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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Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw cleared of wrongdoing in cash-for-access scandal

September 17, 2015

The two ex-foreign secretaries stepped down after a cash-for-access scandal uncovered by an undercover TV investigation, but always denied any wrongdoing. The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has now found that neither broke any Commons rules. Former foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Labour MP Jack Straw were caught on camera by an investigation by Channel [...]
Google’s wearables push “Project Aura” could mean Google Glass is making a comeback

September 17, 2015

Poor, embattled Google Glass. Google tried everything, even teaming up with couture designer Diane von Furstenburg, but despite its best efforts nothing seemed able to shake customers’ feeling that the headgear made you look, well, like a bit of an idiot. A far cry from the massive hype surrounding its unveiling in 2012, a hefty [...]
Amazon challenges Apple TV with Fire TV update that can stream 4K video

September 17, 2015

Amazon has unveiled an update to its popular media streaming box Fire TV, capable of streaming ultra high definition content. With the launch, Amazon is clearly taking a swing at Apple, as the online retail giant’s announcement comes a mere week after Apple presented a new Apple TV update. But in the UK, Amazon may [...]
London has the UK’s weakest startup growth, with Nottingham, Bristol and Birmingham claiming the top spots for entrepreneurs

September 17, 2015

London may regularly be referred to as the UK's "engine room of growth" – but when it comes to startups, that couldn’t be more wrong. The capital actually has the country’s weakest growth, according to Companies House data analysed by Instant Offices. Although the number of startups has increased 21 per cent in the past [...]
Transport for London secretly make a geographically accurate Tube map and it’s strangely hypnotising

September 17, 2015

The London Tube map that's been in use since Harry Beck designed it in 1931 may (rightly) be lauded as a classic feat of design, but with all those 45-degree corners and straight lines, it doesn’t come particularly close to reality. Journeys that appear only a few hundred metres in length on the map sometimes [...]
The unexepected financial advantage of going green: green funds are outperforming fossil fuel black funds

September 17, 2015

Going green is finally paying off, as a study has shown that green funds are significantly outperforming “black funds”. Green funds invest only in environmentally friendly companies. But it seems ethical preoccupations needn’t be the only reason for choosing them. The University of Edinburgh Business School analysed 1,400 funds and found that over the past [...]
US interest rate rise 2015: Dollar droops ahead of the Federal Reserve’s big decision

September 16, 2015

The dollar tumbled with less than a day to go until the Federal Reserve makes its big decision, falling one per cent against the pound. With the dollar dropping against 15 of the 16 major currencies tracked by Bloomberg, the biggest winners were the pound, gaining one per cent, and the South African rand, gaining [...]
Bloomberg terminals to pull more data in from Twitter

September 16, 2015

City traders and other Bloomberg terminal addicts can look forward to to getting more Twitter data to help make smarter decisions. We already know that when markets get moving, Twitter follows suit – but it goes the other way too, with tweets moving markets. Bloomberg and Twitter are now expanding their partnership, according to reports [...]
Apple iOS 9 release: Here’s how to download the latest update to the iPhone and iPad operating system – and why it isn’t working for some

September 16, 2015

It’s update time for iPhone users: iOS 9 is here. Apple released the latest version of the operating system running on iPhones and iPads at 6pm UK time – and you should get a friendly phone reminder from Apple when it's ready to download. As always, servers are overheating as every single iPhone user worldwide [...]
Samsung really is working on a foldable smartphone – first photos of “Project Valley” leaked

September 16, 2015

Samsung is working on a top-secret foldable smartphone, given the codename “Project Valley”. Photos reportedly showing the Korean tech giant’s prototype of the phone have ended up on Chinese social media site Weibo, alongside suggestions that the model could go on the market early next year. If the sound of a “foldable” phone puts you [...]

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