Ladbrokes owner GVC hails ‘excellent’ trading as booming online business outweighs hit from crackdown on betting terminals Betting giant thrives despite regulation on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) UK retail like-for-like revenues dived 12 per cent over the year as a result GVC Holdings said it benefited from ‘strong’ online growth in the fourth quarter By Sara … Read more
Former Goldman Sachs investment banker pleads guilty to insider trading By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:54 BST, 7 January 2020 | Updated: 22:37 BST, 7 January 2020 A former Goldman Sachs investment banker linked to an insider trading ring has admitted fraud. US prosecutors say Bryan Cohen, 33, passed confidential information about … Read more
Glastonbury cancellation hits trading at power generator supplier Aggreko By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 23 March 2020 | Updated: 22:09 GMT, 23 March 2020 The cancellation of this year’s Glastonbury Festival and other big events because of the coronavirus outbreak has hit trading at Aggreko. The power generator supplier scrapped … Read more
Britain’s biggest pubs, bars and restaurants report dire trading amid warnings that many will collapse this weekend with the loss of a million jobs By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 23:29 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 23:29 GMT, 18 March 2020 Britain’s biggest pubs, bars and restaurants reported dire trading yesterday amid … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 4,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 110,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type … Read more
What are stock market ‘circuit breakers’ and why was one used to halt trading in the US today? By Harry Wise For This Is Money Published: 15:38 GMT, 9 March 2020 | Updated: 15:50 GMT, 9 March 2020 Trading on the New York Stock Exchange was paused for fifteen minutes today after the S&P 500 … Read more
MARKET REPORT: New Year Beijing bounce for stock markets as China central bank pumps an extra £87bn into the economy Chinese Central Bank gives the market a whooping £87billion kick-start Move comes off the back of the US-China trade war and a weak year for the SSE FTSE, DAX, and the DOW were nudged up … Read more
New York Stock Exchange considers shutting trading floor amid coronavirus fears as Wall Street firms tell workers to prepare to work from home The New York Stock Exchange is considering closing its trading floor amid concerns the conoravirus outbreak will spread into a wider pandemic Wall Street firms already have started restricting travel and advising … Read more