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There goes another hidden gem of the UK stock market, and the mini-tragedy in this case is that the deal ought to be structured the other way around. It should be Dowlais, the FTSE 250 company whose main business carries the grand historic UK manufacturing name of GKN Automotive, buying …

Federal Reserve officials decided on Wednesday to hold interest rates steady as uncertainty over Donald Trump’s impact on the US economy looms and inflation remains above the central bank’s target levels.

This is the first time Fed policymakers have met since the president, who has made clear he wants rates …

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Analysts will likely ask about Mark Zuckerberg’s plans to spend between $60bn and $65bn on AI infrastructure in 2025. That is up from the $50bn the CEO said he …

The ECB have been accused of “selling the family silver and cricket’s soul” rather than taking “strategic decisions” by one of the bidders in the Hundred auction, which begins on Thursday.

The Oval Invincibles is the first franchise up for grabs when the final round of bidding starts with a …

And twenty-thirdly … Any Rachel Reeves speech is always going to be something of an ordeal. As much for her as anyone listening. A battle for meaning. Music to the ears of insomniacs. Tractor production is up again.

In fairness, you could say that none of this matters. You don’t …

What is Rachel Reeves’s plan for economic growth?

The chancellor laid out a series of “supply-side” changes, aimed at improving the UK economy’s potential to grow, including by tackling what she called “chronic underinvestment”.

Economists believe the UK’s low levels of investment compared with other large economies are a key …

“We’re all sick of Britain being in the slow lane … we want to see a revival of those animal spirits so that we can grow the economy and bring investment here,”

said Rachel Reeves

The British car parts maker Dowlais has agreed to a £1.2bn takeover by its US rival American Axle & Manufacturing, in the latest departure from the London stock market.

The main operation of Dowlais, which has been

listed on the FTSE 250 index since 2023

My friend and collaborator Richard Bleasdale, who has died unexpectedly aged 59, was a true innovator whose software design helped to revolutionise the live entertainment industry.

In the 1990s, Richard wrote the programme for the first

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The EU executive has announced “an unprecedented simplification effort” to cut red tape and boost innovation in an attempt to reverse Europe’s economic decline compared with China and the US.

In her first major policy announcement since starting a second term as European Commission president last month, Ursula von der …