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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The military has disarmed the Tower Bridge unexploded WWII bomb

March 24, 2015

Efforts to disarm an unexploded Second World War bomb discovered near Tower Bridge measuring five ft in length and weighing 1,000lbs have come to an end after an army team disabled the device. Latest: See the massive blast created by Tower Bridge WWII bomb Residents near the site of the bomb on Grange Walk were [...]
Google just hired Morgan Stanley finance chief Ruth Porat as its new CFO

March 24, 2015

Google has named a replacement for departing finance chief Patrick Pichette. Ruth Porat will leave her role as finance chief at Morgan Stanley to fill Pichette’s shoes after the long-standing executive revealed he was departing the internet giant just under two weeks ago. Investors responded positively to the news – shares were up by around [...]
Bye-bye birdie: Canary Wharf owner Songbird Estates will de-list from AIM after Qatar Brookfield takeover

March 24, 2015

Canary Wharf owner Songbird Estates will delist from the AIM after submitting to a hostile £2.6bn takeover by Qatari and Canadian funds. The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Canadian property firm Brookfield will take Songbird private, forcing a compulsory acquisition of the remaining minority shares from investors who have not agreed with the deal. Investors [...]
Blackstone buys Land Securities’ Times Square London office development in £268m deal

March 24, 2015

Private equity group Blackstone has snapped up Times Square for £268m – although it's bought a new office development in the City, rather than the more famous New York landmark. Property giant Land Securities will retain a five per cent stake in the 380,000 sq ft building near Blackfriars Station, which has Bank of New York [...]
Suspected unexploded WWII bomb found near Tower Bridge

March 23, 2015

A suspected unexploded bomb from the Second World War has been discovered at a building site near Tower Bridge. Police and fire crews are attending the incident in the area of Henley Drive and Grange Walk in Bermondsey around half a mile from Tower Bridge. LATEST: In pictures – The army is disarming the Tower [...]
Patrick Cescau exits Tesco board in clear-out – to be replaced by Richard Cousins

March 23, 2015

Patrick Cescau, the senior non-executive Tesco director who led the search for the supermarket's new chairman, is leaving the firm's board, confirming speculation of his departure. Cescau's departure comes after six years with the retailer – it was widely believed he would depart after a new chairman was named to clear the way for a [...]
Uber targets second largest market growth with Times of India partnership

March 23, 2015

Uber has partnered with the publisher of the Times of India newspaper in a bid to shore up its position in the lucrative market – its largest outside the US. The tie up includes commercial arrangements for marketing and distribution through Times Internet, the digital arm of the Times of India Group, as the taxi [...]
Afren shares inch up as it informs Serious Fraud Office of expense payment concerns

March 23, 2015

Troubled oil firm Afren has notified the Serious Fraud Office of concerns over expenses payments thrown up by a review by its legal advisers. Afren said the concerns arose from work by its law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher "regarding the hire of an individual within its operations in 2012 and the payment of certain travel [...]
Halfords names Jill McDonald new chief executive to replace Matt Davies

March 23, 2015

Halfords has named Jill McDonald as its new chief executive, filling the saddle left empty by Matt Davies who's departing to lead Tesco's business operations in June. McDonald will leave fast food chain McDonald's where she is UK chief and president of North West Europe. The former marketing chief joined the restaurant business in 2006 [...]
Ex-HSBC boss Lord Green breaks silence on Swiss tax scandal: Here’s what he said

March 18, 2015

Lord Green, the former boss of scandal hit bank HSBC, has broken his silence over the Swiss tax row which engulfed the bank and saw senior executives face MPs. Green, also a former government minister, was chief executive and chairman of HSBC while its Swiss private banking arm helped wealthy clients evade tax. Now, more [...]

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