Bidding for Twitter’s first tweet, ‘just setting up my twttr’, is heating up as a Malaysian Bitcoin investor has offered $2.5 million for the 2006 post by CEO Jack Dorsey. Hakan Estavi — CEO of blockchain system firm Bridge — has outbid other prospective buyers including Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun. On Saturday, Mr Sun had … Read more
Investment platform Interactive Investor snaps-up 50,000 personal investing accounts from Equiniti in £49m deal II has bought Equiniti’s share dealing, ISA and SIPP accounts for £48.5m Sale and migration of around 50,000 customers set to complete this summer If customers find that after six months they would have paid less with Equiniti, Interactive Investor will refund … Read more
Stock market investors get younger: Average age of new Hargreaves customers falls from 45 to 37 in last eight years By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:08 GMT, 1 February 2021 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 1 February 2021 Britain’s stock market investors are getting younger as the pandemic pushes households into taking control … Read more
Ten-year-old investor makes more than $3,000 on 10 GameStop shares his mother bought him for $60 as a Kwanzaa gift in 2019 Jaydyn Carr’s mother, Nina, purchased 10 shares of GameStop stock in 2019 She gave them to her son as a Kwanzaa present to teach him about investing That lesson in investing definitely paid … Read more
WH Smith boss Carl Cowling has latest pay rise blocked after a third of shareholders refused to approve it By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 20 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 20 January 2021 WH Smith has suffered an investor revolt as a third of shareholders refused to approve its … Read more
Openreach boss would back selling a minority stake in the business – if they found the right investor By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:11 GMT, 22 December 2020 | Updated: 22:11 GMT, 22 December 2020 The boss of BT’s network arm would back selling a minority stake in the business – if … Read more
Looking for a passive approach to reducing carbon emissions? iClima Earth launches world’s first ‘carbon avoidance’ ETF iClima Earth has revealed plans to launch its new ESG ETF later this month The exchange traded fund will invest in companies that directly enable CO2e avoidance solutions It will list on the London Stock Exchange with a … Read more
Codemasters faces investor backlash over £726m sale to US-based rival Take-Two Interactive By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 11 November 2020 Codemasters was last night facing an investor backlash against the £726million sale of the company. The video games maker’s board has recommended the … Read more
A Michigan bar owner featured in a Joe Biden campaign ad blaming President Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic for the mass closures of restaurants is actually wealthy tech investor who backed lockdown measures by the state’s governor. The Biden ad, which the campaign has since removed from its YouTube channel, is narrated by Joe Malcoun, … Read more
Willie Walsh has stepped down from the top job at British Airways owner IAG amid a furious investor protest over pay – after nearly one in three shareholders failed to back his remuneration deal. The International Airlines Group (IAG) revealed only 71.6 per cent of investors approved executive pay awards at its annual shareholder meeting in … Read more