Category: Finance
Finance
Ukraine tensions push petrol and diesel prices to new highs
(qlmbusinessnews.com via bbc.co.uk - - Wed, 23rd Feb 2022) London, Uk - - Average UK petrol and diesel prices have hit new highs as the[more...]
Co-operative Bank hires leading firm of City advisers to spearhead renewed bid for consolidation
(qlmbusinessnews.com via news.sky.com-- Wed, 23rd Feb2022) London, Uk - - The lender has hired PJT Partners, the investment bank, to help it explore potential takeovers[more...]
UK to ease insurance capital rules by unlocking ‘billions of pounds’
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com -- Tue, 22nd Feb 2022) London, UK -- Britain will unlock "tens of billions of pounds" of insurance sector capital that should[more...]
HSBC boosts staff bonus pool by a third to £2.6bn as profits soar in Covid crisis
(qlmbusinessnews.com via theguardian.com - - Tue, 22nd Feb 2022) London, Uk - - London-headquartered bank paid more than 450 of its staff €1m or more[more...]
Fortress plots £5bn takeover of UK’s petrol stations giant MFG
(qlmbusinessnews.com via news.sky.com-- Mon, 21st Feb 2022) London, Uk - - Fresh from the purchase of Punch Pubs, SoftBank-owned Fortress Investment Group is lining up[more...]
What Wedding Dresses Around the World Look Like
https://www.youtube.com/embed/cNxTlByUezo Source: GBS You are cordially invited to the wedding dress episode of “Around the World.” Great Big Story senior producer Beryl Shereshewsky talks to[more...]
Gilded-Age marriages: The American Social Climbers Who Married Their Daughters to British Aristocrats in Exchange for Noble Titles
Source: WH In the 1870s, rich Americans came up with a new scheme: they sold their daughters abroad, marrying them off to British aristocrats in[more...]
NatWest announced a swing back to £4bn profit in 2021
(qlmbusinessnews.com via news.sky.com-- Fri, 18th Feb 2022) London, Uk - - Helped by the UK's economic recovery, the bank saw its lending grow as demand[more...]
Alibaba and Tencent sites added to US ‘Notorious Markets List’
(qlmbusinessnews.com via bbc.co.uk - - Fri, 18th Feb 2022) London, Uk - - The US has added sites operated by Chinese technology giants Alibaba and[more...]
Amazon strikes global deal to accept Visa credit cards across all of its sites
(qlmbusinessnews.com via bbc.co.uk - - Thur, 17th Feb 2022) London, Uk - - Amazon will accept Visa credit cards across all of its sites after[more...]
Airbus ends two-year dividend drought after swinging to record net profit of 4.213 billion euros
(qlmbusinessnews.com via uk.reuters.com -- Thur, 17th Feb 2022) London, UK --Europe's Airbus (AIR.PA) predicted 720 jetliner deliveries and higher profits in 2022 after core profit almost trebled[more...]
Massive Crypto Whale Abruptly Moves Over $1,900,000,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) for Just $3.56 in Transaction Fees
(qlmbusinessnews.com via dailyhodl.com Thur, 17th Feb 2022) London, Uk - - For A Limited Time Only…Download Either ONE of These Special Reports Today At No[more...]