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Rolls-Royce’s FTSE 100 shares near complete recovery after tariffs shock April 25, 2025 Shares in FTSE 100 giant Rolls-Royce have surged to their highest value since US President Donald Trump shocked global markets with his trade tariffs. The Derby-headquartered group has seen a spike in its share price of almost two per cent in early trading on Friday morning, continuing a recovery which started on 7 April. The [...]
Turnberry: Golf course owned by Donald Trump lands in hot water April 24, 2025 One of US President Donald Trump’s golf courses in Scotland has landed in hot water after failing to file a crucial document on time. The 800-acre Trump Turnberry was bought for £39.5m in June 2014 while the president stepped down as a director after first being elected in 2016 and gave control to a trust [...]
Rolls-Royce: FTSE 100 giant worth £60bn after shares rebound April 22, 2025 Rolls-Royce is worth £60bn again after shares in the FTSE 100 giant continued their recovery after President Donald Trump’s tariffs shocked global markets. Shares in the Derby-headquartered group have now risen to more than 700p, giving it a market capitalisation of more than £60.5bn. Rolls-Royce’s shares had been trading at more than 800p before Trump’s [...]
Weak dollar restricting market rebound, say Barclays analysts April 16, 2025 A weakened dollar may prohibit the full recovery of global markets, analysts have warned, as investors continue to suffer the fallout from the Trump tariff mayhem. The DXY index, which tracks the dollar’s value against a basket of currencies, sank to its lowest in three years during Monday trading. This came after markets plunged following [...]
Bank of America, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs: Wall Street cashes in on market volatility April 15, 2025 Wall Street’s banking giants pocketed record revenues in the first quarter of 2025 as market volatility ramped up. Top lenders were able to smash profit expectations after reaping the rewards of a trading boom caused by President Donald Trump’s erratic tariff agenda. Trump’s bait-and-switch on tariffs triggered countless sell-offs as traders across the globe ditched [...]
Finance bosses predict sharpest hiring drop since 2020 after tariff uncertainty April 14, 2025 Finance bosses expect the sharpest decline in corporate hiring since the third quarter of 2020 as geopolitical risks escalate. A fresh report from Deloitte has showed signs of a waning job market with wage growth expect to slow from 3.6 per cent to three per cent. A net 14 per cent of chief financial officers [...]
Tariffs to take focus as HSBC and Barclays kick off FTSE 100 bank results April 10, 2025 First-quarter results season is around the corner for the UK’s major banks, with HSBC and Barclays set to report at the end of the month. Whilst President Donald Trump launched his tariff onslaught at the beginning of April – narrowly missing the first reporting period of the year – lenders are expected to factor the [...]
EU pauses counter-tariffs after Trump backs down April 10, 2025 President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has said the European Union will pause their reciprocal tariffs against the US, but warned it will hit back if trade negotiations fail. In a post on X, von der Leyen said: “We want to give negotiations a chance… “If negotiations are not satisfactory, our countermeasures [...]
Asos and Boohoo stick to US closures despite Trump tariffs April 8, 2025 Asos is to continue with its plan to close its distribution centre in Georgia, USA, and serve the country from Yorkshire despite the imposition of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. At the start of the year, the fast-fashion group announced plans to close its US base in another effort to boost profitability and streamline operations. The [...]
FTSE 100: Rolls-Royce shares rebound after losing over £10bn in value April 8, 2025 Shares in Rolls-Royce have started to rebound after losing more than £10bn in value since President Donald Trump’s tariffs were announced. The Derby-headquartered group’s shares had been trading at an all-time high of 812p in the middle of March before plummeting to 635p on Monday. They have now started to rebound and are trading at [...]