Time to ignore the Macro and focus on the Micro
Taking Stock on Wednesday 24th January 2024
Companies mentioned on, "Taking Stock" today"
11:15 Lords Group #LORD
11:30 Atlantic Lithium #ALL
17:15 Premier African Minerals #PREM
19:18 easyJet #EZJ
20:12 Diversified Energy #DEC
22:15 & 24:15 Revolution Bars #RBG
23:57 Tekcapital #TEK & Belluscura #BELL
24:38 Strategic Minerals #SML
28:08 System1 #SYS1
29:45 Airea #AIEA
31:00 Molecular Energy #MEN
31:35 Verici DX #VRCI
35:00 JD Wetherspoon #JDW
39:00 Zoo Digital #ZOO
TOP BUSINESS STORIES
UK services firms grow faster, but factories feel Red Sea hit
Britain's economy started 2024 on a stronger footing, according to a survey of businesses published on Wednesday that prompted investors to pare their bets on the Bank of England moving quickly to cut interest rates.
But while services firms grew a bit more rapidly than expected this month, Britain's long-struggling manufacturers are now being hit by the inflationary impact of tensions in the Red Sea, the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) showed.
Netflix password crackdown fuels sign-up surge
Netflix sign-ups boomed at the end of last year as customers prodded by the firm's crackdown on password-sharing created their own accounts.
The streaming giant added more than 13.1 million subscriptions in the three months ended in December.
That was the most for any quarter since 2020, extending a streak of growth that started last year.
Netflix said it was confident in its growth path and was planning to raise prices.