Ian Allison

Business Reporter

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Ian is a financial technology reporter at International Business Times and Newsweek, with particular interests in crypto-economics and machine learning. He is the State Street data and innovation journalist of the year 2017. Ian attended the University of Edinburgh where he graduated with joint honours in English and Philosophy.

How Alibaba IPO is Fuelling a Glut of Tech Listings

In the wake of the huge success of Alibaba's public offering, heated tech firms are bubbling away.

Fighters from the Nusra Front stand amid destroyed buildings in the south of Damascus, Syria

Isis Rebranding: Unfortunate Firms Forced to Change Name

Businesses that unfortunately sport the word 'Isis' in their titles are looking to rebrand.

Dark pool and HFT trading: Barclays loses bid to dismiss New York lawsuit

Barclays Lawsuits, Fines and Conduct Costs Rack Up

As Barclays is hit with fines for compliance failings, how is 2014 panning out in terms of penalties.

Phones 4U: How Vodafone and EE 'Got Their Prize' at a Firesale Price

We look at the winners, losers in the high profile collapse of the mobile phone retailer

Tesco Slashes Full-Year Profits Forecast

Tesco has cut its full-year profit forecast to £2.4bn from £2.8bn and slashed its dividend by 75%.

Isis: The Islamic State and the Privatisation of Terrorism

IBTimes UK spoke to terrorism financing expert and author Loretta Napoleoni about the irrepressible Islamic State.

Balfour Beatty Reaffirms Rejection of Carillion

The board of UK construction firm Balfour Beatty repeats its rejection of a merger proposal by rival Carillion

Royal Mail Recall: Nervous George Osborne Scraps Risky Lloyds Shares Sale Ahead of Tight General Election

Lloyds is simply too much of political football for the Tories to risk offering to the public before next year's election.

Barbarians at the Gate: JP Morgan and the Bitcoin-Driven Payment Revolution

Banks might appear to be circling bitcoin but they're actually squaring up to traditional payment solutions.

The Government's 'Secret' Tax Offensive: All Talk and No Trousers

Freedom of Information Requests yielded nought despite HMRC's well-publicised tax transparency campaign.

Could Credit Suisse Alleged Tax Evasion Crimes Match James Bond Bankers of UBS?

Credit Suisse facing much harsher reprisals than UBS in 2009 if tax investigators find against it

Locke Review: Minimalist Road Movie for an Over-Connected Culture

Tom Hardy delivers a powerhouse of understatement in Steven Knight's unconventional thriller.

BP's karma crisis, courtesy of Kieron Livingstone

BP's Bad Karma Returns in Rosneft on Russian Sanctions

Against the grain investors would have thought BP was finally turning a corner after the Deepwater disaster, but that was before Russia entered Crimea.

Hedge fund manager Barton Biggs thinks the U.S. stock market is headed for a 5 to 7 percent correction in the near future

Catch the Falling Knife: Investment Advice from Long-Haul Recovery Experts

Contrarian investors' policy of getting intimate with unloved stocks has moral imperative all its own.

Haggis Face (courtesy of Kieron Livingston)

Scotland: Is this the Last Burns Night under British Rule?

IBTimes UK's Ian Allison reflects on schizophrenic Scotland's complicated Bard and what it means to be Scottish.

Google has come under fire for tax avoidance (Photo: Reuters)

Europe Cracks Down on Google, Apple, Facebook and the Data-Driven Tax Black Hole

The EC has honed in on protecting member states' tax bases.

Raoul Weil is at the centre of a massive cover-up involving secret accounts at UBS

The Middle East, Monaco, Singapore: Who's Profiting From the Swiss Banking Secrecy Ratline?

Confusion swirls over where Switzerland's cash pile is going to amid a crackdown on banking secrecy

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