Analysis-Wave of debt sales adds to January nerves in euro zone bond markets

A 150 billion euro ($165 billion) deluge of government bond sales in January is fueling unease in euro area bond markets, a foretaste of a potentially record amount of public debt that markets will have to absorb this year. Bond yields, which move inversely to prices, have start … | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 3 months ago

ECB putting pressure on remaining euro zone banks to quit Russia - Yahoo Finance

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone banks in Russia should leave quickly, the bloc's top supervisor said on Tuesday, making a rare explicit call on those lenders to wind down operations more than a year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "I think that it is important that banks rema … | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 10 months ago

Euro zone banks cut stock of soured loans, despite looming recession - Yahoo Finance

The euro zone's biggest banks managed to reduce soured loans further in the third quarter, despite a looming recession that is bound to worsen credit quality in the months ahead, European Central Bank data showed on Tuesday. The ECB has long warned that an economic downturn coup … | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 1 year ago

Euro zone banks could take big hit from inflation income drain, ECB says - Yahoo Finance

Euro zone banks may see a surge in soured loans as rapid inflation and rising interest rates hit household incomes, particularly among the bloc's poorest, the European Central Bank said in a fresh study on Tuesday. With inflation rising to double digit territory, households are … | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 1 year ago

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's Bluesky Social app is now accepting users for beta testing, and says it will launch soon. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 1 year ago

Jack Dorsey's Bluesky Social: A Decentralized Twitter

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's Bluesky Social app is now accepting users for beta testing, and says it will launch soon. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 1 year ago

Anger as BP profits triple to $8.5bn amid soaring household energy bills

Renewed calls for windfall tax as energy firms make ‘eye-watering’ sums as families struggle to afford bills | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 1 year ago

Fake filet, wood credit cards: Inside Europe's largest climate tech VC fund

Launched last October, Berlin-based World Fund has set itself the goal of raising €350 million to back startups that can cut emissions. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 1 year ago

Crypto Billionaires’ Vast Fortunes Are Destroyed in Weeks

(Bloomberg) -- It’s been a long few weeks since the crypto crowd was partying in Miami.Most Read from BloombergNike Escalates StockX Feud, Says Site Is Selling Fake ShoesDon’t Bother Paying Off Student Loan Debt Right Now, Advisers SayKim Orders Lockdown After North Korea Reports … | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 1 year ago

UK and EU open antitrust probes into Google and Meta over online ads

UK and EU antitrust authorities launched parallel probes into Google and Meta, formerly Facebook, over a deal between the two for online display advertising services. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 2 years ago

El Salvador to use energy from volcanoes for Bitcoin mining

Country’s President tweeted plans to build full bitcoin mining hub powered by geothermal energy from volcano | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 2 years ago

Mosques in Iran utilise free energy to mine Bitcoin (2019)

Iranian Bitcoin miners are starting to utilise free energy given to nationwide mosques in order to mine cryptocurrency, according to Oxford University researcher Mahsa Alimardani. Iran reportedly now has 100 miners situated in mosques around the country, earning an estimated annu … | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 2 years ago

Amazon in talks to buy MGM for $9bn

The takeover talks for one of Hollywood's oldest movie studios come as the global streaming war hots up. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 2 years ago

Bitcoin falls below $50k as Biden tax plans spark crypto sell-off

Bloomberg reported on Thursday afternoon that Biden is considering nearly doubling tax to as high as 39.6%, an increase from the current 20%. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 3 years ago

FD7 Ventures plans to sell off 750M USD worth of their Bitcoin holdings

Dubai-based FD7 Ventures, a global crypto investment fund with $1 Billion USD under management, announced today plans to sell off 750M USD worth of their Bitcoin holdings over the next 30 days to increase the company’s positions in Cardano (ADA) and Polkadot (DOT). | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 3 years ago

Robinhood, Trading 212 and others go down amid AMC and GameStop stock frenzy

Robinhood, Trading 212 and other trading platforms are breaking amid a stock market trading frenzy. The platforms allow for traders to buy small amounts of stocks over the internet, and so have become central to the sudden and surprising surge in the number of people buying shar … | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 3 years ago

Forget winning, can Amazon survive in India?

During a visit to India in 2014, Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos made a splashy announcement: His firm was investing $2 billion in the South Asian nation, just a year after beginning operations in the country. Amazon’s announcement underscored how far India had come to open up … | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 3 years ago

The CIA sent a team of 4 operators on a spy mission targeting China. None return

In 2008, CIA operative Stephen Stanek faced a decision: cancel the operation he was running or go forward with it — as a tropical storm barreled through the Philippines with a projection to veer north and miss his team's area of operation. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 3 years ago

Irish Fintech firm Fenergo, which helps banks with regulation, raises $80m

The Dublin-based firm, which helps global banks with regulation, said that it had raised the money in a funding round involving Dutch bank ABN Amro. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 4 years ago

British challenger platform Monzo wants higher staff turnover

'Something we could do better at is making it really possible and a really great experience for people to leave,' Monzo's people operations lead said. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 4 years ago

Dojo App, Backed by Innocent Smoothie Founder and Boris Johnson, to Shut

Dojo, which bagged investment from the Mayor's tech fund, JamJar Investments, and the cofounders of Google DeepMind, is shutting down. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 4 years ago

Healthcare, living costs, and security make US one of worst places to live

The US ranked 47th out of 64 countries as the best place to live in the world: here are the reasons why 'the American dream' is out of reach of many. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 4 years ago

Facebook's Libra: Royal Bank of Scotland 'In Discussions' on Project

Kevin Hanley, RBS’s head of innovation, said: “We’re in discussions with Facebook around Libra and what it might be and where it might go.” | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 4 years ago

60% of male managers now say they're uncomfortable mentoring women

Currently, 60% of male managers in the workplace say they're uncomfortable with mentoring, working one-on-one or socializing with a woman, according to a survey released by LeanIn.org and SurveyMonkey. That's a 33% increase from last year. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 4 years ago

Health startup uBiome just raided by the FBI, had been double billing insurers

uBiome, a health-tech start-up, just got searched by the FBI as part of an ongoing investigation. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 5 years ago

Brexit warning: EU's inaction could hit £41tn derivatives market

Bank's financial policy committee says UK is ready to mitigate disruption to cross-border financial services in the event of a no deal, but EU is still unprepared. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 5 years ago

Former Google CEO predicts the internet will split in two

Eric Schmidt does not believe the internet will splinter, but does see us heading toward a 'bifurcated internet, with China leading one part. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 5 years ago

NatWest and RBS suffer online and mobile banking outage

NatWest and RBS suffer online and mobile banking outage | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 5 years ago

Amazon unveils 14 new Alexa-enabled devices and dozens of

Amazon's new smart products and what they mean for the retail giant, with CNBC's Aditi Roy and Melissa Lee, and the Fast Money traders, Pete Najarian, Karen Finerman, Dan Nathan and Tim Seymour. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 5 years ago

Tesla Model 3 receives a perfect safety rating from NHTSA

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has given the Tesla | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 5 years ago

SEC announces cryptocurrency ether is not a security

The SEC has finally given cryptocurrency markets and investors clarity on whether ether is a security or a cryptocurrency. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 5 years ago

Exploding hoverboard shows how hard it is to beat Amazon in court

Amazon won yet another case against a customer who was suing the company for a purchase made on the marketplace. | Continue reading


@uk.finance.yahoo.com | 5 years ago