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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The energy helping Big Oil lead the international charge

January 10, 2014

With independent oil companies dominating in the US, Big Oil (the biggest five or six global oil companies) is now "leading the international charge", becoming "more and more relevant to mainstream investors", says investment bank JP Morgan. And it's unconventional energy that's helping Big Oil lock down the most material opportunities, set to take up [...]
Serco shares fall on bungled accommodation for asylum seekers

January 10, 2014

Scandal-enveloped Serco and G4S – the security companies that over-charged the government for the electronic tagging of released, in jail or dead prisoners – have been criticised by the National Audit Office for failing to deliver on a £620m deal to provide accommodation for asylum seekers. Along with fellow contractor Clearel, G4S and Serco won [...]
Banks pay further £77m to small businesses for swaps mis-selling

January 10, 2014

According to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK's four largest banks have upped the pace of payouts to small businesses mis-sold interest rate hedging products. 1,040 firms had been paid a total of £158.6m in compensation from Lloyds, RBS, Barclays and HSBC by the end of December. In November a total of £81.2m was [...]
What you need to know before the open – 10/01

January 10, 2014

We've got the much-awaited US non-farm payroll report later today, and European markets are expected to open higher this morning. US markets saw no real change overnight. An earlier sell-off saw investors hedging their bets in anticipation of today's data. Morning all. #FTSE called 25 higher this morning. not a lot else hapening as [...]
China’s economic slowdown sees markets cautious

January 10, 2014

Some disappointing numbers for China overnight, as it missed its official target on foreign trade for the second year in the row, confirming a loss of momentum at the end of 2013. But despite its export growth slowing by more than expected in December, the country has now overtaken the US as the world's largest [...]
Is the equity market really overvalued? This one bank isn’t convinced

January 9, 2014

A lot of people are worried that equities are overvalued. But Saxo Bank thinks equity valuations have finally reached normality, and rising stock prices are now "solely dependent" on revenue and earnings growth. Head of equity strategy Peter Garnry explains why: Equity valuations have normalised Global equities, says Garnry, are still a bit below the [...]
4G is coming to the Channel Tunnel

January 9, 2014

Some exciting news for London to Paris commuters: the Channel Tunnel's going to get 4G. Eurotunnel announced this morning that it's teamed up with EE to bring UK 4G mobile coverage to the north tunnel by the summer. The south tunnel got 2G coverage in 2012. A new 10-year deal with EE and Vodafone [...]
Eurozone economic sentiment sees end-of-year pickup

January 9, 2014

The European Commission's monthly business and consumer surveys suggested that the Eurozone economy gained some strength at the end of 2013. Eurozone consumers were still lacking confidence in the economy in December, although not as much as in November. The consumer confidence index came in at -13.6 last month from -15.4 the month before. Meanwhile, [...]
This analyst says it’s a do nothing day. Here’s why

January 9, 2014

The majority of economists think it's pretty unlikely that the European Central Bank (ECB) will alter interest rates today. Today ECB can't do anything. MPC won't do anything. BOK have already done nothing. Soft China CPI today's excuse for A$ weakness — kit juckes (@kitjuckes) January 9, 2014 In a poll by Reuters, [...]
Food retailers are getting crushed this morning

January 9, 2014

It's not been a great morning for the supermarkets. Food retailers Ouch!!!! pic.twitter.com/OZwHAdNE1P — Alastair McCaig (@AMcCaig_IG) January 9, 2014 Morrisons, the third biggest grocer on the FTSE 100, is leading the index lower after an shock Christmas update – like-for-like sales were down 5.6 per cent. Shares have fallen over five per [...]

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