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SpaceX is preparing for blast off, but will the mega IPO send investors into orbit?

Markets

SpaceX is set to launch the largest retail allocation ever attempted in a megacap IPO as part of its hotly anticipated listing on the Nasdaq tomorrow, with around 30 per cent of shares reserved for retail investors. Bret Johnsen, SpaceX CFO, has said the unusually large allocation is a deliberate recognition of “folks that have […]
FTSE 100 Live: Stocks jump; oil higher after Trump orders ‘very hard’ strikes on Iran

Markets

Opinion

What should we make of Makerfield?

Opinion

Much analysis of the Makerfield by-election focuses on what it means for Keir Starmer and the Labour party’s national fortunes – but how should we assess it on its own terms? Asks Steve Akehurst It can be stated without much hyperbole that when the people of Makerfield go to the polls next week it will […]
Forget Palantir, Microsoft is the government’s real tech problem

Opinion

$Youth unemployment to cost the UK billions, Ferrari\'s share price in bottom gear, plus: the one b...$
$What West Ham’s relegation means for the club and London\'s finances$
$BP\'s chairman ousted over \"conduct issues\", EYE-WATERING London AI salaries, plus, West Ham\'s fin...$
$The man fighting for a seat on Nationwide\'s board, is green investing still a thing? Plus the App...$

Nice pubs face EVEN higher taxes for food service and river views
Wise faces €500m fraud probe, Reeves targets nice pubs with extra tax, and tube strikers object…
Digital ID scheme in peril after catastrophic passport data leak
Burberry delays climate targets, government looks to scrap NDAs, and why inheritance tax will now…
Has Ferrari lost touch with its customers?
LIES! What the hell is going on at BP?
$Youth unemployment to cost the UK billions, Ferrari\'s share price in bottom gear, plus: the one b...$
Youth unemployment to cost the UK billions, Ferrari\'s share price in bottom gear, plus: the one b…
Tube workers on strike AGAIN over optional four day week
$What West Ham’s relegation means for the club and London\'s finances$
What West Ham’s relegation means for the club and London\'s finances
$BP\'s chairman ousted over \"conduct issues\", EYE-WATERING London AI salaries, plus, West Ham\'s fin...$
BP\'s chairman ousted over \"conduct issues\", EYE-WATERING London AI salaries, plus, West Ham\'s fin…
$The man fighting for a seat on Nationwide\'s board, is green investing still a thing? Plus the App...$
The man fighting for a seat on Nationwide\'s board, is green investing still a thing? Plus the App…
Mike Soutar on leadership challenges, managing Gen Z, AI at work and grilling Apprentice candidates
Is green investing dead?
Consumer confidence ticks up in May 2026
Barclays boss: UK is losing its reputation for stability, Patagonia sues drag queen Pattie Gonia …

Sport

Give me home Euros over World Cup, but is it really worth £557m of taxpayers’ money?

Sport Business

I’m sure I’ll enjoy much of the 2026 World Cup, provided I can stay awake late enough, but I’ll approach Euro 2028 with far greater enthusiasm. Home nations competing on home soil in British Summer Time and with advertisers and broadcasters whipping up interest among the general populace. What’s not to like, other than violent […]
Everton ‘surprised and angered’ at losing £40m legal case with Burnley

Sport Business

The Punter

Postmodern to Master his rivals on the Knavesmire

Sport

WE Look north to York this Saturday, where there is a strong card of competitive action on the Knavesmire to get stuck into. The Churchill Tyres Handicap (3.35pm) looks like it could be set up for the lightly raced Godolphin contender Man Of Vision. Charlie Appleby’s three-year-old went down by only a neck on his […]
Be Brave and take Comanche to win Royal Ascot sprint

Sport
Episode 90: George Scott interview, York and the Chris Barnett Memorial Handicap at Sandown

Sport

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