What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s July Meeting
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise interest rates at its meeting on Wednesday, and economists will be watching for hints at what officials expect next — and how …
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Tottenham Hotspur Owner Joe Lewis Is Charged in U.S. With Insider Trading
Federal prosecutors charged Joseph C. Lewis, the British billionaire who owns the Tottenham Hotspur English soccer club, with insider trading on Tuesday, accusing him of illegally funneling nonpublic information to …
Who is Natwest CEO? Dame Alison Rose steps down after Farage scandal
D ame Alison – or just Ms Rose as she was at the time – made history in 2019 when she became the first woman to take the top job …
London bosses ramp up calls for Jeremy Hunt to axe ‘tourism tax’ making Paris, Madrid and Milan ‘winners’
L ondon business chiefs on Wednesday ramped up their campaign to persuade Jeremy Hunt to axe the “tourist tax” warning that the “only winners” from it were cities such as …
Lloyds profit surges but £660m set aside for expected loan losses
L loyds Banking Group has reported a surge in its half-year profit as it continued to benefit from higher borrowing costs. The British banking giant said it made a statutory pre-tax …
City AM set to announce new buyer today
C ity AM is set to announce a sale today to an unnamed UK-based group, with new buyers coming in just in time to fend off administration for the London …
Until this muck-up with Nigel Farage, Dame Alison had barely put a foot wrong
A few months back at a fancy dinner in a grand old bank office overlooking Trafalgar Square, NatWest Chairman Howard Davies was holding court. But he was going on a …
Monsoon’s Fury Sours Romance of Wet Season Travel in India
The honeymoon, at first, was magical. Akash and Parvani Kapadi drove up pine-covered forests to a hill town in northern India with a view of the snow-capped Himalayas. In their …
Christian Aid cuts ties with Barclays over fossil fuels financing
O ne of the UK’s largest development charities has cut ties with Barclays over its financing of fossil fuels projects. Christian Aid, which had an income of £78.4 million last …
The top 10 most expensive home sales in Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton, reported the week of July 17
A house in Pleasanton that sold for $4.3 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Danville, San Ramon, Dublin, Pleasanton in the past week. …