4 h. ago London Stock Exchange Group forced to open roof space to rivals

London Stock Exchange Group forced to open roof space to rivals  Financial Times

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5 h. ago Peel Hunt to beat targets as it shrugs off ‘challenging’ market conditions

Shares in the company swung to their highest level so far this year as a result.

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5 h. ago London stocks edge higher led by industrials, banks; US jobs data in focus

London stocks edge higher led by industrials, banks; US jobs data in focus  Reuters

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28 h. ago London stocks rise on a boost from consumer staples and utilities By Reuters

London stocks rise on a boost from consumer staples and utilities By Reuters  Investing.com

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29 h. ago London stocks rise on a boost from consumer staples and utilities

London stocks rise on a boost from consumer staples and utilities  Reuters

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31 h. ago Burberry Returns to FTSE 100 Blue Chip Index on London Stock Exchange

Burberry Returns to FTSE 100 Blue Chip Index on London Stock Exchange  WWD

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47 h. ago Wall Street higher amid September rate cut bets while London stocks staged recovery

Wall Street higher amid September rate cut bets while London stocks staged recovery  uk.finance.yahoo.com

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53 h. ago London stocks rebound led by mining and healthcare after worst day in five months By Reuters

London stocks rebound led by mining and healthcare after worst day in five months By Reuters  Investing.com

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53 h. ago London stocks rebound led by mining and healthcare after worst day in five months

London stocks rebound led by mining and healthcare after worst day in five months  Reuters

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2 d. ago Banks and industrials drag London stocks to lower close on fiscal worries

Banks and industrials drag London stocks to lower close on fiscal worries  Reuters

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3 d. ago Why Trump’s undermining of US statistics is so dangerous | Daniel Malinsky

From the firing of the labor statistics chief to plans for a new census, the president’s moves serve to entrench authoritarianismIn 1937, Joseph Stalin commissioned a sweeping census of the Soviet Union. The data reflected some uncomfortable facts – in particular, the dampening of population growth in areas devastated by the 1933 famine – and so Stalin’s government suppressed the release of the survey results. Several high-level government statistical workers responsible for the census were subsequently imprisoned and apparently executed. Though the Soviet authorities would proudly trumpet national statistics that glorified the USSR’s achievements, any numbers that did not fit the preferred narrative were buried.A few weeks ago, following the release of “disappointing” jobs data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Donald Trump fired the commissioner of labor statistics, Dr Erika McEntarfer, and claimed the numbers were “rigged”. He also announced his intention to commission a...

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3 d. ago London Stock Exchange’s Private Securities Market Obtains PISCES Approval Notice by FCA

London Stock Exchange’s Private Securities Market Obtains PISCES Approval Notice by FCA  Crowdfund Insider

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4 d. ago London Stock Exchange Group Updates on Share Capital and Voting Rights

London Stock Exchange Group Updates on Share Capital and Voting Rights  TipRanks

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5 d. ago Five arrested after masked men try to enter west London asylum hotel

Two anti-asylum groups marched to Crowne Plaza before attempting to enter building at rear, Met police sayFive people have been arrested at a protest in London where a group of masked men attempted to enter a hotel housing asylum seekers on Saturday.At about noon, two anti-asylum groups marched to the Crowne Plaza in Stockley Road, west London, and a group of men in masks attempted to enter the building through the rear entrance and damaged security fences, the Metropolitan police said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Terror boss who wanted to bomb the London Stock Exchange and was a close ally of London Bridge attacker is freed from jail

Mohammed Shahjahan - who grew up in Burslem and Cobridge - was put behind bars back in 2012 over a planned bombing spree, intending to target Boris Johnson , Big Ben and the Stock Exchange.

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7 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 29 August: Tax raid fears hit banking shares, US inflation data in focus

FTSE 100 banking stocks are under pressure after a think tank urged Rachel Reeves to consider tax raid on major firms such as Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest.

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7 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 29 August: Banking stocks hit by levy fears, US inflation data in focus

Banking stocks are under pressure after a think tank urged Rachel Reeves to consider hiking a windfall tax on major firms such as Barclays, Lloyds and NatWest.

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7 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 29 August: Call for bank levy, US inflation data in focus

Stock market sentiment will be tested later when figures in the US show the impact of tariffs on the prices of goods and services.

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8 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 28 August: Cool reaction to Nvidia results, Drax falls on FCA probe

Nvidia results are the main focus for investors after the chip giant’s quarterly figures beat expectations but shares still fell.

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8 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 28 August: Nvidia shares fall on results, index higher

Nvidia results are the main focus for stock market investors after the chip giant’s quarterly figures beat expectations but shares still fell.

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