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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AOL share price jumps as activist investor Starboard tells Yahoo chief exec Marissa Mayer to consider merger

September 26, 2014

AOL's share price jumped six per cent today after an activist investor told Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer that the troubled US media company should buy it. In a letter to Mayer, Starboard, which specialises in investing in undervalued and under-performing companies, and is a significant shareholder in Yahoo, said combining with AOL offered opportunities that [...]
Chiquita remains a target for Cutrale and Safra despite strengthening Fyffes deal

September 26, 2014

Despite efforts by Chiquita and Fyffes to strengthen the terms of their prospective merger deal today, it hasn’t deterred other bidders for banana brand Chiquita. Orange juice empire Cutrale and Brazilian investment firm Safra still intend to make an offer for Chiquita, they said today, adding that the revised deal with Fyffes valuing Chiquita at [...]
“Maybe I’m just a 70-year-old Justin Bieber”: The best quotes from new Janus Capital hire, Pimco co-founder Bill Gross

September 26, 2014

Legendary investor Bill Gross has defected from his hugely successful business Pimco to Janus Capital. After 43 years at the firm which manages trillions of dollars of assets, he knows a thing or two about investments. Here are some of Gross’ best quotes from creating the buzzword “new normal” (but not trademarking it) to human [...]
Chiquita shareholders get larger stake in revised merger deal with Fyffes

September 26, 2014

Chiquita shareholders have come out winners after revisions to its billion dollar deal with Fyffes. In the merger between the two fruit companies, Chiquita shareholders will hold a 59.6 per cent stake in the combined business, an increase on the previous proposal of 50.7 per cent. Both banana companies have also agreed to increase fees [...]
Intel pays $1.5bn for 20pc stake in China’s Tsinghua for mobile chipmakers

September 26, 2014

Intel is making a play for a bigger share of the lucrative mobile chip market in China with a $1.5bn (£919m) investment in two government-backed chipmakers. The American firm has taken a 20 per cent stake in Tsinghua Unigroup, the private equity owner of Spreadtrum and RDA Microelectronics, which manufactures chips for smartphones. The deal [...]
Barclays is the most complained about bank

September 25, 2014

Barclays is the most complained-about bank, according to new figures from the Financial Conduct Authority. The bank received more than a quarter of a million complaints in the first half of the year. But it was not out on its own – Barclays was closely followed by Bank of Scotland and Lloyds. Despite taking the [...]
Google Vs News Corp: Internet giant refutes piracy claims made by Rupert Murdoch-owned publisher

September 25, 2014

Google has responded to scathing claims made by News Corp that it’s a “platform for piracy” run by “cynical management” in a blog post titled “Dear Rupert”. The piece, penned by Google's global head of communications Rachel Whetstone, outlines a point by point response to claims made by News Corp’s Robert Thomson last week in [...]
Tesco bosses and ex-chief Philip Clarke could now face a grilling from MPs on the Business Select Committee

September 25, 2014

Already facing scrutiny from the public, investors and financial regulators, Tesco may now have to explain itself to parliament. Business Select Committee chair Adrian Bailey called Tesco’s accounting error “stratospheric” and said bosses at the supermarket could face a grilling from MPs. Tesco chief Dave Lewis, chairman Sir Richard Broadbent, ex-chief Philip Clarke and auditor [...]
After Libor: Currency, gold and oil markets will face tougher regulation

September 25, 2014

Seven financial markets are facing tougher regulation as the government seeks to extend laws originally designed to address the Libor rigging scandal. The Treasury has benchmarks governing currency, gold, silver and oil in its sights to ensure financial markets “remain robust” and that anyone seeking to manipulate them is subject to the the “full force of [...]
Taxi protest by London’s black cab drivers- in pictures

September 24, 2014

London cab drivers brought parts of the capital to a standstill today as they protested against Transport for London's transport policies. The drivers of black cabs blocked roads in central London around Trafalgar Square, Parliament Square and Whitehall. The blockade caused the partial closure of the Regent Street, Pall Mall and the Strand close by, [...]

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