Flash News: tech, trains and deadly disease
What do these four headlines mean for your investment and personal finance?
- News from the world economics forum
- China’s coronavirus
- Media wars
- £100bn for HS2
World Economic argumentsAs business bosses and world leaders descended on the Swiss mountain town Davos this week, assumptions were the climate change would be front and centre of debates. As predicted, Trumps vs Thunberg provided some of the highlights, while many used their time in the spotlight to pledge their climate saving policies. But it was the war on big tech which provided some of the key headlines from this year’s conference. First, the OECD told the UK to hold fire on its new tech tax (a 2% levy on revenues rather than profits) which was set to come into…