By: Clara Guibourg

Clara Guibourg is an Online Writer at City A.M. She can be contacted at clara.guibourg@cityam.com. She is particularly passionate about women in business, technology and telecoms.

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Waterloo & City line Tube delays: Normal service resumes on the line

January 7, 2016

The Waterloo and City line has resumed service after commuters faced travel misery on their way from the office when a signal failure cause a suspension. Following the incident, which occurred at Bank just after 5.30pm, Transport for London is urging travellers to use the Northern, Bakerloo or Jubilee lines instead: https://twitter.com/wlooandcityline/status/685155890752794625 TfL has since announced: [...]
Vodafone joins Apple and Google in slamming UK government’s Investigatory Powers Bill, warning that the snoopers’ charter risks undermining trust

January 7, 2016

Vodafone has slammed the government’s so-called snoopers’ charter, warning that the proposed legislation to monitor communication risks undermining trust in British telco firms. Vodafone has expressed concern that authorities’ power to tap into and access its network would be a “major imposition on the freedom of an operator”. In a submission to the Draft Investigatory [...]
Bitcoin price soars past $450 on the back of China turbulence

January 7, 2016

Bitcoin is having a roaring start to 2016 so far. While the pound has fallen to a five-year low against the dollar amid another turbulent day in China, bitcoin has benefited from the drama to go on a tear to $450 and beyond, hitting its highest point since Christmas. The cryptocurrency started the day at [...]
How to be British: Stephen Fry and Heathrow team up in a three-minute video guide to British etiquette

January 6, 2016

Anyone need a guide to being British? In an unlikely alliance, Stephen Fry and Heathrow Airport have stepped up to the plate with the essential UK tips summed up in a three-minute video. Fry has become an unofficial ambassador for all things British in the airport’s latest advert, to be shown to passengers arriving to [...]
Apple share price drops below $100 on reports of slowing iPhone 6S and 6S Plus shipments

January 6, 2016

Apple shares slumped below $100 for the first time in months as production cuts refuelled worries that demand for iPhones is weakening. Investors were rattled by reports yesterday that Apple was expected to cut production of both the latest iPhone models 6S and 6S Plus by 30 per cent in the first quarter of 2016, [...]
December 2015 FOMC Minutes: Federal Reserve policymakers concerned about slow inflation despite rate hike

January 6, 2016

The Federal Reserve minutes from its meeting in December show officials expressing “significant concern” about slow inflation, despite the milestone move to hike interest rates. Led by chair Janet Yellen, the US central bank moved to raise short-term interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade at its meeting on 15-16 December, from [...]
Good-looking women get better grades (but for men, looks don’t matter)

January 6, 2016

In an ideal world, brains and hard work would be all that influenced your grades, but it turns out that for women there’s an unexpected factor at play: their looks. Researchers have found that unattractive women were given significantly lower grades than their more good-looking counterparts. Male students’ results, however, were unaffected by their looks. [...]
CES 2016: Netflix share price jumps on expansion to 130 new countries, including India, Singapore and Saudi Arabia – but not China

January 6, 2016

Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings had a big announcement up his sleeve for his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES): Netflix is going live in 130 new countries, tripling the streaming giant’s distribution in one fell swoop. The expansion makes Netflix really global, as new countries include India, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Vietnam, Indonesia [...]
Bye bye Internet Explorer: Microsoft is axing the world’s most hated browser, ending support for Explorer 8, 9 and 10 to move users towards Edge

January 6, 2016

Microsoft is pulling the plug on Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10, in a bid to push users away from the obsolete browser towards its new Edge. The tech giant is ending support for the older browsers on 12 January, encouraging users to upgrade either to the latest version, Explorer 11, or its successor, Edge. [...]
Companies, watch out: One in five disgruntled consumers turn to social media like Facebook and Twitter to complain

January 6, 2016

Companies, watch out: in the 21st century, if you displease your customers there is every chance the world is hearing about it. Forget keeping arguments behind closed doors. Our fights with brands are increasingly going public, as new research has found that nearly one in five disgruntled consumers now turn to social media as their [...]

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