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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Tesco results: Three things you need to know after today’s annual loss announcement

April 22, 2015

Tesco's results are out and there's a lot to take in – market reaction had been mixed this morning, initially up and now largely flat. Here are the three key things you need to know about Tesco this morning after shock losses at the supermarket. 1. How huge? This huge To put Tesco's £6.38bn loss [...]
Video: Here’s what Dave Lewis has to say about Tesco’s massive £6.4bn loss

April 22, 2015

Tesco chief Dave Lewis has said he is not happy with the "significant" numbers in today's full-year results in which the supermarket reported record losses of £6.38bn. In a video discussing the latest figures alongside finance chief Alan Stewart, created by Tesco, when asked what's gone wrong, Lewis said the numbers were " significant" and [...]
Tesco racks up record £6.38bn loss in worst year in supermarket’s history

April 22, 2015

Tesco has racked up a £6.38bn loss – the worst year in the supermarket's 96-year history. It's one of the biggest losses ever made by a UK company, and the biggest ever made by a British retailer. The beleaguered supermarket's pre-tax losses for the year are even higher than the £5bn markets had been expecting. One-off [...]
Central Line still hit by delays after derailed train and person on the track

April 21, 2015

Central Line travellers faced more delays during the evening rush hour, as service resumed with severe delays following the derailing of an engineers' train in the early hours of this morning and a person on the track in the middle of the afternoon. The morning rush hour was thrown into chaos after the train derailed [...]
Mobilegeddon: The FTSE 100 winners and losers from Google’s algorithm changes

April 21, 2015

It’s the end of the (online) world as we know it – and more than a third of FTSE 100 firms are not fine. So-called “mobilegeddon” is here. But that doesn't mean quite the end of the world – unless that is you happen to have a website which people tend to find through Google [...]
Sky share price touches 14-year high as profit and customers jump after splashing billions on Premier League rights

April 21, 2015

Shares in Sky jumped as much as five per cent in early trading, touching a 14-year high, after the firm announced it had grown profit, revenue and customers The figures For the nine months to the end of March, Sky operating profit was up 20 per cent to £1.025bn on revenue of £8.453bn, which also grew five per [...]
Watch: Boring day at the office gets epic GoPro treatment

April 21, 2015

Another day at the office? Sometimes it can feel like a grind – not least when the summer sunshine is streaming through your window. But there's one creative type who has hit upon a way to make even the dullest workaday tasks, maybe even your entire job, feel just as epic as Felix Baumgartner's Stratos [...]
Associated British Foods’ share price falls as Primark sales fail to sweeten sugar business

April 21, 2015

The figures Primark owner Associated British Foods (ABF) felt the pinch from falling sugar prices in its first half, with pre-tax profit across the group halving to £213m for the six months to the end of February, compared with £434m during the same period last year. The news caused shares in ABF to open three per cent down. [...]
Credit Suisse smashes expectations in first quarter

April 21, 2015

The figures Credit Suisse smashed forecasts in the first quarter with net profits up 23 per cent to SFr1.054bn (£740m) with its private bank providing a boost to the bottom line. Analysts had expected that to come in at between SFr900m and SFr1bn Swiss francs for the first three months to the end of March. Net [...]
Elon Musk was on the verge of selling Tesla to Google for $11bn and even “shook” on a deal with Larry Page

April 20, 2015

The millionaire magnate behind the world's best-known electric carmaker was on the verge of selling his company to Google as it failed to turn a profit. Elon Musk's Tesla was about to fall into bankruptcy and the founder had begun negotiating with Google on a deal for the firm, according to a new book on [...]

NBA Europe talks at an impasse, adding uncertainty to bidding process

NBA Europe talks at an impasse, adding uncertainty to bidding process

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