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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No housing bubble says Bank of England

October 1, 2013

The Bank of England does not think that there is a housing bubble. (Release) Despite differing opinions, the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee (FPC) has said that there were "few signs of house prices rising solely in anticipation of future price increases." The minutes of the 18 September meeting show that the question of [...]
Higher capital demands for banks under new stress test says BoE

October 1, 2013

The Bank of England has released the record of a Financial Policy Committee Meeting which discloses plans for British banks to hold more capital than foreign competitors. Annual stress tests are set to start next year, with Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Co-op, Standard Chartered and RBS all being tested. The Bank stresses its "key overarching priority would [...]
Loss for ECB’s Draghi as chief adviser moves to insurer AXA

October 1, 2013

European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi is losing his chief adviser to insurer AXA. German Christian Thimann, who has worked at the bank since its inception in 1998, has been on-hand to help tweak an hone Draghi's ideas and policies, and at his side through Eurozone crisis battles. He will be moving to the French [...]
New sunny heart logo for Thomas Cook

October 1, 2013

Travel agents Thomas Cook have announced the unification of its activity under one common brand logo, the "Sunny Heart". (Release) The sunny heart will replace the current globe symbol, changing on Thomas Cook's airline fleet, stores and website. For the first time in the company's 172 year history, just the one logo will be used [...]
Wolseley profit rockets on US growth

October 1, 2013

Building and heating supplies group Wolseley announced £473m pretax profit for the year ending 31 July, leaping from £198m the year before. (Release) The company's success has been, it said, driven by its US division, but weakness continues in Europe with the UK only showing the first signs of recovery. Revenue of ongoing business activity [...]
Experian acquires fraud detection service 41st Parameter for £199.5m

October 1, 2013

Global information services company Experian had acquired 41st Parameter – a US-based leading fraud detection services – for $324m (£199.5m). (Release) 41st Parameter makes security products for online transactions, focusing on combating fraud around the opening of new bank accounts. Of the deal, $14m (£8.6m)is subject to limited, to year earn-out provisions, which Experian will [...]
US government shutdown begins

October 1, 2013

The US government has begun its first partial shutdown in 17 years after Congress failed to come to agreement on a compromise bill to fund government operations. Ongoing wrangling between the Republican-led House and Democratic-led Senate has pushed approval ratings for congress and Obama to new lows.
Memo ordering US government shutdown

October 1, 2013

The US government has begun its first partial shutdown in 17 years. The Federal government failed to pass any federal spending bills for this fiscal year, which begins today. Ongoing wrangling between the Republican-led House and Democratic-led Senate has pushed approval ratings for Obama and Congress to new lows – 44 per cent and 10 [...]
What you need to know before the open – 01/10

October 1, 2013

Today marks the start of the final quarter of 2013 and, whilst traders are set to deal with an onslaught of data over the next few days as political events unfold, there is a mixed bag of view when it comes to market impact: European markets may seem strangely resilient at this morning's opening-It may [...]
Any other business – 01/10

September 30, 2013

London is officially the world’s best city, according to an influential poll published yesterday. The Capitalist was not surprised to hear our cosmopolitan capital’s famed welcome to visitors from all over the world is responsible – tens of thousands of people globally were surveyed, and cited London the best place to “fit in with culture.” The [...]

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