Pill-popping financial markets are a patient who has swallowed enough central bank medicine to become numb to any shocks, perceived or real. Shocks that previously sent markets into spasms are still being watched closely, but it is not long...
Read moreFTSE 100 smashes 6,700 but pound flounders below $1.31 as investors eye UK unemployment data
Today, attention turns to the UK labour market. Jasper Lawler, of CMC Markets, said data for June is expected to show average earnings tick higher to 2.3% y/y with the claimant count rising by 4.1k, leaving unemployment at 5.0%. Mr Lawler...
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Read moreScrapping UK carbon capture plan could raise energy costs, says NAO
The NAO also warned that about £100m of taxpayer funding and £80m of private investment put into developing the projects was at “significant risk” of being wasted as the people involved in them moved on and knowledge was lost. The depleted North...
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Read moreIG Group reaps benefit of trading volatility as profits rise by a quarter
IG withdrew £160m from its loan facility just before the EU referendum result to ensure it could cope with the surge in activity. Its new execution-only stockbroking service got off to a slower start, signing up 11,000 funded accounts since...
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Read moreSABMiller board to discuss investor opposition to AB InBev deal
SABMiller directors will tomorrow discuss mounting frustration among some of the FTSE 100 brewer’s shareholders with the terms of its £77bn takeover by rival Anheuser-Busch InBev. The SAB board is due to convene ahead of the company’s annual...
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covering 81 per cent Taxpayers of Ontario Hydro Pension costs: report https: // t .co / frSyNz6J26 #firewynne #onpoli #heatorfood #LetsFixHydro – Stephen Lee (@StephenRLee) July 14, 2016 Source by Keith Walton
Read moreCath Kidston takes floral kitsch to India
“We believe our affordable, fun, British, vintage-inspired clothes, bags, childrenswear and homeware will appeal to people in India of all ages”, Mr Wilson added. “We do a lot of homework before we enter a new market and we...
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Read moreL&G bigs up bulk annuity deal to calm post-Brexit anxieties
Legal & General issued its first insurance policy to a little-known lawyer called Thomas Smith in 1836. Nearly 200 years later, it has got the hang of how to flam up contracts with bigger-named but still low-risk customers. On Tuesday L&G...
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