Valentine’s Day 2016: Forget about Black Friday and Cyber Monday – today’s the day for peak online hunting for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift February 8, 2016 If your colleagues' computer screens have taken on a pink and red hue, don't fire off a concerned email to IT. They're probably just on the hunt for a gift for their significant other as Valentine's Day looms. According to an analysis of Google Trends data released today by the Post Office, the Monday before Valentine's Day [...]
Emolument: Bankers aren’t happy with this year’s bonuses, as nearly half of Bank of America workers say they are dissatisfied February 5, 2016 This year's bonus round is bigger than last year's – but it has gone down like a lead balloon with bankers, new data suggests, with the majority of bank workers saying they're unhappy with what they've been offered. The research, by salary benchmarking site Emolument, shows those working at Bank of America Merrill Lynch are most disappointed [...]
Lionsgate Entertainment share price falls in after-hours trading as its third quarter earnings miss expectations February 4, 2016 Shares in Lionsgate Entertainment, the production company behind The Hunger Games, fell in post-market trading today after its revenue disappointed in the third quarter. The company reported earnings fell to $0.27 per share in the third quarter ended December 31st, missing analysts' estimates for $0.47 per share, and down from $0.66 during the same period [...]
Facebook has slashed six degrees of separation to just 3.57 putting us much closer to Kevin Bacon February 4, 2016 Remember six degrees of separation? The theory that you, Kevin Bacon and every other human on Earth are just six connections away? Well, forget it, Facebook has changed all that The firm has analysed its over 1.5bn active users and discovered that in the age of social media, the real degree of separation between us [...]
GoPro share price loses 9.34 per cent after revealing plummeting sales February 3, 2016 Camera manufacturer GoPro has posted a 31.1 per cent decline in sales for the final quarter of 2015, down to $436.6m (£299.3m) from $633.9m, missing analysts' expectations of $496.1m. Shares in the company dropped by over nine per cent in after hours trading, and at the close yesterday were down by more than 80 per cent over [...]
Canary Wharf to outstrip other London office districts in 2016 with strongest rental growth February 3, 2016 Canary Wharf’s gleaming office towers have lagged slightly behind rival districts last year, posting an eight per cent rise in rental growth against 12 per cent in the City and an astonishing 24 per cent leap in Shoreditch – thanks to the cool kids moving in. However, with rents becoming increasingly unaffordable for small to [...]
Arthur J Gallagher reports jump in revenue driven by brokerage and risk management performances February 2, 2016 US insurance broker Arthur J Gallagher has posted 10 per cent growth in revenue for the final quarter of 2015, up to $1.03bn (£715bn) from $938.4m in the same period of 2014. For the full year, revenue was up 17 per cent, from $3.5bn to $4.1bn. The Illinois-based company, which has its UK headquarters in [...]
Exxon Mobil profits fall by over 50 per cent as the company continues to adjust to the new oil price normal February 2, 2016 Exxon Mobil, the erstwhile largest company in the world by market capitalisation, has posted a 58 per cent drop in quarterly profit as the languishing oil price continues to eat into the performance of the company. Exxon, which still holds the mantle of the world's largest publicly traded oil company, reported its fourth-quarter profit slipped [...]
BP’s share price falls to six-year low as energy giant reveals worse-than-expected $2.2bn fourth quarter loss on back of falling oil prices February 2, 2016 BP's share price has fallen to its lowest level in nearly six years after posting worse-than-expected results this morning. Shares in the oil giant, whose replacement cost losses increased by 130 per cent, were down 9.5 per cent in mid-afternoon trading to 330 per share – the lowest in nearly six years, though still well [...]
BP chief executive Bob Dudley appoints Lamar McKay as deputy in pre-results shake-up February 1, 2016 BP has appointed Lamar McKay to the new post of deputy group chief executive in a shake-up of the oil giant’s top team. McKay, a 34-year BP veteran, will be responsible for strategy and long-term planning, safety and operational risk, technology, and corporate governance. He will also take on some of chief executive Bob Dudley’s duties. Currently [...]