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Common Market to European Union: A Step Too Far For many UK Citizens?

  •  Published by Pete Nisbet on   August 28, 2017  


Common Market to European Union. It has been pointed out by many Brexiteers that the UK population originally voted to join a ‘Common Market’. The Common Market referendum in June 1975, related to the UK joining a common market in Europe. This was a European market free of import or export tarif [...]

Aston Martin DB11 Saves Company as the Firm Focuses on US Sales

  •  Published by Pete Nisbet on   August 28, 2017  


The new Aston Martin DB11 has saved the company and helped it make a profit in the first half of 2017. This is the first initial half-year profit the car manufacturing firm has made 2008. The pre-tax profit for the first half of this year was posted as £21.1 million. The luxury car manufacturing co [...]

UK Economy Slowing Due to Brexit Negotiation Uncertainties

  •  Published by Pete Nisbet on   August 27, 2017  


The UK economy is slowing down amid uncertainty about Britain’s position in the European Union.  Brexit is having a negative effect on UK growth while the rest of the world appears to be doing well. The immediate aftermath of last year’s unexpected vote to leave the EU was a period of ‘no cha [...]

US Russia Sanctions Put Syndication Funding for Rosneft Purchase On Hold

  •  Published by Pete Nisbet on   August 26, 2017  


US Russia sanctions have delayed the syndication of an Intesa Sanpaolo loan. The loan was provided by the Italian bank to Glencore and Qatar’s wealth fund. The latter needed the finance to buy a stake in Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil company.   The €5.2 billion loan ($6.2 billi [...]

Walmart Voice-shopping Innovation Using Google Assist

  •  Published by Pete Nisbet on   August 23, 2017  


Walmart voice-shopping is about to hit the consumer market. Walmart and Google are to team up to enter the voice-shopping market currently dominated by Amazon. This facility will use the voice-activated Google Assist system to purchase goods on mobile and home devices. Amazon currently uses its Alex [...]

Total – Maersk Deal Sees Total Buying Maersk Oil Business

  •  Published by Pete Nisbet on   August 22, 2017  


A Total - Maersk deal has led to Total buying the Maersk oil operation for $7.45 Billion (£5.8 bn). Maersk Oil is a Danish company that has the concession for the exploration and production of oil and gas in the Danish sector of the North Sea. By purchasing Maersk, the French oil giant Total has su [...]

BHP Billiton Shale Assets to be Sold Through Elliott Management Pressure

  •  Published by Pete Nisbet on   August 22, 2017  


BHP Billiton US shale assets in the US are to be sold. The decision was made after the Australian mining company declared a net profit of $5.89 billion. Although this result was lower than analysts expected it was still better than last year. The global mining firm made a record loss in 20176 of $6. [...]

US Car Production and the Japanese Syndrome

  •  Published by Pete Nisbet on   August 21, 2017  


US car production is gradually slowing down. Ford SUV sales in July 2017 have increased by 2.2% over July 2016. However, overall auto sales were down 7.4% for the same July. How is this, and what can be done to ensure non-SUV sales maintain a high position in the market?   The so-called � [...]

US Factory Output Drops in July Through Falling Car Production

  •  Published by Pete Nisbet on   August 20, 2017  


US factory output dropped in July according to the Federal Reserve. The main reason for this was ascribed to falling car production. While factory output dropped by 0.1%, overall production increased by 0.2%. This figure includes mining and utilities, increasing by 0.5% and 1.6% respectively. &nb [...]

US-China Trade Relationship in Jeopardy Through Trump’s Actions

  •  Published by Pete Nisbet on   August 20, 2017  


Further to our recent news article “Is the US-China Trade Relationship in Jeopardy?” the US has now launched an official investigation into China’s use of ‘intellectual property.’ The US-China Trade Relationship appears to be in trouble regarding China’s use of counterfeit goods and pira [...]