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Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Help to Buy mostly helped high earners, IFS says

People with lower incomes benefitted less from the house-buying scheme than those with high incomes, the influential think tank says.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Lucid names auto industry outsider as CEO, expands Uber deal

Lucid Group has named the former chairman and CEO of Schindler Group, an industrial manufacturer of escalators and elevators, as its new chief executive.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Fines issued after fuel protests across NI disrupt traffic

Drivers were fined and others cautioned for public order offences after the protests caused traffic disruption.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Jamie Dimon says Anthropic's Mythos reveals 'a lot more vulnerabilities' for cyberattacks

The remarks show how a technology welcomed by corporations as a productivity boon can also pose serious threats, like uncovering new ways to hack into systems.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

What a United-American merger would mean, from antitrust hurdles to airfare

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby reportedly floated a potential merger with Trump administration officials earlier this year.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Households could get free electricity for doing washing on sunny weekends

Providers can encourage people to use energy when "weather conditions result in excess supply".

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Amazon to spend $11bn on satellite firm in growing Starlink rivalry

Amazon wants to get thousands more satellites into orbit to offer internet and mobile services.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

'Bit of pain' worth long-term security from Iran, Bessent tells BBC

US Treasury Secretary said a "small bit of economic pain" was worth it to eliminate the threat of Iranian strikes on Western capitals.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Customers failed over outages, water boss tells MPs

Bosses at South East Water are grilled over failures that left thousands without water over winter.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Blackstone’s Joan Solotar says investors should separate ‘signal from the noise’ in private credit

Joan Solotar, global head of Blackstone Private Wealth, said the capital flight from private credit isn't justified by the likely returns and potential losses.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

UK faces biggest hit to growth from Iran war of major economies, IMF says

The financial body cuts its growth forecast for the UK and warns the war threatens to throw the global economy "off course".

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Farmers protest rising costs with traffic disruption

Farmers say they are being hit on several fronts, with the price of fuel and fertiliser all facing a hike.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Citigroup beats estimates, boosted by gains in fixed income

Citigroup reported its best quarterly revenue in a decade and a 56% year-over-year jump in earnings per share.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Fuel prices stop rising after 43 days of increases, RAC says

The motoring group says prices could start to come down over the next couple of weeks.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Families to get cash to help with school uniforms

Families will be able to get help with back to school costs for children in reception to Year 11.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

JPMorgan tops estimates on Wall Street results, Dimon flags 'increasingly complex' economic risks

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon called the economy resilient, but pointed to an "increasingly complex set of risks" across global markets.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Rolls-Royce launches new two-seater electric car

The company says it will create only 100 of its Project Nightingale in its Goodwood headquarters.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Morrisons plans to cut 200 jobs at head office

The supermarket says the redundancies form part of a restructure at its Bradford headquarters.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Founder of China's Evergrande pleads guilty to fraud

The businessman was accused of several crimes, including fundraising fraud and bribery.

Tue, 14 Apr 2026

Oil prices ease on hopes of new US-Iran peace talks

Crude prices jumped above $100 on Monday after talks failed between the two sides at the weekend.


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