By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 GMT, 1 December 2023 Are high mortgage costs easing? Will buyer activity pick up in the housing market? What is the outlook for next year?…
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Former top Treasury mandarin Tom Scholar joins Nomura
By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 GMT, 1 December 2023 Japanese bank Nomura Holdings has appointed former top Treasury mandarin Tom Scholar as chairman of its European division. Scholar, a long-standing…
MPs warn Britcoin could bring about severe financial damage
Treasury Select Committee warns Bank about concerns over digital currency These include fears that UK may be more susceptible to bank runs There is also a risk of higher interest rates on…
Last chance to ensure a place at Motoring Literary and Arts Festival
By Ray Massey Updated: 21:50 GMT, 1 December 2023 Last chance to ensure a place at this weekend’s inaugural landmark Motoring Literary and Arts Festival at The Wing building at Silverstone race…
MARKET REPORT: Bright start to December for London stock market
Miners lifted the London stock market amid hopes over rising demand for commodities. In a bright start to December, the FTSE 100 rose 1 per cent, or 75.6 points, to 7529.35 and…
LVMH in red amid fears over Louis Vuitton bag sales
By Jessica Clark Updated: 21:50 GMT, 1 December 2023 The party could be over at LVMH as shoppers cut back on spending on its designer bags and clothes, brokers warned. Subdued demand…
UK manufacturers are ‘turning a corner’
By Hugo Duncan Updated: 21:50 GMT, 1 December 2023 British manufacturing may be ‘turning a corner’ after months of refuse. In a boost for the economy, a monthly health check of factories…
What next for Berkshire Hathaway after Charlie Munger’s death? A new chapter for Buffett
The fortunate investor who, in the early 1980s, took a bet on Warren Buffett has seen this stake grow by a prodigious 40,000 per cent. This weekend, however, the focus is more…
Bitcoin is up 130% this year. Could it extend the rally in December and 2024?
Bitcoin has extended its rally on Friday, rising to the loftiest level since May 2022, pushing its yearly gain up to over 130%, on pace to be one of the best performing…
Tesla hands over keys for first cybertrucks
By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 GMT, 1 December 2023 Tesla has delivered the first of its futuristic Cybertrucks to a select number of customers. It marks the release of the…