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Investing

UK stocks close lower, hit by Wall St selloff on inflation data

By Bansari Mayur Kamdar, Johann M Cherian and Aniruddha Ghosh (Reuters) -UK’s main equity indexes fe...

13th September, 2022

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King Charles, in N.Ireland, pays tribute to queen’s peace-making role

By Padraic Halpin and Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) – Crowds of well-wishers greeted King Charle...

13th September, 2022

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Finance

UK long-term sickness rate rises to highest since 2005

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – The proportion of Britain’s workforce too sick to work has jump...

13th September, 2022

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London flight, hotel fares surge ahead of Queen’s funeral

By Muhammed Husain and Chandini Monnappa (Reuters) – Hotel prices in London and airfares to the Brit...

13th September, 2022

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Business

Aldi overtakes Morrisons as UK’s fourth-largest supermarket chain

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -German-owned discounter Aldi has overtaken Morrisons to become Brit...

13th September, 2022

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Finance

Britain still planning fiscal event this month – PM’s spokesman

LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng still aims to make a fiscal statement bef...

13th September, 2022

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Finance

Bank of England to raise rates by 50bps again to tame inflation: Reuters Poll

By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England looks set to hike borrowing costs by anothe...

13th September, 2022

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Business

UK unemployment hits lowest since 1974 but jobs boom is fading

By William Schomberg and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s jobless rate hit its lowest sinc...

13th September, 2022

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Sterling creeps higher despite downbeat data as dollar wavers

By Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -Sterling tiptoed up on Tuesday despite data showing Britain’s jo...

13th September, 2022

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UK’s FTSE 100 gets a lift from commodities as U.S. inflation data looms

By Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) – UK’s main index ticked up in choppy trading...

13th September, 2022

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Ocado Retail cuts outlook as Britons tighten belts

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -British online supermarket Ocado Retail downgraded its full-year ou...

13th September, 2022

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Seeking right tone, new UK PM Truss had to quickly change gear for queen

By Elizabeth Piper and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Just a week after Queen Elizabeth asked Liz...

13th September, 2022