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[johnwise] 16/7/2024 07:40

European equity indices: indices wobble ahead of UK inflation and ECB meeting

European indices experience volatility amid UK inflation data and ECB meeting.

Explore the market reactions, FTSE and DAX outlook, and what investors can anticipate.

[johnwise] 16/7/2024 07:23

FCA and UK payments regulator launch inquiry into ‘risks’ of Paypal, Apple and Google Pay

The Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have launched a joint call for information on the use digital wallets such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and PayPal.

The watchdogs are concerned about the explosion of their use in recent years.

The UK regulators are seeking feedback from digital wallet providers, technology firms and users, to explore the impact of digital wallets, which are now used by more than half of UK adults, on consumers and businesses.

The PSR’s managing director David Geale said: “Digital wallets are steadily becoming a go-to payment type and while this presents exciting opportunities, there might be risks too.

[johnwise] 16/7/2024 06:15

If Mr Trump can continue to dodge the crooked Dems attempts to imprison him with their cheating and lies,dodge the bullets, and for the sake of world peace, he becomes the next American President, if he ever gets to meet David Lammy, I hope Lammy has not forgotten what he said about Mr Trump when he was the President the last time, also many more anti-British/white ones words.

Lammy's 'atrocious, appalling, hate-filled' Trump comments spark calls to oust the Foreign Secretary

Seriously she’s utterly vile.
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[johnwise] 16/7/2024 06:05

Trump arrives at RNC after assassination attempt

[johnwise] 15/7/2024 22:58

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New Satellite Images Captured Something China Wanted Kept Secret

[johnwise] 15/7/2024 21:39

Nigel Farage issues urgent UK migration warning - 'biggest increase since records began'


Nigel Farage fumed as he shared the latest updates on UK population figures from the Office for National Statistics.

Nigel Farage fumed as he revealed that the population of England and Wales rose by nearly 610,000 to 60.9 million last year in what is the biggest increase since records began.

[jackie ladd] 15/7/2024 21:24

Thanks Village Idiot

[johnwise] 15/7/2024 21:04

LIVE:

Humza Yousaf’s Gaza Donation Under Investigation

[stonedyou] 15/7/2024 20:19

MILITARY OPERATION IN UKRAINE15 JUL, 11:50

Russian forces repel 35 Ukrainian attempts to break into LPR in past week — expert

In the reporting period, the Ukrainian armed forces lost about 9,620 troops and mercenaries, Andrey Marochko said

LUGANSK, July 15. /TASS/. Russian forces repelled 35 attempts by the Ukrainian army to break into the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) in the past week, military expert Andrey Marochko told TASS.

"Units of Russia’s battlegroups North, South and West repelled 35 enemy counterattacks on July 6-12. The number of counterattacks slightly increased. In the reporting period, the Ukrainian armed forces lost about 9,620 troops and mercenaries, 600 more than in the previous reporting period," he specified.

Marochko added that Russian troops had also destroyed ten tanks, 125 field artillery systems, 43 field ammunition depots, 12 electronic warfare systems and over 180 combat vehicles.

[smurfy2001] 15/7/2024 18:50

Will the interim dividend increase from 2.7 to 3?

Not long until we find out.

[portside1] 15/7/2024 16:53

Putin is a coward a man who hides behind others miles from the actions he hides in is bunker

[jackie ladd] 15/7/2024 16:32

You irrelevant loon

[jackie ladd] 15/7/2024 16:32

What about Tesco?

[jackie ladd] 15/7/2024 16:32

That's nice loon

[johnwise] 15/7/2024 15:58

Fox Business

Secret Service chief facing calls to resign after Trump assassination attempt

[johnwise] 15/7/2024 15:50

Judge tosses Trump documents case, ruling prosecutor unlawfully appointed

A US judge dismissed the criminal case against Trump for holding classified documents, ruling Special Counsel Smith was unlawfully appointed, marking another legal victory for Trump.

[smurfy2001] 15/7/2024 13:36

Goldman Sachs made profits of $3bn in the second quarter of 2024, more than double last year thanks to strong bond trading profits.

[johnwise] 15/7/2024 11:32

Confiscation of Unexplained Wealth: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing? | European Union

Ilias Anagnostopoulos (managing partner) and Alexandros Tsagkalidis (partner) of Anagnostopoulos provide insights into the newly adopted EU Directive (EU) 2024/1260 on asset recovery and confiscation, focusing on the introduction of confiscation of unexplained wealth.
They raise concerns that this new form of confiscation, while initially intended for extraordinary circumstances, may follow the trend of other confiscation measures and expand in scope, potentially becoming an invasive tool against assets without sufficient proof of origin.

[johnwise] 15/7/2024 10:57

Donald Trump’s DJT stock soars 60% after assassination attempt

After an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at his rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, election polls weren’t the only charts that were bringing gains to the former President.

Trump’s social media, “Truth Social,” which trades under the ticker Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ: DJT), experienced a 64.11% surge in the 24-hour trading, increasing from $30.89 to $50.67 in hours.

[fireplace22] 15/7/2024 08:21

Apparently methane is oxidized slowly in air to CO2, over a 7 year cycle the methane remains constant if the number of cows does not increase. The CO2 produced from the methane oxidation is taken up by grass and then eaten etc and the cycle begins again - net zero emissions.