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FTSE 100 Live: Blue-chips hit intraday record
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Evening Standard
FTSE 100 Live 22 April: Index closes at record high, Asda sales rise, Hipgnosis bid war
London’s FTSE 100 index closed at a record high as sentiment shows signs of improvement after Friday’s tech sector sell-off on Wall Street. Today’s session saw further dealmaking action after FTSE 250-listed Tyman backed a US firm’s takeover worth £788 million.
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The Guardian
FTSE 100 hits record high as shares rise amid hopes of interest rate cuts
UK’s blue-chip index rises to 8,068, surpassing previous high of 8,047 in February 2023
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The Telegraph
Why toxic work culture is making us all sick
All is not well in the workplace. It feels like every week a new survey is released to back it up and the statistics are, quite frankly, alarming. In an attempt to prevent a “lost generation” of young employees, the Resolution Foundation think tank, funded by charity The Health Foundation, has now called for cross-party government action. This latest intervention comes after a report found that record numbers of young people are out of work because of poor mental health.