Google Pixel 11 review: Can this new smartphone lure away iPhone users? Life&Style Two years ago I reviewed Google’s folding phone and I was blown away. The extra screen real estate was transformative, particularly for someone like me who spends most of their time on smartphones reading. So enamoured by this device did I become that I ditched my previous handset and made it my own. I confidently [...]
Tracker funds are turning 50 – will they make it to 100? Markets Vanguard launched its first ever tracker fund 50 years ago this month. Since then, they have had an enormous impact on the way our capital markets function – and now make up more than half all fund-held assets. Ali Lyon asks: will they be as popular when they turn 100? The 1976 launch of the [...]
Why did Pinterest choose Oxford Street for its new HQ? Opinion Pinterest is not a bricks and mortar business, nor is it explicitly a retail one. So why choose Oxford Street for its slick new home?
‘Nasty’ chip stock rout plunges Nasdaq into correction territory July 29, 2026 A global rout in chip stocks plunged the Nasdaq into correction territory on Tuesday just hours after South Korea’s bourse was forced to halt trading, in a sharp change of fortunes for what has been one of the year’s top performing exchanges. New York’s tech-heavy index fell nearly two per cent at the US market [...]
Fresh tech sell-off fears as investor chip frenzy cools July 13, 2026 Chipmaking stocks plunged in Seoul and New York on Monday as investors opted to cash out of SK Hynix following a blistering share price rally following its Nasdaq debut last week. The Kospi, Seoul’s blue-chip index, tumbled 8.9 per cent to 6,806.9 points, dragging it further from the 9,000 mark it was touching just under [...]
South Korea is the canary in the coalmine of the AI boom July 7, 2026 South Korea’s experiment with leveraged single-stock ETFs has shown how quickly passive investing, concentrated markets and retail speculation can feed on one another, says Helen Thomas The new frontier for the AI boom isn’t Silicon Valley but South Korea. While the country has long been home to technology giants such as Samsung Electronics, the country’s [...]
As it happened: Stocks slide despite tech and data boost; Oil falls after OPEC+ ups output July 6, 2026 Welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Markets are dealing with a double dose of pressures to start of the new week as investors brace for a crucial earnings season in the artificial sector, whilst an increase of supply on the oil market weighs on prices. Over in Asia, stock markets slipped following a week [...]
Nothing fails to file accounts months after dissolution threat July 1, 2026 Smartphone maker Nothing is still showing overdue accounts months after escaping compulsory dissolution, City AM can reveal, raising questions over the governance of one of Britain’s fastest-growing tech firms. The London-based consumer electronics maker narrowly avoided being struck off the UK company register earlier this year after Companies House launched compulsory strike-off proceedings over missed [...]
Interactive Brokers Expands Access to Korean Equities with Launch of Nextrade ATS June 30, 2026 IB SmartRouting℠ Routes Orders to the Best Available Price Between KRX and Nextrade
Apple eyes blacklisted Chinese supplier to ease chip shortage June 27, 2026 Apple has reportedly lobbied the Trump administration for permission to buy memory chips from a Chinese manufacturer blacklisted by the Pentagon, as the AI boom continues to squeeze global semiconductor supplies. The iPhone maker has approached US officials seeking reassurance over sourcing memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), according to the Financial Times, after [...]