Parties have been pooh-poohed for months, and now even royal garden parties are a no-go. Queen Elizabeth II called off all royal garden parties in London and Edinburgh, Buckingham Palace announced. The reasoning was COVID-19-related, According to U.K.’s Daily Mail . It was tough to plan the events amidst new …
Read More »Investors get the message in upgrade of Royal Mail | Business
Berenberg isn’t the biggest fan of Royal Mail, but the German bank’s decision to do away with its “sell” rating for the postal group was enough to send the shares higher yesterday. Its analysts had their usual gripes: too many workers on the books; the universal service obligation that hampers …
Read More »US close: Stocks end session in the green following solid manufacturing data
Wall Street stocks closed higher on Tuesday following a sharp sell-off in the previous session, driven by some stronger than expected manufacturing data. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.55% at 30,391.60, while the S&P 500 was 0.71% firmer at 3,726.86 and the Nasdaq Composite saw …
Read More »Michelle Obama slams Donald Trump for trying to overturn Biden win
Michelle Obama slams Donald Trump as ‘unconscionable’ for his ‘focus on overturning an election rather than helping struggling families’ The former first lady bashed Trump’s overturn effort Trump wants Mike Pence ‘to reject fraudulently chosen electors’ He asked Georgia state official to ‘find’ 11,780 votes for him She bashed people …
Read More »HG Wells fans slam errors on new commemorative Royal Mint coin
HG Wells fans have slammed a special-issue Royal Mint coin commemorating the science fiction novelist after his iconic tripod war machines were illustrated with an additional leg. Eagle-eyed readers questioned how the new £2 coin, which marks the 75th anniversary of the writers’ death and is inspired by The War …
Read More »Bonhill has $1.1m US paycheck loan forgiven
Bonhill Group updated the market on its US Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan on Tuesday, having received the $1.1m loan on 29 May. The AIM-traded business information, events and data company said the loan was made to protect US jobs and, provided it used it for employee retention, payroll and …
Read More »Berenberg upgrades Royal Mail, says risks are more balanced
Berenberg upped its rating on Royal Mail on Tuesday to ‘hold’ from ‘sell’ and hiked the price target to 280p from 137p as it said risks remain but are now balanced. The bank noted that despite a severe hit to mail volumes, Royal Mail has been relatively successful during the …
Read More »Czech spy ‘targeted Royal Family through Lord Snowdon in 1970s’
Czech spy ‘targeted Royal Family by meeting Queen’s brother-in-law Lord Snowdon twice in 1970s’ Communist spies allegedly tried to infiltrate the Royal Family during Cold War Czech agent ‘Krupsky’ posed as embassy official to meet Lord Snowdon Suggested he discussed Royal trip to Soviet Union and possible photo exhibition with Princess …
Read More »Next PLC hardly seems to have put a foot wrong in 30 years
The company has had a succession of visionary leaders and in the current century at least has made a habit of under-promising and over-delivering Not many people remember the family-owned tailoring business, J Hepworth. If you do remember it, and you were not particularly interested in stock market news in …
Read More »FTSE 100 movers: Aveva boosted by upgrade; British Land hit by downgrade
London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.3% at 6,590.75 in afternoon trade on Tuesday. Aveva was the top gainer after an upgrade to ‘buy’ from ‘neutral’ at UBS. Next was also sharply higher after the retailer reported a smaller-than-expected drop in sales over Christmas and said online sales made up for …
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