As if the government has not done enough destruction in the housing market, there now is a scheme to have the government nationalize second mortgages. Given the previous disaster with primary mortgages, we do not anxiously await the outcome of ...
Lord Alan Sugar has officially invested in R Nation, the company run by Rachel Woolford, the latest winner of BBC One’s The Apprentice. Woolford secured the £250,000 investment after defeating Phil Turner in the show’s final, which aired in April. ...
Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the chief executive of Ineos and co-owner of Manchester United, has criticised Labour’s green energy plans, claiming they could tax North Sea oil and gas production “out of existence”. This comes just days after he publicly supported ...
A recent report suggests that some pensioners are already paying income tax on their state pensions, contradicting the Conservative Party’s pledge to keep these pensions tax-free. The standard new state pension is currently below the £12,570 income tax threshold, but ...
A recent survey by Robert Walters, the recruitment firm, has revealed that nearly three quarters of British professionals believe virtual meetings hinder their productivity, raising concerns about “virtual burnout.” More than half of the professionals surveyed reported that virtual meetings ...
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves has declared that Britain is emerging as a “safe haven” for international investment, contrasting the country’s stability with the political turbulence seen in France and neighbouring European nations. In a bid to reassure multinational companies, Reeves ...
The most recent Business Employment Dynamics (BED) summary from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the US economy lost 192,000 private-sector jobs during the third quarter of 2023. ...
Today on Fox Business Varney & Company, David Bahnsen (The Bahnsen Group) was asked if the current market reminded him of the Dot.com Bubble. He said it did, but not the part about all those worthless dot.com companies that went ...
While the S&P 500 continues to move higher, the number of stocks participating to the upside continues to decline. In other words, Market Breadth is deteriorating. But it has been doing that for quite some time already. And as we ...
If one does not stop in time the pernicious policy of increasing the quantity of money and fiduciary media, the nation’s currency system collapses entirely. ...