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FTSE LIVE: Stock market rout as coronavirus fears see the Footsie dive another 3.5% to below 6,800 By This Is Money Published: 08:24, 27 February 2020 | Updated: 18:39, 27 February 2020 Shares have tanked again today with the FTSE 100 index standing down 246.1 points at 6,796.4 as investors …

Our Canadian friends needn’t waste their time toasting bread (Letters, 22 February). When I was a young girl our household income was very limited, so I ate whatever my mother put in front of me. A friend invited me to tea, and I was offered marmalade or Marmite to spread …

Rio Tinto appoints female directors after being mocked for having three times as many men named Simon on its board than women By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:59, 21 February 2020 | Updated: 23:07, 21 February 2020 Rio Tinto has appointed three female non-executive directors in its …

Royal Mail is facing a pivotal year. Boss Rico Back is trying to roll out modern technology and shift its business model towards parcels, as the number of letters being sent continues to decline. But his plans are getting a rough ride, with trade union chiefs arguing they are camouflage …

FTSE CLOSE: London shares rise; NMC Health founder forced out; Japanese economy shrinks 6.3%; ii snaps up The Share Centre The FTSE 100 has closed up 0.3%, or 24.12 points at 7,433.25  Pound fell 0.2% against dollar and euro, with £1 buying $1.30 and €1.20 NMC Health shares recovered earlier losses …

Alison Rose’s revolution: Royal Bank of Scotland changing its name to Natwest Group as it seeks to put its chequered past behind it Bank seeks to draw line under its near collapse under Fred Goodwin  New boss also plans to halve the size of its investment bank   By Lucy White …

A sudden fall of 16pc in any share price is certainly cause for alarm. This is what happened to ULS Technology, a holding in our Income Portfolio, over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday this week. What is going on with this stock? At first sight the answer – and this may appear extraordinary …

British Gas owner Centrica swung to a loss of £1.1billion last year, with the group blaming the Government’s energy bill price cap and lower natural gas prices for its fall in fortunes.  The energy group’s annual pre-tax profit was wiped out in a dramatic reversal of the £575million it banked …

ON THE BOARD: Former ITV boss Adam Crozier made chairman of research firm Kantar By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51, 10 February 2020 | Updated: 21:51, 10 February 2020 Former ITV boss Adam Crozier has been made chairman of research firm Kantar. The company said the 56-year-old, …

MARKET REPORT: Fund supermarket Hargreaves Lansdown takes another blow as founder Peter Hargreaves flogs £550m worth of shares By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:48, 7 February 2020 | Updated: 21:48, 7 February 2020 Fund supermarket Hargreaves Lansdown took another blow as its founder Peter Hargreaves flogged £550m …