Why investors shouldn’t rush to buy the next blockbuster IPO
And yet history shows that they must be viewed with caution. When stepping back from and looking at what decades of empirical research tell us about investing in IPOs , the evidence is remarkably consistent and sobering.…
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Why The Outer Hebrides is Scotland’s ultimate wellness escape
The water below me is so clear that I can see individual grains of sand and the scales on the fish. One giveaway that I’m not somewhere exotic? I’m wearing a wetsuit and my hands have gone numb. It’s the kind of numb…
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That women ‘lack confidence to invest’ is a lazy answer to a major problem
The capital gains tax annual exemption has fallen from £12,300 to £3,000, while upcoming ISA reforms will introduce different cash ISA allowances according to age, restrictions on transfers from investments back into…
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Why Tesla has been caught up in a massive car recall in China
That's after China announced its biggest ever recall of cars, with more than four million vehicles - mostly Teslas - affected . The recall comes ahead of new regulations in China , requiring cars to have a mechanical…
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Billionaire investor says he used AI to write critique of former mentee Scott Bessent
Many news outlets, including the Guardian, covered the editorial, highlighting Druckenmiller's rebuke of his former mentee, Bessent. As the story circulated online, some readers questioned rhetorical choices that…
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Instagram CEO denies company hid low use of teen safety feature in Meta trial
"I am not trying to encourage my team to hide anything," the CEO, Adam Mosseri, told a California courtroom on Tuesday. Mosseri is the first top executive from Meta , which owns both Instagram and Facebook, to testify in…
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AI gold rush draws crypto firms away from Bitcoin
Bitcoin mining companies invested large sums on giant banks of powerful computers as the price of Bitcoin rocketed in recent years . But those mining companies have faced falling rewards since the value of the…
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Firms scramble for battery power in Spain and Portugal
A massive power failure caused widespread chaos . People dug out lanterns and old radios, and companies scrambled to save what production they could. The Spanish meat processing firm Fribin, in Binéfar, in the north…
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Back to school: How parents can save on uniform costs
Almost half of parents said they're worried about the cost of school uniforms, according to research by the charity Save the Children and the Baby Bank Alliance network. And a third of the 2,000 parents polled said…
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