Business NatWest to close another 23 branches in England and Wales NatWest is to shut another 23 branches in England and Wales, adding to a raft of high street banking closures already announced this month.... January 27, 2023
Business TSB staff and bosses to share £29.8m bonus pot after record profits TSB’s 5,700 staff and executives are to share a 10% bigger bonus pot this year, after rising interest rates pushed the bank’s annual profits... January 27, 2023
Business Will force majeure clauses strike the right chord during industrial action? With the increased threat of industrial strike action looming across the UK, we consider whether a force majeure clause can strike the right chord... January 27, 2023
Business Dyson family, Gym Shark founder and Sting among 100 Brits who paid £5.2bn tax in 2022 The highest taxpayers in the UK include a scrap metal dealer, JK Rowling, the founder of Gymshark, Sting and the Duke of Westminster. When... January 27, 2023
Business Wetherspoons announces another 11 pubs to close with 35 still on the market The chain announced last year that it would be selling nearly 40 of its pubs due to the combined impact of the pandemic and... January 27, 2023
Politics Raise the Social Security Age to (At Least) 75 On January 10, the French government announced plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The change would mean that after 2027,... January 27, 2023
Stocks Can You Name These Charts? Different Types of Investments, Same Psychology. Last month in our DecisionPoint Trading Room I gave our viewers a pop quiz. I presented two similar charts without names or price scales,... January 27, 2023
Stocks GNG TV: Airlines, Casinos, & Luxury… Oh My! In this week’s edition of the GoNoGo Charts show, as the S&P 500 continues to show constructive evidence of trend reversal on longer timeframes,... January 26, 2023
Politics Governments Cannot Effectively Regulate Vaccines It’s theoretically impossible for government to regulate vaccines effectively. To see why, consider the following thought experiment: Imagine you were an expert employed somewhere... January 26, 2023
Politics Yuri Maltsev, RIP I am sorry to have to report that Yuri Maltsev has passed away. He was a professor of economics at Carthage College in Wisconsin.... January 26, 2023