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Oil price slumps by 4pc despite Opec cuts

Posted by June 3, 2024

Oil prices have slumped nearly 4pc despite Opec production cuts amid signs that Saudi Arabia will struggle to maintain caps on

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A financial storm is coming that governments cannot fight

Posted by June 2, 2024

Since the banking system went belly up in the financial crisis of 2008-10, non-bank forms of finance have ballooned, and today

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Nvidia now worth more than entire FTSE 100

Posted by May 30, 2024

Good morning 1) Royal Mail at risk of being broken up after £3.6bn foreign takeover | Fears postal service will be carved up

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Labour’s new business backers should be careful what they wish…

Posted by May 29, 2024

Similar shortsightedness has instructed the taxation of North Sea oil and gas, where what began as a windfall tax has become a

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NatWest down: Banking app outage leaves customers unable to access…

Posted by May 28, 2024

NatWest has apologised to customers after an outage left them unable to access the bank’s app and online banking services.Cus

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Business faces £42bn debt crisis after end of ultra-low rates

Posted by May 28, 2024

It came as economists at Europe’s second-largest bank, BNP Paribas, warned that inflation will be higher and “bumpier” in

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Labour risks handing too much power to OBR technocrats, warn…

Posted by May 27, 2024

The OBR, set up in 2010, releases economic and public spending forecasts alongside fiscal events such as Budgets and Autumn Sta

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Sunak’s summer election means there’s bad news to come

Posted by May 26, 2024

At the same time, there are signs that inflation could start rising again after the summer – not least due to energy prices.

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Rishi Sunak’s summer election brings hope to Britain’s bruised financial…

Posted by May 25, 2024

As Britain prepares to revisit the ballot box, executives in the City of London are hoping a new government will pay them more attention and put an end to years

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Why weaning Britain off foreign workers could come at a…

Posted by May 25, 2024

Weaning Britain off immigrant workers will come at a price, bosses warn.Rose Carey, a partner at high-end law firm Charles Russ

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Victory for Labour ‘is not in the bag’, say small…

Posted by May 23, 2024

Thanks for joining me. We begin the day with the outlook on the impending general election from business leaders.The head of th

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Inflation blow dashes hopes of summer interest rate cut –…

Posted by May 22, 2024

Thanks for joining me. We begin the day with the economic news that has been keenly anticipated by mortgage holders and the Pri

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