Exclusive: Tories must be more business friendly, says ad guru Martin Sorrell November 9, 2020 The Tories must be more business friendly after failing to secure the support of the corporate world during the coronavirus crisis, ad veteran Sir Martin Sorrell has said. Speaking to City PM, Sorrell said the government “went down the wrong direction” in its response to the pandemic earlier this year and had angered businesses with [...]
Living up to the hype? Virgin Hyperloop uses its top executives as guinea pigs in first human tests November 9, 2020 Virgin Hyperloop uses its top executives as guinea pigs in first human tests
Putin ‘has noted’ Trump’s legal challenges to US presidential election November 9, 2020 Russian President Vladimir Putin will “wait” for an official result for the US presidential election, the Kremlin announced today, as incumbent Donald Trump lays down legal challenges to Joe Biden’s victory. While most world leaders rushed to shore up relations with Joe Biden over the weekend, Putin has remained silent on the Democrat’s election to [...]
Markets greet Biden presidency with sigh of relief November 9, 2020 Markets have celebrated a return to political normality after a five-day vote count in the US presidential election finally yielded a result over the weekend. Joe Biden on Saturday was elected the 46th President of the United states after winning the major battlegrounds of Pennsylvania and Nevada, booting incumbent Donald Trump out of the White [...]
S4 Capital revenue rises after bumper BMW account win November 9, 2020 S4 Capital has posted a double-digit rise in revenue and profit for the third quarter after it secured a lucrative new account from BMW and Mini. Sir Martin Sorrell’s advertising firm booked revenue of £86.4m in the three months to the end of September, up 13 per cent on the same period last year. Gross [...]
Europe set for positive open as Nikkei hits highest level since 1991 November 9, 2020 While President Trump still appears to be in denial about the loss of the Presidency to Joe Biden and still refusing to concede, markets appear to be unconcerned about the prospect of a contested outcome, and have moved on to what might happen next. CMC Markets UK’s chief market analyst Michael Hewson tells City PM [...]
Joe Biden must not let anti-capitalist climate zealots capture his presidency November 9, 2020 As the world prepares for the coming Biden administration, a fundamental question looms both for Americans and for the wider world: which Joe Biden will govern as President? He has long defined himself as a moderate, a centrist, a bipartisan consensus-finder — but recently his Democratic Party has moved significantly to the left, and in [...]
Boris Johnson and other world leaders congratulate Joe Biden on US election win November 7, 2020 Boris Johnson and other world leaders congratulate Joe Biden on US election win
The moment Kamala Harris and Joe Biden first spoke about their US election win November 7, 2020 Vice-president elect Kamala Harris was out for a walk with her husband when news came through that Joe Biden had been projected to win the US Presidential election.
Just Biden His Time: Democrat finally confirmed as President November 7, 2020 Joe Biden has become the 46th President of the United States after winning the key battleground of Pennsylvania, handing him the 270 electoral votes needed to enter the White House. In a drastic flip from red to blue, the Democrat inched past incumbent President Donald Trump in the ‘Keystone’ state, awarding Biden 20 electoral votes [...]
