MAGGIE PAGANO: The world of chip processing is moving so rapidly that promises from Nvidia over Arm’s future are meaningless unless legally binding By Maggie Pagano For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 20 September 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 20 September 2020 Hermann Hauser was crystal clear when I spoke to him in New … Read more
Apple, which is the world’s most valuable company after breaking through the $2trillion mark, is also worth more than the value of all companies listed on the FTSE 100 index. That means the iPhone maker, which in sterling terms has a market cap of £1.5trillion, is worth 20 times more than Unilever and Astrazeneca, the … Read more
MAGGIE PAGANO: Supermarkets have proved remarkably resilient during coronavirus lockdown and hopefully will adjust again to the new normal By Maggie Pagano For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 20 August 2020 One of the many unexpected superstars of lockdown were supermarkets and their staff. From the first … Read more
Rishi Sunak has that rare quality among politicians of sounding as though he means what he says. Using the jargon, he comes across as authentic and his enthusiasm makes him immensely likable. Even his nickname, Dishi Rishi, is complimentary rather than derogatory. Again, rare for a politician. Tough call: Chancellor Rishi Sunak admits there is hardship ahead … Read more
It is too early to bring out the champagne, but a big slice of British industry is back in business. Factory output rose in July at its fastest rate since November 2017, giving fresh hope the economy is moving towards a V-shaped recovery. Pollster YouGov’s consumer confidence indicator has also shot up into positive territory … Read more
MAGGIE PAGANO: Should big tech behemoths be broken up like Theodore Roosevelt axed Standard Oil and telephone companies in the 1920s? Big tech is enjoying what can only be perversely described as a good lockdown Would breaking tech giants up benefit the customer? By Maggie Pagano For The Daily Mail Published: 21:57 BST, 31 July … Read more
Britain’s public finances are in a mess. The debt is greater than the size of the economy after the Government borrowed a record amount in May to save the country from collapse. The latest Office for National Statistics figures show the UK borrowed around £55.2billion in May, about nine times more than the same month … Read more
When the British government abolished slavery in 1833, around 47,000 individuals involved in the slave trade were compensated for the ‘property’ they had lost overseas. The property in question referred to the men, women and children whom they owned as slaves, as well as the plantations. To compensate for their loss of slaves, the UK … Read more
BP’s new boss Bernard Looney must be powered by rocket fuel, looking at the speed at which he is rejigging the oil giant. Within days of taking over as chief executive in February, he revealed grand plans for BP to become zero carbon by 2050. That was in the BC – or Before Covid – … Read more
MAGGIE PAGANO: Should Sunak bail out major employers like foreign-owned Jaguar Land Rover? By Maggie Pagano For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 25 May 2020 | Updated: 08:35 BST, 27 May 2020 Rishi Sunak won many plaudits for moving so swiftly to pump billions of pounds into the economy to save Britain from going … Read more