By: Lynsey Barber

I'm City A.M.'s award-winning technology editor, covering everything from happenings at Apple and Google to the latest London startup. In particular fintech, blockchain, artifical intelligence, driverless cars, virtual reality and the sharing economy get me out of bed in the morning. I'm always trying to illustrate stories with pictures of dogs. Sometimes with some success. I was named technology journalist of the year at the UK Tech Awards.

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VW chief Matthias Mueller says “no plans” for asset sell-off as chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch blames “chain of errors” and company culture for CO2 emissions scandal

December 10, 2015

Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Mueller has insisted there are no plans – and no need – to sell of assets following the emissions scandal which has rocked the German car company. Speaking at as press conference with chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch, he said there was no need to "even think about this question". "I'm not going to speculate about figures we [...]
Terror alert in Geneva: Police hunt suspects with terrorism links

December 10, 2015

Police in Geneva are searching for suspects with links to terrorism and have raised the alert level in the Swiss city, but there is no information connecting the search with Paris. Swiss authorities are searching for four people believed to be in or near Geneva, a UN security guard told Reuters. A Swiss federal police spokeswoman said [...]
GCHQ’s Christmas card puzzle: Can you solve this spy agency brainteaser?

December 10, 2015

Forget cryptic crosswords, and put your sudoku down: the UK's spy agency GCHQ has sent out a Christmas card with a puzzle that even James Bond might struggle with. As part of his annual Christmas card message the agency's director Robert Hannigan has sent out a brainteaser this festive season so anyone can test their brain power. The puzzle is the [...]
The recently retired are now richer than under-45s for the first time in history, Resolution Foundation report finds

December 10, 2015

Generous pensions and investments in property mean that recent retirees are now a collectively wealthier generation than the under-45s for the first time in history. New research reveals those aged between 65 and 74 hold 19 per cent of the UK's wealth, while it now stands at 16 per cent for those aged under 45 despite the younger population [...]
Britain’s biggest buy-to-let investors Fergus and Judith Wilson sell up £250m Kent property portfolio

December 9, 2015

The most notorious buy-to-let investors in Britain have given up a portfolio of properties worth more than a quarter-of-a-billion pounds. The empire of tycoons Fergus and Judith Wilson stretches across Ashford, Maidstone and Folkestone in Kent, but the couple have sold the lot – 900 properties – to Arab investors, the Financial Times reports. One hundred of the homes [...]
Dubai’s Landmark Group dumps Trump home range from shops across Middle-East

December 9, 2015

A Dubai-based retailer has dumped a range of Donald Trump's products from its shelves in shops across the Middle East after the Presidential hopeful said all Muslims should be banned from entering the US. "In light of the recent statements made by the presidential candidate in the US media, we have suspended sale of all products [...]
End of austerity? Not according to Cambridge Dictionaries’ people’s word of the year 2015

December 9, 2015

If you thought it was the end of austerity, think again. It's the word people searched for most often and most regularly on Cambridge Dictionaries online and has been crowned "people's" word of the year by their researchers. It was apparently the "clear front runner", appearing on its weekly most searched list at five separate times throughout [...]
Champagne maker Taittinger buys Kent vineyard to make British sparkling wine

December 9, 2015

Renowned Champagne maker Taittinger has added some fizz to the British wine business with a major investment, snapping up land in Kent to produce sparkling wine. Along with fellow unnamed investors, Taittinger has bought 40 hectares of farmland to grow Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, a "multi-million pound" investment over the next decade, it said. The vineyards will [...]
Yahoo share price rises after confirming it won’t spin off Alibaba stake

December 9, 2015

Yahoo has performed a u-turn on its plans to spin off a lucrative stake in Chinese giant Alibaba, confirming speculation following a meeting of chief executive Marissa Mayer and the company board. "After careful review and consideration of how to best drive long-term value for shareholders, [the board] has unanimously decided to suspend work on the pending [...]
Goldman Sachs leads $45m investment in travel website startup GoEuro

December 9, 2015

Goldman Sachs is among several investors to plough millions into a travel website which compares plane, train, bus and car rental across Europe. The $45m (£30m) series B investment round for three-year-old Berlin-founded startup GoEuro was lead by the Goldman's Investment Partners arm, with further cash coming from venture capital firms and entrepreneurs. That includes London headquartered Atomico, Russian billionaire Yuri [...]

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