Across the entire FTSE 100, just two companies currently offer dividend yields above the 7% threshold that income investors typically regard as genuinely compelling. The gap between those two yields is striking:
The Confederation of British Industry has called on Chancellor John Healey to cut employer taxes ahead of the Autumn Budget to address Britain’s worsening youth unemployment crisis. In a report published Tuesday,
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Swedish drugmaker Hansa Biopharma is positioning itself for a potential US stock market listing as a critical regulatory verdict on its kidney transplant drug draws near. The company submitted draft forms to
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a two-hour public hearing on August 11 to examine a proposal that could fundamentally reshape how employers report workforce data. The hearing brought together employers, academics,
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The FTSE 100 closed higher on Monday, outperforming its European counterparts as oil prices edged lower and investors focused on major US events ahead. The blue-chip index finished up 37.76 points, or
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Singapore’s headline inflation accelerated to 2.2% year on year in July, reaching its highest level in nearly two years but falling short of economist expectations. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a
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Merck and AstraZeneca have suffered fresh legal defeats in their efforts to block the government’s Medicare drug price negotiation programme under the Inflation Reduction Act. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the
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The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit denied consolidated industry petitions challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2024 designation of PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances. The ruling, handed down on
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Andrew Haden, a longtime federal prosecutor who twice served as acting U.S. attorney, has died at the age of 48 in California. Haden was discovered dead last week inside a vacant office
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The FTSE 100 has climbed back above 10,800 points and is closing in on fresh record highs after a strong run. The index has gained 16.8% over the past year, driven by
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The US Treasury is considering using its near $1 trillion General Account to fund an expanded programme of government bond purchases, according to two senior Treasury officials. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has
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