
The Guardian - 2 hours 24 min ago
Targeted support' means certain banks and financial institutions can offer free extra help with investments and pensions Many Britons are daunted by the world of investing, but new City rules mean certain banks and financial institutions can offer free extra help with investments and pensions. Last month marked the launch of "targeted support", a new regulated service that permits companies to suggest investments and pension products to customers that might provide a better return. Continue...

The Guardian - 3 hours 24 min ago
Rural dwellers reveal failings in backup plans, as campaigners call for deadline to be extended from 2027 to 2030 "Every time there is a power failure I lose all means of communication with the outside world," says Robert Dewar of life in a remote village in the Scottish Highlands since the landlines were transferred from the old copper cable network to broadband connections. Blackouts also knock out the village's mobile phone signal. "Our most recent power cut lasted for 42 hours...

The Independent - 12 hours 58 min ago
Martin Lewis has issued advice to those who are concerned about their hotel bookings if their flight is cancelled due to a shortage of jet fuel.

CNBC - 15 hours 12 min ago
The April 7 high of $113 in Western Texas Intermediate crude futures will likely be broken, traders on the prediction markets platform think.

Newser - 17 hours 49 min ago
The US stock market rose to more records Friday after Apple, Estee Lauder, and others joined the list of companies delivering fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected. The Dow fell 152.87 points, or 0.3%, to 49,499.27, but closed the week 0....

The Guardian - 18 hours 42 min ago
Greg Jackson argues against costly investments in UK's power grid that are adding to household bills The boss of the UK's biggest energy supplier has suggested that some households would accept an occasional electricity blackout in exchange for much lower energy bills. A year on from Europe's largest power outage which left tens of millions of people in Spain and Portugal without trains, metros, traffic lights, ATMs, phone connections and internet access the chief executive of Octopus...

The Independent - 20 hours 37 min ago
One in six women in the UK has experienced economic abuse by a current or former partner...

The Independent - 20 hours 49 min ago
Feeling overwhelmed by how much you owe? Small steps can make debt feel much more manageable.

Newser - 21 hours 12 min ago
President Trump said Friday that he will increase the tariffs charged on cars and trucks from the European Union next week from 15% to 25%, per the AP . Trump said in a Truth Social post that the EU "is not complying with our fully agreed to Trade Deal." Though he...

Newser - 1 day 3 hours ago
Apple just turned in a blockbuster quarter, along with a warning label. The iPhone maker said Thursday that phone revenue jumped nearly 22% to about $57 billion on the back of the iPhone 17 lineup, helping push total quarterly sales to $111.2 billion, ahead of expectations, the Wall Street...

New York Times - 1 day 10 hours ago
The federal government would also provide a matching contribution for workers earning below a certain income.

CNBC - 1 day 14 hours ago
Prediction market platform users don't think Powell will leave until August. If he stays on until then, he'd attend two more meetings of the FOMC.

CNBC - 1 day 18 hours ago
Bettors on the platform don't think Powell will leave until August. If he stays on until then, he'd attend two more meetings of the FOMC.

New York Times - 1 day 19 hours ago
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