Rothschild family in £3.3bn bid to take Rothschild & Co private February 6, 2023 The Rothschild family is attempting a buy-out of Rothschild & Co taking the French bank off the public market, in a deal valuing the company at €3.7bn (£3.3bn). In a statement released this morning, Concordia, the holding company of the Rothschild family and the bank’s largest shareholder, said it intends to offer €48.0 per share [...]
Happy Valley: The five best takeaways from series three [spoilers] February 6, 2023 As Catherine Cawood heads off into the sunset – well the Himalayas via her Land Rover – BBC1 viewers everywhere will now be experiencing a massive Happy Valley hole in their lives. But fear not as Sally Wainwright’s – now retired – Sergeant played by Sarah Lancashire lives on, thanks to her one liners, wit [...]
World’s biggest gold miner Newmont tables £14.1bn offer for rival firm Newcrest February 6, 2023 Top gold producer Newmont Corp has made a £14.1bn ($16.9bn) offer for Newcrest Mining to build a global gold behemoth.
Britishvolt: Australian firm Recharge reaches deal to buy collapsed British battery start-up February 6, 2023 Britishvolt is one step closer to a takeover, after its administrator named Recharge Industries as its preferred bidder.
Crypto dips as investors play it safe ahead of Jerome Powell’s Tuesday speech February 6, 2023 The crypto markets had a busy weekend characterised by a whipsaw in price as Bitcoin dipped back below $23,000 .
Brexit supporters admit leaving EU was a ‘disaster’ after ‘a drink or two’, ex home sec Amber Rudd says February 6, 2023 Former home secretary Amber Rudd has claimed that some Brexiteers, after “a drink or two”, will admit that the decision to leave the EU has been a “disaster”. Ms Rudd, who stood down as an MP in 2019 amid internal Tory Party clashes over the handling of Brexit, also said she could not be in [...]
Bank of England will have to keep hiking rates to stop inflation hanging around, MPC’s Mann warns February 6, 2023 The Bank of England will have to hike interest rates again to stop the UK from being hit by a much stronger inflation surge than expected, one of its top rate setters has said today. Catherine Mann, an external member of the monetary policy committee (MPC) who has consistently backed steeper rate increases compared to [...]
Could A Pro/Con List Set You Up For Career Failure? February 6, 2023 What do you do when you have to make a tough decision at work? Do you procrastinate and avoid thinking about it; do you get on with it, throwing yourself into research, or do you go down the popular route and utilise a pro/con list? Tried and tested, the origins of the pro/con list can [...]
The Notebook: Victoria Scholar on tech stocks, strikes and cheap cars February 6, 2023 Falling out of love with Big Tech US technology giants have been reporting their latest financial earnings in recent weeks with a mix of the good, the bad, and the ugly. Until the turn of 2021/22, Big Tech was a firm favourite among investors, scoring impressive share price gains in the years building up to [...]
FTSE 100 live: London index pulls away from record high as US dollar strengthens on Fed rate hike bets February 6, 2023 London’s FTSE 100 climbed down from its record high to kick off the week today, dragged lower by big British retailers taking a tumble. The capital’s premier index dropped 0.87 per cent to 7,833.20 points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK economy, edged 0.10 [...]