Category: Finance
Finance
British cereal company Weetabix vote for strike in the new year
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com - - Mon, 19 Dec, 2016) London, UK - - [caption id="attachment_770" align="alignnone" width="500"] Antenne Springborn/Flickr.com[/caption] Workers at British cereal company Weetabix,[more...]
Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox to buy European pay-TV firm Sky
Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox is buying European pay-TV firm Sky, which has nearly 22 million viewers in Britain, Ireland, Italy, Germany and Austria. The[more...]
Nintendo releases its first game for smartphones
Sunny Dhillon, principal at Signia Venture Partners, discusses Nintendo’s release of its first game for smartphones, Super Mario Run. He speaks with Vonnie Quinn on[more...]
Rogue One hits an incredible $29 Million Box Office opening on Thursday
Sinead de Vries and Kristian Harloff with Collider News break down and discuss 'Rogue One's' opening night box office results.
Amazon drone made its first delivery to a customer
Online seller of literally everything Amazon.com made history last week when the company made its first drone delivery to a customer. The order came from[more...]
Rents in London fall for first time since 2010 – lender
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com - - Fri, 16 Dec, 2016) London, UK - - [caption id="attachment_239" align="alignnone" width="640"] London Skyline/Megan Trace/flickr.com[/caption] London rents, which are amongst[more...]
The FCA to revamp the way Financial Services Compensation Schemes are funded
(qlmbusinessnews.com via telegraph.co.uk - - Thu, 15 Dec, 2016) London, Uk - - [caption id="attachment_206" align="alignnone" width="640"] Michael Duxbury/flickr.com[/caption] Riskier firms will shoulder bigger[more...]
Make sure business gets the maximum access to the European Union’s single market -Brexit minister
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com - - Wed, 14 Dec, 2016) London, UK - - [caption id="attachment_586" align="alignnone" width="640"] Rareclass/flickr[/caption] British Brexit minister David Davis said on[more...]
Snapchat ‘Spectacles’ used by Doctor for the first-ever lifestream surgery
A London based doctor performed surgery in real time on Snapchat. Dr. Shafi Ahmed used ‘Spectacles’ to give a first person view of a hernia[more...]
Argos delivery drivers preparing to go on strike days before Christmas
(qlmbusinessnews.com via news.sky.com- - Tue, 13 Dec, 2016) London, Uk - - The walk-out adds to a wave of industrial action with strikes also hitting[more...]
Inflation in Britain increase to a two year high in November
Inflation in Britain has risen again. In November consumer prices were 1.2 percent higher than November last year.
Crowdfunding faces crackdown by Watchdog
(qlmbusinessnews.com via telegraph.co.uk - - Tue, 13 Dec, 2016) London, Uk - - Crowdfunding platforms need tougher rules and restrictions in order to protect investors,[more...]