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High Court shuts Manchester firm that sold distressed companies for £1
The Insolvency Service said Clark Sinclair Limited took £123,052 from directors of indebted companies before the High Court in Manchester wound it up.
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Banking & Finance
Apple falls despite record quarter as margin guidance disappoints
Apple margin guidance for the holiday quarter triggered a sell-off even as iPhone revenue hit a September-quarter record.
Banking & Finance
CCEP shares fall despite strong Q3 2026 results beat
CCEP Q3 2026 results beat forecasts with 6.5% revenue growth, but shares fell as investors wanted more than…
Banking & Finance
Gartner Q3 2026 earnings beat fails to stop 13% share slide
Gartner Q3 2026 earnings beat consensus and guidance rose, but revenue fell 1.3% and…
Business
Verizon’s CEO Just Put a $500 Billion Price Tag on SpaceX’s Wireless Dream
There is a Verizon store somewhere in Midtown Manhattan that has a glass front, a red…
Banking & Finance
SpaceX Made $561 Million From the Boring Company Without Selling a Single Share
Tesla vehicles transport people between casino resorts and conference rooms via a tunnel beneath the Las…
UK News
Healey extends electricity VAT cut and doubles bank surcharge to 6% in Budget
The Chancellor extended the electricity VAT cut and fuel duty relief, funded by a bank surcharge…
Markets
HOOD Stock Is Down 40% From Its High — Here’s the Real Story Behind Robinhood’s Rough Year
This year, Robinhood debuted at $150. It is currently trading at about $85. The company hasn't…
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CMA tells online retailers to show mandatory delivery fees in the headline price
The Competition and Markets Authority has told online retailers that unavoidable delivery fees must be in…
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UKEF raises automatic lending limit to £15m and lifts Ukraine cover by £3bn
UK Export Finance lifts the amount lenders can approve alone under its General Export Facility to…
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BP third-quarter underlying profit rises to $8.5bn from $5.7bn as net debt falls
BP said third-quarter underlying profit reached $8.5bn on higher prices and margins, and net debt fell…
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Bank of England data show firms borrowing more as mortgage lending slows in September
Business bank borrowing rose to £9.3bn in September while household mortgage lending and broad money growth…
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Healey confirms 2% inflation target for MPC with CPI at 3.1% in August
The Chancellor re-confirmed the 2% CPI target for the Monetary Policy Committee and said the Asset…
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Markets
| Instrument | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FTSE 100 | 10,763.25 | +1.17% |
| S&P 500 | 7,568.92 | +0.36% |
| GBP/USD | 1.3482 | +0.54% |
| EUR/USD | 1.1252 | +0.54% |
| Brent | $102.39 | -1.17% |
| Gold | $4,052.90 | +2.86% |
| Bitcoin | $78,567 | +1.58% |
Prices delayed. Updated 11:34 UK time
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Sysco Q1 Earnings Beat Hides Revenue Miss, Shares Drop ~8%
Sysco's Q1 earnings beat on adjusted profit masked a revenue miss and cautious guidance, sending shares down as much as 7.87% in a session.
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LRCX Stock: A 312% Five-Year Run, a 48% Drop From the High, and the Question Nobody Can Quite Answer
Unlike Nvidia, Lam Research does not appear on the evening news. Its products, such as wafer cleaning equipment, etch tools, and deposition systems, don't take very good pictures, and it…
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Phong Le’s Strategy Bitcoin Trade: Sell at $60K, Buy Back at $80K, Call It a Win
The trade seems like something you would joke about at a dinner party on its face. Sell about…
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UK Fixed Rate Mortgage Increases Hit a Three-Year High — and Millions of Homeowners Are Running Out of Time
There is a specific type of financial anxiety that develops covertly. Standing in a kitchen on a Tuesday…
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Schnucks Sales Tax Class Action Settles for $6.3 Million Over Loyalty Points Dispute
It's the kind of thing that most people would overlook. When you check out with your Schnucks rewards…
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Peter Thiel Artificial Intelligence Investment Just Shifted — and It’s Not What Anyone Expected
Peter Thiel is known for his early insights. When Facebook was still a college networking site, he was…
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Why You Need a Proxy for Trading: What Actually Breaks Without One
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Cognizant AI Workforce Investment US: Why This Announcement Is Different From Every Other Corporate AI Pledge
Eleven hours of work per account manager vanished every week somewhere in the back office of a food…
