Finance

FTSE 100 High & Lows

The top FTSE 100 performer today was: AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) – up 3.6% – Share price: £44.81 The bottom FTSE 100 performer today was: British American Tobacco PLC (BATS) – down 6.8% – Share price: £49.60

Finance

And the richest man in the world is…

Jeff Bezos of Amazon, taking the lead from Bill Gates of Microsoft as richest man in the world… No…hang on a minute – Jeff Bezos has handed the baton back to Bill Gates. Amazon share price dropped following disappointing results and Mr. Bezos had to relinquish the top spot held …

Finance

US growth up!

US growth rate rises to 2.6% compared to 1.2% in the first three months initial estimates show. The US economy grew in the second quarter of the year – led by business investment and consumer spending.

News

Is this the end of the Apple iPod?

Apple has announced plans to retire the iPod and nano shuffle. The world was introduced to the iPod by Steve Jobs in 2001. RIP iPod.

Finance

Why are US Indices at record highs?

Are the recent record highs all down to Donald Trump’s growth agenda policy promises he was elected on? Back in November 2016 he made a number of commitments – one of which was to reduce taxes. Since he was elected and with these ‘commitments’ queued up, the US economy has …

Finance

Wall Street up again!

Another high for the DOW Jones Industrial Average closing at 21797 (27/07/17)