Xavier Rolet, former London Stock Exchange boss, to join the board of Russian fertiliser firm Phosagro | City A.M. April 9, 2018 Xavier Rolet’s latest venture has been unveiled after a Russian fertiliser giant said the former boss of the London Stock Exchange had been nominated to join its board as an independent director. Phosagro said its board and corporate governance system would be strengthened with Rolet’s “extensive professional experience”. Under Rolet’s watch, the LSE’s market capitalisation [...]
Facebook will now verify major page owners and advertisers in an effort to combat fake news April 7, 2018 Facebook is launching a new initiative to combat fake news by requiring verification for large pages and political advertisers. In a Facebook post last night, Mark Zuckerberg said the social media giant will begin to require people who manage “large” pages to be verified. “This will make it much harder for people to run pages [...]
Russia moves to block encrypted messaging app Telegram April 6, 2018 Russia’s media regulator has filed a lawsuit to block the encrypted messaging app Telegram in the country. The watchdog Roskomnadzor is seeking to limit access to the app, a rival to WhatsApp, after the firm failed to give Russian FSB security service access to encrypted messages before a 4 April deadline. It follows reports that [...]
Friends disunited: US imposes sanctions on Russian oligarchs including Oleg Deripaska April 6, 2018 The US has imposed sweeping sanctions against Russian oligarchs, as the Trump administration continues its assault against friends of President Vladimir Putin. Billionaires Oleg Deripaska, Viktor Vekselberg, Suleiman Kerimov and Kirill Shamalov, who the US said is married to one of Putin’s daughters, are on the hit list revealed by the US Treasury this afternoon. [...]
Sergei Skripal no longer critical, say doctors April 6, 2018 Sergei Skripal, the Russian ex-spy poisoned by a nerve agent in Salisbury last month, is no longer in critical condition, doctors have said. Salisbury District Hospital said 66-year-old Skripal was responding well to treatment and “improving rapidly”. The news comes just a day after police released a statement from his 33-year-old daughter Yulia, who has [...]
Arsenal 4, CSKA Moscow 1: Aaron Ramsey and Alexandre Lacazette send Gunners to brink of Europa League semi-finals April 5, 2018 Arsenal 4, CSKA Moscow 1 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hailed the quality of Aaron Ramsey’s finishing after the midfielder’s goals swept his team to the brink of the Europa League last four. Ramsey and striker Alexandre Lacazette scored two each in a first-half dismantling of CSKA Moscow that Wenger called “spectacular” and affords the Gunners [...]
A truly global Britain would not meddle with the market – Theresa May’s government must be careful how it deals with De La Rue, GKN, Melrose and Sky April 4, 2018 With the Conservatives and Labour neck-and-neck in the polls and a Brexit-shaped mountain building up in her in-tray, the last thing Theresa May needs is a trio of tricky situations emanating from the business world. Yet that is precisely the situation in which the Prime Minister finds herself. Away from the far weightier concerns of [...]
The Long Weekend: La Donaira, a luxury equestrian farm in Andalusia March 29, 2018 Located in the sweeping hills high above the town of Ronda, Finca La Donaira’s vistas look more like Saharan Africa than the south of Spain. With 250 hectares of farmland sprawled out in every direction, this organic farm and equestrian centre is a retreat from reality. Since 2006 the farmland has been revitalised and regenerated [...]
Prime Minister urged to consider City sanctions for Putin allies with extra checks on money going through London clearing houses March 27, 2018 The Prime Minister has been grilled by MPs over doing more to hurt Putin “and those who are suckling at the teat of the regime”. Giving her regular update to the Liaison Committee, which is formed from the heads of other Commons committees, Theresa May was praised for her success in securing an unprecedented show [...]
Hacker who made ATMs spit out €10m at a time to buy cryptocurrencies arrested in Spain March 26, 2018 The leader of a criminal gang which hacked into cash machines to make them spew out money as part of a €1bn (£870bn) swindle has been arrested. Europol today announced that Spanish police had apprehended the head of a cybercrime syndicate, which targeted over 100 financial institutions in 40 countries with two pieces of malware, [...]