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.

All 979 Articles

Global debt growth returns to pre-crisis levels

September 29, 2015

Global debt burden is returning to pre-crisis levels as the Global Wealth Report released today shows debt growing at its fastest pace since 2007. The report published by Allianz showed global debt growing by over four per cent last year – still not close to the soaring growth rate from before the financial crisis hit, [...]
Reserve Bank of India cuts interest rates more than expected

September 29, 2015

India’s central bank has surprised investors and economists alike by cutting its interest rate more than expected. This is the fourth time the Reserve Bank of India has slashed interest rates this year, bringing them down from 7.25 per cent to 6.75 per cent. The cut goes further than the quarter-point most economists were forecasting [...]
Boohoo’s share price rises as revenue and profits jump

September 29, 2015

Boohoo’s share price climbed this morning, as the UK online retailer reported a jump in both revenue and profits. The figures The fashion etailer's revenue soared by 35 per cent in the first half of 2015, to land at £90.8m. Pre-tax profit was up to £6.3m, a rise of 39 per cent. The FTSE 250-listed [...]
Shadow business secretary Angela Eagle: Trade union bill is “an attack on basic freedoms”

September 28, 2015

Labour’s shadow business secretary Angela Eagle has attacked the trade union bill, calling it “divisive and partisan” in her speech at the Labour Party conference. Speaking at the party’s conference in Brighton, Eagle denounced the government’s planned bill, which will rewrite strike legislation: It is an attack on basic freedoms. It has no place in [...]
Apple iPhone 6s and 6s Plus: New iPhones set “phenomenal” sales record

September 28, 2015

Apple sold 13m iPhones in the debut weekend of new models iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, smashing through previous sales records. Chief executive Tim Cook described the sales rush as “phenomenal”, saying they had "blown past any previous first weekend sales results in Apple’s history". When the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus were released a [...]
EU refugee crisis: Angela Merkel’s popularity drops over Germany’s generous refugee policy

September 28, 2015

Angela Merkel’s popularity figures are tumbling over her generous response to the refugee crisis, as anti-refugee sentiment mounts in Germany. Two polls published today show the German Chancellor’s popularity dropping sharply, over accusations that her handling of the crisis has brought a greater number of refugees to Germany than the country is able to handle. [...]
Volkswagen emissions scandal: New chief executive Matthias Muller should remember that the customer is always right – but it’s your employees that drive the decision

September 28, 2015

Faced with a growing global backlash, Volkswagen's new chief executive Matthias Muller will need all the friends he can find. He should start by cultivating the people who work for him. Consumers are individualists, enabled by technology and empowered by social media. They expect a lot more for their cash and are quick to shift [...]
Male, pale, stale – and called Andrew: This is what the average UK boss is like

September 28, 2015

The average UK boss is a 54 year-old white man named Andrew. In fact, if you’re a boss at a top UK company, you’re more likely to be called Andrew than be a woman, a new survey from manufacturer Stormline has found. The company crunched the numbers to find the average age, gender and education [...]
Total supermoon lunar eclipse 2015 in pictures: Rare super blood moon rises around the world

September 28, 2015

Amateur astronomers around the world had cause to cheer overnight, as a “super blood moon” made a rare appearance in the night skies early on Monday morning. The astronomical phenomenon occurs when a total lunar eclipse coincides with a supermoon as some sunlight still illuminates the moon, causing it to turn red as it passes through [...]
Royal Dutch Shell to cease Arctic drilling and offshore oil exploration in the Burger J well in Alaska

September 28, 2015

Royal Dutch Shell will cease offshore oil exploration in Alaska, after the company announced plans to retreat from the Arctic due to high production costs. Shell said in a statement it had “found indications of oil and gas in the Burger J well”, but that these were “not sufficient to warrant further exploration”. The oil [...]

test

Premiership run-in: Saints and Bath will impact top four

Here We Are, National Theatre, review: Stephen Sondheim musical is more Severance than sing-a-long

By: Clara Guibourg

All 979 Articles

Subscribe