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Currys has reported a slump in Christmas sales, with the football World Cup even failing to bolster demand for TVs.
Currys has reported a slump in Christmas sales, with the football World Cup even failing to bolster demand for TVs.
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Vladimir Putin is pressuring the Bank of Russia to be more upbeat about the outlook for the country's economy as his invasion of Ukraine heads for a second year.
Cormac Henderson has been a buy-to-let investor for 20 years, at one point owning more than 40 rental properties in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Cardiff, Leeds and Birmingham with three friends. Yet he is now selling up.
"The intensifying geopolitical contest between Washington and Beijing will inevitably be felt in a bipolar global reserve currency regime as well."
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Stocks could see a correction in 2023 but are generally on the uptrend, thanks to these bullish market indicators, Ned Davis Research said.
Plans for an electric battery gigafactory in the UK have been revived after an Australian business struck a deal to buy collapsed Britishvolt.
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Shares in the flagship firm of troubled Indian conglomerate Adani rose almost 15 percent Tuesday, clawing back some of its recent huge losses after saying it would repay more than $1 billion in loans.Adani Enterprises, the group's flagship firm, soared as much as 25 percent on Tuesday, with trading suspended three times on the way up.
Mortgage rates have fallen despite the Bank of England raising the Bank Rate last week, as experts said a "fierce price war" had broken out between lenders.
The bosses of Britain's leading commercial banks - Barclays, NatWest, HSBC and Lloyds Banking Group - appear before the Treasury select committee of MPs on Tuesday. Potentially the stickiest questions they face, though, will be on the question of whether they are passing on to savers the increases in interest rates made over the past 14 months by the Bank of England - taking Bank Rate, its policy rate, from the record low of 0.1% to 4% as of last Thursday.
Consumers will be blocked from hoarding new “digital pounds” issued by the Bank of England because officials fear a run on high street banks, according to a consultation paper that suggests a new form of money could be introduced by 2030.
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Investors dumped more Adani stock on Monday as India's opposition staged protests calling for a full inquiry into allegations of major accounting fraud at the country's biggest conglomerate.The main opposition Congress party, which has called for a "serious investigation" into Adani's companies by the central bank and regulator, on Monday staged protests, including in New Delhi and Mumbai.
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IFS says current system of tax subsidies for pensions needs reform.
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Turkey's lira hit a record low and its stock markets tumbled after an earthquake which has killed at least 2,200 people dealt another blow to an economy already ravaged by surging inflation.