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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888 profits dip as competition with GVC heats up for Bwin.party

August 28, 2015

Online gambling giant 888 Holdings, which is currently in hot pursuit of Bwin.party, has promised to put all its cards on the table, as it unveiled a dip in revenues for the first half of 2015. The company said it will publish its prospectus for its recommended offer for Aim-listed Bwin as it attempted to [...]
Labour leadership race: Jeremy Corbyn’s tweets ahead in the social media stakes – but not enough to win outright

August 28, 2015

Surprise Labour leadership frontrunner, Jeremy Corbyn has taken Twitter by storm. Of all four candidates, he dominates: As a ratio, he has 38 per cent of candidates' Twitter following, up 18 per cent in the last two weeks alone and leading his closest competitor, Andy Burnham, who takes 27 per cent. Read more: Can geography help [...]
Labour leadership race: Acting leader Harriet Harman admits up to 100,000 members could be purged from vote

August 28, 2015

The Labour purge is expected to reach a six-figure total, the party admitted today. Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman said as many as 100,000 people could be blocked from the party's leadership vote. So far the party has removed around 3,000 infiltrators, but the former home secretary said Labour believed that one in five registered [...]
Jeremy Corbyn to consider women-only train carriages: Here’s how Twitter reacted…

August 28, 2015

Labour leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn has said he would consider women-only carriages on trains in order to counter a rise in assaults on public transport. Yvette Cooper, his rival, hit back that the idea would be "turning the clock back, not tackling the problem". Meanwhile, Conservative women's minister Nicky Morgan said she was "uncomfortable" with [...]
Labour leadership race: 18 per cent of Corbyn supporters voted for the Liberal Democrats in 2010

August 28, 2015

Almost one in five supporters of Jeremy Corbyn voted Liberal Democrat in the 2010 elections, new research from YouGov suggests. A survey of 3,777 eligible voters in the Labour leadership election, undertaken in the first week of August, shows 18 per cent of Corbyn supporters voted for the Lib Dems under Nick Clegg. Read more: Is [...]
Syriza’s poll lead narrows ahead of Greek election on 20 September

August 28, 2015

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ Syriza party is likely to be the biggest party after the county's election on 20 September, but with less support than in early July, according to a poll by ProRata. Syriza was supported by 23 per cent, with the conservative New Democracy party hot on its heels with 19.5 per [...]
Swiss economy grows at 0.2 per cent in second quarter of 2015 as private spending offsets a strong Swiss franc

August 28, 2015

The Swiss economy grew 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of 2015 – meaning the country has narrowly missed sliding into recession. Economists had expected a contraction of 0.1 per cent, which would have caused the country to slide into recession. In the first quarter of 2015 the economy shrank 0.2 per cent. But [...]
TfL: Bank station reopens fire alert and reported flooding as Waterloo and City, Circle, Hammersmith and City lines disrupted

August 28, 2015

Commuters faced travel chaos in the run-up to the bank holiday, after Bank and Monument stations were closed and several lines were disrupted after a fire alert. Although the stations have now reopened, several lines, including the Waterloo and City line, were still disrupted. Transport for London cannot give an estimate of when normal service [...]
Asian markets continue to rebound, with Shanghai Composite, Nikkei, Hang Seng, ASX 200 up

August 28, 2015

A sea of red screens can be seen around Asia as markets continue to rise, including in China, building on positive performance yesterday and a strong finish by markets in the US. The Shanghai Composite rose as much as two per cent in mid-morning trading, gaining on the 5.4 per cent it rose yesterday. Japan's [...]
Ukrainian central bank cuts interest rate to 27 per cent as it secures debt relief from creditors

August 27, 2015

Ukraine has cut its interest rate to 27 per cent, a reduction of three percentage points – despite having inflation of 55.3 per cent in July. The Ukrainian central bank said in a statement: "Tight monetary policy pursued by the National Bank of Ukraine for the past six months has significantly contributed to reducing inflation [...]

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