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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India talks to JP Morgan to gain entry into bond indexes

October 10, 2013

India is in talks with JP Morgan and others in a bid to gain entry to benchmark indexes for emerging market debt, say Reuters sources. The country aims to attract billions of dollars in investment, with the possibility of easing some restrictions on foreign inflows to do so. Reuters reports that Indian finance minister P. [...]
Payouts for whistleblowers possible says Home Office

October 10, 2013

People who are witnesses for the state in cases of corporate crime could be in line for payouts, under a new government strategy to target serious crime. (Release) The Home Office's cross-government proposal, the 'Serious and Organised Crime Strategy' states: The Ministry of Justice and the Home Office will consider the case for incentivising whistle [...]
Figures suggest Olympics scared away tourists in August 2012

October 10, 2013

Travel and tourism data has shown that this August, overseas visits to the UK were up 16 per cent year-on-year at 3.49m in August. (Release) This was much higher than the year-to-date rise of six per cent, says the Office for National Statistics' report, 'Overseas Travel and Tourism'. Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist [...]
Positive outlook consensus for Hays following share rise

October 10, 2013

Following recruitment company Hays' encouraging results this morning of two per cent like-for-like net fee growth, shares are up three per cent. UK growth was up eight per cent, making it the strongest region for the company as growth remains broad-based and public sector strength (+21 per cent) continues longer than expected, held up by [...]
BAE trading consistent but delay on Salam jet deal could lower share earnings

October 10, 2013

BAE Systems has announced trading consistent with expectations with outlook remaining unchanged, in the period from 1 July to 9 October. (Release) Double-digit growth in underlying earnings per share is expected for 2013. The group anticipates a satisfactory completion to its Salam pricing negotiations this year but says that, should negotiations be extended beyond 2013, [...]
What you need to know before the open – 10/10

October 10, 2013

US markets closed slightly higher yesterday, following Janet Yellen's nomination as Fed chairman and acceptance speech in which she pointed to a more relaxed monetary policy – diminishing the chance of a taper being imminent. In addition, the minutes from last month's FOMC showed that opinions were divided on a taper, and there was plenty [...]
SSE to raise energy prices by 8.2 per cent

October 10, 2013

Energy company SSE has announced an 8.2 per cent increase in electricity and gas prices from 15 November. (Release) It's the first provider to up its tariff for winter. Will Morris, managing director for retail said, "we don't take these decisions lightly", adding that the company has done what it can to keep prices down. [...]
Niesr estimates growth down slightly at 0.8 per cent

October 9, 2013

(NIESR) Think tank Niesr has released its growth estimate for the three months to September, with a slight drop to 0.8 per cent, after the 0.9 per cent growth seen in the three months to August. The research centre predicts that the production sector, despite the drop in output between August and July, has made [...]
M&S shares remain down with warm weather affecting general merchandise

October 9, 2013

M&S shares continued to fall today as the retailer forecasts "a long journey ahead" and one analyst reduces its pre-tax profit forecasts for 2013 from £700m to £665m. The company note from Cantor Fitzgerald reported that a decline in gross margins is anticipated to impact on interim results, with pretax profits, due out in [...]
US mortgage applications go up in latest weekly survey

October 9, 2013

Good news for the US housing market as mortgage applications grow 1.3 per cent from last week's 0.4 per cent decrease.

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