Commodities
SeaBird shares soar after doubling quarterly revenues
Shares in seismic data provider SeaBird skyrocketed on Friday after the firm announced that revenues in the three months leading to 31 December had come in at more than twice those recorded during the previous quarter.
Trump announces 'largest-ever' set of sanctions on North Korea
The White House announced a brand new set of sanctions in its efforts to strip North Korea of its access to smuggling routes used by the regime to evade a United Nations embargo and fund its nuclear weapons programme.
Chancellor likely to confirm new taxes for digital giants
HM Treasury is considering imposing an extra tax on tech giants like Amazon, Facebook, Google's Alphabet and Apple on their revenues rather than their profits because they are not so easy to shift from one jurisdiction to another.
Eurozone inflation slows as expected in January
Inflation in the eurozone fell to 1. 3% year-on-year in January from 1. 4% in December, in line with consensus and the initial estimate and moving further away from the European Central Bank's target of just under 2%, according to a final release from Eurostat on Friday.