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A fresh wave of selling hit AI stocks around the world overnight, as investor grow increasingly anxious around the sustainability of AI-fuelled returns. The Japanese and South Korean stock markets, which have been buoyed…
As first reported by The Times , the earnings limits are expected to be confirmed at the Budget next week. The Your First Home scheme will offer government-backed equity loans worth 20% of new-build properties in England…
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) told City AM that the comments, which appeared in a draft report by the Social Market Foundation (SMF), raised concerns about whether the impact on jobs and high streets had been…
Since entering Downing Street in July, John Healey has faced criticism from some business chiefs over an economic vision that seems similar to Rachel Reeves. But one aspect of running the Treasury has split Healey from…
The IFR’s costs will be recouped via a tax on clubs from next year, with those teams earning the most set to contribute the biggest portion of the £20.3m annual levy. That will mean Premier League teams who are also…
While the upcoming Budget will be Labour’s third since they won the 2024 general election, it will be the first fiscal test of prime minister Andy Burnham’s new government which has promised to help those struggling with…
Analysts said combining the two businesses could help Musk fund his increasingly expensive AI ambitions, bringing together Tesla’s cash reserves and SpaceX’s growing computing business under one roof. Steven Wahrhaftig…
The Big Bang reforms were part of a programme of financial liberalisation pushed through by the Conservative government under Margaret Thatcher. They led to the transformation of the City over subsequent years and…
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the volume of goods sold fell 0.4% month on month in September, much steeper than economists' consensus expectations of a 0.1% fall. The decrease, which was fuelled in part…
The world's second-largest brewer sent a presentation to British hospitality customers earlier this month that said the use of GLP-1 medication – such as Ozempic and Wegovy – could reduce the desire to drink alcohol .…