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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DHL’s new helicopter service will fly deliveries to Canary Wharf

January 21, 2015

(Source: DHL Express UK) DHL Express has launched a helicopter service which will fly deliveries between London's Heathrow airport and Canary Wharf, whittling down delivery times by skipping traffic jams. The chopper will enable important documents to be transported between DHL's Heathrow base and the City in just 20 minutes, down from the two hours it [...]
ECB “mulling QE of €50bn a month”

January 21, 2015

The European Central Bank (ECB) is said to be planning a quantitative easing (QE) programme of at least €50bn until the end of 2016, according to the Wall Street Journal. This would put the total amount of bond purchases to around €600bn a year, surpassing the market's current expectation for a programme of around €500bn. However, ECB policymakers will discuss [...]
Here are 25 of the world’s worst passwords

January 20, 2015

Is your go-to password a mish-mash of "password" followed by a random sequence of numbers? If so then it could be time for a change. SplashData has released a list of the world's worst passwords that expose internet users to being hacked or having their identities stolen. Simple numerical passwords should be avoided, with nine [...]
SpaceX lands $1bn investment from Google and Fidelity

January 20, 2015

SpaceX, the California-based rocket company, said it received a $1bn investment from Google and Fidelity. Google and Fidelity will together own just under 10 per cent of the company, which gives SpaceX a total valuation of $10bn. SpaceX, which is based by Tesla founder Elon Musk, said it will use the funding for innovation in [...]
Britain’s great “wine recession” will come to an end this year

January 20, 2015

Drinkers rejoice! Britain's great "wine recession" will finally come to an end in 2015. Britons' wine guzzling habits will edge up 3.3 per cent in the four years to 2018, according to new research by Vinexpo, a wine exhibition and forum, and the International Wine and Spirits Record. Since 2008, the nation's thirst for wine has suffered something [...]
Green party support hits 20-year high in ICM poll

January 20, 2015

Green party support has rocketed to a 20-year high in a Guardian/ICM monthly poll published today. Support for the Greens shot up by four points taking it to nine per cent, coming a day after a separate weekly poll by Lord Ashcroft revealed a three point jump to 11 per cent. The party could have [...]
Asia’s richest man Li Ka-shing buys Eversholt Rail for £2.5bn

January 20, 2015

Eversholt Rail has been snapped up by Li Ka-shing who is Asia's richest man, meaning he now owns around a owns a third of the UK's trains. CK Investments, which is jointly owned by two of his companies, paid £2.5bn to acquire Eversholt Rail from former owners 3i Infrastructure, Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, and [...]
Swiss currency crisis: FXCM share price plummets 87 per cent

January 20, 2015

NYSE-listed foreign exchange broker FXCM's share price fell as much as 87 per cent today, after it disclosed the terms of a bailout by Leucadia National. The terms allow Leucadia – parent of investment bank Jefferies – to force the sale of FXCM after three years, and receive half the proceeds beyond repayment of the $300m (£197m) [...]
How, what, when, where: Everything you need to know about the ECB’s impending quantitative easing announcement

January 20, 2015

When the policy committee of the European Central Bank (ECB) meet tomorrow, they're widely expected to undertake the historic decision to embark upon full-blown quantitative easing (QE) policy. The central bank has already slashed interest rates and is buying billions of euros of private sector debt. QE is the last major weapon in Draghi's arsenal [...]
Small party support jumps in latest Lord Ashcroft poll

January 19, 2015

The Tories and Labour both fell below 30 per cent for the first time in a weekly poll, another indicator that small parties will hold more sway in this May's general election. David Cameron's party had fallen five points to 29 per cent still one point ahead of Labour – which was unchanged at 28 [...]

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