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Companies need a fresh direction because capitalism is "fraying", says a powerful US business group.
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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as politicians and central bankers face pressure to fight looming downturn
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Councils' no-deal Brexit plans warn of more expensive school meals and lower nutritional standards.
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Business Roundtable urges companies to consider environment and workers
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The FTSE 100 closed up 72.50 points at 7189.65 and the pound was at $1.21 against the dollar.
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The FTSE 100 closed up 72.50 points at 7189.65 and the pound was at $1.21 against the dollar.
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The US president tells the Fed to consider a one percentage point cut and return to QE money printing.
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The Suffolk-based pub chain and brewer is the latest to be bought in a wave of consolidation in the sector.
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As Stath Lets Flats returns to Channel 4, Guardian readers share their own stories of inept agents and dodgy practices Inappropriate jokes, damp walls, poky dimensions and pests – all for an extortionate price per calendar month. The second series of the Channel 4 comedy
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Purchases on holidays and cars fall, with UK consumer confidence at lowest ebb in three months UK households have cut back on big purchases such as holidays as fears of a possible recession continue to loom, a survey suggests. Confidence among UK households has fallen to its lowest in three months, according to the latest IHS Markit household finance index, dropping to 43.7 in August from 44.3 the previous month.
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I foolishly agreed to invest with Easytrade.biz. I have asked for my account to be closed and the money returned to my M&S credit card, but have been ignored.
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Warning lights on the global economy have been flashing red over the past couple of weeks with journalists and other commentators queuing up to issue a gloomy prognosis.
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Fall in exports that drove German economy into contraction in second quarter is still hitting its manufacturing sector
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The football season is back with bang but what happened off the pitch in the summer when it comes to money created major talking points.
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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as politicians and central bankers face pressure to fight looming downturn
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The US president’s talk of a ‘large real estate deal’ says a lot about his view of the world Greenland, and more specifically its purchase by the US, is being actively discussed in Donald Trump’s Oval Office. But what exactly is it that makes one of the world’s most desolate places such an attractive proposition? For the president, it is the
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This 1994 F1 LM (Le Mans) with a gold-plated engine bay has become the most expensive McLaren ever sold at auction and the third priciest British-built motor of all time.
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Business Roundtable urges companies to consider environment and workers
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The reprieve allows US companies to do business with Huawei for a further 90 days
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'It's worrying to see Ryanair continue to sell tickets for strike days,' said the general secretary of the pilots' union
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Investors will remain cautious for the time being as they juggle a lethal cocktail of US-China trade wars, tensions in Hong Kong, a slowing global economy, uncertainty in Italy and Brexit.
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Just one in five startups that receive investment is founded by a woman, leading to billions of pounds in lost innovation and growth - but change is belatedly occurring
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I’m a Jersey resident and hear that if I live in my UK house for a year, I don’t have to pay
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Productivity at main plant in Scunthorpe is 'very low', says Turkey's Ataer Holdings which plans to complete purchase of British Steel this year
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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as politicians and central bankers face pressure to fight looming downturn
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The scale of the crisis was encapsulated by the latest BRC-Springboard figures, which found that a tenth of town centre shops currently stand empty - the highest level of vacancies in four years.
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Advertising Standards Authority to investigate whether claims breach code The first hostilities have broken out among telecoms rivals over who offers the best 5G to customers, with EE seeking an advertising ban against claims by Three UK that it offers the only “real” next-generation service. BT-owned EE is understood to have lodged a complaint with the advertising watchdog over an ad campaign by Three UK implying that 5G services offered by rivals are inferior.
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The US president and his economic adviser Larry Kudlow both say they do not see a recession in the US.
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The consulting firm found a 13 per cent decline in median CEO pay for the year to end February but there's no cause for complacency
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Henderson Far East Income currently provides investors with an annual income in the region of six per cent - with dividends paid every quarter.
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Fears of a global recession are growing. Gold thrives in this kind of environment. It is the ultimate safe-haven purchase, the asset that people buy when they are nervous about the future.
