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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Who’s really paying the 40p tax rate?

March 17, 2014

The 40p rate of tax (the higher rate) has been in the news a lot ahead of the budget – some business groups are calling either for a cut in the rate or an increase in the threshold for paying it. George Osborne was also criticised yesterday for reports that he said that a positive [...]
Why Yahoo shares are jumping on Alibaba market debut

March 17, 2014

Investors are proving just how excited they are about the news that Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, is heading for a market debut. Yahoo shares rose over four per cent at the opening bell, and leapt almost six per cent in pre-market trading today. That’s no surprise: Yahoo owns a 24 per cent stake in [...]
The obvious questions HS2 planners still have to answer

March 17, 2014

Business groups have been broadly supportive of the changes to High Speed 2, set out this morning by new chairman Sir David Higgins, though concerns remain about the benefits of the project. Following Sir David’s review, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has this morning confirmed that the £700m link between HS1 (The Channel Tunnel) and HS2 [...]
What you need to know before the US open

March 17, 2014

As investors wait to see how US and EU powers continue to respond to the referendum in Crimea yesterday, S&P 500 stocks futures suggest US markets will open slightly higher today. European markets have extended the early gains they made today, keeping their nerve, despite rising tensions over the Ukrainian crisis and weak EU inflation [...]
Morrison employee arrested over staff data theft

March 17, 2014

After confirming on Friday that personal data of a large number of its staff had been stolen – a day after announcing a dire profit warning – supermarket Morrison today said that an employee has now been arrested in connection with the theft. Names, addresses and bank details from its staff payroll system were published [...]
Eurozone annual inflation falls to 0.7pc in February

March 17, 2014

Latest Eurozone inflation figures show a fall in the annual rate to 0.7 per cent in February – hitting its lowest ever level again. More than a quarter of the euro area's in deflation, with half the bloc's economies with rates of 0.5 per cent or less. Howard Archer has described the numbers as "uncomfortable and [...]
Rogue Libyan oil tanker seized by US Seals

March 17, 2014

Before dawn this morning, US Navy commandos boarded and took control of a North Korean-flagged tanker loaded with crude oil smuggled out of Libya, the Pentagon has confirmed. The move foils attempts by a breakaway Libyan militia to sell the cargo, which is owned by the Libyan government’s National Oil Company, on the black market. [...]
Markets unfazed as Hague confirms sanctions to come

March 17, 2014

Markets have shrugged off the news this morning that 96.7 per cent of Crimean voters voted for joining Russia, according to the official results of yesterday's referendum, with the FTSE 100 up almost 0.3 per cent, and the DAX and CAC 40 up almost 0.2 per cent. Turnout yesterday has been reported at 83.1 [...]
Boohoo finance chief bags 20pc of share options

March 17, 2014

Boohoo.com went to market last week and, on the first day of trading, saw shares rise as much as 70 per cent above their 50p listing price, to 85p. Today, it’s announced that its chief financial officer has been awarded with over 20 per cent of its initial share options. The Manchester-based firm’s said that [...]
What you need to know before the open

March 17, 2014

Yesterday’s vote in Crimea – where the overwhelming majority of the population voted in favour of joining Russia – could see European markets open lower this morning. Asian markets were nervous during Monday trading too, with key indices closing lower. And, no doubt, the global focus will remain on the region throughout the week, as [...]

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