Bitcoin’s grip on $28,000 slips as crypto markets take a breather March 31, 2023 Bitcoin's current battle lines at $28,000 have been pushed back to a resistance line at $27,800 this morning.
British Gas, Scottish Power and E.On LOSE High Court row over handling of Bulb sale – but it might not be over yet March 31, 2023 Three major energy suppliers have lost their High Court challenge over the Government’s handling of the sale of collapsed energy firm Bulb.
How likely is a UK property market crash and what IS happening with house prices? March 31, 2023 This week prospective buyers were hit with another flurry of less-than optimistic reports about the outlook for the housing market; house prices continued to fall in value and mortgage approvals struggled to get above pre-pandemic levels. Nationwide’s report found that house prices fell 3.1 per cent in March, the largest annual decline since July 2009 [...]
Ex England cricket captain Michael Vaughan ‘cleared’ of using racist language in Azeem Rafiq row March 31, 2023 Michael Vaughan has said that an England and Wales Cricket Board charge of using racist and/or discriminatory language against him has been dismissed. The former England captain was alleged to have used the term “you lot” towards a group of four Yorkshire players of Asian ethnicity prior to a T20 match in June 2009, including Azeem Rafiq [...]
FTSE 100 live: Beazley and Ocado edge London higher on final day of first quarter March 31, 2023 The FTSE 100 nudged higher on the final morning of the first quarter on the back of an early rise for insurance giant Beazley and retail tech firm Ocado. London’s flagship index rose around 0.2 per cent in early trading before settling to be around up around 0.16 per cent at 9:43am. Lloyds of London [...]
EP: 192 Doncaster & Hong Kong March 31, 2023 The return of the turf flat racing season arrives on Saturday when Doncaster stages an eight race card featuring the exciting Lincoln Handicap run over their straight mile course. City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews the best of Doncaster’s action, with Wally Pyrah discussing Sunday’s Sha Tin meeting in Hong Kong. Hosted by Chris [...]
Musk verification, laughing gas, webcam gaffes, ChatGPT and cyber crime pay: Here’s your week in tweets! March 31, 2023 The markets quietened this week, with European banking stocks recovering the losses they had posted in the week after Credit Suisse’s shotgun marriage with UBS. But the internet never sleeps and the news rumbles on, so City A.M. have sorted through cyberspace to bring you the best of what you might have missed. 1. Elon [...]
BBC Earth Experience: Children and adults will love this 360 degree encounter with giant hairy bisons March 31, 2023 When the BBC decided to site their Earth Experience in Earl’s Court it must have been aware of the interesting juxtaposition of building a tribute to the natural world in the middle of what is largely a building site. But with London space at a premium, this is what it is, and finding a venue [...]
Succession – planning that is – and why you don’t need to be as rich as Logan Roy to secure your family’s financial future March 31, 2023 Rivalry and revenge are rife within the Roy family – the dysfunctional clan that returned to screens this week in the Sky series‘Succession’. Camilla Stowell, head of private and commercial clients at Coutts said: “The drama uncovers how emotional conversations about intergenerational wealth and succession planning can be. “However, in reality the process can be [...]
What is the CPTPP trade bloc, why has Britain joined it, and is it really about ‘post Brexit freedoms’? The jury’s out March 31, 2023 Britain has formally joined a major Indo-Pacific trade bloc as prime minister Rishi Sunak said it allowed the UK to take advantage of “post-Brexit freedoms”. But does it really allow the UK to become a global player once again? The jury is out. The PM hailed the UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement [...]
