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Lloyds beats profit target as bank sets sights on more cost-cutting

Banking

Lloyds Banking Group beat its profit forecast for the first half of the year as the bank’s top boss laid out plans to make further cost savings in the years ahead. The FTSE 100 lender – which owns the Bank of Scotland and Halifax – recorded a £4.3bn pre-tax profit in the first half of […]
Bank of England Live: FTSE 100 hits new high as interest rates to be held

Markets

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

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Sport

Adidas shares plunge after hike in World Cup marketing spend

Sport Business

Adidas shares sank this morning after the sportswear behemoth missed quarterly profit expectations amid a hike in World Cup marketing spend. Shares in the German firm opened more than 15 per cent down after missing second quarter profit expectations. The dent came despite revenues rising 14 per cent to £5.7bn but the firm maintained its […]
Cristiano Ronaldo on Mars: Where will sport take us in the next five years?

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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