Barrick Gold President and CEO Mark Bristow discusses the company's first-quarter earnings and the outlook for the gold and copper markets with Katie Greifeld on Bloomberg Television. Barrick Gold reported adjusted earnings per share for the first quarter that beat the average analyst estimate.
The DWP will be monitoring bank accounts of those on benefits
Harvey Jones is thinking ahead and wondering which dividend shares he would buy to kickstart his retirement income. These two will do for starters. The post If I was retiring tomorrow, I’d buy these 2 ultra-high yield FTSE dividend shares today appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
Britain's biggest banks are bracing themselves for talks with the Post Office over a new deal to allow millions of their customers to withdraw cash at its branches. Sky News has learnt that a group of lenders including Barclays and HSBC are in the process of forming a shared interest group to represent the industry in talks with the government-owned company during the coming months. Roughly 30 banks and building societies participate in the existing deal, paying in aggregate approximately £200m annually to facilitate customer access to the Post Office's 11,500 branches.
This UK stock’s fallen from £20.70 five years ago to just £1.35 today. But this Bernstein analyst thinks it deserves a triple-digit bounce. The post This battered UK stock could rise 181%, according to a Wall Street broker appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
Warren Buffett’s been converting shares into cash. I wonder what the implications are for an investor in the UK stock market, like me. The post Warren Buffett’s stockpiling cash. Is this a warning sign for the UK stock market? appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
Taxpayers have been hit with a £5.6bn Universal Credit fraud bill despite a Government crackdown on criminals abusing the system.
On Thursday I become a homeowner. It is a dream that I have achieved precociously, thanks to the generous support of my parents.
Mortgages are falling amid hopes central interest rates could be cut as early as the start of summer. Barclays has announced it is lowering fixed-rate mortgage deals by up to 0.45 percentage points from Friday, while HSBC and TSB have also announced smaller rate reductions.
The DWP is set to be granted new powers in a bid to reduce the levels of fraud, debt and error in the benefits system
This UK penny stock has been making investors a lot of money in recent months. Is it worth buying today as a speculative investment? The post This 13p penny stock’s on fire! Should I buy it? appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
Representatives of Thames Water’s multinational syndicate of shareholders are poised to quit as directors of its corporate entities after refusing to inject the billions of pounds of funding required to bail it out.
This Fool's focusing on FTSE 100 shares as he looks to add to his holdings. Here are two in particular he likes the look of right now. The post With the FTSE 100 soaring, here are 2 quality shares I’d buy today appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
HSBC and Barclays fire the starting gun on what some advisers predict will be a new mortgage price war
FTSE 250 stocks include a lot of potential passive income candidates right now, with even more 8%+ yields than the FTSE 100. The post With an 8% dividend yield, I think this cheap FTSE 250 stock could be one not to miss appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
Familiar with REITs? You may want to be after reading this, with two of the four dividend stocks falling under this category! The post 4 stocks Fools love with a long history of increasing dividends appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
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This Fool is wondering which of these FTSE 100 bank stocks look like a better buy for his ISA today. Is it HSBC or are Lloyds shares more appealing? The post Best FTSE 100 bank shares right now: Lloyds or HSBC? appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
Small-cap UK shares are inherently more risky investments than their mature FTSE 100 counterparts. But they can also be very lucrative investments. The post Two small-cap UK shares that could explode in the long run! appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
There is no such thing as a risk-free dividend stock. Even companies that have made shareholder payouts without interruption for decades can experience unexpected financial difficulties which cause their dividend payments to abruptly come to an end.
Enterprise technology firm Sage has reported a surge in profit and gaping margins as it continues to see growth across all regions and strong demand for its cloud software.
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