Rosetta Stone names new chief executive as language learning software provider reveals narrowing losses for full year ended December 2015 March 14, 2016 Language software company Rosetta Stone today revealed its new chief executive alongside narrowing losses in its results for its year ended December 2015. Revenue for the company's full year dropped to $217.7m (£152.2m), down 17 per cent from $261.9m in 2014, although it narrowed its losses to $46.8m, an improvement of 37 per cent compared with $73.7m the year before. [...]
Putin orders Russian troops from Syria declaring mission accomplished, as foreign ministry tasked with intensifying attempts to broker a peace deal March 14, 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the main part of the Russian military to begin withdrawing from Syria, claiming the mission has achieved its objectives. According to a Kremlin spokesman Putin telephoned his ally Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to inform him Russian forces will begin to leave the country from Tuesday. Russia's role in the conflict allowed Syria to recapture territory from [...]
Fidelity analysts back consumer and tech sectors as utilities, industrials and energy lose their appeal March 14, 2016 The consumer and tech sectors will drive corporate earnings growth this year, a survey of analysts at an investment giant revealed today. However, the survey of 200 analysts at Fidelity International reveals they have dramatically toned down their outlook on utilities, industrials and financial companies for this year. Subdued inflation, rising house prices, wage growth and falling unemployment [...]
Opec is predicting lower demand for oil in 2016, resulting in an increase in excess supply in the market March 14, 2016 Global demand for oil is expected to be less than previously thought in 2016, according to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec). Opec has put demand for crude at an average of 31.52m barrels per day in 2016, down 90,000 from last month's forecast. In its latest month report Opec has also predicted that supply from non-Opec [...]
Criminal investigation launched after man caught on video urinating on Kellogg’s factory assembly line March 14, 2016 A criminal investigation has been launched in the US after a video was posted online showing a man urinating on a Kellogg's factory assembly line. The company, which owns a number of well-known breakfast cereal brands, learned of the video on Friday and its own investigation revealed that it was filmed in its Memphis, Tennessee, factory in [...]
Russia predicts oil production freeze deal could be signed in April March 14, 2016 A historic deal among some of the world's biggest oil producers to freeze production could be inked in April and exclude Iran, Russian energy minister Alexander Novak said today. Speaking after a meeting with Iranian officials in Tehran, Novak said Iran has a right to duck out of the deal until the recovery of its oil output, which had [...]
3D Systems share price up as 3D printer company announces that revenues have increased in its results for full year ended December 2015 March 14, 2016 Share price in 3D Systems rose today after the company revealed its revenues inched up for its full year ended December 2015. The 3D printing company revealed that revenue had grown during 2015 by two per cent to $666.2m (£465.3m). "We believe that by leveraging our domain expertise, partner and customer relationships and advanced technology we are well positioned [...]
Former Anglo Irish chief executive David Drumm charged with fraud and forgery in Dublin after extradition to Ireland March 14, 2016 The ex-chief executive of failed bank Anglo Irish, David Drumm, has been formally charged with 33 offences relating to the bank's collapse in Dublin after a three year extradition battle in the US. The charges include forgery, conspiracy to defraud, provision of unlawful financial assistance, false accounting, and falsification of loan facilities, some of which carry sentences of up to [...]
Crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom teams up with London Stock Exchange to allow individual investors to participate in IPOs March 14, 2016 Crowdfunding platform SyndicateRoom has revealed a new tie-up with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) that will allow crowdfunding investors to participate in initial public offerings (IPOs) and placings on the main market of the LSE and AIM. The Cambridge-based equity crowdfunding platform, which is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and has facilitated almost £50m [...]
Proposed Basel changes could distort UK mortgage market, warns Council of Mortgage Lenders March 14, 2016 Proposed reforms to financial regulations would have “negative and unintended consequences” for the UK mortgage market, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has warned today. The CML said proposed reforms to Basel rules, a set of global rules adhered to by countries voluntarily, were "unduly harsh" on prime residential and buy to let mortgages. The reforms [...]