Lawyers representing 10 groups of plaintiffs, or 80,000 liability cases across the US, have backed the payout. There remain another few thousand cases not covered by the payout. GSK will also pay a ...

Productivity suffers when investment lags, yet this leads into the counter-argument for the role of the state. Disciples of economist John Maynard-Keynes assert government spending boosts aggregate ...

The risk is that it also heralds an upsurge in short-term trading, rather than long-term investing. Many newer users will have had their first taste of investing during the pandemic, but a penchant ...

The chances of no cut next month are up to about 15 per cent now ahead US CPI inflation today, with further disinflation expected. The monthly core reading is seen rising 0.2 per cent from August.

Artisanal Spirits is an excellent lesson about when business models, balance sheets, investors and lenders aren't always drinking from the same cup ...

The global funds with which investors are most familiar have mainly struggled to beat the MSCI World index lately, even if they have still posted healthy returns. One interesting exception this year ...

The ongoing consolidation and competition between brokers are the main reasons for the activity, which saw 156 successful UK transactions in 2023, out of 354 for the entire Europe, Middle East, and ...

Stocks rallied early in London on Wednesday, led by utilities, but it was a more mixed picture for mainland Europe after ...

Rio Tinto (RIO) has shown confidence in a lithium price rebound by staking $6.7bn (£5.1bn) on a buyout of Arcadium Lithium (US:ALTM). The target company produces around 75,000 tonnes of lithium ...

But despite the good news on tax relief, other changes to pension taxation remain on the cards. Labour originally planned to reinstate the lifetime allowance, and while it has long since reversed ...

Soaring prices following changing weather and lower crop yields will soon prompt a rethink among manufacturers and distributors ...

Bioventix (BVXP) was down 8.8 per cent. There was no news, but perhaps some profit-taking – realising capital gains ahead of the Budget. Sylvania Platinum was off 6.7 per cent following its results.