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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Arm Holdings announces new chairman

January 27, 2014

Chip designer Arm Holdings has announced that Stuart Chambers, current chairman of Rexam and a non-executive director of Tesco, will take over as chairman designate from 1 March. Chairman Sir John Buchanan is stepping down because of a medical condition. Buchanan’s exit marks more change for the Cambridge-based FTSE company. Last March it said goodbye [...]
Asian shares are nosediving. Here’s what you need to know

January 27, 2014

Asian shares plummeted in trading today. Fears of a credit crunch in China, the growing possibility of more tapering in the US and the continuation of a full-scale flight from emerging markets on the back of political problems in Argentina, Ukraine and Turkey. Japan's Nikkei share average abandoned the 15,000-level, tumbling 2.5 percent – a [...]
What you need to know before the open – 27/01

January 27, 2014

After Friday’s falls, European stocks are expected much lower this morning, bracing themselves for another day of volatility. US markets posted their worst daily declines since 2011, as emerging markets felt the full force of economic instability in Argentina, Ukraine and Turkey. Selloffs picked up apace, dragging down Europe and the US. Investors have been [...]
Any Other Business – 27/01

January 26, 2014

On Friday The Capitalist wrote about former Autonomy boss Mike Lynch’s hearing difficulties, which he had referenced in a speech. We would like to apologise for any offence caused to Mr Lynch by the manner in which his comments were reported.
Ignore the pessimists, equities are going up. Here’s why

January 24, 2014

Peter Garnry of Saxo Bank is very optimistic when it comes to the future. Innovation is making things better for humanity, and Garnry thinks it's also makes things better for investors, because it pushes up the equity-risk premium "significantly". The chart below shows the S&P 500 performance (excluding dividends) since 1927. Performance is on a [...]
Hornby loses steam as model train maker de-couples from main supplier

January 24, 2014

The model railway engine maker Hornby has reported another distinctly unimpressive set of results, warning that "supply chain issues" mean it expects sales for its financial year to be below current market expectations and down on last year’s total. Speaking at Davos this morning, Prime Minister David Cameron said that Hornby will be moving some of [...]
JP Morgan’s giving Jamie Dimon a pay rise

January 24, 2014

Something of a volte face for investment bank JP Morgan – its board has voted to raise chief executive Jamie Dimon’s annual compensation for 2013, according to reports from The New York Times. Last year his pay was halved following the so-called London Whale trading fiasco. The highly contentious decision to up it was met [...]
What you need to know before the open – 24/01

January 24, 2014

Yesterday, with disappointing economic data from China and a raft of lacklustre earnings reports over the week, markets finally made a marked move downwards. earnings concerns & Chinese data takes Street of Dreams lower – DOW -1%, S&p 500 -0.86%, NASDAQ -0.57% – DOW has lost 2% this month & S&P 1% — David [...]
Any Other Business – 24/01

January 23, 2014

MEMBERS of the royal family are not usually flag bearers for global equality, given their lofty birth rights and all that, but it didn’t stop Prince Andrew from getting into the spirit of things in Davos yesterday evening. He tweeted: “Growth and countering inequality important themes at Davos this year. Meeting tempo high with great [...]
US manufacturing falls to 3-month low after ‘big freeze’ disruptions

January 23, 2014

Factories in the US saw a slowdown in activity in January, reflecting slower output and growth in new orders, according to a flash PMI estimate from Markit. The extreme weather the US has seen meant suppliers’ delivery times lengthened their furthest since August 2008. The purchasing managers’ index came in at 53.7 for the first [...]

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