Fortunately we're a net importer from Germany, so restricting trade in either direction would not be to their advantage, or the advantage of other...
I've got several IP licences that provide regular income, (no I'm not rich, getting that is harder than you think) but otherwise a well-planned...
At $1,232.12 an ounce, gold has dropped from its highs of 2012, but it's nowhere near the lows of Brown's Bottom (when Gordon Brown sold off the...
GE has just posted a 5% increase in earnings/share, so it is obviously doing something right during its restructure. It may be taking a hit on Oil...
I find this a hard question to answer, because for me it isn't the amount of money, it is the amount of sustainable income I can make from it. If...
There are already multiple tax and trade treaties predating the EU that would apply, and treaties with countries outside it, so there wouldn't be...
For the second consecutive quarter, the amount in hedge funds has dropped. Apparently investors are withdrawing funds from the sector due to high...
Oil prices are beginning to rise this week, but it seems to be driven by speculation rather than demand. The oversupply might be easing, but it's...
I'm not sure about 'forgotten about', as VW only just announced the compensation deal yesterday. It seems they will be buying back all the...
If you follow the news, there seem to be a lot of shareholder unrest at the huge pay packets of some CEOs. For example, at Anglo American, 41% of...
I just saw that in the paper. It dwarfs the fall in 2004 after the safety scandal, with a 15% fall on Wednesday and another 20% today. Their UK...
The tech sector seems a bit unsettled right now. There's the huge Dell/EMC merger going on, but everything else seems a bit up in the air....
With Twitter my attitude tends to be "Trust, but verify". It is good for bringing up places and companies I might not have looked at, but its not...
We've been talking to people around the world and understanding how they live since the early days of the web with BBboards and then forums and...
The Pfizer-allergen deal was called off this afternoon. It seems that as the new company would have been headquartered in Ireland to take...
My broker hasn't got in touch with details of how they are handling it yet, but it is certainly something I am looking at. At 5% discount and...
The huge data leak at Mossack Fonseca might affect more than private clients - and Icelandic PMs, and British politicians - since the...
Alaska Air Group announced yesterday it was buying Virgin America for a deal of $2.6B. The deal is pending regulators agreement and shareholders...
There's been more in the news about this today. They've passed the FTC and EU anti-trust regulators, so the merger is on track. Dell's figures...
I've lent through peer to peer lending, on a network called Zopa, but I have never borrowed through it. As an investment, it didn't have returns...
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