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Business Government Debt Warnings From the Enlightenment Are Landing
The government debt warnings issued by Scottish Enlightenment thinkers in the 1750s were mocked for two centuries. The numbers now arriving from the IMF, Fitch Ratings and the Federal Reserve…
Markets The State Farm Dividend Eligibility 2025 Rules Are Simpler Than You Think — But There’s One Catch
When an insurance company willingly returns money to its clients, there is something subtly out of the ordinary. That kind of thing isn't exactly the industry's reputation. It was therefore…
Business Law Debenture Investment Trust Stands Apart in UK Income Sector
The Law Debenture investment trust (LSE: LWDB) has delivered a ten-year total return of 263% against 130% for the FTSE All-Share index, a gap that sets it apart from every…
Business Persimmon FTSE 100 Relegation Confirmed: Index Exit Set for 21 September
FTSE Russell confirmed on 2 September 2026 that Persimmon's FTSE 100 relegation is finalised, with the housebuilder set to leave the index at the close of business on 18 September…
Business BP Share Price Target of 770p Tests Credibility After Bumerangue Find
The BP share price target of 770p set by the most bullish of the 27 analysts covering the stock represents a 50% gain from BP's current level of 515p, and…
Business Sunday Money: Moderna Stock Price Surges 25.59% on the Week
Grab a coffee, settle in - this is the week that was. The Moderna stock price put in the standout move among America's big listed names, climbing 25.59% to close…
Business Delfin Succession Dispute Laid Bare as Leonardo Maria Quits EssilorLuxottica
The Delfin succession dispute has reached a provisional resolution of sorts: Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, the 31-year-old son of the late Leonardo Del Vecchio who built Luxottica from a single…
Business Mansion Tax Valuation Problems Mount as HVCTS Inspectors Arrive
The mansion tax valuation problems surrounding Labour's High Value Council Tax Surcharge (HVCTS) came into sharper focus this week after reports that the Valuation Office, now part of HMRC, has…
Business Three Stock Market Crash Risks That Investors Should Watch in 2026
Three stock market crash risks are converging simultaneously: stretched AI-era valuations, bond yields that make equities look expensive, and a renewed build-up in margin debt that now exceeds $1.5 trillion.…
Business MGM Weighs People Inc Takeover Bid, Day After Diller U-Turn
MGM Resorts is exploring a People Inc takeover bid, a day after Barry Diller's company dropped its own $18bn approach for MGM.
Business Lloyds Banking Group Shares After a 93% Rally: What Comes Next?
Lloyds Banking Group shares have delivered a two-year return of 93.1% from their late-August 2024 level of around 58p to today's approximate 112p, but the question investors now face is…
Business Targa Resources ExxonMobil Deal Cements Permian Midstream Grip
The Targa Resources ExxonMobil deal, announced on 17 August 2026, gave the $65 billion midstream operator a 20-year contractual anchor across both the Permian Delaware and Permian Midland basins, sending…
Business Andy Burnham Social Care Reform Faces a Familiar Funding Impasse
Andy Burnham social care reform has arrived at a familiar junction: a new political champion, an accelerated commission timetable, and the same unresolved question of who pays and how much.…
Business Oracle force majeure notice rattles $165bn data centre plan
An Oracle force majeure notice on its $165bn New Mexico data centre has spooked markets - but the small print says less than the stock move suggests.
Business Iridium Shareholders Back Rocket Lab Acquisition, FCC Next
Iridium investors approved the Rocket Lab Iridium acquisition by a wide margin. Here's what's left before the $8bn deal can close.
Business Akamai Stock Soars on $11.6bn Anthropic Deal
The Akamai Anthropic deal, worth $11.6bn over seven years, sent AKAM shares up 16% - here's what the contract and warrant terms actually mean.
Business FTSE 100 ISA Returns: What £20,000 Grew to Over Five Years
A £20,000 investment in a FTSE 100 ISA returns scenario, using a broad-market index fund held inside a Stocks and Shares ISA from 28 August 2021 to 28 August 2026,…
Business Commuter Asking Price Growth Splits UK Property Market as Glasgow Leads and London Lags
Commuter asking price growth in the UK is pulling sharply in opposite directions: Falkirk and Rochdale are leading a northern surge, while eleven of the fifteen steepest-falling commuter markets serve…
Business Tax Relief for Landlords: The Legal Deductions FBR Offers That Most Property Owners Don’t Know About
Any mid-sized Pakistani city, such as Sialkot, Faisalabad, or Lahore, will have rows of stores with handwritten lease agreements hidden in desk drawers, apartment complexes where rent is paid in…
Business Oracle Expands Digital Assets Data Nexus, Still Names No Banks
Oracle has expanded its Digital Assets Data Nexus platform with payment execution and smart contract tools, but no bank customer is named as using it yet.
Business UK Small Cap Stocks Offer Value Beyond the Mega-Cap Trade
UK small cap stocks have quietly outrun their larger peers so far in 2026, posting an 18.2% return on the MSCI World Small Cap Index through to 25 August against…
Business BAE Systems Share Price Has Quadrupled in Five Years — What Comes Next?
The BAE Systems share price has delivered one of the FTSE 100's most striking returns of the past half-decade, turning a £5,000 stake in August 2021 into £20,642 by mid-2026,…
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