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Earnings, China worries drag FTSE 100 to three-month low

By Pranav Kashyap (Reuters) – London’s benchmark index hit its lowest point in over three months on...

12th November, 2024

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Pound hits 3-month low on jobs data and dollar’s Trump rally

By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – The pound fell to a three-month low after data on Tuesday show...

12th November, 2024

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UK grocery inflation edges higher again, says Kantar

LONDON (Reuters) -British shoppers faced increased pressure on their budgets last month after grocer...

12th November, 2024

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Finance

UK regular pay rises by annual 4.8% in three months to September

LONDON (Reuters) – British average weekly earnings, excluding bonuses, were 4.8% higher in the three...

12th November, 2024

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Vital signs improve for English healthcare productivity, think tank says

(Reuters) – Productivity in England’s health service, which fell sharply after the COVID-19 pandemic...

12th November, 2024

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UK stocks rebound as investors await key data

By Sruthi Shankar and Nikhil Sharma (Reuters) -Britain’s main stock indexes rose on Monday, joining...

12th November, 2024

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Finance

NatWest buys back 1 billion pounds of its shares, accelerating full privatisation

LONDON (Reuters) – NatWest has bought back 1 billion pounds ($1.29 billion) worth of its own shares...

11th November, 2024

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UK public-sector pay rises to overtake private ones, employers say

By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – British public-sector employers now expect to raise pay faster t...

11th November, 2024

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Britain’s Reeves to use major speech to promote ‘free and open’ trade, The Observer reports

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Rachel Reeves is expected to use a major speech this w...

10th November, 2024

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UK energy regulator proposes new rules to cut backlog of projects awaiting grid link-up

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s energy market regulator on Friday proposed new regulations for grid com...

9th November, 2024

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Homebuilder woes, lacklustre China stimulus drag FTSE 100 to 3-month low

By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) – The UK’s FTSE 100 fell to a three-month low on Friday, dragged down by...

8th November, 2024

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Bank of England cuts rates but sees higher inflation after Reeves’s budget

By Andy Bruce, Suban Abdulla, David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England cut interest rate...

8th November, 2024