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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Putin: Armed troops in Ukraine are last resort

March 4, 2014

President Putin, who’s currently speaking at a news conference, has said there’s no need to send troops into Ukraine now, but that Russia still "has that option". Deploying armed forces is, he said, would only be done in an extreme case. "So the tense situation in Crimea related to the possibility of use of force [...]
Retail banks moving in right direction on bonus schemes says regulator

March 4, 2014

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said this morning that all major retail banks have replaced or made “substantial changes” to financial incentive schemes. “Significant improvements” in weak areas across the industry have been made, it added in its statement this morning, although it found that one in 10 firms with sales teams had "high-risk" [...]
UK’s wet weather slows house building but means more maintenance work

March 4, 2014

The pace of activity in the UK construction sector eased back a touch in February but output still increased for the tenth month in a row, with the purchasing managers’ index for the month at 62.6. Analysts had been expected a fall to 63.0 from 64.6 – January’s very strong reading, which was a 77-month [...]
European markets are rising after reports of Russian pullback

March 4, 2014

The FTSE 100 is up 1.3 per cent this morning, the Dax over one per cent and the CAC 40 1.5 per cent. Spain’s Ibex 35 and Italy’s FTSE MIB are both up over one per cent. The rebound follows the sharp knocks bourses took yesterday on growing tensions in Ukraine. Russian stocks are rallying [...]
Glencore Xstrata upbeat about 2014 after 2013’s weaker prices

March 4, 2014

Glencore Xstrata has confirmed that it saw broad production growth over 2013. Copper increased 26 per cent, despite a reasonably challenging year for the metal, and reported revenue rose nine per cent to an astonishing $233bn last year. On a pro forma basis, revenue crept up just one per cent to £239bn, showing that, like others, the [...]
What you need to know before the open

March 4, 2014

Russia’s stock market has jumped five per cent this morning, a rebound from yesterday’s catastrophic fall of over 10 per cent. The rebound could be a response to reports that Russian troops have been ordered back to their bases, which also mean European markets should open higher this morning. The US has suspended military relations [...]
Why Ukraine’s unrest may benefit UK utilities

March 3, 2014

The ongoing tensions in Ukraine have had a knock-on effect on European gas prices today, with speculation that this could lead to an increase in UK energy prices. Analysts at Liberum say that if the rise in European gas prices persists, this would be positive for the UK generators, especially those exposed to renewables [...]
The 5 crucial mistakes pension funds make with valuations

March 3, 2014

It’s rare to find a company which publishes its audited results more than a few months after its financial year ends. It seems odd, then, that company pension schemes – which often pose a drag on corporate balance sheets – should take so long to publish their accounts. Pension schemes have a statutory timeframe of [...]
What you need to know before the US open

March 3, 2014

As things escalate in Ukraine and Russia, US equities look set for a weaker start in March. European markets have suffered some sharp losses this morning, and it’s likely the S&P 500 will follow suit. Stock futures have tumbled, along with other risk assets – the mobilisation of Ukrainian troops has seen investors rush to [...]
Tesco slashed the price of milk. Here’s how dairy farmers have responded

March 3, 2014

Dairy farmers have accused Tesco of sparking a price war with its supermarket rivals that will cause further damage to an already fragile dairy industry, after the retail giant slashed the price of milk. Britain’s biggest food retailer delivered a fresh broadside in the battle for customers’ loyalty after cutting the price of a four [...]

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