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In the ten days after shoppers were told to build up piles of essentials, sales of hand sanitiser jumped by 83 per cent year-on-year, according to Worldpanel by Numerator. This comes as Princes Group, a London-listed…
Read moreThe supermarket chain posted £4bn in total takings in the 12 weeks to 1 November, 0.5 per cent lower than the same time a year ago, according to Worldpanel. The company’s share of the grocery market slimmed from 11.6 to…
Read moreThe Claude developer circulated a securities filing on Monday outlining plans to sell approximately 867 million shares at between $70 and $80 apiece, Reuters reported. However, the AI giant quickly followed up with a…
Read moreVodafone has raised its profit target after wielding the axe on thousands of roles across Europe in the first half of the year. The telecommunications giant said it had cut 3,000 roles in the region between April and…
Read moreGuided by the belief that exceptional design should be accessible to a wider audience, the brand continues to explore new possibilities in traditional watchmaking through distinctive aesthetics, innovative mechanical…
Read moreNvidia shares closed 4.3 per cent lower on Monday, having plunged almost nine per cent earlier in the session, as investors weighed the potential fallout from the investigation into its chief executive. The decline came…
Read moreShe is one of a number of UK travellers who say their trips to the EU have not been properly recorded since the introduction of the EU digital entry and exit system (EES) . The system, which launched last year, has…
Read moreA UK stop isn’t on the calendar yet, but the inaugural Premier Padel tournament at Olympia this summer showed its potential as an emerging market for the fast-paced racket sport. Andy Murray and Anthony Joshua’s Team…
Read moreTech stocks rebounded in the US overnight, despite Nvidia losing more than four per cent over its ‘honeytrap’ scandal. Oil prices are falling further after President Trump said the US’s war with Iran “militarily is…
Read more"What you see is the cost falling on young people, so you can see this rapid rise in the number of young people who are struggling to find jobs," she said. Against a highly volatile backdrop, she also warned Threadneedle…
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