EP: 90 Paris-Longchamp Arc Day Special October 1, 2021 With no less than six Group 1 races to look forward to on Sunday, the Longchamp course stages one of the best days in world racing. German trainer Marcel Weiss runs Torquator Tasso in the feature race and we speak to the yard about their Arc De Triomphe hopes, plus we hear from French trainer [...]
EP: 89 Newmarket, Ascot & Longchamp October 1, 2021 Newmarket hosts the Group 1 Sun Chariot Stakes for fillies on Saturday, whilst Ascot is the venue for a couple of Group 3 contests. German trainer Marcel Weiss runs Torquator Tasso in the Arc and we chat to the Mulheim based team. We also catch up with French trainer Francois Rohaut about his star sprinter [...]
The Met advises women to hail a bus or run if they do not trust a male officer October 1, 2021 The Metropolitan Police has issued new advice for women who do not trust a male officer, which includes ‘waving a bus down’ for help or running away. In a statement released yesterday, Britain’s largest force advised women to “shout out to a passer-by, run into a house or wave a bus down”. The guidance was [...]
Fear grips markets while Bitcoin holds at over $43k October 1, 2021 Bitcoin has banked more people in three weeks than the entire banking system did in several decades, writes Jason Deane.
Binance hires two US financial crime experts to bolster security October 1, 2021 Crypto exchange giant Binance has hired two former special agents from the US’ Internal Revenue Service in a bid to win over regulators. Binance has announced Tigran Gambaryan and Matthew Price will be the latest cyber security experts to join the company. Gambaryan will take over as VP of Global Intelligence and Investigations after a [...]
Jefferies sets the mood for Wall Street’s quarter with record revenues October 1, 2021 Jefferies reported record revenues for the third quarter and said its dealmaking backlog for the fourth quarter had also reached new heights, in the first results of the season from Wall Street. Total revenues for the quarter hit a record $1.38bn, up 78 per cent from the $777m reported in the same period a year [...]
Can EVs really handle a family holiday? October 1, 2021 Electric vehicles (EVs) have enjoyed soaring sales in recent years but there are still many EV doubters out there, not least because of the charging infrastructure. Among them is Allegra Stratton, the UK government’s spokesperson for the upcoming COP26 climate summit. She made headlines by saying she couldn’t use an EV because stopping to recharge [...]
‘Stagflation’ fears mount as UK manufacturing hit by shortages October 1, 2021 Chronic shortages of materials caused by supply chains buckling under the weight of a resurgence in global demand are intensifying the spectre of “stagflation” looming over the UK economy. A sharp slowdown in growth in Britain’s manufacturing industry has prompted Rob Dobson, director at IHS Markit, a producer of a closely watched economic survey, to [...]
Opinion-in-brief: Boohoo makes a bid for the Land of the Free October 1, 2021 Boohoo is a great example of how moral pronouncements don’t always match behaviour. While shareholders have criticised the workhouse chic of the clothier’s factories, it has not made a dent in consumers’ appetite for fast fashion. Yesterday’s revenue numbers show that trend isn’t changing, with an almost ten-fold increase in sales and operating profits in [...]
Binance hires two US financial crime experts to bolster security – CityAM : CityAM October 1, 2021 Crypto exchange giant Binance has hired two former special agents from the US’ Internal Revenue Service in a bid to win over regulators. Binance has announced Tigran Gambaryan and Matthew Price will be the latest cyber security experts to join the company. Gambaryan will take over as VP of Global Intelligence and Investigations after a [...]
