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Investment banking giant JP Morgan has said it is struggling to predict how oil prices will be impacted by the US-Iran war, telling investors in a rare note that "we simply don't know how to model the…
An air traffic control failure that sparked widespread travel chaos earlier this month was caused by a "software defect" affecting the system underpinning UK air space management, the national air tra…
As of September 2026, major bank gold price forecasts for year-end 2026 have converged lower. J.P. Morgan is at $4,500. Wells Fargo is at $4,900-$5,100. Goldman Sachs is at $4,900, and UBS is at $5,50…
The government has no credible plan for the future of British Steel, MPs have claimed.
Former Brewdog staff and several creditors of the collapsed Scottish beer giant are not expected to receive anything from the administration process.
August 6, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT. The Chinese Academy of Sciences achieved a 3.42% conversion efficiency in laser-produced plasma (LPP) EUV lithography, closing in on ASML’s 5.5% commercial benchmark. Alth…
Several creditors of collapsed Scottish beer giant Brewdog are not expected to receive anything from the administration process.
We hate to drone on about a Fed rate hike, but we want to stress the risks in the Fed’s 25bps hike, as it is unlike any other hike we have seen in over thirty years. Let’s contrast it with every Fed h…
With 38 kilometres of new track through previously inaccessible outback, along with hotel-quality overnight stays, this Australian trek is like no other.
The UK rates market had to digest a heavy flow of news over the past week. The Bank of England (BoE) kept the base rate unchanged, inflation came in slightly below expectations, and Prime Minister Kei…
August 6, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT. The Chinese Academy of Sciences achieved a 3.42% conversion efficiency in laser-produced plasma (LPP) EUV lithography, closing in on ASML’s 5.5% commercial benchmark. Alth…
A cross-party committee of MPs has urged the government to reject a £10bn takeover proposal from Thames Water's creditors.
Planet Labs PBC (PL) reported that President & CFO Ashley F. Johnson restructured and partially sold holdings of Class A Common Stock.
The government reported that, in August, the CPI was up 3.4% from a year earlier, which was the same level as July. The annual rate of inflation has exceeded 3.3% every month since the Middle East con…
More importantly, Thursday’s rebound was not born from investors suddenly developing a taste for hawks roaming the Eccles Building. Oil did the work. As crude backed away, some of the inflation premiu…
UK retail sales volumes rose 0.5% mom in August, reversing July’s unrevised 0.5% decline and beating expectations for a 0.3% contraction. Annual growth accelerated from a downwardly revised 1.2% to 2.…
--August Exports to Continue Showing Resilience, July Machinery Orders to Dip After Sharp Rebound, August CPI Seen Steady to Slightly Up around BOJ’s 2% Target
Until last year, Conroy, 32, and his partner Amber, 28, saw little prospect of owning their own home. They were renting in central Manchester where they work and could not afford to save up for a depo…
Freddo the robot walks across the office and takes a plastic bottled offered by a staff member.
Ten years ago Alec Palao was casually flicking through a collection of old records when he noticed some faint pencil markings that were enough to draw a gasp. "Davie Jones," it read.
The chancellor is to warn the European Union (EU) not to lock the UK out of its scheme to protect industries from unfair Chinese competition.
There is no certainty that the idea will ever get off the ground, let alone become a blueprint for other countries, writes Katya Adler.
Jeremy Wacksman, affiliated with Zillow Group, Inc. (Class C Common), has filed a Form 144 indicating an intent to sell up to 9,339 shares through Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. on or after August 17, 202…
Thousands of Barclays staff are demanding concessions from the bank after it said it wants employees to work from the office more often.