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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German factory orders add to Eurozone woes

October 6, 2014

German factory orders haven't fallen this far since January 2009. Orders for August dived by 5.7 per cent month on month after a bullish 4.7 per cent jump in July. The fall was far worse than a group of economists polled by Bloomberg had anticipated. As a measure taken in isolation it wouldn't be as [...]
France on collision course with the EU over budget deficit

October 6, 2014

It's not like France is trying and failing to keep its budget deficit in line – the country is actually planning to overrun. So said an EU official to the Wall Street Journal, which is reporting that the EU may reject France's 2015 budget proposal – a move that could lead to a wider conflict. Five charts [...]
Tesco share price rises on board announcements

October 6, 2014

Tesco's share price rose this morning after the troubled supermarket revealed it was bolstering its senior team. The retail giant, whose share price had fallen 52 per cent this year by the end of Friday's trading, has added two new non-executive members to its board, including former chief executive and president of Ikea Group Mikael Ohlsson. The [...]
Tesco’s share price has fallen 52pc in a year, but company receives Gulfstream jet

October 4, 2014

Tesco's share price has dropped 52.4 per cent in the last year and it overestimated its half-year profits by £250m. Why, then, is the besieged supermarket taking delivery of a new private jet; a Gulfstream G550 worth a reported £31m? Any blame could lie at the door of Philip Clarke, the chief executive who left the [...]
Payday lender regulations to leave Wonga among the 1pc still standing

October 4, 2014

A shocking 99 per cent of Britain's payday loan companies face oblivion next year under new guidelines. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is bringing in a new cap on credit under new, stricter guidelines. The tough new approach has already forced Wonga to write off the debts of 330,000 customers. Wonga saw its profits halve [...]
Store wars: Lidl attacks Morrisons with combative ad campaign

October 4, 2014

Lidl have launched a new ad campaign, ridiculing Morrisons's attempts to match their prices. This may sound like dry advertising rivalry, but the gauntlet has been well and truly thrown down. Great advertisement from @LidlUK – very clever response to @Morrisons price pledge. pic.twitter.com/zUwrEKms6c — Steve Myall (@stevemyalleats) October 4, 2014 The advert lists the steps [...]
Jeremy Clarkson’s H982 FKL Falklands car plate fiasco: How likely is it the registration number was an accident?

October 4, 2014

Jeremy Clarkson is in the news for the wrong reasons; driven from Argentina by crowds of angry war veterans for an offensive number plate, which read: H982 FKL. 1982, as you will recall, is the year of the (FKL) Falklands conflict. He has previous too: allegedly recited racist nursery rhymes (which he has denied) and [...]
David Cameron vows to “hunt down” Islamic State killers after Alan Henning murder

October 4, 2014

David Cameron has vowed to hunt down the IS murderers of British aid volunteer Alan Henning. The Prime Minister said: "The brutal murder of Alan Henning by Isil [IS] shows just how barbaric and repulsive these terrorists are. My thoughts and prayers tonight are with Alan’s wife Barbara, their children and all those [...]
Is John Lewis boss Andy Street right about France? Five charts showing the problems

October 3, 2014

John Lewis boss Andy Street didn't mince his words. Nothing works in France and no-one cares, he said. He later apologised, for his remarks but, economically speaking, there are few people who would argue that France is not in trouble. Here are a few of the problems facing France: The president, Francois Hollande, is the least [...]
US adds 248,000 jobs as unemployment rate drops to 5.9 per cent

October 3, 2014

There was a huge sigh of relief from the US labour market as 248,000 jobs were added in September. The unemployment rate also tumbled by 0.2 percentage points to 5.9 per cent. The 248,000 figure was well up on the 215,000 which many anticipated – and a significant rebound from last month's dismal showing. The [...]

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