By: Billy Ehrenberg

Billy Ehrenberg is a Data Journalist and Content Developer at City A.M. He can be contacted at billy.ehrenberg@cityam.com. He is particularly passionate about data visualisation and telling stories with numbers.

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Just Eat share price rises as it celebrates 51 per cent surge in orders

November 3, 2014

Shares in newly-listed online takeaway marketplace Just Eat rose 2.8 per cent in early trading as it reported a large surge in orders during its third quarter, with like-for-like orders up 51 per cent. Total orders rose 56 per cent, rounding off a positive interim statement. The company said its strong performance "reflect[ed] both the [...]
The UK is approaching the point of no return in Europe

November 2, 2014

Britain would be reaching a point of no return if it were to ignore EU immigration rules. According to German paper Der Spiegel, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel is growing frustrated with the Eurosceptic noises coming from the Conservative party. In late October David Cameron refused to pay £1.7bn owed to the EU on time, [...]
UK government pays down £218m of first world war debt: How has the UK’s debt changed through the ages?

November 2, 2014

Britain is set to repay £218m of its first world war debt, the government has said. Since the debt was incurred, the UK has paid around £1.26bn in interest. The loan is perpetual, meaning it has no set date for repayment. In a move that hasn’t been made since 1967 the government has also decided [...]
RAF Typhoons intercept Russian Tupolev Tu-95 “Bear” bombers in UK airspace

November 2, 2014

The RAF has intercepted two huge Russian bombers over the North Sea. The Tupolev Tu-95 planes, which were a range of around 8,000km and was originally designed to drop nuclear bombs on the continental US, were picked up by RAF radar and met by Typhoon fighter jets before being escorted through UK airspace. Contact was [...]
Scotland would vote Yes in a second independence referendum: Poll

November 2, 2014

Scotland might vote Yes to independence if a new referendum were held tomorrow, a YouGov/Times poll has found. When “don’t know” answers are excluded, 52 per cent of those polled would vote Yes and 48 per cent know. With don’t knows, the percentages change to 49 for Yes and 45 for No. The reason for the [...]
ECB council member Ewald Nowotny: We cannot rule out quantitative easing in the Eurozone

October 31, 2014

We cannot rule out quantitative easing in the Eurozone: that was the message European Central Bank governing council member Ewald Nowotny gave CNBC today. "I think that we have all learned in life that we should never say 'never',” Nowotny told the channel. Nowotny is generally considered a hawk, preferring the austere German methods of [...]
Eurozone unemployment stays flat at 11.5 per cent

October 31, 2014

It is a reflection of the economic times that a flat unemployment figure inspires a sense of relief, but today analysts breathed a sigh of relief as EU unemployment remained stable at 11.5 per cent in September. Although it was the fourth consecutive month the rate had stayed the same, the total number of unemployed [...]
Eurozone inflation hits expectations – but it’s still in the ECB’s “danger zone”

October 31, 2014

Inflation in the Eurozone ticked up a tenth of a percentage point in October, which will do little to allay fears about the state of the economy in the single currency zone. According to the latest flash estimate (which will be confirmed next month) the rate was 0.4 per cent in October, compared with 0.3 [...]
Nikkei jumps on Bank of Japan quantitative easing shock

October 31, 2014

Following the US Fed's decision this week to draw its quantitative easing programme to a close, yesterday the Bank of Japan (BoJ) took the opposite stance, announcing plans to vastly expand its monetary easing programme. The Bank’s approach under Shinzo Abe has been anything but passive, but the announcement it would increase asset purchases so [...]
RBS share price: Investors not spooked as it sets aside £400m for forex probe

October 31, 2014

RBS shares opened almost 3.5 per cent higher as it reported a huge jump in profits in the third quarter, raising the possibility that the government’s 80 per cent share in the bank could be sold sooner than expected. Profit before tax for the three months to the end of September came in at £1.27bn, [...]

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