Hot Off The Wires - 23 January 2020

News

• The Big Four accounting firms are in talks with the audit regulator about a self-imposed break-up in an attempt to get ahead of any enforcement action taken by the government.

• London and Washington have locked horns over trade after the US threatened to impose tariffs on UK car exports and Britain said it would give precedence to a commerce deal with the EU.

• Tesla’s market capitalisation surged past $100bn to become the world’s second largest carmaker by value and put Elon Musk on course for a bumper payday of $346m in share awards.

• Amazon’s music streaming service has reached 55 million users, moving the e-commerce group closer to Apple’s share in the market.

Results

• Anglo American (AAL.L) - Q4 production report

• Flutter Entertainment (FLTR.L) - Change in corporate broker

• Computacenter (CCC.L) - Pre-close update

• Countryside Properties (CSP.L) - Q1 update

• Hunting (HTG.L) - Directorate change

• Hyve Group (HYVE.L) - Trading update

• ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT.L) - Quarterly update

• John Laing Group (JLG.L) - Directorate change

• Paypoint (PAY.L) - Trading update

• PPHE Hotel Group (PPH.L) - Year end update

• PureTech Health (PRTC.L) - $200m from KRTX shares

• Unite Group (UTG.L) - Bristol partnership and planning approval

• Vivo Energy (VVO.L) - Appointment of joint corporate broker

• Medica Group (MGP) – Trading Update

• Petropavlovsk (POG) - Q4 and FY 2019 Sales & Production Report

• Accesso Technology Group (ACSO.L) - End of formal sale process & trading update

• ASOS (ASC) – Trading Update

• Emis Group (EMIS.L) - Trading update

• Hotel Chocolat Group (HOTC) - Trading Update

• Strix Group (KETL) – Trading Update

Trivia

Between which two places did the first railway track in the UK run?

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