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Starmer’s goodbye gift to Britain: a US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid | Aditya Chakrabortty
This shadowy treaty on medicine imports will cost the NHS billions and take funding away from doctors, nurses, cancer scans and the rest
OpenAI ‘in early talks to give 5% stake to US government’
CEO Sam Altman argued move would share benefits of AI and it would involve other firms doing similar, report says
Billionaire to invest £35bn in small modular nuclear reactors roll out across UK
Consortium led by Michał Sołowow planning enough SMRs to power equivalent of 8m homes for more than 60 years
I visited seven themed bars in one week. Can ball pits and bingo save British nightlife?
While most hospitality venues are struggling, there has been an enormous rise in ‘competitive socialising’. But why? And could I find the answer while dressed in a prison jumpsuit and drinking a daiquiri?
Andy Burnham urged to be radical on economy to help Labour win next election
Exclusive: Poll shows policies such as rent control and higher wealth taxes could fend off Reform UK in key seats
Federal Reserve issues initial findings from its 2025 triennial payments study
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday issued initial findings from its 2025 triennial payments study. The information shows how consumers and businesses chose to make noncash payments, using different types of cards, ACH pay…
Trump refuses to renew US-Canada-Mexico trade pact he once championed
Trump and US officials opted to keep USMCA alive on short leash of annual reviews rather than longer term renewal
Crypto and stock stakes: key takeaways from Trump’s financial disclosures
US president raked in more than $1bn from crypto – an industry he has sought to deregulate – and a total of $2.2bn last year, files reveal
Save student loan plan ends, leaving millions of US borrowers 90 days to find a new one
The Trump administration is requiring borrowers to choose new repayment options after the Biden-era plan was ruled unconstitutional
Trump’s affordability crisis hits his supporters hardest as he calls housing bill of ‘minor importance’
A housing shortfall, record home costs and cuts to subsidies are intensifying the US affordability crunch
US cooking oil market shrinking due to Ice pressures on Latino households, Mazola owner says
The US cooking oil market is shrinking and unlikely to improve soon because of economic and immigration enforcement pressures on Latino households, the owner of the Mazola brand has said.
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SEC Publishes Updated Market Statistics, Highlighting Increase in IPOs and Proceeds Raised
Lia Der Marderosian, Brian Johnson, Erika Robinson, and David Westenberg are partners at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. This post is based on a WilmerHale publication.
Statutory panel chair appointments confirmed for FCA listing authority and practitioner panels
The FCA has announced Kirsty Cooper will take up the role as Chair of the Listing Authority Advisory Panel (LAAP). Clare Woodman and Matt Hammerstein have been reappointed as Chair of the FCA Markets Practitioner Panel …
Halifax to disappear from UK high street as Lloyds axes bank brand after 173 years
Lloyds Banking Group has announced it is axing the Halifax brand, meaning the 173-year-old former building society’s name will disappear from UK high streets.
UK house prices stall for second straight month as agents warn of summer slump
Average price of typical home little changed at £277,484 in June, says Nationwide, while housebuilder shares fall
BBC staff fear strike action inevitable after 1% pay rise offer prompts anger
BBC staff fear a strike is on the horizon at the broadcaster after anger over a below-inflation pay rise offer made amid plans to cut thousands of jobs.
‘Most spectacular own goal in history’: new EU rules threaten to shut out UK car manufacturers
EU urged to make UK exempt from rules that risk becoming the most damaging consequence of Brexit yet
An Aztec-tinged revamp topped with a crinkle-cut tiara: inside the sparkling £1.3bn Olympia reboot
It has hosted everything from Miss World to the Chemical Brothers. Now the vast London venue has become a city within a city boasting offices, hotels, a theatre, commanding views – and even a school
ScottishPower owes me £1,000 in solar panel payments
I moved into my new house 14 months ago, and soon afterwards applied to ScottishPower, with whom the solar panels are registered for a feed-in tariff (Fit), for transfer of ownership of the panels and the tariff.
Andy Burnham is about to have a crash course in hardcore geopolitics | Rafael Behr
The likely next prime minister would rather be in Warrington than Washington, but foreign policy will dominate his agenda more than he thinks
Ministers ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence plan
Robert Jenrick and MP for Lincoln among those whose constituencies could be hit by cuts to road infrastructure plans