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FTSE 100 Live: Stocks reach all-time high; US fires back at ‘surprise’ Iran attacks

Markets

Welcome back to the City AM FTSE 100 liveblog. It’s Wednesday and the UK’s blue-chip index surged in early trading to reach an all-time high, brushing off the latest outbreak of attacks in the Middle East. The FTSE 100 hit 10,945 on the market open, eclipsing the previous intraday record of 10,934, achieved in February on the […]
‘Difficult decisions’ – Burnham looks at new tax on workers to fund social care overhaul

Politics

Opinion

Investors – and fans – should welcome Fifa’s $20 billion World Cup stake sale

Opinion

Ignore the outcry, Fifa’s plans to sell a minority stake in the World Cup will make international football more transparent and accountable and raise huge sums to develop the game, says Chad Teixeira Football’s governing bodies agree on almost nothing, so when UEFA announces that the World Cup “isn’t Fifas to sell”, it’s worth asking […]
Andy Burnham’s technical education reforms are doomed to fail

Opinion

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Sport

Europe to host Formula 1 finale if Iran war scuppers Qatar and Abu Dhabi plans

Sport Business

Europe will host the Formula 1 finale if the ongoing war in Iran scuppers planned Grands Prix in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Formula 1’s 24-race season had already taken a double hit, with races in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain postponed indefinitely earlier this year. The Bahrain Grand Prix will now take place in Malaysia. But […]
European Commissioner vows to probe Fifa sell-off amid furious backlash

Sport Business

The Punter

Younger rivals to bow to Ballo in the Sussex

Sport

DAY Two of Glorious Goodwood is headlined by the Group One Sussex Stakes (4.10pm) which offers the first chance to see a clash of the generations over a mile. All the talk has been about the third edition of an enthralling rivalry between three-year-olds Bow Echo and Gstaad. The record stands two-nil in favour of […]
Cannes can provide plenty of glamour at Goodwood

Sport
Trawlerman can overhaul Scandinavia for Goodwood gold

Sport

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