European stocks rose Wednesday amid renewed optimism in Germany, the continent’s largest economy. The German Ifo business-climate index, a closely watched survey of business sentiment, rose for a third consecutive month in April and also beat economists’ expectations. Germany’s DAX Index rose 0.2% in morning trading and is now 8.5% up in 2024, outperforming the pan-European Stoxx 600’s 6% rise over the same period.
The DWP will be monitoring bank accounts of those on benefits
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
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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.
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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.
Narendra Modi's regime is minting billionaires at a brisk pace in India. Advait Palepu reports on Bloomberg Television.
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People are being urged to check their bank accounts as they could see higher payments from today
While UK companies continue to jump ship to the US, the FTSE 100 is beating major indexes across the pond. Me? I'm looking at a smaller-cap stock. The post The FTSE 100 is outperforming major US indexes! These are the top stocks leading the charge appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
Inflation pressures eased in April, an encouraging sign for the Fed. But the progress was likely not enough to justify rate cuts yet.
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