Everest Reports First Quarter 2026 Results April 29, 2026 Annualized 16.8% Net Income ROE and 16.7% Net Operating Income ROE $316 million of Underwriting Income and Combined Ratio of 91.2% Repurchased $331 million of Common Shares During the Quarter
The Devil Wears Prada 2 review: Meryl Streep is funnier than ever April 29, 2026 The Devil Wears Prada 2 with Meryl Streep review and star rating: ★★★★ The fashion got us hooked, but it was the memes that helped The Devil Wears Prada endure for almost two decades. Asides such as “Florals for spring? Groundbreaking” and “Everybody wants to be us,” delivered by Meryl Streep’s monstrous editor Miranda Priestly, [...]
FICO UK Credit Card Market Report: February 2026 April 29, 2026 Balances show signs of stabilising as payment rates trend down, with missed payment balance levels remaining higher than in 2025
Whitbread hopes to win back investors with £1.5bn property sell-off April 29, 2026 Premier Inn owner Whitbread will hope to win back investors when it announces a £1.5bn sell-off of a shedload of its property portfolio on Thursday. The FTSE 100 giant is gearing up for its full-year results later this week, and aims to please its investors with a cash injection to turn the corner on a [...]
John Lewis hit with click-and-collect lawsuit April 28, 2026 John Lewis is being sued by the owner of London’s Brent Cross shopping centre over claims it should pay for online sales collected in store on top of its annual turnover, despite the lease being signed decades before the surge of online shopping. Hammerson and Standard Life Investments, the property company which operates the North [...]
Toast Launches Toast Go® 3 Handheld Point-of-Sale Device Globally April 28, 2026 Toast’s innovative, durable hospitality-grade technology helps operators ensure seamless service and deliver dependable performance shift after shift
FTSE 100 Live: Stocks dip as oil edges higher; BP posts profit boom April 28, 2026 Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Oil returned to a three-week high comfortably over the $105 mark on Monday and those gains look set to continue today. Brent crude – the international benchmark for oil prices – edged over $110 on Tuesday morning as it once again appeared peace talks in [...]
WH Smith successor delays ‘aggressive’ restructuring which will shut stores April 26, 2026 The private equity financiers who run nearly 500 former WH Smith stores have delayed announcing an “aggressive” restructuring which could force the closure of up to 100 stores. Modella Capital, the Mayfair equity firm which runs hundreds of the stationer’s former stores, has run into financial difficulties and was due to unveil rescue proposals last [...]
Porsche Sells Bugatti Stake to BlueFive Capital April 24, 2026 Porsche has agreed to sell its equity stake in Bugatti Rimac. Porsche and Rimac Group established Bugatti Rimac as a joint venture in 2021 to serve as home to the iconic Bugatti brand. In this joint venture, Porsche holds a minority stake of 45%, Rimac Group owns 55%. Porsche also holds a 20.6% stake in [...]
JD Sports boss quit after failed coup attempt April 24, 2026 The chair of JD Sports quit earlier this week because he failed to convince its board to eject its chief executive, it has been revealed. Andy Higginson quit as chair of the FTSE 100 sportswear retailer on Wednesday, with his tenure set to complete after the firm’s annual meeting in July. He said he was [...]