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June 2019 articles

Jackpot deal: Eldorado snaps up Caesars in major casino purchase
Jackpot deal: Eldorado snaps up Caesars in major casino purchase
Gambling giants Eldorado Resort and Caesars Entertainment are hoping to win big after signing an $17bn (£13.6bn) merger that is [...]
June 24, 2019
China calls for explanation after Fedex blocks Huawei package
China calls for explanation after Fedex blocks Huawei package
China’s foreign ministry has called on Fedex to offer a proper explanation after the courier firm apologised for blocking the [...]
June 24, 2019
Bitcoin retreats from 18-month high as cryptocurrency catches Facebook libra fever
Bitcoin retreats from 18-month high as cryptocurrency catches Facebook libra fever
Bitcoin pulled back from an 18-month high today after breaking the $11,000 barrier over the weekend, with many attributing the [...]
June 24, 2019
Brexit three years on: markets and the economy in six charts
Brexit three years on: markets and the economy in six charts
On 23 June 2016, the UK public voted on whether or not to stay in the European Union (EU). Many [...]
June 24, 2019
Trump says Federal Reserve ‘doesn’t know what it is doing’
Trump says Federal Reserve ‘doesn’t know what it is doing’
US President Donald Trump has once again attacked his country’s central bank, saying on Twitter that the Federal Reserve “doesn’t [...]
June 24, 2019
EE fined £100,000 for unlawful spam text messages
EE fined £100,000 for unlawful spam text messages
Mobile provider EE has been hit with a £100,000 fine from the data regulator for sending more than 2.5m spam [...]
June 24, 2019
Raspberry Pi 4 promises full multimedia computer performance from £33
Raspberry Pi 4 promises full multimedia computer performance from £33
The fourth major version of the credit-card sized Raspberry Pi computer has promised to deliver desktop-computer-level performance from a starting [...]
June 24, 2019
Consumer spending to outperform economy as a whole but challenges lie ahead
Consumer spending to outperform economy as a whole but challenges lie ahead
Consumer spending is forecasted to outperform the economy as a whole in the next year, but growth in households’ real [...]
June 24, 2019
London markets lower as squalls hit Tory leadership contest
London markets lower as squalls hit Tory leadership contest
Sterling and stock markets were lower this morning as the race for leadership of Britain’s governing Conservative Party was plunged [...]
June 24, 2019
Schroders and Columbia Threadneedle back Coast Capital in First Group dispute
Schroders and Columbia Threadneedle back Coast Capital in First Group dispute
Activist investor Coast Capital, which is demanding an overhaul of bus and rail operator First Group, has received the backing [...]
June 24, 2019