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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Happy World Statistics Day! Five charts showing why the world is a better place than you think

October 20, 2015

Whoopee, it’s World Statistics Day at last. …said no one, ever. But maybe we should. As the sheer amount of statistics available to us continues to grow exponentially in the digital age, experts are arguing that we can use this information to make the world a better place. The UK’s National Statistician John Pullinger argued [...]
Transport for London: Uber and London’s private hire trade need new regulations

October 20, 2015

On Friday, the High Court declared that smartphones used by some private hire drivers were not taximeters. This confirmed the view that Transport for London (TfL) has held all along. It was right to seek clarity on the matter at the High Court because, as the regulator of the taxi and private hire trades, we [...]
Yum! spins off its China business as KFC and Pizza Hut owner hopes to boost China sales

October 20, 2015

Yum! Brands is spinning off its China business, following disappointing sales in the country. The fast food group, owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, plans to split into two separate publicly traded companies. Yum has some 6,900 restaurants in China today, but hopes to grow to some 20,000 as more and more of [...]
Data protection watchdogs: The race is on for EU and US to find a new Safe Harbour agreement after European Court of Justice landmark ruling

October 20, 2015

EU data protection watchdogs have set a January deadline for the EU and US to strike a new accord allowing Europeans’ data to be sent across the Atlantic, or risk enforcement action. In a landmark ruling the European Court of Justice decried the Safe Harbour agreement as invalid on 6 October. The court sided with [...]
Internet of Things: With great power comes great responsibility – we have to prepare our youngsters to fight cybercrime

October 20, 2015

Among the myriad manifestations of modernity, nothing evokes a sense of sci-fi quite like the Internet of Things (IoT). In case any minds need refreshing, this is the phrase coined to describe everyday objects that can connect with the Internet, collecting and exchanging data without the need for human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction. The stuff that [...]
We’re buying more and more of our wine online as millennials learn to drink wine

October 20, 2015

Don’t drink and… click? Britons are ignoring this advice, it seems. Online sales of wine are going through the roof, as the country’s millennials are growing up and learning to appreciate the taste of a nice bottle of plonk. E-commerce is driving nearly all of wine retail’s growth, according to Rabobank’s latest Wine Quarterly report. [...]
US agent Carl Force caught stealing bitcoin on the Silk Road case sentenced to seven years in prison

October 20, 2015

A US federal agent has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin, while he was supposed to be investigating the Silk Road case. Former Drug Enforcement Authority agent Carl Force was working to take down the infamous dark web drug trafficking site. But [...]
Australian banks investigated by competition watchdog for closing bitcoin company accounts

October 19, 2015

Australian banks have been closing bitcoin bank accounts – now they’re getting probed by the country’s competition watchdog who is getting on the case. Some 17 bitcoin companies received letters in September saying that their accounts were getting shut down, in what the companies themselves called a “crackdown” from the country’s banks. The Australian Competition [...]
anks investigated for closing bitcoin company accounts

October 19, 2015

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Vodafone upgraded to “outperform” by Australian bank Macquarie

October 19, 2015

Looks like Vodafone is turning a corner. At least according to Australian bank Macquarie, which has upgraded the British telecoms giant from “neutral” to “outperform”, suggesting a 235p price target. This will come as welcome news for Vodafone’s shareholders, as stocks have fallen 3.4 per cent in the year to date, with the company facing [...]

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