Gilt markets were pretty calm after last week’s Spring Statement. As chancellor Rachel Reeves announced her £14bn package of spending reforms, the 10-year yield barely moved. This was welcome news for ...

For a gold miner with consistently low costs and stable production, Caledonia Mining (CMCL) has not been able to show investors enough on the bottom line in recent years. The company has now had to ...

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In addition, Lawandy notes that “the business brings many optical materials opportunities through Castor’s existing sales pipelines and has provided Spectra with rapid access to a number of large ...

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Reach (RCH), Associated British Foods (ABF), Aston Martin Lagonda (AML), Science Group (SAG), Life Science Reit (LABS), Pets at Home (PETS), PRS Reit (PRSR), YouGov (YOU) and Zinnwald Lithium (ZNWD) ...

Restatements on the way after review finds “inappropriate management pressure” on accounting judgements and information kept ...

Given that most of the portfolio will be invested for the rest of your life, I would recommend a higher-risk approach for the longer-term money, which will offer the greatest potential for growth. A ...

Friday will bring the latest jobs report, and analysts at Citi think this could display the first signs of federal government ...

Tom Ground, chief executive of Phoenix’s retirement solutions business, took advantage of the change in sentiment. The day after the group published its figures, he sold 92,360 shares for 583p each – ...

But the FTSE 100 tried to rise above the Plimsoll line and was more or less flat, helped by better than expected UK retail sales numbers. The Dow closed in the red yesterday to post back-to-back ...

Inflation numbers were the one bright spot in a grim week for the UK’s economic outlook. Year-on-year CPI inflation was 2.8 ...