Chris Rock slaps back at Will Smith during comedy sketch March 6, 2023 Chris Rock has taken aim at Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, almost a year to the day that Smith slapped Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars. On stage during his Chris Rock: Selective Outrage special, the comedian criticised Smith for being “selected” in what he got outraged about. He also made reference to Pinkett-Smith’s [...]
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London Metal Exchange faces FCA ‘enforcement’ investigation after £3.3bn nickel crisis March 3, 2023 The FCA announced plans to begin an "enforcement" investigation into London Metal Exchange response to last year's nickel crisis.
From the digital pound, to homeworking via heat pumps: Morning Wire’s five most-read stories of the week March 3, 2023 The most read story of the last seven days was the revelation that the digital pound would coming this decade. Details of the unpublished Treasury and BoE report were reported here and read by hundreds of thousands of readers Second most read was our energy editor’s piece on heat pumps, following British Gas owner’s decision [...]
EP: 184 Kelso, Newbury, Doncaster, Hong Kong March 3, 2023 Saturday sees the Morebattle Hurdle as the highlight at Kelso’s biggest meeting of the year. A huge bonus is on offer to any horse who wins the Morebattle and then at the Cheltenham Festival. The feature race at Newbury is the Greatwood Gold Cup, with the Grimthorpe Chase the highlight of Doncaster’s race day. Morning Wire Racing [...]
‘Fading recession fears’ boost optimism as services sector bounced back to growth in February March 3, 2023 The UK’s service sector bounced back to growth in February as business optimism improved and activity expanded at the fastest pace since June. The S&P Global/CIPS UK services PMI survey showed a reading of 53.5 in February, up from 48.7 in January and slightly ahead of market expectations. Any score above 50 is considered growth [...]
Crypto will face years of legal arguments before a cohesive framework is in place March 3, 2023 Jason Deane notes that last week's positive sentiment in the crypto markets is suffering from a bear market hangover.
Who wants to be a millionaire? Isa do! The fund and trust-based savings accounts that have made a mint since 1999 March 3, 2023 Savers who have ferreted away their annual tax-free individual savings account (Isa) allowance since the scheme was launched in 1999 would have seen some serious returns. While Isa millionaires, are few and far between there are some funds that have helped savers grow their Isa pots to over six figures. According to savings platform AJ [...]
Octopus hits back at challenge to Bulb deal arguing it was more ‘nimble’ than rivals March 2, 2023 Octopus Energy's lawyer argued in court today that the company was simply more "nimble" than others in its dealmaking with the government.