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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What you need to know before the open

February 25, 2014

European markets are set for a subdued start today, taking a breather after the rally seen over the past three weeks. Sentiment remains bullish, though, with several key indices hitting key levels. The FTSE 100, DAX and CAC are all expected lower at the open. A positive day on Wall Street yesterday, along with better-than-expected [...]
Persimmon profits more than double on booming demand

February 25, 2014

Another house builder riding the wave of surging demand. Following bumper results from Bovis yesterday, Persimmon has said this morning that its profit before tax more than doubled in 2013. The 54.5 per cent increase to £337.1m came about as the group “responded quickly” to growing customer demand, outperforming its original long term plan. Chairman Nicolas [...]
Any Other Business – 25/02

February 25, 2014

HSBC lifted the gates yesterday and let its wave of financial reportage wash over analysts, investors, journos and anyone else interested enough to wade through 31 separate releases. Part of the flotsam and jetsam that washed up on the shore was the 598-page annual report – bigger and beefier than last year (2012’s report was [...]
Rangers puts its iconic Edmiston House on the line

February 24, 2014

Car parks and derelict buildings in Glasgow are not the obvious things that spring to mind when considering potential investment opportunities for Isle of Man-registered hedge funds. Yet Laxey Partners, the $2bn activist investor, this morning announced that it has insured a £1m loan to Scottish football giant Glasgow Rangers against land and buildings around [...]
7 UK retail bosses that have quit unexpectedly

February 24, 2014

Mothercare’s future on the UK high street looked promising when Simon Calver, the former head of online movie rental service Lovefilm, was appointed by chairman Alan Parker two years ago to lead its turnaround efforts. The board banked on his online experience to overhaul its estate and turn the chain into a multi-channel retailer. But [...]
What you need to know before the US open

February 24, 2014

With the week set to get progressively busier, a quieter monday will no doubt see investors look towards the ongoing turmoil in Ukraine. Ousted President Viktor Yanukovich is now wanted for the mass murder of protestors. And Ukraine has said it needs $35bn in foreign aid over the next two years in order to keep [...]
The technology that’ll rival solar-powered electricity

February 24, 2014

Competition could be coming to solar-powered fuel, with new and inexpensive materials nearing the market. Research published last week in the journal Science has provided the latest boost to the promise of solar-power hydrogen fuel, which could offer power vehicles at a fraction of the cost currently needed. Kyoung-Shin Choi, the chemistry professor who led [...]
Game’s court case sees “pay as you stay” introduced

February 24, 2014

The Court of Appeal has made a big change to the way retail administrations are handled, deciding that landlords should be paid even when the company has collapsed just after receiving a rent bill. The test case involved Game Group, which filed for administration the day after its quarterly rent was due in March 2012, [...]
4 reasons why the Bank’s growth forecasts are far too optimistic

February 24, 2014

While the Bank of England spent most of 2013 issuing forecasts for the British economy which seemed far too conservative almost straight afterward, analysts at Deutsche Bank think they’ve just done the opposite. According to chief UK economist George Buckley, the Bank’s projection of 3.4 per cent growth in 2014 is 0.2 percentage points higher [...]
Nigeria’s naira touches record low on devaluation fears

February 24, 2014

Devaluation speculations have sent Nigeria’s currency plummeting. Despite government efforts to soothe concerns over a possible devaluation of the naira, it’s hit a new record low, with bond yields climbing sharply, after the suspension of the central bank governor last week. The naira fell 0.3 per cent against the dollar on Monday, marking its sixth [...]

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