EU referendum: Cross-party EU-exit campaign “Grassroots Out” launches, including Ukip leader Nigel Farage and Labour MP Kate Hoey January 23, 2016 A new cross-party group campaigning for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union has launched at an event in Northamptonshire, months after Vote Leave and Leave.EU got started. The group, called Grassroots Out, is supported by Labour MP Kate Hoey, Conservative MP Tom Pursglove and leader of the UK Independence Party Nigel Farage. Read more: Out [...]
IMF director Christine Lagarde says Brexit is one of two big concerns for the world economy January 23, 2016 The International Monetary Fund's director Christine Lagarde has warned that while the world economy is in better shape than a year ago, Brexit is one of the IMF's two big concerns. Speaking on a panel at Davos, Lagarde said the possibility that the United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union is a concern for the world economy. Read more: Lagarde [...]
The FTSE crash is not Armageddon – but investors should still be light on their feet January 23, 2016 We all know that "hindsight" is the most successful trader in the world. Its performance has always been exemplary since time immemorial. However, alarm bells should have started ringing after the Shanghai Composite had added 150 per cent in value between June 2014 and June 2015, just when it was becoming decidedly obvious that China’s economy [...]
Davos World Economic Forum: Swiss soldiers sent home for taking cocaine January 23, 2016 Some Swiss soldiers at the Davos World Economic Forum have been sent home after testing positive for cocaine and cannabis. Tests show that 12 soldiers who were meant to be guarding the gathering of world leaders tested positive for cannabis, while five of the 12 soldiers also tested positive for cocaine, army spokesman Stefan Hofer told the [...]
London mayor Boris Johnson presses ahead with plans for 3,000 new houses in Beam Park January 22, 2016 Mayor of London Boris Johnson is pressing ahead with plans to transform a derelict factory plant, which once formed the backdrop to popular film "Made in Dagenham", into 30,000 new homes. Johnson today announced that developer Countryside Properties with Quadrant Housing Trust will take forward the regeneration of Beam Park. This includes a new train station which will run [...]
FTSE 100 ends the week in a party mood as oil stocks jump January 22, 2016 After a week of turmoil, the FTSE 100 finished Friday on an upbeat note, closing 2.2 per cent higher, at 5,900 points. Other European stocks followed suit, with the French Cac finishing more than three per cent higher, and the German Dax ending almost two per cent higher. The news followed a bounce in oil prices, with [...]
Happy Birthday: The 10 most popular videos on Vine in the last 12 months including the stade de France during the Paris attacks, duck army and Lady Gaga and Leo DiCaprio at the Golden Globes January 22, 2016 Social video network Vine marks its third birthday on Sunday and to celebrate it has looked back over the last 12 months to find the most looped videos of the past year. The six-second videos range from the truly significant – the most popular features footage from the moment players and the crowd at Paris' Stade [...]
Someone is using the Ashley Madison hack to send blackmail threats by post, and they’re asking for payment in bitcoin January 22, 2016 Six months on from the Ashley Madison hack, it seems the consequences of the notorious data breach has not gone away. At the time there were fears that members of the dating website, aimed at people already in relationships, would be unveiled following the hack. Some people, it seems, have indeed been being blackmailed and [...]
Brent crude and WTI: Oil set to clock first weekly gain this year on cold weather January 22, 2016 Oil prices are set to clock their first weekly gain this year, as freezing weather and snowstorms in parts of the US and Europe boosts demand for heating oil. Brent crude, the global benchmark, jumped seven per cent to $31.30 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate crude, the US benchmark, increased 6.26 per cent to $31.38. [...]
Davos 2016: Why you can’t afford to ignore the fourth industrial revolution – and how data must become essential to your business January 22, 2016 There's been one phrase on everyone's lips at this year's World Economic Forum: the fourth industrial revolution. Definitions differ on what exactly it is, but one thing we can all agree on is that the fourth industrial revolution is here and it is happening a lot faster than many of us ever imagined. While the first [...]