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JP Morgan reverses Brexit-era Paris move as London beckons trading roles back

JP Morgan reverses Brexit-era Paris move as London beck...

JP Morgan is shifting trading roles from Paris back to London after over-estima...

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Tesla accelerates European comeback as EV sales surge past one-in-five milestone

Tesla accelerates European comeback as EV sales surge p...

Tesla sales jump 84% in Europe as electric vehicles now account for more than o...

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UK borrowing slips to four-year low but Middle East tensions threaten Reeves’s fiscal plan

UK borrowing slips to four-year low but Middle East ten...

UK government borrowing dropped to £12.6bn in March, a four-year low, as debt i...

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Employers hit with £28bn National Insurance Shock as rate rise bites harder than treasury forecast

Employers hit with £28bn National Insurance Shock as ra...

Employers' National Insurance Contributions have soared by £28bn in a single ye...

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L’Oréal banks on the ‘lipstick effect’ as anxious shoppers reach for affordable luxuries

L’Oréal banks on the ‘lipstick effect’ as anxious shopp...

The world's largest cosmetics group shrugs off the drag from the Iran war, post...

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UK employers saddled with sharpest tax rise in developed world, OECD finds

UK employers saddled with sharpest tax rise in develope...

Britain's tax wedge jumped 2.45 points in a year — 16 times the OECD average — ...

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Brady bows out: West Ham vice-chair ends 16-year tenure as boardroom pressure mounts

Brady bows out: West Ham vice-chair ends 16-year tenure...

Baroness Karren Brady has departed West Ham United after 16 years as vice-chair...

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Unemployment dip flatters to deceive as SME hiring freezes amid Iran shock

Unemployment dip flatters to deceive as SME hiring free...

UK unemployment unexpectedly drops to 4.9% in the quarter to February, but vaca...

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Bezos’s physical AI lab Prometheus nears $10bn raise at $38bn valuation

Bezos’s physical AI lab Prometheus nears $10bn raise at...

Jeff Bezos's physical AI venture Project Prometheus is closing in on a $10bn fu...

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Barclays and Lloyds join FCA’s second AI sandbox as banks race to prove their tech credentials

Barclays and Lloyds join FCA’s second AI sandbox as ban...

Barclays and Lloyds have joined the FCA's second AI live testing cohort alongsi...

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Reeves tightens windfall tax on renewables as ministers move to sever gas-electricity link

Reeves tightens windfall tax on renewables as ministers...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves lifts the electricity generator levy from 45% to 55% a...

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The April Cost Squeeze: Why Small Businesses Must Plan Ahead, Not Catch Up

The April Cost Squeeze: Why Small Businesses Must Plan ...

For many small businesses in the UK, April has become a predictable pressure po...

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Desmond’s £1.3bn National Lottery battle collapses as High Court sides with Gambling Commission

Desmond’s £1.3bn National Lottery battle collapses as H...

Richard Desmond's £1.3bn damages claim against the Gambling Commission over the...

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Tesco urges ministers to ease cost burden as Iran conflict clouds outlook

Tesco urges ministers to ease cost burden as Iran confl...

Tesco chief Ken Murphy urges ministers to ease tax and energy costs as the groc...

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Seres files patent for voice-activated in-car toilet as china’s EV makers battle for attention

Seres files patent for voice-activated in-car toilet as...

Chongqing-based EV manufacturer Seres has patented a voice-controlled in-vehicl...

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Finance chiefs sound alarm over Anthropic’s ‘mythos’ AI model amid cyber-security fears

Finance chiefs sound alarm over Anthropic’s ‘mythos’ AI...

Finance ministers, central bankers and Barclays' chief executive warn that Anth...