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US stocks close lower as healthcare vote pulled
The US stock market closed lower on Friday as the Trump administration’s struggle in Congress to repeal Obamacare heightened concerns about its ability to drive through an economic agenda that had...
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Micron jumps to highest level in more than two years
Micron Technologies saw its shares climb to their highest level in two years after the semiconductor maker reported a strong quarter of sales and profit and signalled that the good times would...
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US stocks knocked as healthcare vote gets pulled
US stocks suffered their worst weekly performance since the November election after Donald Trump failed to rally support for his healthcare plan, raising the pressure on the US president as he pursues...
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Agriculture can ease Africa’s job crunch
March 24, 2017 by: Agnes Kalibata, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Unemployment is rising around the world to the point that anxiety over that basic modern human need — a job to provide for...
View ArticleSingapore blogger Amos Yee granted asylum in US
A teenage blogger who tested the limits of free expression and good taste in Singapore has been granted asylum in the US by a judge who said that he was persecuted for his political opinions. Amos...
View ArticleSaturday Papers: Credit Suisse boosts bonuses despite large annual loss
And Samsung damps investor hopes of structural changes as the group is unlikely to alter governance while de facto leader JY Lee faces charges. Source link
View ArticleTory MP: 'Pension companies have a social duty to cut charges'
But it is woeful there was any attempt to mask the costs. Costs matter not just for the individual but for our whole society. According to Office for National Statistics calculations, I am halfway...
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Belarus cracks down on anti-government march
Hundreds of peaceful protesters have been arrested in the Belarus capital Minsk, police clamped down hard on the latest of a series of anti-government demonstrations in the country known as “Europe’s...
View ArticleMost export bans targeting Brazil meat are lifted
China, Chile and Egypt lifted suspensions on Brazilian meat imports on Saturday in a victory for the Latin American country`s third-biggest export industry, the Brazilian government said. China,...
View ArticleSunday Papers: Brexit makes hard to fill British jobs
And LSE shareholders say there is no need for board overhaul if tie-up tanks. Source link
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Will US healthcare failure shake investor confidence?
After a week dominated by questions over whether Donald Trump will be able to push his economic agenda through Congress, here are the questions FT markets reporters are asking in the final trading...
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Oil trading surge strengthens commodity houses’ grip
The world’s largest independent commodity houses have expanded their oil trading volumes by more than 65 per cent during crude’s near three-year slump, marking them out as the biggest beneficiaries in...
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International inflation gap hits decades-long low
The gap between inflation rates in developed and emerging markets has fallen to its lowest level for at least 20 years, as rising inflation in richer countries has almost converged with falling rates...
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Mexico considers duty-free maize deals with Brazil and Argentina
Mexico, the world’s biggest buyer of US corn, is considering offering duty-free access to Brazilian and Argentine maize as an alternative to American imports in a move that could have big consequences...
View ArticleBanks and miners hit FTSE on Trump's healthcare loss
The FTSE 100 has slumped into the red after Donald Trump's defeat over healthcare reform sparked fears over the US president's ability to deliver on the rest of his agenda. The UK blue-chip index...
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US dollar close to erasing Trumpflation gains
The dollar index, a barometer of investors’ reflation expectations for the US economy, fell on Monday to trade at its lowest level since the presidential election, signalling that the so-called Trump...
View ArticleUS and China need to focus on shared interests
A decade ago, an American mother, Sara Bongiorini, published a book called A Year Without ‘Made-in-China’. It chronicled her family’s experiment with a year-long “boycott” of Chinese products. The...
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Hargreaves banks on Lloyds with new income fund
Hargreaves Lansdown has placed its faith in rising dividends from Lloyds (LLOY) as the online stockbroker revealed the portfolio of its newly-launched HL Select UK Income Shares fund. Lloyds has made...
View ArticleFive steps advisers must take before selling up
Bankhall has told business owners considering exiting the industry and selling their business to give themselves a two-year timeframe in order to plan and implement a clean exit which maximises the...
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Adviser Workshop: How to build a website fit for 2017
Nick Lincoln Director, Values to Vision Financial Planning I used to have a very basic website: nothing flash. It just served as a blogging platform that I had built a website on top of. It was not...
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