- March 20, 2019
- Leon Teague
Stock Markets Drift As They Wait For Fed, BOE Decisions
The yields of the three-year bonds fell to its lowest since September 2016 below the Reserve Bank of Australia’s policy rate 0f 1.5% which resulted in speculation of a rate…
Read More- March 20, 2019
- Stephen Beck
Facebook’s Product Head Quits as Company Pivots to Messaging
Facebook has been constantly evolving and shape-shifting as a social media platform for around a decade now and in one of the latest announcements, it’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg…
Read More- March 19, 2019
- Leon Teague
General Motors Considering Lyft Stake Options as IPO Nears
Initial Public Offerings for startups have often proven to be extremely lucrative for early investors and so will be the case when ride-hailing company Lyft conducts its IPO next week.…
Read More- March 19, 2019
- Leon Teague
US Sues Volkswagen and ex-CEO for Fraud over Dieselgate
The diesel emissions scandal, better known as ‘Dieselgate’, threatened to engulf Volkswagen, one of the biggest car manufacturers in the world. Although the car maker may have left it behind…
Read More- March 18, 2019
- Kelly Clark
Qualcomm Owes Apple $1billion Rebate Payment
A preliminary ruling was issued by a U.S. federal judge that states that Qualcomm Inc has to pay Apple Inc. nearly $1 billion as patent royalty rebate payments. However, with…
Read More- March 18, 2019
- Charles Hoff
One in Five of UK Big Companies Have No Women on Their Board
Some of the biggest companies in the United Kingdom have zero or very few women board members and have been put on notice by a trade body of the fund…
Read More- March 15, 2019
- Leon Teague
Pound Falls, Asian Stocks a Mixed Bag at the End Of Day
Asian stocks rallied as new data was published on the Chinese economy. The pound also reduced as investors waited to see the developments in Brexit. In the markets: Stocks Asia…
Read More- March 15, 2019
- Charles Hoff
Palm Oil in BioFuels: EU Trying to Prevent Another Trade War
In a bid to appease both the palm oil producers and the environmentalists, the European Union set new criteria for the use of palm oil in biofuels. Palm oil producers…
Read More- March 14, 2019
- Charles Hoff
Big Tariff Cuts and No Irish Border Checks in the Event of No Deal Brexit
With Prime Minister Theresa May struggling to push her Brexit deal through the Parliament, it is increasingly looking likely that on the 29th of March this year, the United Kingdom…
Read More- March 14, 2019
- Leon Teague
Cathay Pacific Swings Back to Profit After Two Years
Hong Kong based Cathay Pacific had been in the doldrums as it posted losses in each of the past two years, but it seems that a range of cost cutting…
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