sachs Gao Hua (GSGH) venture from 51% to 100% has also been initiated [...]
UK jobs market attracts global interest after visa offer to Hong Kong December 8, 2020 Interest in the UK jobs market from non-EU workers has jumped 20 per cent, driven by a surge in job seekers from Hong Kong, according to a new survey. Interest in the London jobs market from non-EU workers has overtaken that from EU ones for the first time in seven years, according to data released [...]
Universal Music buys rights to more than 600 Bob Dylan songs December 7, 2020 Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) has snapped up Bob Dylan's entire catalog of songs
Exclusive: Enviva’s CEO on biomass, climate change and pandemic challenges December 7, 2020 As climate change efforts and environmental considerations are increasingly an integral part of any mature investment strategy, investors turn more and more to providers of alternative energies. One of those solutions is biomass energy. City firms, however, are divided over whether they should pump capital into biomass as the technology of burning raw substances for energy [...]
World Economic Forum to be held in Singapore in May December 7, 2020 From Davos ski fields to Singapore: World Economic Forum now heads to Southeast Asian city-state
No-deal Brexit could force the army to airlift Covid-19 vaccine to UK December 7, 2020 A government minister has suggested that in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Armed Forces may be required to airlift the Covid-19 vaccine from Belgium. Tory minister James Cleverly confirmed that the government is looking at the possibility of using ”non-commercial flights” to make sure the Pfizer vaccine can still be delivered to the [...]
Lawrence Dallaglio: Auction part of drive to give kids better prospects December 7, 2020 Watching the Autumn Nations Cup over the past few weeks has brought some much-needed entertainment to our lives but it has also provided a funding lifeline for the sport in a time where it was nervously looking into a challenging future. Whilst the sport will have to navigate some tricky decisions in relation to the [...]
The Week Ahead: Brexit, ECB rates, Rolls Royce, Ocado and Airbnb IPO December 7, 2020 City A.M. takes a look ahead at the main events shaping the markets this coming week, analysing what is to come with City insider Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK. Monday: Ted Baker When Ted Baker announced in June it was looking to raise over £100m at a discounted price of 75p [...]