For traders, the logic went like this: more military escalation meant an ever-higher risk premium. By closing the Strait of ...

Shell (SHEL) has denied it is in discussions to acquire BP (BP.) after publication of a Wall Street Journal story suggesting the pair were in early talks following months of speculation over a tie-up.

In artificial intelligence (AI) computing, the undisputed leader has been Nvidia (US:NVDA). Such dominance has enabled it to ...

Women and Wealth takes a look at the gender pay gap, how to ask for that pay rise and how to make the most of your work ...

To conclude our analysis of the industrials and engineering sectors, we now turn to a collection of stocks that may seem less dynamic and exciting than their very best peers, but which are attractive ...

Indeed, if AI turns out to be the bubble many suspect it might be, the Trump administration delivers on its quest to devalue the dollar, or the US’s geopolitical risk premium lurches higher, Scottish ...

Liontrust has broadened its alternatives capability. It has also achieved annualised cost savings of £6mn, while outsourcing trading and data services to Bank of New York Mellon. Rightfully, the ...

Babcock shares jumped after the company reported a 53 per cent rise in pre-tax profits in the year to the end of March. CEO David Lockwood hailed a “new era for defence” and it’s hard to argue with ...

London-based social and digital media group Brave Bison (BBSN:2.85p) has announced its fourth acquisition of the year, MiniMBA, a marketing skills and training platform. The business is being sold by ...

Warehouse Reit (WHR), Tritax Big Box (BBOX), THG (THG), Vertu Motors (VTU) and Ultimate Products (ULTP) ...

Meanwhile, National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has announced it will cut the Premium Bonds prize rate to 3.6 per cent ...

Annual results from Maldon-based semiconductor chip designer and manufacturer CML Microsystems (CML:230p) were primarily negatively impacted by the unwinding of inventory levels by industrial ...