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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Ebola outbreak reaches Europe: Four people monitored in Spain

October 7, 2014

Last night, it was confirmed that a nurse in Spain had contracted Ebola. She tested positive for the disease after treating a repatriated missionary from Sierra Leone in a Madrid hospital, marking the first case of someone becoming infected with Ebola outside of the African continent. Now, three more people are being monitored [...]
Vince Cable accuses Conservatives of “lying” over tax cut pledge

October 7, 2014

Vince Cable today suggested the Conservatives were "lying" by promising they could fix the budget deficit without raising taxes. In a speech at the Liberal Democrats’ party conference , the Business Secretary accused the Tories of being “obsessed” with spending cuts, adding that he did not support their plan to make £25bn worth of further [...]
DHL apologises for using Jules Bianchi crash to get “likes” on Facebook

October 6, 2014

DHL has apologised for a Facebook post which used the life threatening crash of F1 driver Jules Bianchi to ask for “likes”. Many fans of DHL on Facebook were outraged by the post which said “by clicking ‘Like’ on this occasion, you’ll be sending Jules your best wishes for a speedy recovery.” French [...]
Facebook fake “likes”: Social media giant vows to “aggressively get rid” of scam artists

October 6, 2014

Facebook says it will "aggressively get rid of" companies and brands paying for fake "likes" on the social media site. Brands buy "likes" from fake pages from websites such as buy-facebooklikes.co.uk and socialmadness.co.uk in order to make their products seem more popular. Facebook has already won nearly $2bn (£1.25bn) in legal judgements against the spammers and [...]
Manchester City could be about to land one of the biggest sponsorship deals in Premier League history – reports

October 6, 2014

Manchester City could be set for one of the most lucrative sponsorship deals in Premier League history, according to reports. The Premier League champions are only three years into a decade-long sponsorship deal with Etihad Airways, worth around £400m, but are in talks over a five-year extension which would add a further £320m to [...]
Arsenal fail to beat top four team for 14th game in a row with defeat at Chelsea

October 6, 2014

Unfortunately for Arsenal fans, their 2 – 0 defeat to Chelsea was almost inevitable. In what was this season's first trip to one of last season's top four, Arsene Wenger's men stuck to a script that has gone from scary, to shocking to no-longer surprising for their frustrated fans. Although Arsenal's performance was [...]
Microsoft insists Samsung still owes it $6.9m in unpaid interest

October 5, 2014

Microsoft is suing Samsung for $6.9m (£4.33m) in unpaid interest, an unsealed lawsuit has revealed. In August Microsoft announced it was suing the South Korean firm in a dispute over unpaid interest on Android patent royalties. The lawsuit, made public by a New York federal court, reveals that although Microsoft has already received $1bn in [...]
Gone Girl tops UK box office as Ben Affleck helps David Fincher land best-ever opening weekend

October 5, 2014

Take a best-selling book already established as a worldwide phenomenon, add a Hollywood heartthrob and one of Hollywood’s most critically acclaimed directors and….boom! You have a box office smash. “Gone Girl”, David Fincher’s adaptation of the wildly successful Gillian Flynn novel of the same name, has raced straight to the top of the UK [...]
Microsoft insists Samsung owes it $6.9m in unpaid interest

October 5, 2014

Microsoft is suing Samsung for $6.9m (£4.33m) in unpaid interest, an unsealed lawsuit has revealed. In August Microsoft announced it was suing the South Korean firm in a dispute over unpaid interest on Android patent royalties. The lawsuit, now made public by a New York federal court, reveals that although Microsoft has already [...]
JPMorgan cyber attack may have also hacked nine other financial institutions

October 5, 2014

The cyber attack on JPMorgan which compromised the data of 73m households and businesses may have also hit nine other banks and brokerages. According to the New York Times, who did not disclose the names of the affected financial institutions, the scale of the attack may have stretched far beyond users of Chase.com, Chase [...]

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