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It will be headline-grabbing, but will it make a difference?
Cost, cost, cost: that will be the word of the day today. A tax cut will “cost” £5bn; a freeze will “cost” another £15bn. “Can Jeremy Hunt make the sums …
Moving markets: Five things shaping the FTSE 100 today
Moving markets today: China drives Asia downward, bitcoin retreats, Apple’s China iPhone sales decline; focus on UK spring budget and Fed Powell’s testimony On Wall Street, stock prices took a …
Women now have the means to invest, so why aren’t they?
Where the City’s experts have their say. Today, it’s Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown The phrase “mind the gap” is one most Londoners are all …
Tech is in turmoil – but there is an upside
There’s no need to panic about cutbacks and uncertainty around AI, capitalism is all about change and innovation, says Paul Ormerod The Greek god Chronos, known as Saturn to the …
Letter to the editor: Private investors should think before leaping back into public equity markets
The performance of 11 companies, dubbed the “Granolas” by Goldman Sachs, helped send European stocks to a record high in February. But despite the positivity, investors should be consciously aware …
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt to say ‘lower tax means higher growth’ as he slashes NI
Jeremy Hunt will today unveil a spring budget designed to reverse his party’s lagging polling numbers, headlined by a 2p cut to National Insurance. The widely reported, and not denied, …
Lex Greensill sues government over alleged ‘misuse of private information’
The founder of Greensill Capital, Lex Greensill, has filed a lawsuit against the Department for Business and Trade over the alleged “misuse of private information”. The claim was filed last …
GXO poised for Wincanton takeover after CMA CGM dips out of bidding war
French container shipping firm CMA CGM has ditched its pursuit of one of Britain’s largest logistics companies, paving the way for a takeover bid from rival GXO. The news comes …
A bit of Bruit force needed in Imperial Cup
WE MIGHT be less than a week away from the Cheltenham Festival, but we’ve still got one last chance to boost the coffers for the biggest week in the jump racing calendar. …