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Euronext almost quit stock exchange plan over Brexit

Tomas Carruthers of Project Heather at Scottish parliament
Tomas Carruthers: launch of Scottish Stock Exchange on track (pic: Terry Murden)   Euronext, which will help power the new Scottish Stock Exchange, threatened to quit the project over Britain’sRead More

Top listing for clothing firm

Tiso owner JD Sports poised to join FTSE 100 index

Chris Tiso
Chris Tiso who extended his business to the Highlands   Outdoor chain Tiso is poised to enter Britain’s top shares index as part of retail success story JD Sports. TheRead More

As Uber goes ahead with IPO

Trump’s tariffs come into effect as trade talks stumble

Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s tariff hike on Chinese goods came into effect at midnight after trade talks failed to reach agreement. US Customs and Border Protection raised duty on $200 billion ofRead More

Future of bank uncertain

Metro shares tumble amid delay to raising capital

Metro Bank
Metro bank is attempting to fill a hole in its accounts (pic: Terry Murden)   Shares in Metro Bank continued to plummet as investors as the company failed to deliverRead More

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Stock markets jittery as Trump’s tariff threat lingers

Donald Trump
London stocks went into reverse, with the FTSE 100 closing down 120 points (1.63%) at 7260.47 as stock markets remained jittery over US-China trade talks. Only 12 companies in theRead More

US-China trade talks

China market slumps as Trump imposes higher tariffs

Stocks fell sharply in China after US President Donald Trump heightened the stakes in trade talks. Mr Trump said he would impose higher tariffs on $200 billion (£152bn) worth ofRead More

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Stocks rise as US job figures show return to growth

Traders on Wall St (pic: NYSE)
Stock markets edged higher after new figures showed US companies added 196,000 jobs last month, a significant rebound from poor growth in February. The US non-farm payroll figure for MarchRead More

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Markets up on US-China trade talks; shop prices rise

Prince St retail shopping
Prices in the shops have risen (pic: Terry Murden)   Asian shares rose to seven-month highs today as investors were buoyed by signs of progress in the US-China trade talksRead More

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London opens lower on fears of global slowdown

London Stock Exchange
The FTSE 100 opened 33 points adrift as it followed the US and Asia lower over fears of a global economic slowdown. Japan’s Nikkei post its biggest daily drop in threeRead More

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Asia markets sink as China exports plunge on trade war

China
China’s Shanghai Composite sank 2.9%, while Japan’s Nikkei index shed 2% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped 1.5% in afternoon trading after figures showed Chinese exports plunged 20.7% inRead More