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Proposal by City lobby groups could make the industry more accessible to women City lobby groups are proposing cutting stock market trading hours to help make banking and asset management more accessible to women and working parents. The Investment Association, which represents City firms with £7.7tn in assets under management, and the banking lobby group the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, are planning to consult their membership on options that include reducing trading hours down from 8.5 hours to 6.5 hours.
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Sales of e-bikes are soaring worldwide, but could the electric revolution save you cash as well as effort? Toby Walne hires one for a day to find out on his commute.
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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Donald Trump insists that America’s economy is doing ‘tremendously well’
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The supermarket's Irish business reminds British suppliers they are expected to pay EU import tariffs.
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Were there bugs crawling on the walls? Did the estate agent just lie to you? Share your experiences with us Hit sitcom
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'There's only so long that buyers and sellers can delay the familial, financial and emotional forces driving the need to move,' says analyst at Rightmove
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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Donald Trump insists that America’s economy is doing ‘tremendously well’
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Buyers are being spurred into action as sellers become more willing to drop their asking prices in a bid to secure a sale.
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After the alert, I checked my Indesit was safe and it said it was; four years on I’ve checked and it isn’t
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Financial companies achieve fastest rise but technology sector payouts fall Shareholders in companies listed on the world’s stock markets pocketed more than half a trillion dollars in dividends during the second quarter of the year, a record for
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It’s not just a drink – it’s a lifestyle, fans say. White Claw sales have surged 320% since last year, even as the brand was briefly ‘cancelled’ White Claw has become the obsession of the summer. The alcoholic sparkling water is
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Owner of tiny island of Canna says fish farm could harm the environment and economy The National Trust for Scotland has warned that a large salmon farm beside the Hebridean island of Canna could destroy the island’s culture and wildlife. The trust, Scotland’s largest heritage charity, said the proposed fish farm posed unacceptable risks to the sea and the birdlife around the tiny island, and would put its booming tourism economy under great strain.
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Shipping data show vessel moving as territory rejects final US request to hold it longer The Iranian supertanker at the centre of a diplomatic row between Britain and Iran left Gibraltar on Sunday night, according to shipping data. The marine traffic monitoring site Refinitiv showed the vessel moving away from the British territory, where it had been held for six weeks.
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Buyers looking to complete deals before 31 October, says property site Rightmove British house hunters have launched a surprise August buying spree before the scheduled
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Cows are living on a floating farm in the middle of Europe's busiest port of Rotterdam, as part of an experiment to produce food more sustainably, and closer to people.
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Makin, 58, ran BTG for 14 years as a listed company. The Boston takeover valued shares at 840p each - 37pc more than their value on the stock market at the time.
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Founded in Sheffield during the early days of the steel industry, it has 3,200 staff in locations across England and Wales and in its international divisions.
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A host of companies have already taken action to cut back on bosses' payouts, with more expected to follow suit.
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They are mystified that their young adult offspring are acolytes of the Labour leader and can't see the Corbynist socialist brew as the recipe for ruin it most certainly would be, if he ever gained power.
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An electricity pole catches fire moments after a controlled explosion at the Didcot A plant.
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The supermarket's Irish business reminds British suppliers they are expected to pay EU import tariffs.
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Iran’s ambassador says vessel is expected to leave after Gibraltar rejects US request to detain it further The supertanker at the centre of a six-week diplomatic row between Britain and Iran is expected to leave Gibraltar on Sunday night, Iran’s ambassador to the UK has said. Hamid Baeidinejad said on Twitter: “With the arrival of two specialised engineering teams to Gibraltar … the vessel is expected to leave tonight.”
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Chancellor had suggested he could look at various options, saying he was ‘a low-tax guy’ Sajid Javid has quashed speculation that he could shift stamp duty on to sellers rather than buyers, just two days after
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Small TV companies claim BBC trying to get them to lease shows for longer for same fee The BBC has been accused of trying to strong-arm independent TV producers into extending the availability of their shows on the iPlayer
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Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz has built a substantial shareholding in FirstGroup in a move reminiscent of his time as a buccaneering corporate raider in the run-up to the financial crisis.
