Government of Change – Israeli coalition agree on state’s budget
Following a long period of government instability and four elections within the space of two years, a state budget was passed in the...
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- Nov 14, 2021
- 3 min
Market Roundup
Spotlight on a Company – Pfizer Inc Pfizer Inc (PFE) share price soared this week by over 10%, closing on Friday at 11.13. This followed...
- Nov 14, 2021
- 4 min
How to Secure an Internship in Investment Banking
Currently President of Leeds Trading and Investment Society, Dan was a former TMT Analyst at Leeds Finsights. During his first year, he...
- Nov 14, 2021
- 3 min
Offshore Wind in The US: Underutilised and Under Resourced
In 2016, the Environment America Research & Policy Center identified the USA’s potential offshore wind production rate to be nearly...
- Nov 14, 2021
- 3 min
El Salvador – the first country to make Bitcoin a legal tender
On 8 June 2021 the Central American country El Salvador accepted a law which officially made bitcoin a national currency. You may be...
- Nov 14, 2021
- 3 min
Follow the money: Trump’s media merger with SPAC proves lucrative for some
Donald Trump’s social media company, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), announced on 20th October 2021 it was going public via a...
- Nov 14, 2021
- 3 min
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...
- 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...
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