US Presidential Election 2016: Former Republican President George Bush joins campaign trail to support his brother Jeb as Donald Trump steps up rhetoric February 16, 2016 US Republican candidate Jeb Bush has been given a much-needed boost, after his brother George W Bush joined him on the campaign trail in South Carolina. While George W remains a controversial figure around the world, he is extremely popular in South Carolina, where much of the electorate is made up of veterans. George W joined Jeb at a rally [...]
Price of Brent crude falls as Saudi Arabia’s Ali Al-Naimi agrees to freeze oil production after talks with Russia in Qatar February 16, 2016 Saudi Arabia's oil minister has agreed to freeze oil production at January levels, indicating that the Opec leader may be willing to reassess its "lower for longer" policy that has dragged down prices for more than 18 months. Freezing output at January levels will be “adequate” and the nation still wants to meet the demand of its customers, [...]
Current job openings at City A.M. February 16, 2016 For over 10 years, City A.M. has served London’s professionals with the latest business news, markets information and analysis of the financial world. The paper is distributed daily at more than 400 carefully chosen commuter hubs across London and the home counties, as well as 1,600 offices throughout the City, Canary Wharf and other areas [...]
EU referendum: Prime Minister David Cameron continues to meet officials in Brussels ahead of EU summit on Thursday February 16, 2016 Prime Minister David Cameron is attempting to woo officials on his EU reforms at the eleventh hour, ahead of tomorrow's crucial EU summit. Cameron is today set to meet a number of senior MEPs, as well as European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, to discuss the negotiations. The Prime Minister and Juncker are likely to discuss the indexation [...]
US Presidential Election 2016: How Donald Trump broke all the rules and used social media and the internet to win New Hampshire primary February 16, 2016 Donald Trump has broken new ground for a Republican presidential candidate. He’s been arguably racist. He’s implied that a TV presenter was only asking tough questions because she was menstruating. He’s attacked the conservative news network, Fox News – an almost sacrilegious stance for many Republicans. Perhaps most surprisingly of all, while several rival campaigns [...]
City Moves for 16 February 2016 | Who’s switching jobs February 16, 2016 Graydon Business information specialist Graydon has announced the appointment of Rob Veneboer as its new group chief operating officer. Rob is an experienced business leader in the online information industry. In his previous role, Rob was managing director business information solutions for LexisNexis International. For 10 years, he worked for LexisNexis as managing director in [...]
Brits do it better than Latinos: UK ranks as one of the least complex countries to do business in the world February 16, 2016 The UK is smoother, faster and has a better technique than a number of Latin American countries when it comes to…business compliance. While we may not have the tropical climates or world-famous beaches, we sure know how to reduce regulatory and compliance complexity. The UK came 74th out of 95 countries ranked by professional services [...]
How to stay authentic in stressful situations: Amy Cuddy on how self-affirmation can stop us feeling like frauds February 16, 2016 What do interviews, pitches, auditions and first dates have in common? “Social judgement and high stakes,” says social psychologist and author Amy Cuddy. “When we face challenging situations, particularly in areas we care about or feel we struggle in, we tend to treat opportunities as threats, and our body goes into ‘fight or flight’ mode.” Such [...]
HSBC isn’t leaving – but London can’t be complacent if it’s to stay the world’s best city for business February 16, 2016 No doubt there was much relief in the Treasury when HSBC announced that it will be keeping its international HQ in London. And the news gave everyone reassurance that London still has what it takes to house the headquarters – European or global – of international companies. Undoubtedly, centuries of stable, democratic government and the [...]