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LONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: Traders giving sterling "benefit of doubt"
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called higher on Tuesday, bolstered by a stronger trading day in Asia and despite a poor handover from New York overnight. ...
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UK chancellor faces market turmoil after disastrous day for sterling
(Alliance News) - UK Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is contending with massive market turmoil sparked by his tax-cutting mini-budget, as a disastrous day for the pound saw Labour take its biggest...
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UK PM aide to be employed by Number 10 after being paid by own firm
(Alliance News) - Downing Street has confirmed it will employ UK Prime Minister Liz Truss's chief of staff Mark Fullbrook directly after it emerged he was being paid through his...
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Ireland Budget 2023 to unveil renters' credit and third-level fee cut
(Alliance News) - A tax credit for renters and double welfare payments are among the measures expected in Budget 2023, which will be officially unveiled in the Irish parliament's chamber...
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Fresh strike for workers at UK's largest container port
(Alliance News) - Workers at the UK's largest container port will stage a fresh strike from Tuesday in a long-running dispute over pay....
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UK Labour leader to take aim at government amid promising poll
(Alliance News) - Keir Starmer will be buoyed by promising polling for Labour as he accuses the Tories of losing control of the economy and vows to get the UK...
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Bank of England will "not hesitate" to intervene over market turmoil
(Alliance News) - The Bank of England has said it "will not hesitate" to raise interest rates to prop up the value of sterling after a day of turmoil on...
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LONDON MARKET CLOSE: Sterling battered; housebuilders, retailers down
(Alliance News) - Sterling fell to an all-time low against the US dollar on Monday, before rebounding slightly, with UK housebuilders and retailers also on the receiving end of a...
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IN BRIEF: easyJet to upgrade Airbus fleet with fuel, noise reduction
Airbus SE - Toulouse, France-based aerospace firm - Says UK budget airline easyJet PLC will upgrade A320 family fleet with Airbus's Descent Profile Optimisation and Continuous Descent Approach systems. DPO...
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IN BRIEF: Schneider Electric, Aveva, Shell to team up on net-zero
Schneider Electric SE - Paris-based energy management company - Will partner with UK industrial software firm Aveva Group PLC and oil-major Shell PLC for global net-zero transition in hard-to-abate sectors....
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