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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Rihanna vs Topshop: Three things businesses need to know about using celebrity images and endorsements

January 23, 2015

Rihanna's “We Found Love” was one of the biggest hit songs of the autumn of 2011. Some readers may remember the furore surrounding the video shoot when the farmer, whose land the video was shot on, took a dislike to Rihanna’s dancing style and dress sense. Yesterday, we saw the next instalment in another dispute [...]
Npower price cuts: Fourth energy supplier slashes gas tariff following E.On, British Gas and Scottish Power

January 23, 2015

Npower is the latest energy giant to slash prices and pass on savings from falling wholesale costs to customers. The firm will slash its standard gas tariff by 5.1 per cent from 16 February providing an annual saving of £35. It follows British Gas, E.On and Scottish Power all making price cuts in the last [...]
Sony postpones earnings following North Korea hack over The Interview film

January 23, 2015

Yet another revelation has come from Sony in connection with a massive hacking of its computers. This time it's not celebrity secrets being spilled. The firm said it will delay publication of its third quarter results, which were due to be published on 16 February, after suffering a significant and high-profile cyber attack, thought to [...]
Jimmy Choo’s a shoe-in with post-IPO revenue rise

January 23, 2015

Jimmy Choo net revenue rose 12 per cent to £299m in the year to December, marking a positive start to its London Stock Exchange listing. Foreign exchange fluctuations had some effect on the numbers however with revenue climbing 6.2 per cent on a constant currency basis. The firm said Asia and Japan continued to deliver [...]
How much are Tim Cook and Apple’s top executives paid? Salary and bonuses rise after 2014 share price highs

January 23, 2015

Tim Cook got a pay rise for the first time in three years, while the bonuses of Apple’s senior executives soared as shares in the tech company hit an all-time high last year Cook boasted a $2m (£1.3m) salary last year, a $6.7m bonus and £774m in other compensation, bringing his total remuneration to $9.2m, [...]
Rihanna 1, Topshop 0: Singer wins t-shirt image legal battle against Arcadia

January 22, 2015

The pop singer Rihanna has won a legal battle against high-street fashion favourite Topshop over a t-shirt. The Court of Appeal in London has upheld a previous ruling that the Arcadia retailer used an image of the singer on a top without her permission. While a celebrity's image can’t be trademarked, judges ruled that some people [...]
Larry Summers on QE at Davos: It’s not enough for Europe

January 22, 2015

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, former US treasury secretary Larry Summers has said the effect of quantitative easing (QE) on the Eurozone economy will be "small" and is "not enough". During a panel session in which Summers discussed the end of QE in the US alongside IMF chief Christine Lagarde, questions about [...]
Balfour Beatty issues £70m warning on UK construction profits and cancels £200m share buyback

January 22, 2015

Balfour Beatty has warned profits at its UK construction arm will take a £70m hit after a review of its business by KPMG found it had made “optimistic assumptions” about the cost and risk of contracts. The widespread review of the construction group’s business was initiated in September after it made its fifth profit warning [...]
The end of eBay as we know it? Job cuts and enterprise spin-off planned as Carl iCahn gets his way

January 22, 2015

A shake-up at eBay will see the e-commerce giant slash 2,400 jobs and spin off its enterprise division as it bowed to pressure from activist investor Carl Icahn. The job cuts will be made across its global enterprise, marketplace and PayPal business – a loss of around seven per cent of staff – and is [...]
Russia’s Kalashnikov to be made in the US after sanctions import ban

January 21, 2015

The infamous AK-47 assault rifle, also known as the Kalashnikov, will begin production in the US for the first time after imports of the weapon were banned under sanctions imposed on Russia by the US government. RWC, the US company with exclusive rights to import and sell the weapon in the country, will start making [...]

Wes Streeting: Progress on NHS delays as private insurance soars

Real Madrid top Deloitte Football Money League as Champions League revamp boosts Premier League’s rivals

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