London shares suffered a sharp sell-off on Thursday morning as voting got under way in the closest general election for decades.Fears that Britain is set for a second successive hung parliament added to a global markets sell-off after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen warned share valuations could be dangerously high.The leading FTSE 100 index tumbled by 121 points, or 1.7%, […]
Big Data focus for UniversityEdinburgh’s expertise in handling Big Data is to be strengthened with the appointment of medical informatics expert Professor Andrew Morris.His appointment as the University’s new Vice-Principal of Data Science will see him work closely with colleagues to create cross-disciplinary opportunities for education, research and innovation in the field.Professor Morris will advise the Principal and senior management […]
The EconomistWhat a Scotsie 100 would look likeINDEPENDENT countries tend to have their own stockmarkets; of the last 32 nations to be created in Europe and Asia, all bar Kosovo and Turkmenistan have set one up. All current 28 EU members have their own exchange.So if Scots vote to leave the United Kingdom on September 18th they can be expected […]
Lessons in stockmarket endurance
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An average of 144 million people were daily players of Candy Crush Saga and other King Digital games in February 2014. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty ImagesKing Digital Entertainment, the London games studio behind the mobile hit Candy Crush Saga, is to make history as the most valuable British internet company to join the stock markets after pricing its initial public offering […]
