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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Herbalife shares jump on Icahn’s 3 new board seats

March 24, 2014

Markets have cheered Herbalife's, the nutrition and weight loss company, decision to allow three more representatives of billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn to join its board. Shares gained as much as nine per cent in premarket trading, after the firm said it would nominate and back the individuals. The decision takes Icahn’s representation on the [...]
529 Morsi supporters sentenced to death by Egyptian court

March 24, 2014

A court in Egypt has sentenced 529 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death, on charges including the murder of the deputy commander of the Matay district police station in Minya. The individuals are part of a larger trial which involved more than 1,200 Mohamed Morsi supporters. The ruling's the largest mass death sentence handed [...]
Rexam sheds rest of healthcare business

March 24, 2014

The world’s largest drinks can maker, Rexam, said it’s received a binding offer from Berry Plastics of $135m in cash for its remaining containers and closures division. Last month, Rexam announced the other two divisions of its healthcare business were set to be sold. Montagu Private Equity bought them for $805m in cash. The firm [...]
What you need to know before the open

March 24, 2014

Fears over what’ll be Russia’s next move in Crimea are expected to prompt markets to open lower in Europe. Moreover, weaker Chinese data – the HSBC purchasing managers’ index has fallen to an unexpected eight-month low – is anticipated to affect sentiment. Russian troops have taken control of a Crimean naval base at Feodosia, Ukrainian [...]
Co-op Bank says it needs a further £400m

March 24, 2014

The beleagured Co-op Bank has announced something of a combshell this morning: it needs to find another £400m of capital to cover unexpected costs and charges relating to misconduct and poor documentation. The lender's management has uncovered the costs, which come predominantly from compensation for PPI misselling, poor customer treatment relating to mortgages and breaching [...]
Microsoft’s Nokia deal to close next month

March 24, 2014

Late last night Nokia said that the delayed €5.4bn (£4.5bn) deal to sell its phone business to Microsoft is expected to close next month. The acquisition, which was expected to close by the end of the first quarter, is subject to regulatory approval but both sides are “confident” it’ll close in April and remain “committed” [...]
4 reasons now is the right time to get excited about gold

March 21, 2014

With last year's 28 per cent price crash – suffering its sharpest fall in 30 years – it wasn’t just gold bugs and mining companies who have had to endure gold’s bumpy road, as its crashing popularity signalled a shift in economic confidence, upping the favour of paperless assets. This year, things have started to [...]
Prezzo, Wagamama and GBK bring mobile payments to the high street

March 21, 2014

RESTAURANT group Prezzo is introducing mobile payments to its 200 UK stores in a move that allows customers to pay directly from their smartphones without bringing a debit or credit card with them. The new payment technology, rolled out in partnership with PayPal, lets customer split a bill between friends and pay for their meal at [...]
What you need to know before the US open

March 21, 2014

US stock futures have climbed higher, putting Wall Street on track for a good week, despite ongoing geopolitical worries and an interest rate-related fright from the Fed. Things have been escalating between Russia and the West. Obama’s targeted some of Putin’s nearest political and business allies, and the EU’s imposed sanctions on more individuals, in [...]
Introducing Yummy: The rise of HSBC’s metrosexual shopper

March 21, 2014

It hasn’t been an easy ride recently for luxury brands operating in emerging markets. This week, Mulberry lost its chief executive, following a shock profit warning in January, and brands Hermes, Kering and LVMH have seen their stocks slide over ten per cent since the autumn. The continued worries about the slowdown in the Chinese [...]

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