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The UK’s blue chip has taken a battering in early trading, as murky US inflation data overshadowed Nvidia’s sales triumph. While headline inflation fell back, the Fed’s preferred measure – the Personal Consumption…
Read moreThe data from the pilots is in stark contrast to public comments from Thames Water that their water recycling project in south-west London will not harm the riverine environment. In technical notes in the company's files…
Read moreBut the co-founder of consultancy Q5 Partners has told City AM that many will struggle to build true challenger brands without an “all or nothing” approach. Five founders, including managing partner Olly Purnell…
Read moreWith two-thirds of the harvest now picked, this year's haul is 6% up on last year's already unusually large crop, according to British Berry Growers (BBG). Volumes of blackberries, blueberries and raspberries picked have…
Read moreThe government announced on Wednesday that its producers would be granted a temporary change to strict rules on grazing after farmers said extreme heat had scorched their pastures, putting production at risk. Makers of…
Read moreAhead of his first set piece speech as Federal Reserve chair, investors want to hear more, writes Ali Lyon. When Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh steps up to the wood-panelled stage at this week’s Jackson Hole…
Read more“No I do not. I think of myself as a woman in business.” It’s a telling answer, not just in its rejection of the feminist label (which Parton associated with a warped anti-men rhetoric) but in its identification of…
Read moreBut there is no such thing as a free lunch – or a free street party – argues James Ford I take great exception to the Notting Hill Carnival. Not because the event is associated with an orgy of violent crime and stabbing…
Read moreThese admissions come as lawmakers investigate the late convicted sex offender's ties with political and business elites. Staley appeared before the committee in July as part of its investigation into Epstein and his…
Read more"The limitations that are in the agreement are the equivalent of saying: 'Well you can smoke as many cigarettes as you can in two hours a day,'" said whistleblower and ex-Facebook employee Arturo Béjar. "It doesn't make…
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