July 27, 2024

Business

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Business

The Casablanca chancellor has boxed herself in

Rachel Reeves will echo one of the great cameos in cinema history on Monday, when she updates Parliament on the findings of a Treasury audit of the public finances.

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Why things look rosy for NatWest 12

NatWest has an increasingly confident air about it.

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TalkTalk founder in £400m pledge to win

The founder of TalkTalk has pledged a £400m package to the company’s lenders in a bid to win their support for a wide-ranging refinancing.

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Business

Treasury expected to uncover £20bn hole in

A Treasury audit is expected to reveal a £20bn black hole in public spending, Sky News understands.

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Business

Fuel prices remain a rip-off, competition watchdog

Competition among fuel retailers is “failing consumers” because drivers are still paying too much to fill up, according to regulators.

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Apollo swoops for parcel delivery giant Evri

The private equity giant Apollo Global Management is on the brink of a deal to buy Evri, the British parcel delivery company, in a £2.7bn deal.

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Ex-business secretary Vince Cable accepts ‘share’ of

Sir Vince Cable has told the Post Office inquiry he accepts a “share” of responsibility for failures that enabled the wrongful convictions of sub-postmasters to continue unchecked.

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Business

Biggest US tech sell-off for over a

The Nasdaq and S&P 500 have suffered their worst single-day decline since 2022 – led by underwhelming financial results from Tesla and Alphabet, the owner of Google.

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Cineworld to axe hundreds of jobs in

Cineworld will this week unveil a sweeping overhaul that will cost hundreds of jobs and reduce its British footprint by at least a quarter.

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Cut taxes to get people buying electric

The new government should cut taxes on electric vehicles to revive flagging sales and help the industry hit its climate goals, the motor trade body has said.

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Stifel’s stock rallies on second-highest revenue

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Friday’s IT outage was particularly felt in the brokerage industry, where any technical issue preventing people from trading can lead to money being lost.

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Stocks that directly benefit from investment in manufacturing and infrastructure are trading at a discount relative to the S&P 500, according to BofA Global Research.

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A U.K. Treasury department spokesperson said the government will set out plans to regulate “buy now, pay later” plans “shortly.”

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Upcoming Crypto Launch – WienerAI Token Presale Ends In 5 Days

A new upcoming crypto launch has caught the attention of meme coin enthusiasts.  The WienerAI presale is in its final stage and will end on July 31st. The meme coin is then expected to launch

LINK Underperforms Against Meme Coin Icon Raboo Whilst MATIC Erases Q1 Gains

The crypto market is a very unpredictable place. Two coins, LINK and MATIC, that many investors hoped would do well are currently in the trenches as they have yet to impress with their losses. Meanwhile,

BTCC Exchange Introduces Up to 50x Leverage on Over 300 USDT-Margined Trading Pairs

VILNIUS, Lithuania, July 26th, 2024, Chainwire In a significant move this July 2024, BTCC has launched up to 50x leverage on over 300 USDT-margined trading pairs. This development follows the successful introduction of 500x leverage

Zoomex Exchange: An In-Depth Review

Zoomex provides a cutting-edge platform committed to providing secure, reliable, and transparent digital asset trading services to millions of users worldwide. Let’s take a closer look at what makes this platform unique and how it’s

Kwenta and Perennial Kickstart Arbitrum Expansion with 1.9M ARB

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, July 26th, 2024, Chainwire Kwenta, the leading onchain perpetuals exchange on the Optimism network, has partnered with Perennial to launch a new joint product and incentive program on the Arbitrum network.

Best BRC20 Cryptos To Invest In: SATS, ORDI Pump As Bitcoin Price Recovers

The cryptocurrency market has bounced back today on Friday after yesterday’s correction. The Bitcoin price is up by nearly 5% over the past 24 hours and is trading at $67,300 at press time. Unsurprisingly, BRC-20