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"As soon as Trump started putting those tariffs on in February [last year], I started boycotting US goods," he said. "Avoiding American products has driven my costs up, and I'm still happy to do it. "I used to drink US…
Read moreAn automated message purported to be from Barclays Bank, querying a payment to Argos for more than £1,000. Not only had I not made a payment to Argos recently, nor do I bank with Barclays. I am plagued with these kinds…
Read moreThe US treasury secretary, already trying to manage a $40tn national debt pile, this week took charge of Donald Trump 's effort to reverse-engineer his war of choice. Whereas the US would typically take on an adversary…
Read moreHis style, direction and communication has been a big shift from Keir Starmer's approach, but as he heads into the autumn, the new prime minister faces some very similar problems. With an early budget in late October…
Read moreIn mid-August, its shares rose 10% after it announced a 20-year midstream deal with ExxonMobil to build and operate a portfolio of energy infrastructure assets for the oil and gas giant. Targa's deal is the latest in a…
Read moreIt has exposed stonework, wood floors, a wood-burning stove and a large kitchen with an Aga. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception, double garage, studio, riverside terrace, gardens, 0.34 acre. Price: £700,000 Finest…
Read moreFor the past three years, the UK's largest listed veterinary services group has traded under the shadow of the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) investigation into the sector. Investors feared the regulator would…
Read moreMillions of households in Great Britain will face the highest energy charges in three years after it was announced that the government's price cap will rise again in October. This will be the second increase in three…
Read moreThe infrastructure AI race has centred on the need to build datacentres , and to ensure they have access to the huge water and energy supplies required to cool and supply the computational power to train and run AI…
Read moreIcelandic farmers were starting to get higher prices for their meat and milk, debt was no longer an occupational prerequisite and innovation was on the rise. Now the 29-year-old is anxiously awaiting the result of a…
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