Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling slides as EU issues Brexit warning

Mr Barnier’s stark warning took its toll on the exchange rate, preventing the pound from gaining any strength in light of positive UK data.  A series of encouraging UK figures released this week have failed to significantly boost the pound.  Laura Parsons, currency analyst at TorFX, said: “After fluctuating throughout Tuesday in response to the […]

Google Slides gets third-party add-ons, Keep integration, and more

Google has announced a number of updates to its Slides presentation software, including add-on integrations and a bunch of new features. Slides, for the uninitiated, is Google’s cloud-based PowerPoint-killer, and — alongside Docs and Sheets — represents Google’s suite of free office software. The tools are available as standalone mobile apps, and they also constitute […]

Hard Bargain: 2018 Kia Rio Base Price Slides In under $15,000

– The new 2018 Kia Rio will continue its reign as one of America’s least expensive cars. With a starting price that’s actually $ 265 cheaper than its predecessor, the redesigned Rio limbos under the $ 15,000 bar. The Rio sedan starts at a bargain-basement $ 14,795, while the hatchback version is $ 300 dearer. – Both […]

Washington slides into ‘primitive Cold War clichés’, Moscow says

The Russian foreign ministry says the US is “sliding deeper” into a Cold War paradigm that is “totally detached from reality,” while warning Washington to “stop demonizing Russia and it foreign policy.” “On August 2, the US Vice President [Mike] Pence once again made a series of anti-Russian statements and intimidated the leaders of the […]

Teenager opens emergency exit on plane and SLIDES down the wing to escape

A teenager shocked his fellow passengers by breaking open the emergency exit on a plane after it had landed to escape. The young boy then slid down the wing of the plane and onto the airport tarmac. His fellow passengers and cabin crew were unable to stop him before he performed the usual behaviour. No-one […]

Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling climbs BACK as Eurozone unemployment slides

The data did little to deliver any significant impact on the exchange rate.  TorFX currency analyst Laura Parsons said: “The GBP/EUR exchange rate closed out Monday basically unchanged from the day’s opening levels, with the pairing hovering in the region of €1.116.  “The euro was gently buffeted by a succession of domestic data but none […]

Pound to euro exchange rate – sterling SLIDES after weaker-than-expected UK growth

The exchange rate is buying €1.118 after climbing briefly to €1.121 yesterday.  Sterling managed to regain some ground after nosediving late last week. But the rate has slipped again slightly after the IMF downgraded the UK’s growth forecast yesterday.   Britain’s economy is now expected to grow by 1.7 per cent in 2017, down from […]