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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What the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s October meeting tell us

November 19, 2014

The minutes from the Federal Reserve's October 28 – 29 meeting showed little debate between its members on the key aspects of last month's statement. Last month, the Fed stuck to its pledge to keep interest rates near zero for a "considerable time" but gave little indication as to when interest rates would raise. [...]
Apple to take on Spotify by integrating Beats streaming service into every iPhone and iPad

November 19, 2014

Apple will start integrating the Beats music subscription service into every iOS device early next year, as the battle for music streaming supremacy intensifies. The paid-for Beats service will be introduced to iPads and iPhones in an iOS update that could take place as early as next March, according to the Financial Times. [...]
Sir Clive Woodward offers Stuart Lancaster his advice: “Work your socks off”

November 19, 2014

Sir Clive Woodward has offered his advice to beleaguered England head coach Stuart Lancaster: keep working your socks off. The mastermind behind England’s 2003 Rugby World Cup triumph said that Lancaster, whose England side has lost five games in a row, must demonstrate to his players that he’s up for the fight. England [...]
WhatsApp’s new encryption system is “the largest in history”

November 19, 2014

Snoops and spooks will be shut out of messages sent by the more than half a billion WhatsApp users around the world. WhatsApp has turned on a new encryption system developed by the secure communication group Open Whisper Systems. Data will be scrambled as it's sent from user to user, and will be [...]
Bank of England’s Kristin Forbes: “Banking deglobalisation will have widespread repercussions for the United Kingdom”

November 19, 2014

Shrinking international financial flows could make it more difficult for the UK to fund its current account deficit, Bank of England monetary policy committee member Kristin Forbes said today. The American economist argued that international financial flows have shrunk since the last financial crisis, leading to a climate of banking deglobalisation. Forbes, who [...]
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick insists company is principled after executive threatens journalists

November 18, 2014

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is adamant the company is “principled” and a “positive member of the community” after a senior executive threatened to “dig dirt” on critcal journalists. Emil Michael, senior vice-president of business at Uber, said that the taxi app should “spend a million dollars” to hire a team of researches to dig [...]
Apple Watch apps: Instagram, ESPN and American Airlines sign up to developer tool

November 18, 2014

Apple wants developers to start building apps for its forthcoming Apple Watch – and it is providing them with the tools to do it. WatchKit is a piece of software that gives developers the tools to create apps before the smartwatch becomes available. The standard Apple Watch is set to start at retail a [...]
Facebook Groups: The new standalone app for iOS and Android

November 18, 2014

The world’s biggest social media platform somehow just got a bit more social. Facebook Groups is a new standalone app designed for easy communication and collaboration between chums, colleagues and contacts. Available on iOS and Android, the app will help people “share faster and more easily with all the groups in their life”, [...]
Facebook Messenger adds 300m users since messaging removed from main app

November 18, 2014

Over half a billion people use Facebook Messenger every month, the social media site revealed today. The mobile instant messaging app now has over 500m monthly users following the company’s decision to remove the messaging feature from the main Facebook app. Combined with its other instant messaging service, WhatsApp, Facebook now has around [...]
Fifa lodges criminal complaint over suspicious activity during World Cup bidding process

November 18, 2014

The unfurling drama surrounding the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup has taken yet another twist after Fifa revealed it has suspicions of unlawful activity. Fifa has lodged a criminal complaint with the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland over the possible misconduct of unnamed individuals in connection with Switzerland [...]

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