By: Jessica Morris

I write about energy and industrials for City A.M. I'm particularly interested in geopolitics, energy policy and, of course, the ever lively oil markets.

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Insurer Prudential dusts off plans to leave the UK over EU regulations Solvency II

October 4, 2015

One of the UK's largest insurers is reportedly mulling upping sticks in favour of Hong Kong or Singapore ahead of European Union regulations which are set to be introduced next year. Prudential is dusting off plans drawn up over three years ago to move its corporate base out of Britain and into Asia, according to the [...]
Portugal’s pro-austerity coalition defeats socialists in election

October 4, 2015

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Prime minister David Cameron refuses to rule out Brexit ahead of referendum if renegotiation efforts fail

October 4, 2015

Prime Minister David Cameron has refused to rule out campaigning for a "Brexit" if he fails to renegotiate Britain's ties with the European Union (EU). "If I don't get what I want then I rule nothing out," he told the BBC when asked if he would be ready to lead UK out of the single [...]
German chancellor Angela Merkel defends Germany’s reputation as a good place for business after the VW scandal

October 4, 2015

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These are Britain’s 13 worst economic policy mistakes

October 4, 2015

1906: Trade Union immunities 1908-1911: Edwardian Liberal welfare reforms 1925: Mr Churchill and the return to gold 1932: Abandoning free trade 1945 – 1979: Post-world war II nationalisation 1945-2015: The Town and Country Planning Act 1945-1979: Britain’s experiments with economic planning 1960 – 2015: The development aid fallacy 1950-1960s: ‘Butskellism’ – Keynesian macro-economics 1945-1979: High [...]
The Competition and Markets Authority wants to review O2 merger with three

October 2, 2015

The UK's competition regulator has asked the European Commission for a review an upcoming deal to create one of the UK's biggest mobile operator to be referred to it. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that the proposed deal between Hutchinson's Three and Telefonica's O2 threatens to significantly affect competition in the UK mobile markets. This is because a successful [...]
Non-farm payroll: Weak US jobs growth pushes back rate hike expectations

October 2, 2015

Lacklustre US jobs growth has stoked concerns over the strength of the US economy and could push back expectations for a widely-anticipated rate hike. The Bureau of Labour Statistics said that the US economy added 142,000 jobs last month, below economists' estimates for 201,000. The August reading was also revised sharply downwards from 170,000 to 135,000. [...]
From the Chinese economy to a US rate rise: Why hot money is pouring out of emerging markets

October 2, 2015

China's slowing economy. alongside a looming US rate hike, is creating a headache for emerging markets. Investors feeling the heat are set to pull around $540bn (£355bn) of cash out of emerging markets economies this year, as net flows turn negative for the first time since 1988. Residents sending cash out of the emerging markets has [...]
Bailout country Portugal is about to vote for austerity

October 2, 2015

Portugal could make history this weekend by becoming the first bailout country to re-elect a government that imposed unpopular austerity measures in the wake of the Eurozone crisis. The centre-right ruling coalition, the Social Democrats and the Christian Democrats, is ahead of the main opposition Socialists in four opinion polls. They may not be on [...]
Loose-lipped Londoners are the most likely to spill a company’s secrets

October 2, 2015

Loose-lipped employees are spilling company secrets in coffee shops, restaurants, cafés, parks and libraries across Britain. But it's Londoners who are the worst offenders, with around half having overheard at least one private business conversation in a public place, and 47 per cent having had one. MeetingRooms.com, which conducted the survey, defined private as anything [...]

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