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British factory orders rose for a second month in a row in December following a slump in October, according to the Confederation of British Industry …

FTSE 100-listed pharma firm GSK said the move “represents a compelling opportunity to build on the recent buyout of Novartis’s stake in GSK …

Does accounting for realistic trading frictions support beliefs that equity index out-of-the money (OTM) put options and at-the-money (ATM) straddles are systematically overpriced? In their October 2018 paper entitled “Index Option Anomalies: How…

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) had led the FTSE 100 higher, as shares in the pharmaceutical giant jumped on news of a consumer healthcare joint venture …

Some 30% are expecting the FTSE 100 to close next year between 7,000-7,500 – not necessarily shoot the lights out expectations, but it suggests …

Private hire vehicles including Uber will no longer be exempt from the daily £11.50 rate from April.

UK inflation fell slightly to 2.3% in November, driven mainly by a big fall in petrol prices.

The FCA has fined Santander UK for failing to effectively process the accounts of deceased customers.

Good morning!
Today is Fed decision day. President Trump has been tweeting unhappily about it, but it looks like US interest rates will increase toward 2.5%.
Away from macro, I have noticed the following RNS announcements:
Begbies Traynor (LON:BEG) – …

Good morning!
Today is Fed decision day. President Trump has been tweeting unhappily about it, but it looks like US interest rates will increase toward 2.5%.
Away from macro, I have noticed the following RNS announcements:
Begbies Traynor (LON:BEG) – …

Drug giants GSK and Pfizer are combining their consumer healthcare businesses in a joint venture.

Watchdog acts after claims that customers typically lose £877 a year in loyalty to utility providers.

Office workers are rewarded for showing off in meetings rather than working hard, says study.

Shares in Softbank’s mobile unit fall 14.5% on first day of trading on the Tokyo Stock Market.

Good morning! This is the placeholder for – you guessed it – the Small Cap Value Report.While the report is being written, feel free to add your thoughts on whichever stories you think are most interesting today.CheersGraham

Good morning!
Today is Fed decision day. President Trump has been tweeting unhappily about it, but it looks like US interest rates will increase toward 2.5%.
Away from macro, I have noticed the following RNS announcements:
Begbies Traynor (LON:BEG) – …

Good morning!
Today is Fed decision day. President Trump has been tweeting unhappily about it, but it looks like US interest rates will increase toward 2.5%.
Away from macro, I have noticed the following RNS announcements:
Begbies Traynor (LON:BEG) – …

The Japanese investment group hopes to use its $23.5bn share sale next week to invest in future-shaping technologies such as driverless cars.

A university in Finland has invented a process to turn waste wood into material for clothing.

The UK risks “sleepwalking” into becoming a cashless society, a report on the future of money concludes.

A backlash is growing against the term describing female entrepreneurs with children.

With 100 days to go before Brexit, firms say they need “practical steps” not political infighting.

The bank violated New York banking law after its boss attempted to identify a whistleblower.

Watchdog says the Bank spent without following procedures and had too many empty desks.

“We don’t think that a no-deal Brexit will be good for business or for investment in the UK,” says Adrian Marsh, the CFO of FTSE-100 packaging group …

Elon Musk’s company has drastically reduced the costs to launch a rocket, and that could have important impacts for the future of space travel.

Paychex stock closed Monday, Dec. 17, at $64.95, down 4.6% year to date and in correction territory at 14.6% below its Oct. 2 high of $76.02.

US President advises the central bank to ‘feel the market’ ahead of an expected interest rate rise.

The FTSE 100 .FTSE ended the day 1.1 percent lower while an uptick in retail stocks following sharp falls on Monday and a 17.7 percent surge in …

Thursday’s Bank of England (BoE) meeting looks somewhat like a non-starter given the current market expectations of a 0.4% chance of a rate hike.