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Royal Mail faces disruption; Asia rises as China cuts tariffs

Royal Mail letters post box
Postal deliveries may be hit Royal Mail is facing further disruption after the CWU union said it will ballot members for strike action. In November the company won its legal battleRead More

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Carruthers US partnership sparks exchange revival talk

Tomas Carruther
Tomas Carruthers led stock exchange project (pic: Terry Murden) Tomas Carruthers, who was behind the failed Scottish Stock Exchange initiative, has teamed up with a California-based social entrepreneur amid speculationRead More

Embarrassing admission

Dixons Carphone admits sales fell after reporting a rise

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Group sales were lower, not higher Dixons Carphone blamed a “clerical error” after being forced to admit that it had reported growth in sales when it should have said thatRead More

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Interest rates; US-China deal; IndigoVision; William Hill

City of London
Another Bank of England policymaker has floated the idea of cutting the central bank’s main interest rate. Gertjan Vlieghe told the Financial Times he would consider voting for a rateRead More

Escalation of conflict

Investors fret as Iran launches attacks on two US bases

crowds at Iran funeral
Thousands gathered for the funeral of Qasem Soleimani Iranian missile strikes on two US bases in Iraq overnight prompted a spike in the oil price and more selling on globalRead More

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Stocks rally, oil slips as investors re-assess Iran risk

crowds at Iran funeral
Tens of thousands gathered for the funeral of Qasem Soleimani in Tehran Brent crude fell and stock markets rallied as investors re-assessed the level of risk over the Iran crisis.Read More

Tensions rise in Middle East

Oil rises after Iranian general killed in US air strike

Donald Trump
Donald Trump ordered air strike Oil prices were up nearly $3 after the United States killed Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force and architect of Iran’sRead More

Trading blow

China-Britain link halted over Hong Kong tensions

China says Britain has fuelled Hong Kong tension China has dealt a blow to Boris Johnson’s attempts to forge new post-EU trading deals by temporarily blocking a new scheme whichRead More

Investors return

Global markets soar on trade deal prospects and stability

City of London
Markets have enjoyed new highs (pic: Terry Murden) Britain’s blue-chip stock market index – the FTSE 100 – enjoyed its best performance for three years, up 12% as investors returnedRead More

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FTSE 250 at all-time high as markets buoyed by upbeat mood

London Stock Exchange
The mid-market FTSE 250 index ended the last trading day before Christmas at an all-time high on the back of a more buoyant mood among investors. In a truncated tradingRead More