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In 2012, they also received shares worth £200 million at today's price in an ownership shake-up. They sold some of them for nearly £120 million last year.
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A first edition hardback of their initial adventure, Five On A Treasure Island, below, published in 1942, can fetch £4,000 in top condition.
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The new 16-17 Saver Railcard could be a welcome break for parents who are forking out huge sums for regular train travel to get to work, as well as for their children to get to school or college.
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Two insurance firms have revealed some surprising claims made by customers on their home insurance policies for thefts abroad.
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Thousands of households will see their energy costs rise next month as 67 tariffs end, including deals from four of the 'Big Six' suppliers.
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Under-pressure housebuilder Persimmon is on track to make another £1 billion in profits this year despite being criticised for providing substandard homes.
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PHS, which puts soap in lavatories, picks up rubbish and delivers water coolers to 300,000 offices across the UK - could change hands for between £500 million and £600 million.
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The company, which is responsible for keeping the lights on, has downplayed the role of wind energy in the power cut that caused widespread chaos earlier this month.
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The Beatles kept up their pretence but world leaders must face up to their differences and find solutions to potentially corrosive threats Back in 1975 the French president Valéry Giscard D’Estaing had a brainwave. The great powers of the west were reeling from their first post-war recession, which had led to both higher unemployment and rising inflation. America had just suffered the twin blows of Watergate and defeat in the Vietnam war. Giscard thought it would be a good idea at this tricky time to invite the leaders of five other western powers – the US, the UK, West Germany, Japan and Italy – for an informal chat at Rambouillet, a chateau near Paris. And so the modern era of summitry was born. The G6 became the G7 when Canada joined and for a while became the G8 with the inclusion of Russia.
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The Welsh Government says talks with Ineos about building the car in Wales are 'very advanced', raising hopes that hundreds of jobs could be created.
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The threat of a global recession is hanging over stock markets like the sword of Damocles, but it should not stop investors seeking income from a portfolio of shares bought for the long term.
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I foolishly agreed to invest with Easytrade.biz. I have asked for my account to be closed and the money returned to my M&S credit card, but have been ignored.
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As part of the changes in April 2016 - billed as the biggest pensions shake-up in more than 100 years - a 'flat rate' was introduced.
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Fiery ex-president Cristina Kirchner is making a comeback as the number two on a resurgent centre-left ticket Father Guillermo Torre, known as Willy to his parishioners, has been through this before. “I arrived here 20 years ago in 1999, right before the economic collapse of 2001,” he said. “Here” is Villa 31, a giant slum that sprawls beside the luxurious Recoleta and Retiro neighbourhoods of central Buenos Aires, a city within a city of which Torre is the parish priest. “Back then Villa 31’s population was 12,500; now it is 45,000,” he says, accepting a constant stream of greetings and hugs from recuperating addicts arriving at his drug rehabilitation centre.
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The last three cooling towers at the Didcot A plant have been brought down in a controlled explosion.
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Silicon Valley’s countercultural aura is gone now that Google develops AI for China and Palantir helps monitor immigrationIf there was one thing that united the founders of today’s tech giants in their early days it was contempt for politics, manifested as suspicion of government and a pathological aversion to regulation (not to mention paying taxes). In part, this was a product of their
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Results this week should show the housebuilder focusing on the quality of its homes after a period of heavy criticismPersimmon, one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders, has been testing the limits of the phrase “safe as houses” over the past couple of years. Its share price has been up and down as it grappled with two publicity storms. First, there was the outcry over the
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As fares rise again, it would be nice to see some coherent decisions in WhitehallMany commuters will have been on holiday, and off the railways, when large parts of the network were shut down in a
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Bosses can use all the technology they like to monitor our journeys, but what we really want is a bit of human interaction In the week it was announced that
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Diageo's investment in alcohol-free spirit maker Seedlip shows how big firms want to reach non-drinkers.
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Will the big polluters clean up their acts if the people who actually own them say they must?
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