UK chips strategy must lure investment, says Dell executive September 9, 2022 The UK’s semiconductor strategy must make the country a more attractive destination for investment, a Dell executive has told City A.M. “We would like a business friendly, technology friendly environment, where it’s easier for us to invest more and its easy for us to see opportunities for us to make a positive difference,” Adrian McDonald, president for Europe, [...]
Meet the fund manager: Stephen Yiu on Meta, Nvidia and cashing in on the AI boom April 29, 2024 In this weekly series, investment reporter Elliot Gulliver-Needham sits down with a fund manager for a Q&A. This week, we’re hearing from Stephen Yiu, manager of Blue Whale Growth fund.
Samsung chairman jailed over union-busting activities December 17, 2019 The board chairman of Samsung Electronics has been jailed for 18 months after sabotaging union activities. Lee Sang-hoon was sentenced by a South Korean court today after violating the country’s labour law alongside 25 other defendants. Samsung executives had used tactics such as closing sub-contracted firms with active unions, prosecutors said. Read more: Watchdog steps [...]
Apple: China takes a bite out of numbers but tech giant beats consensus February 2, 2024 Apple missed sales estimates in China but held on to profits elsewhere, it told its investors on Wall Street last night
NFT art gallery prepares to open in heart of the City March 3, 2022 In December 2019, Josh Sandhu made his first investment in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) picking up a handful of collectible digital artworks.
A healthy motor industry for the UK needs gigafactories like the one Tata will build June 5, 2023 The Tata gigafactory could be an opportunity to reflect on what the government should and shouldn't do to support the vital, but hard-pressed, British motor industry, writes Geoffrey Owen
US oil giant Chevron backs London cleantech firm in $150m funding round May 11, 2022 US oil giant Chevron has thrown its weight behind London cleantech firm Carbon Clean today in a $150m funding injection - the largest ever equity round for a ‘point of emission’ carbon capture company.
PayPal freezes all services in Russia following Ukraine invasion March 5, 2022 PayPal is set to shutter all its services in Russia, according to its chief executive today, as the payments giant becomes the latest business to exit the country following its invasion of Ukraine. “Under the current circumstances, we are suspending PayPal services in Russia,” chief executive Dan Schulman said on Saturday. “PayPal supports the Ukrainian [...]
Ericsson sues Apple for 5G wireless patents in iPhones January 18, 2022 Ericsson has filed another set of patent infringement lawsuits against Apple in the latest salvo between the two companies over royalty payment for use of 5G wireless patents in iPhones.
The Power of Capitalism: Kim vs the market only has one winner March 10, 2024 Dr Rainer Zitelmann is a German historian, sociologist and author. His latest book is The Power of Capitalism. In our exclusive series, Zitelmann reveals a compelling body of evidence that capitalism and market economies have lifted billions out of poverty. Today he writes on North and South Korea The contrast between North and South Korea [...]