
CNBC - 4 hours 23 min ago
Warsh has said that inflation is a "choice." The same could also be true of how inflation is measured.

The Guardian - 5 hours 30 min ago
Mal Williams thinks private equity should be excluded from essential services, while Ian Graham draws attention to dental practices. Plus letters from Rob Harrison , Tony Fletcher and Michael Moore , who defends private equity's role Your timely investigation into private equity's penetration of public services is important, but the response cannot be merely to "manage" the problem better ( Financial pandemic': 1 in every 11 spent on UK public contractors goes to private equity...

Newser - 5 hours 53 min ago
Kroger is reviving its big-deal ambitions with a $1.65 billion move to acquire Giant Eagle, a family-owned grocer that gives it more muscle in the Midwest and mid-Atlantic as the grocery price war grinds on. The deal, announced Wednesday, is the first major acquisition under CEO Greg Foran and...

Newser - 6 hours 8 min ago
Most of Wall Street rose on Wednesday, but drops for some influential technology stocks pulled the market lower. The Dow dropped 13.96 points, less than 0.1%, to 52,305.24. The S&P 500 slipped 16.13 points, or 0.2%, to 7,483.23 for its eighth loss...

The Independent - 7 hours 18 min ago
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has indicated that targeted energy support could come in the autumn...

The Guardian - 7 hours 26 min ago
Potus pocketed over $2.2bn last year but with an algae-filled reflecting pool and his State Fair a fiasco, what price happiness? From certain angles, it might appear as if President Trump is having a tough month. He messed up the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, which he blamed on acts of vandalism no one has been able to stand up. The supreme court rejected both his bid to appeal against the $5m ( 3.8m) civil judgment against him for defaming and sexually abusing E Jean Carroll...

CNBC - 7 hours 30 min ago
"Caterpillar jumped out at me," Burry said. "I have never shorted Caterpillar. It has always done great for me on the long side in the past."...

Newser - 9 hours 43 min ago
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh isn't budging from his no-hints rule. In Portugal for the European Central Bank's policy forum, Warsh was asked Wednesday whether a rate hike is coming and responded that the decision will be made only once Fed officials "shut the door" and "have a good debate"...

The Independent - 10 hours 4 min ago
The report follows separate UK Finance figures released in June which indicated that APP fraud losses rose sharply last year.

The Independent - 12 hours 8 min ago
The Competition and Markets Authority said it had concerns that too many families' were struggling with the system.

The Guardian - 12 hours 43 min ago
Average price of typical home little changed at 277,484 in June, says Nationwide, while housebuilder shares fall Business live latest updates UK house price growth stalled for a second consecutive month in June as rising interest rates triggered by the war in Iran hurt homebuyer demand and agents warned of a summer slump. The average price of a typical UK home edged down to 277,484 last month from 278,024 a month earlier, after a 0.6% month-on-month fall in May , according to the lender Nationwide...

CNBC - 22 hours 11 min ago
The advance marks a sharp turnaround after years of underperformance versus large-cap peers.