The FTSE 100 ended a difficult week firmly in negative territory on Friday, dragged lower by surging oil prices and growing unease over artificial intelligence investment returns. The blue-chip index closed down
UK and European equity markets opened broadly steady on Friday, with the FTSE 100 edging just 0.01 per cent higher to reach 10,400.46 at the open. European peers were similarly subdued, with
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Saturday’s Royal Ascot card brings the curtain down on five days of elite racing, with the final afternoon still packed with compelling top-class action. The Group Two Hardwicke Stakes at 3.05pm stands
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Nevada has emerged as the strongest labour market in the United States, outpacing every other state in workforce expansion over the past year. The state’s workforce grew 1.9% from April 2025 to
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Ryanair has agreed a six-year contract extension with chief executive Michael O’Leary, keeping the veteran boss in his role until April 2032. The Dublin-based budget carrier confirmed the deal following “months of
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The latest Biglaw salary war is well underway, but the majority of major firms have yet to follow Milbank’s lead on associate compensation increases. Milbank, widely regarded as the firm that has
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Early signs of the Strait of Hormuz reopening have lifted the most immediate threat to global energy supplies, but the economic fallout from nearly four months of war will persist for months.
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Lloyd’s of London and insurer Chubb (CB) have unveiled a $400m marine war risk insurance consortium targeting vessels and cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The new facility is designed to break
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has placed Supreme Court term limits firmly at the centre of a growing progressive legal reform movement with concrete polling numbers to back the push. Whitehouse laid out three
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The FTSE 100 closed down 1.04% on Thursday as investors digested the latest UK labour market figures and the Bank of England’s rate decision. The central bank held its key interest rate
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FirstGroup (FGP) recorded a strong session on the FTSE 250, with its shares climbing sharply and drawing attention from market watchers across the index. The transport operator’s surge placed it among the
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