By: Harriet Green

I am City A.M.'s deputy business features editor. I look after the Entrepreneurs page, Alternative Finance and our Office Politics section. I also help out with the Forum, running our daily debate. I have a special interest in distributed ledger technology. Prior to working at City A.M., I ran a social enterprise.

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Italian PM Letta tweets resignation

February 14, 2014

Italian prime minister Enrico Letta has just tweeted that he’s resigning. Letta says he's at the Quirinal Palace – the official residence of the Italian President – to tender his resignation. He thanked those who have helped him over his nine months in office, repeating his motto: “Every day as if it were your last”. [...]
Why rosier European growth doesn’t mean it’s plain sailing

February 14, 2014

Confidence that recovery in the Eurozone is taking a firmer hold is growing this morning, after a series of better-than-expected numbers from Europe, but today's results don't mean it's suddenly going to be a walk in the park. According to official statistics agency Eurostat, the Eurozone economy grew by 0.3 per cent in the fourth [...]
Booming housebuilding pushes surprise fourth quarter construction increase

February 14, 2014

In December of last year, output in the UK construction industry increased two per cent from November, and 6.3 per cent from a year earlier. The high-note end to the year was driven almost entirely by the surging housing market. When seasonally adjusted, the increase was 0.2 per cent over the quarter, flying in the face of [...]
Vodafone bags spectrum licences in India for £1.9bn

February 14, 2014

Vodafone India has announced this morning that it’s secured mobile spectrum licences for £1.9bn. The mobile giant said its Indian business was awarded the licenses in 11 telecom circles, in the Indian government’s 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrum auction. The deal will allow Vodafone India to roll out 4G services and boost 3G services in key [...]
Water companies say finances impervious to floods

February 14, 2014

One thing that hasn't been soaked in the ongoing deluge – Severn Trent's finances. FTSE 100 utilities company has said this morning that the floods currently besetting Britain won’t be financially damaging to it: "We currently anticipate no material financial impact from the present floods." In a separate statement, Pennon Group, which owns South West Water, said [...]
Anglo American makes progress but still sees 7pc loss

February 14, 2014

2013 was another year of loss for Anglo American as it saw underlying earnings fall seven per cent to $2.7bn (£1.6bn). Expectations had been for earnings to fall to $1.88bn. However, the earnings exclude $1.9bn of impairments from several of its platinum mines where South African workers are on strike. Cost-cutting and currency gains helped [...]
What you need to know before the open – 14/02

February 14, 2014

Europe’s focus is GDP numbers today, with numbers for France and Germany already in. Some better news for France this morning as the country saw growth of 0.3 per cent in the fourth quarter – better than the revised 0.0 per cent (from -0.1 per cent) and above expectations of 0.2 per cent. Investment was [...]
What you need to know before the US open – 13/02

February 13, 2014

Markets are in the red today, and US markets are expected to track counterparts lower, as the S&P 500 futures shed 0.7 per cent. The dollar’s hit a two-week low against the euro, adding to investor disappointment of its failure to take off this year. The weather is continuing to wreak havoc and the ground and [...]
EU politicians have just hacked down the invention that could beat hunger and poverty

February 13, 2014

A GM crop has been cut down by EU ministers. Earlier this week, news came that European ministers were about to decide on whether to sanction the cultivation of a new for of GM maize in the EU. At the meeting in Brussels, 19 of the EU’s 28 opposed approval of the insect-resistant Pioneer 1507. [...]
Tate and Lyle’s cut outlook sends shares crashing 17pc

February 13, 2014

Tate and Lyle has scaled back its financial outlook for 2014, sending shares tumbling almost 17 per cent. Like Rolls Royce, the sweetener and ingredients supplier has said that it expects no profit growth this financial year, as growth seen in emerging markets was offset by “softness in developed ones”. Last financial year, adjusted profit was [...]

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This Soho pub is putting on a ‘problematic’ show about a drunkard

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