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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Goldman Sachs just a posted stellar set of first quarter results

April 16, 2015

Investment bank Goldman Sachs kicked off earnings season Stateside with a strong set of first quarter results, thanks to a flurry of trading by its fixed-income and currencies desks. The bank beat expectations with earnings of $2.75bn (£1.84bn), or $5.94 per share, in the three months to March. Analysts polled by Reuters had been expecting $4.26 [...]
Oil soars as OPEC strategy undercuts US suppliers

April 16, 2015

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Ex-Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke is joining hedge fund Citadel

April 16, 2015

During his time as chief of the world's most powerful central bank, Ben Bernanke helped steer the United States economy away from financial Armageddon. He threw the country's investment banks a much needed life-line, enacted an enormous direct stimulus package and large-scale monetary stimulus. Fast forward to today and Bernanke has been taking it a little easier [...]
Which are the world’s most powerful passports? Britain and the United States

April 16, 2015

With the ability to cross 147 borders without the need for a visa, US citizens have the most powerful passports in the world, new research has found – although that's shared with the UK. Financial advisory firm Arton has put together a passport index which ranks the world's most "powerful" passports, crunching data from the International Air Transportation [...]
Virgin Active sells off 80 per cent to South African hedge fund Brait SE

April 16, 2015

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Here’s everything we learned about the oil market today

April 15, 2015

Oil prices rose to a three-month high today after data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) showed a lower than expected build of crude oil stocks in the United States. It said crude stocks had risen by 1.29m barrels to 483.69m barrels in the week to April 10, coming in below a forecast for a 4.1m barrel [...]
Five takeaways from the European Central Bank’s April press conference

April 15, 2015

You may have been slightly distracted when a glitter-wielding protester leapt onto the table infront of European Central Bank governor Mario Draghi today. If so, here's a quick re-cap of one of the more memorable pressers: Greek debt negotiations: Draghi emphasised that the ball remains in Greece's court. The further provision of Emergency Liquidiy Assistance (ELA) [...]
Meg Whitman, Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer: These are the richest women in tech

April 15, 2015

Women at the top of tech industry are raking in billions. Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman is the top earner with an estimated net worth of $1.3bn (£800m). The bulk of her handsome remuneration package comes from profits from the sales of her shares in eBay, which she led between 1998 and 2008 during a period of [...]
Dixons Carphone share price rises as it announces disposal of German business

April 15, 2015

High street giant Dixons Carphone today announced plans to sell its German phone retail business to telecoms firm Drillisch. The FTSE 100 retailer said it will dispose of The Phone House Deutschland before the end of May, in a deal under which Dixons Carphone will receive a three per cent stake in Drillisch, with potential further deferred [...]
Norway’s oil fund starts showing how it votes at shareholder meetings

April 15, 2015

The Government Pension Fund of Norway, Norway's giant $880bn (£597bn) state-owned oil fund, will today start revealing how it plans to vote at companies' shareholder meetings as part of its drive to increase transparency. The move marks the first time the sovereign wealth fund will publish voting intentions before the shareholder meetings of a select number of [...]

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