By: James Nickerson

I am a reporter at City A.M. looking at the stories, people and data behind political events from the UK, Europe and further afield. I also write about infrastructure and transport, as well as broader issues around global business.

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Stressful job? Don’t fret, stress and unhappiness have no direct link to mortality

December 10, 2015

You may have the most stressful job on earth, but here's something that may help you relax: getting worked up has no direct impact on your life span. A decade long new study, published in the Lancet, has found that unhappiness and stress, often thought to be detrimental to health, will not prematurely kill you. Professor Sir [...]
Jeremy Corbyn support group Momentum facing prospect of investigation from Information Commissioner’s Office

December 10, 2015

Momentum, the group set up by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's supporters in the wake of his electoral victory, could be investigated by the information commissioner. The data protection regulator has said it has received a complaint about the group and was making enquiries into the matter. Momentum, described as "militant" by former Labour cabinet minister Caroline Flint, [...]
FTSE 100 index opens flat weighing Glencore gains against Sports Direct losses

December 10, 2015

The FTSE 100 index opened flat this morning, weighing gains made by Glencore and losses in Sports Direct and Old Mutual The UK's top blue-chip index opened 0.44 per cent down at 6,099 points. Old Mutual dropped 4.61 as the market opened, to 186.2p per share, while Sports Direct's share price fell 6.69 per cent to 621p [...]
At the close: FTSE 100 index closes down despite miners making gains

December 9, 2015

The FTSE 100 index closed down today despite a number of miners shaking off a volatile start to the day to close higher. The index closed 0.14 per cent down at 6,126 points, even though gains were seen at companies including Glencore, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, as well as Ashtead Group. "It would appear that a weaker US [...]
Time Magazine names German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its Person of the Year 2015

December 9, 2015

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named Person of the Year for 2015 by Time Magazine. Time said there had been four points during the year in which questionmarks were raised over the future of Europe: the Greek debt crisis; Russian President Vladimir Putin's "creeping theft of Ukrain"; the migrant and refugee crisis that challenged the principle of open borders [...]
Stagecoach’s share price plummets after company downgrades profit expectations in the wake of the Paris attacks

December 9, 2015

Stagecoach's share price is tumbling after it cut its profit expectations in the aftermath of the Paris attacks. The bus and train operators share price closed down 14.43 per cent to 307.40p after the announcement, making it the biggest loser on the FTSE 250. The company warned that its outlook was "cautious", explaining: "Since mid-November, we have seen [...]
Anglo American’s share price drags down the FTSE 100 again

December 9, 2015

Miners opened higher this morning, but the rally was short-lived, with some of the UK's commodity giants dragging the FTSE 100 into the red by mid-morning. The UK's top blue-chip index was 0.34 per cent down at 6,114 points in mid-morning trade. Anglo American dropped for the second day in a row, plunging 11 per [...]
The world asks, what was Donald Trump thinking when he said there should be a ban on Muslims entering the US and that parts of London and Paris are no go areas?

December 9, 2015

A petition calling for Donald Trump to be banned from the UK has surpassed the amount of signatures it needs to be considered for debate in parliament, after remarks he made this week. Trump's claim from the Republican Presidential hopeful that police do not go into certain areas of Paris and London because of "radicalisation", as well as his suggestion [...]
From the Paris attacks and Jeremy Corbyn’s rise to power to the Syria conflict, migrant crisis and Greece’s economic woes, these are the biggest political events of 2015

December 9, 2015

The last year has been one of frantic political events, across the UK, Europe and indeed the world. While there is still a few weeks to go until the end of 2015, with the political calendar winding down we’ve taken a look back over the key events that shaped the political agenda over the last [...]
At the close: FTSE 100 index closes down on miners

December 8, 2015

The FTSE 100 index closed down today, led lower by miners who followed Anglo American. The index shut 1.42 per cent down at 6,135 points. "Once the world knew that Anglo-American was unlikely to pay any dividend for 2015-2016, the mining sector was put to the sword for the day. Anglo American at one point saw [...]

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