Archbishop of Canterbury calls on government to stop “travel apartheid” December 7, 2021 The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has called on the UK Government to scrap the travel red list and put an end to “travel apartheid.” “With Omicron set to become the dominant variant in the UK, I appeal to the British Government to remove Nigeria and South Africa from the red list – together with [...]
Grassroots ESG: Retail activist investment platform Tulipshare raises $11m December 7, 2021 Tulipshare is targeting the next generation of shareholders by tapping into their booming interest in retail investment and demand for a corporate ESG overhaul. After launching in July, the London-based startup has raised $10.8m in seed funding from investors including Eurazeo, Speedinvest and Frst, and received backing from the co-founders of friend locator app Zenly [...]
Nvidia’s $54bn Arm deal faces yet another setback as EU regulators press pause on probe December 6, 2021 EU competition watchdogs have temporarily hit pause on their investigation into Nvidia’s planned takeover of British chip designer Arm, introducing another obstacle in the way of the $54bn deal. The European Commission halted its probe into the takeover on its previous deadline on November 25, as it awaits more information, Reuters first reported from a [...]
Tech giants Alphabet, Meta and Amazon control half of ads outside China December 6, 2021 New data has revealed just how heavily Alphabet's Google, Meta and Amazon dominate advertising.
Novel coronavirus: Meet the writers who penned a book during lockdown December 3, 2021 They say everyone has a book in them, but usually that’s where it stays. Writing a novel is a time-consuming business, a months- or years-long project, often undertaken with little guarantee anyone will ever read it. Every successful author has their ‘origin story’, from JK Rowling scribbling away in an Edinburgh cafe to Dostoyevsky bashing out The [...]
Hitting the note or off pitch? Quick fix for music streaming won’t help us December 3, 2021 Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art, or so said Claude Debussy in his approach to composition. For Labour MP, Kevin Brennan, a love of music and rules for art is at the heart of his fight against streaming companies, which he claims don’t pay artists fairly. His private member’s [...]
Apple cautions suppliers of sliding demand – but heads for sales of $117bn December 2, 2021 Apple has reportedly warned suppliers of sliding demand for its latest iPhone 13 – though the technology giant is still headed for a record Christmas quarter. Reports of the alleged caution prompted investors to duck out of the stock, leaving its share price down more than three per cent to $159.59 a share. Shares had [...]
Omicron: what it means for markets November 30, 2021 Mark Ainsworth, Head of Data Insights: The new Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529, or Omicron, that was identified last week in southern Africa has officially been classed a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization. Covid-19 infections had already been on the rise in a number of countries, notably in Europe. This is due to colder [...]
AJ Bell wades into commission-free retail investing space and plots launch of new app ‘Dodl’ November 29, 2021 AJ Bell has today announced it is wading into the crowded low-cost retail investing space with the planned launch of a new “easy to use” app called Dodl, to sit alongside its existing consumer platform Youinvest. In an effort to compete with the lowest cost investment platforms in the market and attract first-time investors, Dodl [...]
EU agree common position to curb US tech giants November 25, 2021 EU countries agreed on a common position on new rules to curb the power of U.S. tech giants this morning, which will force them to do more to police their platforms for illegal content.