3 h. ago London stocks sink in global rout on Fed rate cut, valuation jitters

London stocks sink in global rout on Fed rate cut, valuation jitters  Reuters

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4 h. ago DAR GLOBAL RINGS THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE OPENING BELL, ANCHORING GLOBAL EXPANSION WITH LAUNCH OF 'LIVE ALL IN' SLOGAN

DAR GLOBAL RINGS THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE OPENING BELL, ANCHORING GLOBAL EXPANSION WITH LAUNCH OF 'LIVE ALL IN' SLOGAN  Yahoo Finance Singapore

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4 h. ago Crypto market sheds more than $1tn in six weeks amid fears of tech bubble

Bitcoin price at lowest level since April while FTSE 100 falls as Google boss warns there is ‘irrationality’ in AI boomBusiness live – latest updatesMore than $1tn (£760bn) has been wiped off the value of the cryptocurrency market in the past six weeks amid fears of a tech bubble and fading expectations for a US rate cut next month.Tracking more than 18,500 coins, the value of the crypto market has fallen by a quarter since a high in early October, according to the data company CoinGecko. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago FTSE 100 Live 18 November: Markets under pressure, Imperial strong run continues

Stock markets are under pressure amid ongoing jitters over Wall Street AI valuations.

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7 h. ago FTSE 100 Live 18 November: Index in red amid market jitters, Bitcoin extends fall

Stock markets are under pressure amid ongoing jitters over Wall Street AI valuations.

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8 h. ago FTSE 100 Live 18 November: Index posts big fall, Bitcoin reverse continues

Stock markets are under pressure amid ongoing jitters over Wall Street AI valuations.

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8 h. ago Demand for oral nicotine and higher cigarette prices boosts Imperial Brands

The company behind brands including Golden Virginia, Winston and Rizla said £10 billion has been handed out to shareholders over the past four years.

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30 h. ago FTSE 100 Live 17 November: Asia tensions hit Burberry shares, Budget rumours warning

The FTSE 100 index is steady at the start of a big week of economic and corporate updates.

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32 h. ago FTSE 100 Live 17 November: Buildings supplier cuts guidance, house prices lower

The FTSE 100 index is lower at the start of a big week of economic and corporate updates.

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45 h. ago How Recent Developments Are Rewriting the Story for London Stock Exchange Group

How Recent Developments Are Rewriting the Story for London Stock Exchange Group  Yahoo Finance

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59 h. ago Wall Street reins in rate cut bets due to inflation concerns

Market expectations of further easing in December have almost halved as a split among Fed officials appears to widen

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3 d. ago Blackstone to take on Bloomberg after London Stock Exchange buys Refinitiv for $27B

Blackstone to take on Bloomberg after London Stock Exchange buys Refinitiv for $27B  facilitiesmanagement-now.com

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4 d. ago Los Andes Copper (OTCQX: LSANF) joins 121 Mining Investment London with 140 companies

Los Andes Copper (OTCQX: LSANF) joins 121 Mining Investment London with 140 companies  Stock Titan

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4 d. ago Treasury won’t cut threshold for higher rate income tax, say sources – UK politics live

Fallout continues over budget income tax U-turn, with Treasury saying expected fiscal gap has dropped to £20bnThis is from Helen Miller, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies thinktank, on the market reaction to the chancellor’s reported budget U-turn.Investors will have 2 broad concerns about news that Chancellor won’t increase income tax rates1. Does it signal less willingness to do politically difficult thingsBritain’s long-term borrowing costs were sent soaring as reports suggested the latest U-turn would leave Rachel Reeves scrambling to fill a gaping black hole in the nation’s finances just two weeks before the 26 November budget.Yields on 30-year UK government bonds, also known as gilts, jumped as much as 14 basis points in early trading, and the yield on 10-year gilts also shot up 12 basis points – rising the most since July. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago UK GDP: Grim figures ‘pave way’ for interest rate cut just days before Christmas

“Suddenly the chances of an interest rate cut before Christmas are on a par with the likelihood of mince pies and syrupy TV ads” – James Bentley, Financial Markets Online

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5 d. ago Christmas Karma review – Dickens adaptation has as much Yuletide spirit as a dead rat in the eggnog

Gurinder Chadha’s leaden update of the hardy seasonal chestnut with Kunal Nayyar is joyless and nausea-inducingKeen though I always am to indulge any and every new riff on Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, and keen also to hear from Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha, this cynically Christmassy movie is leaden, unconvincingly acted and about as welcome as a dead rat in the eggnog. It’s the worst Christmas film since last year’s Red One, in which Dwayne Johnson played the head of security for Santa Claus and more or less had us all rooting for anyone who could beat up Father Christmas.In this one, Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar lifelessly and joylessly plays a Scrooge variant called Mr Sood, part of the Ugandan south Asian community expelled by Idi Amin in his childhood, and embittered by early poverty. An early romance soured because of his obsession with money, and he has become a grasping and unpleasant old guy in London (cue stock footage of the London skyline) in the ra...

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6 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 12 November: Index 10,000 push stalls, SSE surges on £33bn plan

The FTSE 100 index today opened near the 10,000 threshold as traders digested updates by BAE Systems, Taylor Wimpey and SSE.

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6 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 12 November: Index nears 10,000, SSE unveils £33bn spending plan

The FTSE 100 index today neared the 10,000 threshold as traders digested updates by BAE Systems, Taylor Wimpey and SSE.

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6 d. ago FTSE 100 Live 12 November: SSE unveils £33bn spending plan, BAE and Taylor Wimpey post updates

The FTSE 100 index today neared the 10,000 threshold as traders digested updates by BAE Systems, Taylor Wimpey and SSE.

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7 d. ago Princes Group eyes takeover targets as London debut bolsters 'firepower'

Tinned tuna giant Princes Group is looking at acquiring other businesses after the firm's listing on the London Stock Exchange last week.

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