Bitcoin soars above $7,000 to hit nine-month high May 13, 2019 Bitcoin has broken through the $7,000 (£5,383) mark after hitting its highest level in nine months over the weekend. Read more: Hackers steal $41m in bitcoins from crypto exchange Binance The cryptocurrency built on a recent period of gains to climb as high as $7,585 yesterday, its highest level since September, according to data from [...]
Bitcoin makes biggest quarterly price gain since the end of 2017 April 1, 2019 Crypto traders will be hoping Bitcoin can emulate the first quarter of 2017 in the coming months, after it posted its biggest quarterly price gain since late 2017. Investors in the original cryptocurrency saw its price plummet last year after record highs of almost $20,000 (£15,886) per coin in December 2017. Read more: Bitcoin critic warns [...]
Bitcoin tumbles by more than 10 per cent to below $7,300 in under 24 hours May 17, 2019 Bitcoin prices have plummeted over the past six hours dropping to below $7,300 (£5,710) just days after reaching a 10-month high of more than $8,000. The price of bitcoin fell to a low of $7,140.77 at 6:30am BST, although it has since recovered slightly to $7,284.72 as of 8:30am. Read more: Bitcoin ralllies – where [...]
Uber shares debut on New York Stock Exchange in $82.4bn IPO May 10, 2019 Shares in ride-hailing giant Uber began trading on the New York Stock Exchange today, after the firm priced its stock at the lower end of its target range. Uber priced its initial public offering (IPO) at $45 per share after setting a range of between $44 and $50. Read more: Uber's float is a huge [...]
Cryptocurrency Bitcoin hits yearly high as it soars above $5,000 April 2, 2019 Bitcoin soared to its highest level of the year this morning, rising as much as 22 per cent to trade at $5,080 (£3,892). The cryptocurrency has enjoyed a strong period of trading recently, posting its largest quarterly price gain since late 2017. Read more: Bitcoin makes biggest quarterly price gain since the end of 2017 [...]
Wizz Air profits rise as it expects higher fuel costs to push up 2020 earnings May 31, 2019 Wizz Air’s profit margin was squeezed in its latest financial year despite posting record profit today as revenues soared, and predicting more good times to come as rivals fall by the wayside. The figures Wizz Air saw profit grow six per cent year on year to hit €292m (£257.9m) in the 12 months to the [...]
Bitcoin set to match longest winning streak of 2018 February 20, 2019 Bitcoin is on course to match its longest winning streak of the past twelve months, gaining 10 per cent since last Wednesday. The cryptocurrency has had six consecutive days of gains – a rarity that it saw in July last year, a bright patch in a year when its value crashed by three-quarters. Prices are [...]
Horse Racing Betting Tips: Murphy and Johnson can brew up a storm at Cheltenham January 24, 2019 LESS THAN a week ago trainer Nicky Henderson threw a spanner in the works by changing his running plans at the last minute in a high-profile hurdle race and he appears to be repeating the trick. Champ had been a warm order for tomorrow’s Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle (3.00pm), but is set to be replaced by [...]
Royal Mail to slash dividend 40 per cent as profit drops by a third May 22, 2019 Royal Mail said today it will cut its dividend 40 per cent from next year as it earmarks extra cash to invest in the business. The figures The company today announced a drop in operating profit of 34 per cent. It said operating profit after transformation costs for the 52 weeks ended March 2019 was [...]
BBVA and Anthemis launch London venture builder for fintech startups October 18, 2018 Spanish banking group BBVA and fintech-focused venture capital firm Anthemis have teamed up to launch a joint venture builder for London fintech startups, beginning with the development of a startup studio. The partnership hopes to find top London startups that can create the next big technologically-innovative products in financial services, deploying capital and resources to [...]