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Broadband speed advertising is misleading, MPs warn April 16, 2016 A cross-party group of MPs has warned that broadband speed advertising is misleading and needs to be changed. A report published by the group of 50 MPs said that consumers need to be able to hold broadband providers to account. "Consumers must be given the power to hold their internet service provider to account when [...]
EU referendum: Mayor of London Boris Johnson accuses Barack Obama of hypocrisy on EU April 16, 2016 Mayor of London Boris Johnson has accused President Barack Obama of "hypocrisy" over his support for the UK's continued membership of the EU. Johnson said that the US "wouldn't dream of sharing their sovereignty" in the manner the UK has done with the EU. "I don't know what he is going to say but, if [...]
Panama Papers: George Osborne calls for international blacklist of tax havens April 16, 2016 Chancellor George Osborne has pushed for the creation of a global blacklist of tax havens, as well as sanctions against any country that facilitates tax evasion. British overseas territories and crown dependencies would be included. Speaking at the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) spring meeting, Osborne pushed for the international community to join the UK in [...]
Prime London property, revolting shareholders and the return of austerity: Here’s what got us talking this week April 15, 2016 We watched an all-singing imagining of what life would be like with Jeremy Corbyn for Prime Minister. We discovered the five things that make us happy. And we mourned the loss of the man who reminded us to Mind the Gap. Keep smiling, little one – the over 65s are actually the happiest people in [...]
Are global banks in trouble? These three charts show which lenders are suffering the most April 15, 2016 Better than expected results for Citi Group rounded off a week during which banks in the US reported slumped results, while the IMF and consultancy KPMG questioned the financial recovery. “Expectations were for $1.05. We got $1.10,” said Joshua Mahony, Market Analyst at IG, a global leader in online trading of the per share value. “People [...]
EU referendum: People would vote to stay in EU if they’d be £100 poorer per year from the UK leaving April 15, 2016 People don't typically like to lose money. So it's not that surprising that if people would end up personally poorer as a result of a Brexit vote, they would vote to remain in the EU, according to a poll by YouGov. It found British people to have said that if they felt they would personally [...]
Brent crude and WTI: Oil prices head back to $42 ahead of Doha meeting April 15, 2016 Brent crude inched back towards $42 per barrel this afternoon, weighed down by a growing cloud of analyst scepticism over a weekend meeting of major oil producers. They said the impact of a freeze deal on oil prices would be minimal because most countries are already producing at record levels, while Iran and Libya have vowed to ramp [...]
EU referendum: Ukip’s Nigel Farage says Barack Obama is the most anti-British president ever April 15, 2016 Barack Obama is the most anti-British president in history, according to Ukip's leader Nigel Farage. Ahead of Obama's anticipated intervention in the EU referendum debate, Farage hit out at president. "Mercifully, this American president, who is the most anti-British American president there has ever been, won’t be in office for much longer, and I hope will [...]
London mayoral election 2016: Is Boris Johnson helping Zac Goldsmith win support over rival Sadiq Khan? April 15, 2016 "We’ve done incredibly well under Boris." "London’s the most important city in the world and I think Boris Johnson can take credit for that." "Boris has shown how to bang the drum across the world." Love him or loathe him, it’s hard to say Boris Johnson hasn’t had an impact. Yet, the above quotes are all from [...]