16 h. ago Gold suffers biggest fall for TWELVE years as rally runs out of steam

The price of bullion tumbled 5% to $4,120 an ounce on Tuesday having hit an all-time peak of $4,381 on Monday.

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17 h. ago Gold price suffers biggest fall for five years as rally runs out of steam

The price of bullion tumbled 5% to $4,120 an ounce on Tuesday having hit an all-time peak of $4,381 on Monday.

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5 d. ago Gilts stage rally as Reeves looks at tax rises and spending cuts

UK 10-year government borrowing costs see biggest weekly fall since April

Economics

6 d. ago Big investors scale back risky bond exposure after storming rally

BlackRock and Fidelity International among asset managers betting credit rally has run out of road

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1 week ago HSBC offers $13.6bn for 100% control of Hong Kong lender Hang Seng

Shares fall 7% after Europe’s biggest lender says it will halt buybacks to fund buyout of majority-owned unit

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2 w. ago Jilly Cooper's Rivals and other 'bonkbusters' that became huge screen hits

Jilly Cooper, who became known for her multi-million selling bonkbusters, has sadly died at the age of 88 following a fall but here we take a look back her biggest hits that made it to the big screen

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2 w. ago ‘Politics is nasty. And it’s getting worse’: Lionel Richie on his worries for America, his friend Michael Jackson – and why he still believes in the power of love

He’s known for his ballads and winning smile – but the singer has also had a ringside seat to history, from the civil rights battles in his native Alabama to the rise and fall of pop’s biggest superstarLionel Richie walks into the hotel meeting room at 6.20pm and stretches his arms out wide. “Good morning, everybody,” he says in a southern drawl as smooth as whipped cream. He’s not joking. Richie, 76, is touring here in Budapest, and he’s on rock’n’roll (well, legendary soul balladeer) time. The singer-songwriter, who has sold more than 100m records over his six decades in the business, has just got up. “That bed was saying to me, ‘Stay here, Lionel, you’re looking goooood.’”He introduces me to his girlfriend, Lisa Parigi, a Swiss entrepreneur. Parigi is in her mid-30s, gorgeous, friendly, and young enough to be his daughter – or granddaughter at a push. To be fair, though, Richie looks fabulous. As a young man, he was all chin and tache. Now he’s just regular handsom...

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3 w. ago Nine in 10 areas with biggest fall in primary school pupil numbers are in London

London’s steeper decline cannot be explained by falling birth rates alone, the Education Policy Institute said.

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