41 h. ago Big Oil braced for worst year since pandemic as bumper profits recede

Investors ask whether industry can afford the higher dividends and share buy-backs on offer over recent years

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3 w. ago World's worst 'pandemic breeding grounds' as depraved animal markets spark virus fears

Experts have warned that filthy farms and markets packed full of sick, distressed animals around the world are potential breeding grounds for deadly new viruses that can jump from animals to humans

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3 w. ago Global stocks tumble as Donald Trump offers no respite from tariffs

Asian and European indices and US futures fall after worst week for Wall Street equities since pandemic

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3 w. ago FTSE plummets to lowest level in a year as Trump says the world must take his 'medicine' and Asian markets are hit by worldwide financial chaos

The FTSE 100 slumped more than 6 per cent after opening at 8am, having seen its worst day since the pandemic on Friday.

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3 w. ago FTSE shares plummet on opening as Trump says the world must take his 'medicine' and Asian markets are hit by worldwide financial chaos

The FTSE 100 slumped more than 6 per cent after opening at 8am, having seen its worst day since the pandemic on Friday.

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3 w. ago Global stocks tumble as Trump offers no respite from tariffs

Declines come after the worst week for Wall Street equities since the pandemic

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3 w. ago US stock futures tumble as officials offer no respite from tariffs

Declines come after the worst week for Wall Street equities since the pandemic

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3 w. ago Trump tariffs live: 10% tariff kicks in for UK after US stocks and FTSE 100 see biggest drops since Covid

UK’s key FTSE-100 stock market suffered its worst one-day drop since the pandemic on Friday

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3 w. ago Trump tariffs live: China says ‘market has spoken’ after global stocks sink and FTSE sees biggest drop since Covid

UK’s key FTSE-100 stock market suffered its worst one-day drop since the pandemic

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3 w. ago Trump’s 10% tariff on UK products to come into force as stock markets plunge

The FTSE 100 fell on Friday in its worst day of trading since the start of the pandemic while markets on Wall Street also tumbled.

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3 w. ago FTSE 100 suffers worst day of trading since pandemic in Trump tariffs fallout

Trading has been hammered in the aftermath of the US introducing more import taxes on countries around the world.

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3 w. ago Wall Street stocks plunge deeper after worst trading day since pandemic

Trading has been hammered in the aftermath of President Donald Trump unveiling his full range of import taxes on countries around the world.

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3 w. ago US stock markets see worst day since Covid pandemic after investors shaken by Trump tariffs

All three major US index funds close down as Apple and Nvidia, two of US’s largest companies, lose combined $470bnUS stock markets tumbled on Thursday as investors parsed the sweeping change in global trading following Donald Trump’s announcement of a barrage of tariffs on the country’s trading partners.All three major US stock markets closed down in their worst day since June 2020, during the Covid pandemic. The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 6%, while the S&P 500 and the Dow dropped 4.8% and 3.9%, respectively. Apple and Nvidia, two of the US’s largest companies by market value, had lost a combined $470bn in value by midday. Continue reading...

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