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Seems a fair enough claim to me

The leftwing ideology poses a bigger threat to the economy than the rampant coronavirus, Larry Kudlow, the economic adviser to Donald Trump, told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)....

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Rather fun

Stock exchange announcement: Outside the challenges caused by tenant CVAs and administrations, intu delivered a robust operational performance in 2019 Apart from the way all our tenants keep going bust...

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A technical question for the beancounters

So: Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has collapsed into administration less than two months after the government announced a rescue deal. OK, shrug. But: However, the airline’s owners Connect...

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I could imagine this is true but they’re not helping themselves

Multiple studies show the company’s dumping practices have resulted in widespread contamination of natural watercourses that contain unsafe levels of heavy metals such as chloride, barium, hexavalent...

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Products take time to perfect

Toilet paper was invented in 1857. Splinterless toilet paper was invented in 1935.

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Character will out

Chaotic scenes were also reported across shops in Merseyside as toilet roll, eggs, bread and milk disappeared off the shelves. None of which was paid for – there being a certain cultural innateness to...

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Gee, Ya Think?

This is seriously stupid: More women aged 60-64 in work than not for first time in UK – ONS Experts describe increase as ‘seismic’ but some warn it may be linked to changes to state pension age Whadda...

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This one’s going to be for aficionados

Embattled currency exchange firm Finablr has uncovered $100m (£81m) of secret finance deals and warned it could go bust, forcing trading in its shares to be suspended. In an announcement rushed out on...

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This is Murphyesque

We can’t allow hedge funds to grow fat on virus crisis In these troubled times there is one industry laughing all the way to the bank. It has all the tools and expertise to make a killing at the...

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Well, no Professor Reich, not really

But the airlines are big enough to get their own loans from banks at rock-bottom interest rates. Their planes and landing slots are more than adequate collateral. Remarkable how little he knows about...

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Ooooops!

An investigation into NMC Health has discovered another $1.6 billion of debt, including $50 million of cheques that may have benefited unnamed third parties. The latest findings at NMC, the FTSE 100...

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Bollocks

Retail stalwart Primark has refused to pay its rent bill as it seeks more support from its landlords in a sign of the chaos sweeping the high street. The firm is scrambling to save cash after being...

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No it wasn’t

The housing market was halted on Thursday night by the Government after financial institutions said they could no longer operate properly. Ministers are discouraging buyers from going ahead with house...

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Luckin Coffee, an interesting little tale

Not sure if I’m right here but I think I am: The problem with any and every scam is how do you collect? It’s trivially easy to create fake letters of credit, for example, but getting a bank to pay out...

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Who is this insane bint?

On March 10, the company announced that it would slash its dividend for the first time since 1990, when Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait sent oil prices plummeting. Eh? The 1990 oil price shock...

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Possible I suppose but it does sound unlikely

So, charity shops send the stuff they can’t sell off to Africa etc. OK. But the volume might not be quite this much: Fifteen million pieces of discarded clothing arrive in vast bales every week at...

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This is a dreadful surprise:

Retailers experienced the worst fall in sales on record last month as shops were forced to shut up and down the country. Total sales fell by 4.3pc in March, compared with 1.8pc decline for the same...

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Anyone with a Bloomberg or the like?

I’m interested in knowing what the WTI spot at Cushing was yesterday. No, not the May expiring future which went negative, but what was the actual price for physical oil delivered Cushing? I have a...

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Have you actually seen the latest economic numbers?

Here. We’re going to have to end this lockdown of the UK economy and sooner rather than later. Yes, this will mean more people will die. Probably. We’re still going to have to do it.

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If you’re looking for work in financial writing

This just in from a place I write for: It’s a great time to become a Seeking Alpha contributing author. The premise is simple: share your investing ideas with others, and get paid cash, free Seeking...

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