By: Clara Guibourg

Clara Guibourg is an Online Writer at City A.M. She can be contacted at clara.guibourg@cityam.com. She is particularly passionate about women in business, technology and telecoms.

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UK researchers have developed Moo-Q, an app that knows when you’re most productive

August 24, 2015

When are you at your most productive? Is it just after a good night’s sleep, or after that third cup of coffee kicks in mid-morning? Perhaps you’re not really sure: In that case, there is now an app for that (of course there is). UK psychologists have developed an app to help us figure out [...]
Russia has banned Wikipedia today in what activists are calling an attack on open internet

August 24, 2015

In yet another blow against open internet in Russia, authorities banned Wikipedia today, ostensibly over drug-related content. Officially, this is about a Wikipedia page essentially explaining how to make charas, a kind of cannabis. Kremlin’s surveillance authority Roskomnadzor has been trying to get the page removed, threatening to ban the whole website unless it complied. [...]
Taxi drivers launch legal challenge against Embankment cycle superhighway

August 24, 2015

London’s taxi drivers have launched a legal challenge against the Embankment cycling superhighway, protesting the traffic congestion caused by its construction. The Licensed Taxi Drivers Association (LTDA) lodged an application for judicial review today, arguing that Transport for London should have sought planning permission before construction of the new cycle road through central London began. [...]
China’s economic slowdown: Commodities plunge to 16 year low as China fears push oil prices down further

August 24, 2015

Commodity companies’ shares have been hit hard by crashing oil prices and “Black Monday” market fears that China’s slowdown will worsen a global oversupply of raw materials. Bloomberg’s commodity index, a basket tracking 22 different raw materials, tumbled to 86.3542 today, its lowest level since 1999, as commodity prices continue to slump amid a global [...]
Fewer than one in five Silicon Roundabout tech companies are led by women

August 24, 2015

Fewer than one in five Silicon Roundabout bosses are women, putting London’s booming tech hub far behind FTSE 100 boards for female representation. Some 18 per cent of directors of Silicon Roundabout firms are women, according to a study by consultancy firm Procorre, which found women are better represented at FTSE 100 companies than in [...]
Santa Claus is facing bankruptcy as back taxes pile up for Dianordia in Finnish Rovaniemi

August 24, 2015

Father Christmas has just seven days to pay his back taxes – or he’ll be declared bankrupt. Finnish tax authorities are locking horns with Dianordia, the company that offers children and other starry-eyed Christmas lovers from across the world a chance to meet the real Santa in his workshop. The company owes €200,000 to the [...]
Shoreham Airshow crash: Death toll could reach 20 after the Hawker Hunter airplane crash on A27, say police

August 24, 2015

Police have warned that as many as 20 people could have been killed when a Hawker Hunter plane crashed into the A27 on Saturday. The 1950s plane crashed into several cars and motorbikes as the pilot attempted a loop-the-loop during the Shoreham Airshow on Saturday afternoon. Initially it was feared that seven people had died, but [...]
Everyone panic: Paris is running out of baguettes as French bakers go on mass holiday

August 24, 2015

If you’re planning a jaunt across the Channel to Paris, be warned: French bakers have gone on mass holiday, making it difficult to get hold of a decent baguette in the French capital. Usually, bakers have their summer holidays strictly regulated, to ensure that Parisians are kept in baguettes throughout the summer months. This summer, [...]
Shoreham plane crash: Seven dead after Hawker Hunter hits cars on A27

August 22, 2015

Seven people have died after a Hawker Hunter jet crashed into several vehicles on the A27 during the Shoreham Airshow. The historic fighter jet, part of the Shoreham Airshow, crashed just north of Brighton City Airport, where the airshow was taking place. Eyewitness reports said the plane crashed directly onto several cars while the pilot [...]
US presidential election: More people are searching for Deez Nuts than for Hillary Clinton – or even Donald Trump

August 22, 2015

More people are interested in Deez Nuts than Hillary Clinton, according to Google. Not only is the high school student trolling the entire American presidential election under the pseudonym “Deez Nuts” unexpectedly surging in the polls – search interest in him has also become higher than in Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. Deez Nuts has [...]

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