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FTSE 100 Live: Stocks to jump after record day; US and Iran trade strikes

Markets

Welcome back to the City AM liveblog. It’s Friday morning and the FTSE 100 is set to open into the green, following two consecutive days of record gains for the blue-chip index. The FTSE 100 reached a record intraday high on Thursday – for the second day running – but failed to make a new close record […]
Uefa to boycott World Cup over Infantino’s Fifa sell-off following unanimous vote

Sport Business

Opinion

Scotland is a warning of what Andy Burnham’s devolution experiment will look like

Opinion

For an idea of what left-wing devolution yields, look no further than Scotland, where SNP statist’s efforts to extort the wealthy have backfired, writes Joseph Dinnage For a socialist, Andy Burnham has a funny approach to central government. Unlike his forebears across the former Soviet Union, southeast Asia and Latin America, the King of the […]
I’m a 21-year-old grad, why does the government want me to go on the dole to get a job?

Opinion

Is Canary Wharf Back? Barclays' Mega Bet
The City should prepare for Burnham's tax raid
Motor finance compensation in doutbt, Thatcher aide on 'No. 10 North' and: what is co-living?
Why Andy Burnham Could Spell Disaster for the UK Economy
Sky buys chunk of ITV, what the City makes of Burnham, and $8m World Cup tickets

Sport

Fifa want to sell the family silver but should World Rugby do the same?

Sport Business

Selling stakes in commercial entities is like selling the family silver. So should World Rugby copy Fifa? Selling stakes in commercial entities – much like Fifa announced it wanted to do with the World Cup – is like selling the family silver. Global tournaments are pillars of sports with revenues and reach that soar during […]
Uefa to boycott World Cup over Infantino’s Fifa sell-off following unanimous vote

Sport Business

The Punter

Diamond’s Brilliance can dazzle in the Nassau

Sport

SOME top-notch fillies and mares take centre stage on Day Three of Glorious Goodwood in the Group One Nassau Stakes (3.35pm). All eyes will be on Aidan O’Brien’s unbeaten filly DIAMOND NECKLACE as she bids to take her career record to a perfect six-from-six and land a fourth Group One in the process. She made […]
Andab could be Talk of New York on Sussex Downs

Sport
Younger rivals to bow to Ballo in the Sussex

Sport

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