1. London Stock Exchange considers 24-hour trading to stimulate market

   The Guardian » 1 week ago

   Britain’s main stock market operator becomes latest to look at extending its hours, currently 8am-4.30pmThe London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is reportedly considering launching 24-hour trading, amid pressure to make the UK market more competitive and attractive to inves...

   Category: Business  Markets

1. Wise is bundling co-founder’s enhanced voting rights into ballot on US listing. It deserves to lose | Nils Pratley

   The Guardian » 6 days ago

   Claims the two issues are inextricably entwined reads as self-interested waffleIf Wise, the money transfer company whose £10bn valuation makes it a big fish in London’s small pool of quoted financial technology companies, was only proposing to ...

   Category: Business  Markets

1. The Guardian view on global inequality: the rising tide that leaves most boats behind | Editorial

   The Guardian » 5 days ago

   The world’s assets are piling up in the hands of the few as growth is built on widening gaps. That’s not just unfair – it’s economically unsustainableThis year’s global wealth report by the City bank ...

   Category: Business  Markets

1. IMF warns UK faces ‘significant challenges’ in face of trade war and tight fiscal rules; British retail sales below expectations - as it happened

   The Guardian » 4 days ago

   Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial marketsIt is bad news for British holidaymakers as the pound dropped to as low as 1.1458 against the euro this morning, its weakest since April.The fall comes after a hawkish message from the E...

   Category: Business  Markets

1. FTSE 100 hits record high as US-Japan trade deal cheers markets – business live

   The Guardian » 1 week ago

   Shares rally as US trade deal with Japan lowers tariffs, including on auto imports, in return for a $550bn package of US-bound investment and loans....

   Category: Business  Markets

1. London is leaving the door wide open to private equity raiders | Nils Pratley

   The Guardian » 3 weeks ago

   KKR’s acquisition of Spectris at 96% premium sums up the failings of the UK stock market in a nutshellThis shouldn’t happen in a well-functioning stock market: a grownup industrial company, listed in London since 1988, with revenues of £1.3bn last year and pre-tax profits...

   Category: Business  Markets

1. Heathrow fire caused by preventable fault, report finds, as Ofgem launches investigation into incident – as it happened

   The Guardian » 3 weeks ago

   Fire caused by ‘catastrophic failure’ on one of transformer’s high voltage bushings, a ‘technical fault’ most likely caused by moisture and first detected in 2018...

   Category: Business  Markets

1. AstraZeneca boss ‘wants to shift stock market listing to US’

   The Guardian » 4 weeks ago

   Report claims CEO Pascal Soriot talked in private about moving UK’s most valuable listed company and considered shifting its domicileAstraZeneca’s chief executive, Pascal Soriot, has reportedly said that he would like to shift the company’s stock market listing from the U...

   Category: Business  Markets

1. FTSE 100 share index hits record high as investors shrug off trade war fears – business live

   The Guardian » 2 weeks ago

   Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Royal Mail’s delivery targets are relaxed.The ‘Footsie’ is continuing to hit new highs this morning!It’s now up almost 1% at 8952 points, up 85 points today. Min...

   Category: Business  Markets

1. Bank of England says UK banks can increase riskier mortgage lending; Nvidia becomes first $4tn company – as it happened

   The Guardian » 2 weeks ago

   Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as BoE recommends banks can issue more high loan-to-income level loans...

   Category: Business  Markets




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