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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Algeria loses contact with Air Algerie flight AH 5017

July 24, 2014

Algeria has lost contact with Air Algerie aircraft according to reports from state APS news agency. Flight AH 5017 was en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers at the time, and contact was lost about 50 minutes into the flight. No passenger details were given by APS, but some news outlets are reporting that 116 [...]
Asian stocks rise as Chinese manufacturing shows strongest growth since January 2013

July 24, 2014

Manufacturing data for China is looking rosy as factory activity shot up at the fastest pace in 18 months. According to a preliminary report by HSBC and Markit, which provides a flash measure of manufacturing, the purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose to 52 in July from 50.7 in June, beating a Reuter's poll forecast of [...]
Update: Blackmailer hacks ECB website, steals email addresses and contact details

July 24, 2014

The European Central Bank (ECB) has had its website hacked, with sensitive personal information including email addresses and contact data stolen. The ECB received an anonymous call on Monday night requesting money in return for the stolen data. The bank didn't say how much the blackmailer asked for, but did say that it refused to [...]
EasyJet share price slides as profit projections fail to meet expectations

July 24, 2014

EasyJet's share price has dropped this morning after the budget airline forecast lower than expected pre-tax profits for its financial year. The airline, which carried 17.9m passengers in the three months to 30 June, said in an interim management statement that it expected pre-tax profits for the year to September to be £570m, lower than [...]
UK retail sales on the rise in July

July 23, 2014

Summer is smiling on the British high street as the good weather boosted retail sales beyond last months figure and above the expectations of a group of economists polled by Reuters. The Confederation of British Industry surveyed 133 different retailers and found that 46 per cent of retailers said sales volumes rose in the year to [...]
Apple denies iPhones have “backdoor” allowing governments to access private data

July 23, 2014

Apple has denied claims by a hacker that it built a backdoor into its iOS devices such as iPhones that lets the company or any interested government access information on devices. Jonathan Zdziarski, who also goes by the hacker alias NerveGas, said that the backdoor was not able to be deactivated and could be accessed without [...]
Pepsi second quarter results beat market expectations even as profits fall

July 23, 2014

PepsiCo released its second quarter results today, which, like Coca – Cola's before them, show that the soft-drinks market is losing its fizz. Luckily for Pepsi it also has a variety of snack food brands under its umbrella, including Quaker Oats and Doritos. The snack food division outperformed beverage operations and helped boost revenue growth [...]
In graphs: UK mortgage approvals on the increase

July 23, 2014

The number of mortgage approvals rose in June despite tighter lending restrictions and indications that the housing market might be cooling slightly. Analysts had expected a slight fall and a total number of 41,375. Instead, the seasonally-adjusted data from the British Banker's Association (BBA) shows that the number of approvals for house purchases was up [...]
Argentina faces default: Debt deadline set for 30 July

July 23, 2014

The deadline looms: 30 July is the day when Argentina either pays up or faces the furies of default, inflation and destitution. The New York court where Argentina has been fighting its battle to avoid paying a group of hedge fund creditors (known collectively as NML) has ruled that Argentina cannot have another stay of [...]
Coca-Cola share price slides as profits miss expectations

July 22, 2014

Coca-Cola saw its shares slide as much as 4.2 per cent in early trading this afternoon after its second quarter results showed profits were down on last year. Profits fell to 58 cents a share from 59 cents a year earlier, a drop from $2.67bn to $2.59bn. Revenue was also down, falling one per cent [...]

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