Worst corporate jargon awards: ESG February 22, 2024 More prolific than even Pret, ESG has a stranglehold on the corporate world, but City A.M.'s comment desk is here to break it.
Moving markets: Five things shaping the FTSE 100 today February 22, 2024 Japan's Nikkei achieves record high, Nvidia sees over 9% surge after bell, oil prices climb; Fed exercises caution on rate cuts; attention shifts to UK, eurozone, and U.S. PMIs.
Bumble boss falls out of love with dating apps and into women’s wellness February 21, 2024 Valerie Stark, once a leading figure in the world of dating apps, has embraced a new passion: women’s wellness.
Nvidia: Another stunning set of results for ‘the only stock that matters’ February 21, 2024 Nvidia has revealed another stunning set of earnings in a sign that the artificial intelligence (AI) boom is far from over.
FTSE 100 close: London dragged lower as HSBC suffers worst share price fall since 2008 February 21, 2024 HSBC was the latest bank to announce results, following Barclays yesterday and Natwest last week, but markets were not impressed.
Brent Hoberman’s Founders Factory hires Second Home entrepreneur as it eyes further expansion February 21, 2024 London-based tech accelerator Founders Factory has hired the founder of co-working space Second Home to support its international expansion.
Bytes Technology plunges as chief resigns after failing to disclose company share trades February 21, 2024 The chief of Bytes Group is stepping down amid revelations that he made a number of trades in the company's shares without disclosing them.
Heathrow chief: Scrapping London tourist tax is ‘critical for the UK’ February 21, 2024 Retail businesses and a host of airports have since pleaded for the government to reinstate the tax break, with wealthy international shoppers choosing to splash their cash elsewhere.
Inflation on a ‘firm downward path’ and Bank of England risks a ‘hard landing’, MPC member says February 21, 2024 Policymakers at the Bank are increasingly facing the criticism that they risk being too slow to cut interest rates now that inflation is on its way back down to the two per cent target.
Alexei Navalny: UK government under fire for ‘pathetic’ response to Putin critic’s death February 21, 2024 A senior Tory MP has called on the government to go “a lot further” in punishing Putin today after ministers sanctioned prison officers at the Artic jail where Alexei Navalny was killed.
