Many countries offer tax breaks to encourage investments in their domestic markets, but the UK seems to think that it’s the ...

The weight-loss obsession is leaving companies with decent prospects in the shade, to the extent that investors should look away from the flashier parts of the pharmaceutical sector to find more ...

The focus is now on talks with the Mozambique government that must end in a deal for the mineral sands miner to stay in business ...

The promise of an immediate cash lump sum is an appealing prospect, and one that platforms are not shy about offering to prospective customers. But while cashback offers are not necessarily a bad ...

Peculiarly, given it was founded in 1872 and went public in 1985, Adnams is an ‘Access’ stock. Almost as peculiarly, given what visitors to its home in Southwold might mistake for a mafia-like grip on ...

My column last month (‘’, IC, 16 July 2025), revisited the reasons for remaining of the view that consensus forecasts are underestimating the level of inflation going forward, and consequently ...

Peabody Energy (US:BTU) has abandoned its $3.8bn (£2.8bn) acquisition of Anglo American’s (AAL) coal assets in Australia, a move which will send the two miners into a potentially lengthy arbitration ...

Rachel Reeves boasted that the figures “beat expectations”, while the Conservative shadow chancellor saw them as evidence of the chancellor’s “economic vandalism”. You might expect this from ...

This decision went terribly. Few wanted to wear heavy headsets, and when that became obvious, and TikTok started to threaten Meta’s social media business, its shares crashed. Zuckerberg then decided ...

BHP’s full-year profits slid on weaker iron ore and coal prices, but the world’s largest miner’s shift into copper kept it in line with forecasts.

The Federal Reserve, by contrast, has left rates unchanged since last December, refusing to lower them in a succession of meetings. But this week’s steady US inflation data may now be the trigger to ...

With an excellent record of investing in quality growth companies, the fund bets big on the continent’s return to form ...