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The Chinese firm’s shares, which were offered to investors for 150.80 yuan (£16.50; $22.36) each, closed at 845 yuan. The highly anticipated listing on the technology-focused Star Market - which is widely known as…
Read moreThe UK’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into three companies over concerns that customers were not shown the total upfront price when buying train and coach tickets, holidays or driving lessons. The…
Read moreThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) put the consumer price index inflation reading at 2.9 per cent for the 12 months to July. The previous inflation reading was 2.6 per cent. Services inflation, a measure closely…
Read moreWelcome back to the City AM liveblog. Oil prices are surging higher for the fourth consecutive session after Donald Trump declared the Strait of Hormuz as US territory. Brent crude – the international benchmark for oil…
Read moreMuch of Britain has sweltered under a record five heatwaves this year and endured drought and wildfires, with the hot, dry conditions damaging crops and reducing yields of domestic produce . However, the UK relies on…
Read moreThe new A2 e-tron is expected to offer more than 400 miles of range and cost less than £35,000. Audi is bringing back the A2 , more than two decades after its famously clever little hatchback disappeared from showrooms.…
Read moreThe consultation respondents were near unanimous in their support for change. Their concerns essentially built on a Treasury Investment Research Review led by Rachel Kent in 2023, which found that the 2018 regime had…
Read moreThe visitors ventured en masse to the Friedrich August refuge – perched at 2,300 metres (7,500ft) above sea level, between Col Rodella and Passo Sella in Val di Fassa – some reportedly waking up at dawn or camping…
Read moreSpeaking on the MoneyWeek Talks podcast, they also explained how electronic payments in the UK, from coffees to house purchases, go through the Bank’s ‘black box’. Try 6 free issues of MoneyWeek today Get unparalleled…
Read moreDespite only eight of the Premier League’s 20 teams having naming rights sponsors for their stadiums – notably Arsenal, Manchester City and Everton with Emirates, Etihad and Hill Dickinson respectively – it is thought…
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