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Monday newspaper round-up: Companies House, supermarkets, UK economy
7th Apr 2025 07:27
(Sharecast News) - The UK government agency responsible for overseeing a national register of companies has collected just £1,250 in fines after being given new powers to crack down on corruption, it has emerged. Companies House is implementing a series of reforms, amid embarrassing revelations about fraudsters and jokers signing up to the corporate register with names such as "Darth Vader" and "Santa Claus". - Guardian
Read moreShell cuts Q1 LNG output forecast
7th Apr 2025 07:22
(Sharecast News) - Energy giant Shell on Monday cut its first-quarter liquefied natural gas (LNG) production outlook, citing citing cyclones and unplanned maintenance in Australia.
Read moreApplied Nutrition to withstand tariffs impact, beats guidance with H1 sales
7th Apr 2025 07:22
(Sharecast News) - Sports nutrition and wellness brand Applied Nutrition beat its own guidance for first-half sales, and reiterated annual targets with monthly revenues reaching a record high in March.
Read moreLondonMetric sells five warehouses for £40.4m
7th Apr 2025 07:10
(Sharecast News) - LondonMetric Property has sold £40.4m of mature and non-core urban warehousing across the UK, reflecting a net interest yield of 4.3%.
Read moreEurope close: Stocks hammered as Beijing retaliates
5th Apr 2025 19:30
(Sharecast News) - European stock markets sank into the red on Friday, as China announced retaliatory measures to swingeing US tariffs.
Read moreUS close: Stocks sink to 11-month low as tariff-related sell-off continues
4th Apr 2025 20:20
(Sharecast News) - US stocks plummeted again on Friday, sending markets to their lowest levels in nearly a year, after China retaliated against Donald Trump's tariffs plans in the latest escalation of a trade war that has already hammered investor sentiment.
Read moreFed's Powell says that impact of tariffs on inflation could be 'more persistent'
4th Apr 2025 17:24
(Sharecast News) - The head of the US central bank sounded a slightly less 'dovish' note at the end of the week, but did not believe that there was any need to hurry and act.
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: Index tumbles on tariff woes; Energy stocks slide
4th Apr 2025 16:22
(Sharecast News) - FTSE 250 (MCX) 18,457.50 -3.92%
Read moreLondon close: Stocks plummet on second day of Trump trade war
4th Apr 2025 16:09
(Sharecast News) - London markets suffered steep losses on Friday after China announced it would impose retaliatory tariffs of 34% on US imports, intensifying the ongoing trade conflict with Washington and rattling global investor sentiment.
Read moreUS open: Stocks sharply lower as China matches Trump's tariffs
4th Apr 2025 15:21
(Sharecast News) - Major indices were firmly in the red early on Friday as Donald Trump's tariff-driven market rout looked set to continue for another day.
Read moreJefferies cuts targets for miners, but still sees upside
4th Apr 2025 14:35
(Sharecast News) - Jefferies has trimmed its targets for a host of blue chip mining stocks after calculating the impact that Donald Trump's sweeping trade tariffs would have on export demand and commodity prices.
Read moreFTSE 100 movers: Defensives gain, cyclicals tumble as stocks in freefall
4th Apr 2025 14:35
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was down a whopping 4.4% at 8,105.43 in afternoon trade on Friday, with markets in freefall after China announced retaliatory tariffs on the US.
Read moreDeadline extended for Serica, EnQuest merger talks
4th Apr 2025 14:06
(Sharecast News) - Serica said on Friday that the deadline by which EnQuest was meant to either announce a firm intention to make an offer or walk away has been extended amid ongoing talks.
Read moreUS non-farm payrolls rise by 228,000 in March
4th Apr 2025 13:34
(Sharecast News) - Hiring in the US accelerated unexpectedly last month as hiring in Education and Leisure picked up.
Read moreNon-farm payrolls jumped 228,000 in March
4th Apr 2025 13:31
(Sharecast News) - The US economy added far more jobs than expected in March, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, though the unemployment rate rose to a four-month high.
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