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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Fed rate hike reactions: The best Twitter responses to Janet Yellen’s big move

December 16, 2015

What to do when the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates from a historic low for the first time in nearly a decade, in a bill of health for the US economy? Why, take to Twitter, of course. Read more: What the world looked like the last time the Fed hiked rates The social media [...]
EU nears finishing line on milestone data protection law

December 16, 2015

With EU lawmakers finally agreeing on new strict rules on data protection yesterday, the matter only needs to be put to a vote tomorrow to cross the finishing line. The new regulation, which has been working its way through Brussels since 2012, is a landmark agreement harmonising data protection across all member states. Under the [...]
Beware fake hoverboards: Counterfeit goods are no longer cheap imitations confined to the black market

December 16, 2015

Only a few months ago, hoverboard hysteria swept the nation. Endorsements by celebrities from Lily Allen to Usain Bolt led to a massive rush of pre-orders and John Lewis swiftly ran out of stock. However, there is also a dark side to all of this excitement: the seizure of more than 15,000 hoverboards imported into [...]
Behind the scenes: Better infrastructure is required to keep London’s tech sector on track

December 16, 2015

The Lord Mayor of London Alan Yarrow has identified infrastructure as one of the keys to unlocking the capital’s future growth. Given that the tech sector is at the very heart of London’s economic success – with a further £1.6bn being pumped into tech investment this year alone – the Lord Mayor’s statement has never [...]
Too cold? Or too hot? Office temperature is the number one cause of workplace fights

December 16, 2015

Are you always freezing in the office, despite bundling up in scarves and woolly jumpers? Or are you the person sitting nearby, always opening a window to let some fresh air in? No matter what side of the fence you’re on, you’re likely to have been the witness of more than a few disputes over [...]
Will the blockchain turn your washing machine into a philanthropist?

December 16, 2015

The blockchain, the hyped technology that digital currencies like bitcoin build upon, is already changing the way banks work. Now it could be about to change how charities raise money. The distributed ledger technology is set to revolutionise how we give money to our favourite charities, argues the Charities Aid Foundation in a new report [...]
Fed rate hike: What you need to know about ahead of Janet Yellen’s big decision on US interest rates, from why it’s important to when it’s announced

December 16, 2015

The world is waiting on tenterhooks for the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting, with the US central bank widely expected to announce its first interest rate hike in nearly a decade tonight. Barring “unanticipated shocks”, Fed members are expected to vote to lift rates by quarter to half a percentage point from their current historic low. After [...]
Forget carol singing and church: Telly is our new Christmas tradition with the average Briton watching five hours of television on Christmas Day

December 16, 2015

Ah, Christmas. ‘Tis the season to be… stuck in front of the box? Yes, it seems that one of the most prominent features of a traditional British Christmas is no longer carol singing or going to church. It’s watching television. Families are set to spend an eye-watering average of nearly five hours in front of [...]
Why is cybercrime growing? Ed Vaizey argues business and government need to team up to tackle cyber attacks

December 15, 2015

Business and government need to team up if we’re to have any luck tackling the growing threat of cybercrime, according to digital economy minister Ed Vaizey. Major cyber attacks against firms like Carphone Warehouse and TalkTalk have put cybersecurity in the limelight this year. The UK government has classed cybercrime as one of the four [...]
Labour and Lib Dem peers fail to block government u-turn on “reverse burden of proof” in Senior Managers Regime

December 15, 2015

The government narrowly avoided a defeat last night when peers endorsed ministers' plans to abandon the controversial so-called reverse burden of proof in new financial regulation. In a 198-200 vote last night, the House of Lords voted against an amendment tabled by Labour and Lib Dem peers to reinstate a "guilty until proven innocent" provision [...]

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