Hedge fund chief bets on stockmarket recovery after profiting from coronavirus sell-off

Anglo-Australian mining group benefits from resilient iron ore price

Fall could be the equivalent of India’s total annual consumption, IEA says

60 per cent decline in sales predicted in the next three months

Survival of coastal city’s vibrant arts scene will depend on community ‘being on the front foot’

Those in pensions drawdown are at risk of  pound cost ravaging

He tried to persuade Muhammad Ali to retire from the ring before it was too late

A prolific American talent who defied the snobbery of literary critics

His 19% in 1992 was best result for independent presidential candidate in 80 years

He became the scourge of the Mob and white-collar crime in New York

Essential retailer says coronavirus uncertainty means it will not give guidance for year ahead

Retailers are still replenishing stocks after panic buying ahead of coronavirus lockdowns

Group ramps up production of cleaning and sanitising goods amid coronavirus crisis

If anything, it’s only made the most coveted more sought after, as online sellers adapt to cater for their clientele.

Why, from an investment perspective, Covid-19 suppression is the equivalent of kicking the can down the road.

Human rights are regressing worldwide and the UN’s ability to defend them is under attack

It is easy to take advantage of frightened people who have accepted infringements on freedom

The ECB’s asset purchases are vital to the stability of the eurozone

Strategists expect concerns about eurozone stability to dent the currency

ECB intends to resist court injunction to justify its sovereign bond purchases

Airline forecasts capacity will be almost wiped out in the second quarter

Bundesbank told to halt participation unless central bank shows policy is ‘proportionate’

IEA expects global consumption will decline 8% this year in largest drop since second world war

Marathon cuts capital spending by $1.4bn in anticipation of 30% drop in output

It is the deepest, broadest, most liquid market for larger global businesses

New Sipp dealing account has no annual management fee

Shares in security software maker dropped sharply after revelations of data harvesting

Optimism, not pessimism, could spark future takeover offers for UK investment houses

Learning how to budget is a vital skill to master at the beginning of a career

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Meet Kairn, a new startup coming out of stealth today with a sneak peek of what the company has been working on. As Wunderlist shuts down, Kairn wants to prove that there’s still room for an innovative task-management service. “We’re building a task manager that is smart and focused on capturing tasks,” co-founder and CEO […]

Deep Render, a London startup and spin-out of Imperial College that is applying machine learning to image compression, has raised £1.6 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Pentech, with participation from Speedinvest. Founded in mid-2017 by Arsalan Zafar and Chri Besenbruch, who met while studying Computer Science at Imperial College London, Deep Render […]

The coronavirus pandemic is significantly slowing the growth of Facebook’s ads business, but investors seem pleased with the company’s performance in Q1 after Facebook released its earnings report Wednesday. The company beat Wall Street expectations on revenues, sharing that they had made $17.74 billion while falling short on earnings per share at $1.71. The company […]

Investment strategies have failed to prepare the country for the technology shock

But statistics that show how many days one country is behind another are humbug

It would be the underlying law and EU treaty that needs changing, not the ruling

Tech companies caught in coronavirus disruption

In its first-quarter earnings report today, Samsung said it expects the COVID-19 pandemic to continue impacting its business for the rest of the year, cutting into sales for smartphones and TVs, but increasing demand for PCs, servers and memory chips as people continue to work or study from home. Samsung’s results for the first-quarter of […]

Paige, the Sloan-Kettering spinout that has been building an artificial intelligence platform to improve cancer pathology and subsequently use those insights to develop better drug therapies, has raised an additional $5 million in funding to continue its work commercialising its platform and expanding its research reach, while also getting FDA clearance to launch in hospitals […]

Transport demand will rebound while the pandemic will reboot the use of plastics

Mobile app market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, which provides data-driven insights about the app economy, has raised $45 million in new funding from Riverwood Capital. This is the first significant investment the now-profitable company has seen since its $1 million seed round in 2013. The investment speaks to the growing demand for data about the […]

Investors seek better-quality government bonds

What the experts are forecasting for next year

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Deep Render, a London startup and spin-out of Imperial College that is applying machine learning to image compression, has raised £1.6 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Pentech, with participation from Speedinvest. Founded in mid-2017 by Arsalan Zafar and Chri Besenbruch, who met while studying Computer Science at Imperial College London, Deep Render […]

Costs are falling — but it still looks far more expensive than it should

All portfolios should at least nod to the idea that there’s more to life than short-term profits. But how?

It is simply another policy tool, neither the royal road to hyperinflation nor a cure-all

Early Stage SF is around the corner, on April 28 in San Francisco, and we are more than excited for this brand new event. The intimate gathering of founders, VCs, operators and tech industry experts is all about giving founders the tools they need to find success, no matter the challenge ahead of them. Struggling […]