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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Fed minutes: what you need to know

August 20, 2014

The Federal Reserve has released the minutes from its 29-30 July meeting on monetary policy. As with the minutes published by the Bank of England earlier today, there was a certain amount of dissent from some of those present regarding the key issue of interest rate rises. From the release: Some participants viewed the actual [...]
Self-employment is at its highest for 40 years

August 20, 2014

The rise in the employment rate since 2008 has largely been amongst the self-employed, according to new data from the ONS. What is more, the percentage of the workforce that answers only to itself is at 15 per cent, the highest rate for 40 years. To make matters worse, the average salary for a self-employed [...]
Apple share price hits record

August 19, 2014

Apple saw its share price soar today to $100.53, beating September 2012's record of $100.30. Analysts have been advising investors to put their money in Apple despite a strong run up as expectation mounts regarding the new iPhone, expected to be released on September 9. iTunes Chief Eddy Cue has called Apple's 2014 product releases [...]
Superbowl: NFL asks acts to pay to perform at halftime

August 19, 2014

Artists don't expect to be paid for their performances at halftime during the Super Bowl. Being surrounded by the adoration of thousands and adored via television by millions is usually enough to entice the biggest names. Then again, everything is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. According to the Wall Street Journal, [...]
Standard Chartered banned from dealing with high-risk clients as part of $300m settlement

August 19, 2014

For Standard Chartered (SC), $300m is not enough to sate the regulators. In addition to the settlement, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has blocked the UK bank from dealings with certain high-risk clients, including some Hong Kong business customers and others in the United Arab Emirates. SC will also not be permitted [...]
Steve Ballmer steps down from Microsoft’s board

August 19, 2014

Steve Ballmer, the Microsoft ex-chief executive behind one of the most impassioned rants ever captured on camera and uploaded to Youtube, has stepped down from the company's board. Ballmer's passing was announced last year, to be completed once Microsoft had found a successor, which they did in February. Satya Nadella was the anointed one. By stepping down from the [...]
US inflation hits the target as UK sees a dip

August 19, 2014

The Federal reserve will be happy today: inflation in the US was 0.1 per cent in July, down from 0.3 per cent in June. Importantly that puts the annual rate at two per cent, right on the money. None of this is particularly surprising: analysts had forecast the US figures. The Fed's monetary policy decisions [...]
UK house prices down 2.9 per cent in a month, London’s drop 5.9 per cent

August 18, 2014

After the great heating comes the cooling: according to the latest figures from Rightmove the property market is slowing down. House prices across England and Wales were down 2.9 per cent, constituting the biggest drop Rightmove has ever seen in August. London prices, forever ahead of the curve, fell by 5.9 per cent. Every borough in [...]
Rosneft in deal to drill in the Arctic despite sanctions

August 18, 2014

Rosneft, Russia's largest oil company, is about to drill for oil in the Arctic in tandem with a Norwegian company, despite the sanctions reaching for the Russian oil industry. Statoil is the firm in question: a state-run Norwegian company that will help Rosneft to drill in the Bering Sea. The site is inside the Artic [...]
Taxpayer to cough up £224m after e-borders contract termination ruled unlawful

August 18, 2014

The UK taxpayer is facing a £224m bill after a tribunal in Massachusetts ruled that the government had unlawfully terminated a contract with a US defence firm. Raytheon, the US company is question, is to receive hefty payouts regarding a contract to provide the much-maligned e-borders programme, which was commissioned by the Labour government and cancelled by [...]

Fifa’s credibility is shot because it can’t decide what it wants to be

Fifa’s credibility is shot because it can’t decide what it wants to be

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