BUSINESS CLOSE: Surge in wages could mean big state pension boost; Asos share price falls sharply; FCA vows to become more ‘assertive’ New data shows the number of open job posts reached pre-pandemic levels In the three months to May, annual total pay growth hit 7.3%, ONS said Online retailer Asos has seen its share … Read more
I considered pulling the fire alarm: Fiona Hill says she was so alarmed at Trump’s behavior at his press conference with Vladimir Putin that she looked for ways to end it Fiona Hill, who served as Donald Trump’s top Russian adviser, said she was so distressed at his behavior with Putin she wanted to end … Read more
FCA raises the alarm over crypto bets frenzy just a day after Bank of England announced plans for a digital coin By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 22:12 BST, 20 April 2021 | Updated: 22:12 BST, 20 April 2021 The City watchdog has sounded the alarm over crypto-currencies just a day after the … Read more
IMF sounds alarm over £7trillion Covid borrowing binge: Rising corporate debt sparks fears of a fresh banking crisis By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:19 BST, 6 April 2021 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 6 April 2021 Borrowing binge: The International Monetary Fund has said rising levels of bad debt, and a decreased appetite … Read more
Fund managers ‘overly optimistic’ about how they can cope with rush of investors quitting, according to review published in wake of Woodford scandal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:55 GMT, 26 March 2021 | Updated: 22:15 GMT, 26 March 2021 Fund managers are ‘overly optimistic’ about how they can cope with a … Read more
Sanjeev Gupta sounds alarm over his UK steel business: Thousands of jobs at risk after Greensill collapse By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:46 GMT, 9 March 2021 | Updated: 22:46 GMT, 9 March 2021 Sanjeev Gupta warned his UK business was in serious trouble after the largest lender to his group of … Read more
Investors risk getting burned by ‘frothy’ market for so-called Spacs, boss of London Stock Exchange warns By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 5 March 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 5 March 2021 Investors risk getting burned by the ‘frothy’ market for so-called Spacs, the boss of the London Stock Exchange has … Read more
Vaccine-makers’ job is done if they can reduce Covid to ‘the sniffles’ even if the jabs don’t stop people catching or spreading the disease, one of Oxford’s vaccine chiefs said today. Professor Andrew Pollard, who is running the studies of the university’s vaccine, said the South African variant was not a ‘reason for alarm’ and … Read more
Results suggesting the Oxford University Covid vaccine doesn’t stop people falling mildly unwell with the South African variant were ‘expected’, the lead scientist behind trials of the jab said today. Professor Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, claimed the findings, from a small study on 2,000 people in Johannesburg, were not ‘any reason … Read more
Alarm bells for Boris as huge poll finds Labour would reclaim Red Wall in an election – and the PM would lose his OWN seat Massive poll produced seat-by-seat predictions for the results of an election Labour was on track to win back most of the Red Wall seats Tories took in 2019 The PM … Read more