PMI Rises to 55.1

UPDATE: British factory activity has increased for nine consecutive months. The IHS Markit/CIPS UK manufacturing PMI rose to 55.1 in February - well above the 50.0 threshold denoting growth. #UKmfg🇬🇧

— Jefferson (@Jefferson_MFG) March 1, 2021

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Treasury North Location To Be Announced in The Budget

NEW: The location of Treasury North campus will be announced in next week’s Budget.

The location shortlist has been narrowed to Darlington, Newcastle, Leeds or Bradford. Rishi Sunak will decide this weekend where this major piece of levelling up goes.https://t.co/goCGWCsoC1

— Sebastian Payne (@SebastianEPayne) February 25, 2021

 

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Casting Call for "The Apprentice"

Applications will be closing soon for this year’s #TheApprentice. If you have a great business plan and reckon you can handle the heat in The Boardroom, apply here ➡️https://t.co/WCB32Tr2qf https://t.co/N79MD64mTr

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Uber Not Uber Alles - Uber Loses Appeal

Uber had lost its appeal, as Britain's Supreme Court has ruled that Uber must classify drivers as workers, entitling them to a minimum wage and other benefits.

 This will have major implications for the wider gig economy.

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China's Ban Increases Value of Rare Earth Deposits in North Korea

*CHINA MAY BAN RARE EARTH TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS ON SECURITY CONCERN

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 19, 2021

 

North Korea is estimated to have nearly 216.2 million tons of rare earth deposits, currently worth around $2.8trillion.

A ban on rare earth technology exports from China will increase the value of these deposits significantly.

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Facebook Faces Data Breach Claim

This week Hausfeld, a leading international law firm lodged a representative action for a journalist representing up to a million claimants in a case against Facebook. 

In what the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) described as “a very serious data incident”, Facebook had permitted thisisyourdigitallife app to harvest the personal information, not only from the users of the app, but also from all their Facebook friends – none of whom had given consent.

Facebook’s clear failure to protect its users’ data will put the focus on damage value suffered by clients and the data compromised.

The Supreme Court will have the final say on this case in April, and if the ruling is upheld (as expected), it could open the flood gates to many further similar claims.

Those of you interested in registering a potential claim can do so here Facebook Data Breach Claim.

 

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Bank of England To Toughen Up Bank Capital Rules

The Bank of England is preparing its first significant break from EU regulations with a proposal that would make bank capital rules tougher in the UK than on the continent @fthttps://t.co/DLu1CXcf7q pic.twitter.com/5Fk7Pmm8ZO

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Bank of England Leaves Monetary Policy and Rate Unchanged

A unanimous vote for no change.

No surprises there then!

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Good Question!

Anyone made a call to any financial services company whatsoever these days where they haven't said something like we are experiencing a high level of activity and your call may not be answered for some time ?

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Bezos To Step Down as CEO of Amazon

The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, is to step down as chief executive of Amazon the company that he started in his garage nearly 30 years ago.

He will become executive chairman, a move he said would give him "time and energy" to focus on his other ventures.

Mr Bezos, who has a fortune of almost $200bn, will be replaced by Andy Jassy, who currently leads Amazon's cloud computing business.

The change will take place in the second half of 2021.

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Pump and Dump Now Focussed on Silver

The most actively traded silver futures climbed over 10% to $29.70 a troy ounce, its highest level since February 2013, as per the WSJ. 

The precious metal has gained in recent sessions after users on Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum posted about executing a “short squeeze” similar to ones credited with fueling recent gains in other stocks such as GameStop and AMC. That suggests individual investors are taking on hedge funds that are betting on silver prices falling.

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Beware The GameStop Pump and Dump Operation

via GIPHY

 

Someone posted this which was a great help to understand, beautiful pic.twitter.com/uCq7Lwmakq

— chimpsky™ (@_chimpsky) January 28, 2021

GameStop has captured the headlines, with certain sections of the media and social media salivating over the alleged comeuppance of the hedge funds. 

In the short term some hedge funds have lost a lot of money (maybe to the point of bankruptcy) others haven't, and indeed have done very well out of the rise in the GameStop's share price.

However, be under no illusions, the rise in price is not based on market fundamentals or a sound business model. It is based on hype, greed and a well organised pump and dump operation.

At some stage in the next few days an awful lot of retail traders are going to wake up with significant losses (it is currently down 44% on the previous day). When that happens they will blame the markets for allowing them to trade.

Oh, but hang on.....the markets did apply circuit breakers to retail trades.

What happened?

The politicians and media cried foul play!

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US Clearing Houses Given Equivalence Based Market Access in EU

Clearing houses for securities in the United States will be allowed to serve investors in the European Union, the bloc's executive European Commission said on Wednesday.

"This decision is a significant first step in the process of recognising U.S. central counterparties registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the European Union," the EU's financial services chief Mairead McGuinness said in a statement.

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Boohoo Buys Debenhams Brand and Website - An Explainer

Boohoo is acquiring the Debenhams website for £55m (paid in cash 🤑)

On the face of it, it seems a bit odd...

Target customer:
- Debenhams: aged 45 - 55
- Boohoo: aged 16 - 24

Bit like when your parents start using tiktok, right?

Here's why they're doing it (thread 👇) pic.twitter.com/xScxt7Gx3w

— Robert Collings (@RobertCollings_) January 25, 2021

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HSBC To Axe 82 Branches

HSBC plans to axe 82 branches in the UK during 2021, as a result of a fall in footfall across its retail network and a surge in digital banking.

HSBC will be left with 511 branches in the UK after the closures, with many of those to be remodelled and some to provide fewer services.

Reuters reports that a spokesman for HSBC said the bank would aim to redeploy affected staff to nearby branches where possible, adding that customers would see the removal of counter services in some of the retained branches.

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