By: Joe Hall

I'm a sports and sports business journalist with City A.M. Follow me for coverage of the industry behind sports and the money made by top athletes. I've provided expert commentary on sports business for both TV and radio, including the BBC World Service. My email is always open to tips and story ideas: joe.hall@cityam.com

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Alibaba moves into smartphone market with £400m investment

February 9, 2015

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has bought a $590m (£388m) minority stake in Chinese smartphone maker Meizu. The move signals Alibaba’s first major foray into smartphone hardware as it looks to build a platform for its YunOS mobile operating system. In a joint statement, the two companies said they will collaborate “to achieve [...]
Tiger Woods’ ranking falls to its lowest point since 1996: Is he finished?

February 9, 2015

Is Tiger Woods finished? The legendary golfer dropped to 62nd in the world – his lowest world ranking since 1996 – after pulling out of the Farmers Insurance Open on Thursday. Woods' withdrawal came just a week after he recorded his worst 18-hole score as a professional in nearly two decades at the [...]
Labour frontbenchers defend “pro-business” credentials

February 8, 2015

Two Labour frontbenchers appeared on the BBC this morning to defend the party’s business policy in the wake of mounting criticism that it was hostile to the private sector. Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt argued that Labour was “furiously, passionately, aggressively pro-business”. A number of leading figures in business have warned of [...]
Samsung admits its Smart TV will capture your personal conversations and send it to third parties

February 8, 2015

Samsung’s Smart TV is a pretty swish product. It comes with on-demand TV, mobile applications and a screen resolution four times higher than average HD. The one setback? You just need to make sure you don’t hold any private conversations in front of the internet-connected TV, as its voice recognition technology will record your [...]
Edition of Magna Carta worth £10m discovered in Kent council archives

February 8, 2015

An edition of the Magna Carta worth up to £10m has been discovered belonging to the Kent town of Sandwich. The 1300 copy of the historic document means there are now 24 known editions in the world. The Press Association reports that the document, a third of which is ripped, was discovered [...]
George Osborne: Pensioner bond scheme to be extended to after general election

February 8, 2015

The government will continue to offer its pensioner bonds for a further three months after more than 600,000 people signed up to the scheme. George Osborne revealed that the deadline for over 65s to apply for the scheme has been extended until after the general election in May due to its popularity. [...]
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott admits he could lose Liberal leadership

February 8, 2015

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has admitted he could lose the leadership of centre-right Liberal Party in Monday’s spill motion. Abbott said he was chastened by the experience that has left him fighting off a leadership challenge against no declared contenders. Liberal MPs will meet on Monday to vote on the motion [...]
Tesco tells suppliers to cut prices as commodities slump

February 8, 2015

Tesco has delivered a stern message to its suppliers: cut prices or your products could be taken off the shelves. The scandal-hit supermarket is still rebuilding its reputation following the revelation of ia £263m profit blackhole last year, yet an ongoing price war with discounters such as Aldi and Lidl has kept its [...]
Yelp share price crushed as investors give slow growth a bad rating

February 6, 2015

Yelp’s share price has crashed in early morning trading on the New York stock exchange, even after the business ratings service announced its first ever annual profit on Thursday. Stock in the San Francisco-based company is down by almost 20 per cent, at a price lower than $47 per share. Yelp's shares ended [...]
Twitter share price soars following massive increase in revenue

February 6, 2015

Twitter’s share price is soaring in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Investors have shrugged off any concerns about slow growth in monthly active users and are instead being swayed by fourth-quarter revenue that came in ahead of expectations. Revenue at the social media company reached $479m (£314m) for the [...]

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