Why the “flash crash” whistleblower is in line for millions after implicating Navinder Singh Sarao April 23, 2015 The United States federal authorities could make it rain for the anonymous tipster who helped expose tracksuit wearing trader Navinder Singh Sarao who is accused of contributing to the "flash crash" five years ago. Under the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) whistleblower program, created as part of the government's response to the financial crisis, whistleblowers receive between 10 [...]
WPP sales are up, but chief executive Martin Sorrell is cautious about the year ahead April 23, 2015 The world's biggest advertising firm had a good first quarter, but warns that clients are giving away less business. The figures During the first three months of 2015, like-for-like sales went up by 2.5 per cent for WPP, mainly driven higher by a strong performance in North America. Revenue was also up 8.3 per cent [...]
Navinder Singh Sarao: Quiet man of Hounslow in eye of a share storm April 23, 2015 A younger Navinder Sarao, the 36-year-old UK day trader facing extradition to the US for his alleged role in 2010’s flash crash, was a quiet man and a whizz at maths as a student, according to his neighbours. Anil Puri, a childhood friend, said Sarao was a “bright kid” and “definitely had a good future”. [...]
£5m bail for Navinder Singh Sarao: 2010 flash crash maths whizz awaits extradition hearing April 22, 2015 The British day-trader accused of causing the 2010 US Flash Crash must put up £5.05m in bail money as he fights extradition to the United States over fraud charges. Navinder Singh Sarao, 36, who ran a small futures trading company called Nav Sarao Futures from a house in Hounslow, is charged with several counts of [...]
Dave Lewis admits long road ahead for Tesco recovery April 22, 2015 Tesco boss Dave Lewis admitted yesterday that he faced a larger task than expected turning around the struggling supermarket giant, as it reported the worst results in its 96-year history. Lewis – known as “Drastic Dave” for his radical overhaul of businesses at Unilever and now at Tesco – acknowledged that the task of turning [...]
Historic Tesco loss sparks share price slump: Dave Lewis has to move from “drastic” to “dynamic” April 22, 2015 2007: TESCO’S PEAK MARKET SHARE 31.7% MARKET SHARE MARCH 2015 28.4% Shares in Tesco slumped by five per cent yesterday after the retail giant capped a year of profit warnings, accounting scandals and fraud investigations by posting one of the biggest losses in corporate history. Britain’s biggest supermarket made a statutory pre-tax loss of £6.4bn [...]
Your Move: London rental prices have soared 27pc under David Cameron April 22, 2015 Residential rents in London have far outstripped the rate of inflation under the current government, according to a new report out today. Rent in the capital increased by 27.4 per cent since the last General Election, according to the latest Buy-to-Let index from estate agents Your Move and Reeds Rains. Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) increased [...]
Back to basics for Tesco: Dave Lewis’s plan has a fighting chance of success April 22, 2015 If Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis takes any pleasure in yesterday’s apocalyptic-sounding headlines, it will be the knowledge that the “kitchen sinking” is complete – surely there can be no more bad news for the retailer to announce. Such a huge loss – £6.4bn in the year to the end of February, and one of [...]
Three surprising takes from the “flash crash” trader Navinder Singh Sarao criminal complaint April 22, 2015 British trader Navinder Singh Sarao has been arrested, charged and is facing extradition to the United States over his role in the "flash crash" just under five years ago. In the early afternoon of 6 May 2010, panicked investors watched as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 1,000 points in a matter of minutes. Although [...]
Day trader Navinder Singh Sarao fighting US extradition must pay £5m for bail April 22, 2015 The British day-trader accused of causing the 2010 US Flash Crash must put up £5.05m in bail money as he fights extradition to the United States over fraud charges. Navinder Singh Sarao, who ran a small futures trading company called Nav Sarao Futures based in Hounslow, is charged with several counts of fraud by the [...]