Crypto platform Luno ties up multi-million pound deal with Camden’s KOKO April 14, 2022 Cryptocurrency platform Luno has partnered with London’s KOKO as the crypto marketplace steps into the music and entertainment space.
Elon Musk launches full $41bn Twitter takeover: ‘It has extraordinary potential – I will unlock it’ April 14, 2022 Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share this morning as the drama surrounding the social media giant continues. According to regulatory filing, this price represents a 38 per cent premium to the closing price of Twitter’s stock on April 1, the day before the billionaire became the largest shareholder of the [...]
ECB leaves interest rates unchanged as it commits to speed up stimulus exit April 14, 2022 The European Central Bank has announced it will leave interest rates unchanged at zero per cent today as it breaks rank with central banks that have hiked rates in recent weeks to tame rampant inflation.
RioTinto leaves lobby group amid environmental concerns April 14, 2022 Rio Tinto has left its state mining lobby group, after raising concerns that its coal expansion policy on did not align with the Paris agreement.
French Election 2022: Le Pen backs ‘rapprochement between Nato and Russia’ April 14, 2022 French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen has committed to a “rapprochement between Nato and Russia” if she gets elected. The right-wing candidate, who is facing off against incumbent Emmanuel Macron on 24 April, made her comments after a poll showed her as being on 47 per cent, to her rival’s 53. She said at a [...]
Owner of ‘Jack Dorsey’s first tweet’ NFT is struggling to sell it April 14, 2022 Man who bought NFT of Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet says he may not sell the digital asset, despite listing it for sale last week.
Kremlin pledges £181m in roubles to support sanctioned airlines April 14, 2022 The Kremlin pledged today it will invest 19.5bn roubles (£181m) to help airlines refund passengers flying on routes that were cancelled following the sanctions against Moscow. “The subsidies will be used to refund passengers the cost of tickets on routes that have been cancelled due to external restrictions, which will save carriers their own working [...]
1 Minute Market Rundown – 14th April 2022 April 14, 2022 Russia – UkraineChina Indicates Looser Monetary PolicyCrypto ConsolidatesECB in Focus We have spoken about the path of least resistance being the USD higher, yields higher and risk lower. Thus naturally it made sense that we saw the total opposite yesterday… We saw, in our minds, a relief rally across the board heading into the ECB [...]
Amazon passes inflation surcharges onto sellers as the ecommerce giant battles rocketing costs April 14, 2022 Amazon is set to introduce a five per cent "fuel and inflation surcharge" as the ecommerce giant grapples with the rocketing costs.
Standard Chartered pulls back from Africa and Middle East in cost cutting push April 14, 2022 British lender Standard Chartered announced today it would slash its presence in Africa and the Middle East as it looks to cut costs and simplify its business.
