McAfee to be acquired by a consortium of investors for $14 Billion
Cyber security titan McAfee announced on Monday 8 November that it will go private in a deal with a consortium of investors led by...
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- Oct 31, 2021
- 2 min
MI5, MI6, and GCHQ to store classified data on AWS Cloud Computing
MI5, MI6, and GCHQ have agreed to, what is estimated to be, a £500 million to £1 billion agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud...
- Oct 31, 2021
- 2 min
Australia faces criticism over 2050 carbon net zero pledge
Australia, one of the world’s leading coal and gas suppliers, has pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Australia joins a...
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
Market Roundup
Spotlight on a Company NatWest struggled with their share price this week despite a surge in profits in the third quarter. They set aside...
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
The Key to your Dream Grad Job? Spring Weeks, Internships, Placements…
The graduate job market can be a tough place to navigate, but luckily, there are some things that can be done to improve students’...
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
What COP26 means for Finance
The United Nations climate summit, COP26, takes place in Glasgow this week. Whilst there were multiple setbacks in the lead up to the...
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
Chinese Real Estate Market: The Case for Tax Reform
The debate over the real estate tax in China has raged on for more than a decade. Up until now, China has not applied any real estate...
- Oct 31, 2021
- 2 min
Indian start-up Zomato loses big after being valued at $12bn on market debut
Losses have more than tripled for Zomato, the Indian food delivery ‘unicorn’, in the first quarterly earnings report since the company...
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
High Street Revival? Ikea purchases ex-Topshop flagship
On 26th October it was confirmed that Ikea have taken over the lease for Topshop’s former flagship UK store on Oxford Street for £378...
- May 2, 2021
- 2 min
Toyota splash out $500 million on Lyft’s driverless car technology
A $550 million purchase from Lyft is Toyota’s latest attempt to stay competitive in the automotive industry. Lyft started developing its...
- May 2, 2021
- 2 min
Investors 'Sweet Talked' By Prospects Of Tate & Lyle Split
Tate & Lyle, a FTSE 250 company, has for years been on a path of constant reinvention and renewal. On Monday 26th April, investors were...
- May 2, 2021
- 3 min
How to be proactive during the summer and boost employability?
Students often believe that internships and University experiences are the only ways to become more employable. However, the summer break...
- May 2, 2021
- 5 min
Market Roundup
Overview A slew of better than expected Q1 reports from industry titans bolstered US and UK markets with weekly changes of 0.26% And...
- May 2, 2021
- 3 min
Spending Our Way Out
The allure of reinvention and the promise of a better tomorrow is one that most of us have held on to at different stages of the past...
- May 2, 2021
- 3 min
5G – A Technology Update
The world of communication has come a long way. We hear from our grandparents and see in movies how one person in the entire...
- May 2, 2021
- 2 min
Is China’s Population Shrinking?
China’s leaders have recently been alerted to the fact that the country may be facing its first year of population decline in five...
- May 2, 2021
- 3 min
Modern Monetary Theory: An economic outlook that can change lives
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is an economic perspective that has risen in popularity in recent years. It is beginning to have more of an...
- Apr 18, 2021
- 2 min
Market Roundup
Company spotlight: Coinbase Given the prominence and success of the cryptocurrency market over the past a couple years the debut on...
- Apr 18, 2021
- 2 min
The future of Alibaba
Alibaba is a Chinese company that was founded in 1999 by Jack Ma. Ma started the company with $60,000 he had raised from friends, but he...
- Apr 18, 2021
- 4 min
Understanding LUU’s Finances
This article was written for the LUU (Leeds University Union) by our Managing Director, Alfie Milnes-Dobbs Leeds University Union (LUU)...
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