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...Trucking group JB Hunt fell the most, recording an 8.1 per cent drop after its first-quarter results, released in the morning, disappointed investors....
...“We do expect yields to fall much further through the course of the year but that may not happen until the spring and beyond,” said Daniela Russell, head of UK rates strategy at HSBC....
...Trucking group JB Hunt was the biggest faller with an 8.1 per cent drop after its first-quarter earnings results released in the morning disappointed investors....
...Sophie Dworetzsky, partner at Charles Russell Speechlys, said: “Many individuals who are non-doms generate meaningful economic activity and entrepreneurial wealth in the UK, so we have concerns that these...
...Sophie Dworetzsky, partner at Charles Russell Speechlys, said the changes the government had announced at the Budget “had reduced the attractiveness of the UK” but Labour’s proposals “were definitely worse...
...Since several institutions there helped to make Russell Brand famous, there were some awkward moments....
...In the hunt for an informational advantage, one of Barack’s first moves was to hire a 20-strong team of weather forecasters....
...Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday said the government would freeze duty on alcohol. UK Spirits Alliance spokesperson Stephen Russell applauded the move....
...Either Brand is “a hero” being subjected to a witch-hunt for standing up to the dark forces of the mainstream establishment, or he’s a maleficent and misogynistic monster whose income stream should be immediately...
...alec.russell@ft.com...
...And if Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, was here or Rishi Sunak was here they would tell you. You know, we should end this narrative of declinism....
...Only a quarter of FTSE 100 revenues are “Made in Britain”, according to FTSE Russell data. Nor do local interest rates affect valuations, as I’ve written before....
...Hunt’s hopes | Jeremy Hunt has raised the prospect of the Bank of England cutting interest rates in 2024. The BoE, however, has been insisting it is too soon to discuss easing policy....
...James Cook, partner in the private client team at Russell-Cooke, a law firm, says: “While house values have taken a bit of a hit in the last year or so, overall growth since 2008-09 may well mean many more...
...Additional contributions from George Russell and Gordon Smith...
...That sent the S&P 500 down 1 per cent, and the small-cap Russell 2000 down 4 per cent. Futures markets now price in fewer than four 25bp interest rate cuts in 2024, down from five a week ago....
...So for investors on the hunt for a trade, here’s one: small-caps. The case for them starts with valuations. The S&P 500 is expensive no matter how you cut it. But not the humble Russell 2000....
...Now try this I was very sad to read about the death of Russell Norman, the restaurateur who reshaped much of the British food scene (his obituary by Harriet Fitch Little can be read here)....
...The betting group has hired headhunters Russell Reynolds to lead the search, according to people familiar with the matter....
...Presumably because small caps hate high rates, the Russell 2000 fell 2 per cent....
...Tim Bradshaw, chief executive of the Russell Group of research intensive universities, said the zones would encourage UK research institutions to drive growth....
...Winchester’s own recollections from a lifetime of knowledge-hunts as journalist and author supply several memorable passages: whether seeing his reports from Northern Ireland of Bloody Sunday in 1972 vindicated...
...Meanwhile, Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, has ruled out big pre-election tax cuts this autumn....
...However, the longer-term decline of the defined benefit sector — such schemes are mostly closed to new members — means this source of demand will wane, Russell said....
...“In the UK, promoting any infringing product will very often amount to an infringement itself,” Nick White, partner at law firm Charles Russell Speechlys, says....
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