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Hodge Bank’s three-year fixed savings account has earned an “excellent” rating after changing the interest to 4.4%.The new interest rate is lower than what the bank previously offered on the account.Still, experts at Moneyfactscompare have praised the account for maintaining...

Trump is generally known for being a good businessman, but he's had his share of failures (Image: Getty)Before he became the 45th president of the United States - and then returned to the White House in 2025 - Donald Trump...

Virgin Money is offering customers a one-off £250 cash payment for making their home more energy efficient with green upgrades.The banking firm says various improvements qualify for the cashback reward - including insulation, heat pumps, draught proofing, double and triple...

The UK notched up a record government borrowing surplus in January thanks largely to self-assessed tax returns, according to official figures.The Office for National Statistics said there was a public sector net borrowing surplus of £15.44 billion last month.It is...

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As of December 2024, the AUM of the 10 largest India-focused offshore funds and ETFs declined slightly by 1% to $42.1 billion from $42.4 billion in June 2024. Notable funds, including iShares MSCI India ETF and Kotak India Midcap A,...

President Trump is remaking the tax code to favor the well-off even more, and cloaking these changes in a veneer of nationalism. READ SOURCE...

“Whether it’s the threat of terror to our country, indeed to our friends in the Commonwealth and Europe, or whether it’s what he’s saying with President Putin and Russia and Ukraine, I think we’re all astonished and deeply alarmed, and...

Pep Guardiola is facing a summer rebuild at Manchester City (Picture: Getty Pep Guardiola is ready to sanction the departures of as many as eight Manchester City stars as the club plots a summer transfer rebuild, according to reports. A...

India is laying the groundwork for a major economic leap. Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has set an ambitious target—expanding the Indian economy from its current USD 4 trillion to USD 30-35 trillion by 2047. Speaking at the...

Indonesia shares higher at close of trade; Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite up 0.08% READ SOURCE...

The Ethereum price is drawing attention to its potential future outlook, as a crypto pundit points to a striking resemblance between the altcoin’s price action and Bitcoin’s during the 2015-2017 bull cycle. The analyst’s technical chart analysis suggests that ETH...

UK lenders paid “advance commissions” to car dealers that may have encouraged them to push costlier loans on to consumers, legal filings linked to the motor finance scandal reveal.Court documents seen by the Guardian show that lenders, including Lloyds Banking...

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureWhat we learned; Friday 21 FebruaryWith that, we will wrap the blog for the day. Enjoy your evenings and take care.Here were the biggest developments of the day:ShareUpdated at 07.55...

Signage at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. offices in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Alibaba's overhaul could serve as a template for a restructuring of China Tech itself: a shake-up that achieves Beijings aim of carving up the...

Production at the VW plant in Emden.Sina Schuldt | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesThe struggling German economy has been a major talking point among critics of Chancellor Olaf Scholz' government during the latest election campaign — but analysts warn a...

Gold prices fall from record highs, set for strong week on tariff-driven demand READ SOURCE...

Ultra-high rents were previously a rarity. Last year they became almost commonplace READ SOURCE...

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the UK energy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.Britain’s approach to regulating its electricity networks risks holding back the shift away from fossil fuels by focusing too heavily on short-term...

Wakefield: Jowitt, Walmsley, Pratt, Hall, Johnstone, Russell, Lino, McMeeken, Doyle, Hamlin-Uele, Croft, Storton, Pitts.Interchanges: Vagana, Rourke, Smith, FaatiliHull KR: Evalds, Davies, Broadbent, Gildart, Burgess, Lewis, Hiku, Sue, McIlorum, Waerea-Hargreaves, Martin, Batchelor, Minchella.Interchanges: Litten, Hadley, Whitbread, TanginoaReferee: Jack Smith. READ SOURCE...

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureGOAL! Anderlecht 2-1 Fenerbahce (agg 2-4; Vazquez 55)Luis Vazquez’s second goal has given Anderlecht – who were 4-0 down on aggregate – an outside chance of a miracle. There’s...

GameStop Chairman Ryan Cohen.CNBCGameStop CEO and billionaire investor Ryan Cohen has increased his personal stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to roughly 7 million shares worth about $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.Citing people familiar with the matter,...

The Royal Caribbean cruise ship 'Explorer of the Sea'.Getty ImagesShares of cruise lines tumbled Thursday after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested the Trump administration would crack down on taxes paid by the companies."You ever see a cruise ship with an...

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesInvestors continued to dump Palantir shares on Thursday, escalating concerns that the latest hot pick among retail traders could be fizzling out.Shares of the mysterious technology and defense stock retreated more than 5% on...

Franklin Templeton has launched EZPZ ETF tracking Bitcoin and Ether. The EZPZ ETF is the second US crypto index ETF. The other crypto index is Hashdex’s Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF (NCIQ). Franklin Templeton, a prominent global asset manager, has...

Donald Trump has appeared to embrace a proposal to share a portion of the cuts in US government spending made by Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) with all US households in the form of checks, intensifying concerns about...

People-watching from a balcony is an unparalleled delight. It provides a unique PoV on the world below. As you perch yourself above - a 2nd or 3rd floor is just right for viewing and listening pleasure - a genuinely unscripted...

Re your editorial (The Guardian view on Britain’s broken economy: ‘That’s your bloody GDP, not ours’, 13 February), we are frequently reminded of the inadequacy of GDP growth as an objective, given that it includes the money spent on dealing...

We admit this isn’t the most scientifically accurate representation of this (Picture: Getty) A sudden burst of energy that surges through our brains as we die could be evidence of the ‘soul leaving the body’, a professor has claimed. Researchers...