Baglioni Hotel: A slice of Italy beside Hyde Park November 15, 2021 The world may be making a spirited attempt to put Covid behind it, but that doesn’t mean international travel is suddenly a breeze. Couple this with over-booked and over-priced UK staycation destinations such as Cornwall and York, and you have a holiday dilemma. So why not take the sting out of a weekend break by [...]
Dividends scale to new heights as companies shake off pandemic hangover November 15, 2021 Companies are rewarding shareholders with record levels of dividends as corporate balance sheets shake off the hangover of the Covid-19 crisis. Firms paid shareholders $403.5bn in dividends in the third quarter of the year, the highest total ever recorded for the three months to September, research by Janus Henderson has found. Dividends are 22 per [...]
Oil prices fall again amid fears of US interest rate hikes November 12, 2021 Oil prices slumped on Friday afternoon amid swirling rumours of impending interest rate hikes and President Biden releasing stored supplies. WTI Crude plummeted 1.89 per cent to $80.03 a barrel, while Brent Crude futures dropped 1.69 per cent to $81.49, wiping out gains from the past week. Both benchmark crude contracts were poised to end [...]
Global inflation tiger proves hard to catch as US prices rise at fastest rate in 30 years November 10, 2021 The global inflation tiger has been let out of the cage and is proving difficult to catch, scuppering bets from central bank wonks on price rises being temporary. Soaring energy prices, compounded by supply chains buckling under the weight of a resurgence in global demand as economies emerge from the pandemic has driven up prices [...]
The metaversal evolution will not be centralised November 10, 2021 The metaverse creates efficiencies, growth, and cost reductions orders of magnitude above and beyond that of physical space, explains Dr Kacher.
New data: Only 3 per cent of furloughed workers made redundant as scheme comes to an end November 4, 2021 Only 3 per cent of those workers still on furlough as the scheme came to an end were made permanently redundant, according to new official statistics. The furlough scheme came to an end at the start of October, with 16 per cent of businesses still actively using it. Two-thirds of those still on the scheme [...]
Bitcoin steadies after Fed announcement November 4, 2021 The price of Bitcoin is down around two per cent since yesterday morning, although it continues to hold above $61k.
US Fed becomes first major central bank to blink as it reins in Covid-19 stimulus November 3, 2021 The US Federal Reserve has become the first of the world’s major central banks to blink in the face of soaring inflation. The Fed today decided to rein in the wave of stimulus it unleashed in response to the Covid-19 crisis and slash the scale of its monthly QE programme by $15bn starting this month. [...]
Brace for rate hikes and tapering from BoE and Fed November 3, 2021 Just as the dust settled on Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s third budget, the City turned its attention to more set piece economic announcements. Today and tomorrow, the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England will deliver two of the most hotly awaited interest rate decisions in years. The latter is expected to hike interest rates [...]
Bitcoin in celebratory mood as a big week ahead looms for financial markets November 1, 2021 Bitcoin itself is up two per cent over the last 24 hours to just above the £62k mark, while Ethereum is also up 1.5 per cent to just above $4,300.