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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Zalando shares priced at €21.50 valuing German online retailer at €4.9bn

September 29, 2014

German online retailer Zalando has announced the pricing of its shares at the upper end of expectations- €21.50 (£16.79)- kicking off a bumper week for the German technology market. The six-year-old startup will make its market debut on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on 1 October, floating 11.3 per cent of the business to raise €605m [...]
Mark Zuckerberg is now richer than Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin

September 29, 2014

Mark Zuckerberg is now richer than Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. The Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken the three biggest billionaires in technology by accruing an additional $15bn in wealth since last year- more than any other billionaire this year. That's not bad for a yearly paycheque [...]
Evens on another defection, 33/1 on Brooks Newmark: Bookies’ odds on the next Conservative MP to go to Ukip

September 29, 2014

The second defection of a Tory MP for Ukip over the weekend has the rumour-mill in overdrive, but will there really be more and who might go? Mark Reckless is unlikely to be the last to jump ship, according to both political commentators and Ladbrokes. In fact, it’s evens any further MP will defect ahead of [...]
Morrisons ex-treasuer and head of tax Paul Gerard Coyle charged with insider trading over Ocado shares

September 29, 2014

A former treasurer and head of tax for Morrisons has been charged with insider dealing in relation to Ocado share trading. Paul Gerard Coyle has been charged by the Financial Conduct Authority with two counts of insider dealing related to trading shares in the online grocery delivery service between February and May 2013. A £200m partnership between [...]
George Osborne to abolish 55pc inheritance “death tax” on pensions

September 28, 2014

A so-called “death tax” on pensions will be scrapped from next April, George Osborne is set to announce at the Tory party conference. The 55 per cent rate applied to inheritances of defined contribution pensions will be abolished at a cost of £150m a year the Treasury predicts. The policy, first floated in July, was [...]
Vince Cable calls for skilled migrant cap to be scrapped or risk economic recovery in letter to Theresa May

September 28, 2014

The cap on skilled migrant workers is damaging the UK's economic recovery according to Business Secretary Vince Cable. Cable has written to the Home Secretary Theresa May urging her to scrap the cap on skilled migrants coming to work in the UK from outside the European Union because it’s a “barrier to British growth”. The [...]
Will Andy Murray qualify for the ATP World Tour Finals in London? Shenzhen Open win brings him one step closer

September 28, 2014

Andy Murray is a step closer to qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals in London with a win at the Shenzhen Open. The Scot picked up his first tournament title since triumphing at Wimbledon last year, beating Spaniard Tommy Robredo 5-7, 7-6, 6-1. The win bumps Murray from 11th to 10th in the world [...]
Could Ukip really be the ”second party of the north after Labour” like Farage claims?

September 28, 2014

Ukip leader Nigel Farage today claimed his party was second only to Labour in the North of England, having increased support since the Barnsley by-election three years ago. Writing in the Independent ahead of his speech at today’s Ukip party conference, Farage said the party planned to take on Labour in the northern heartlands, claiming [...]
Microsoft chief Satya Nadella co-operating fully with Chinese antitrust investigation

September 28, 2014

Microsoft chief Satya Nadella has met with regulators in China over the Government’s antitrust investigation of the US tech firm. Nadella said Microsoft will fully co-operate with the investigation into its alleged monopoly in the Chinese market, according to Government officials. On a visit to the country, Nadella met with the chief of the State [...]
Allianz share price hit by Bill Gross exit but Jay Ralph says “no plans to sell Pimco”

September 28, 2014

Pimco owner Allianz has no plans to sell the bond fund after the surprise departure of Bill Gross. Gross’s second in command Daniel Ivascyn will takeover the running of the fund manager, however Allianz said a reshuffle at the top will not change the relationship between itself and Pimco. Allianz board member and head of [...]

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