Bitcoin holders in the UK were breathing a sigh of relief as the Chancellor resisted any change to capital gains tax in yesterday's Budget.
The cryptocurrency has risen in value to around US$50,000 from US$5,000 at the start of the last tax year in April, generating a huge windfall for anyone...
Scotch whisky distillers have hailed the scrapping of tariffs imposed on the industry by the US in a spat with the European Union over subsidies on Boeing and Airbus planes.
The Trump administration imposed the 25% duty on single malts in 2019 costing the industry an estimated £500mln in lost...
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I’ve written the blog and sat on the Hunting call but Opec+ is only just underway. My hunch is that they are going to be risk averse and not flood from April 1st, a...
Pure Gold Mining Inc (CVE:PGM) (LSE:PUR) (OTCMKTS:LRTNF) announced Thursday that it has intersected high-grade gold mineralization outside the current resource area at its PureGold operation in Red Lake.
The company said exploration drilling intersected high-grade mineralization at the Wedge, Treasure Box and No 1 Vein targets at the property. Results included...
Argo Blockchain PLC (LON:ARGO) was the most popular share on two of the three biggest UK investment platforms, while GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME) was not just the preserve of American YOLO traders streaming out of Reddit.
Investors also dived into two of London’s cannabis-focused newcomers, MGC Pharmaceuticals Ltd (LON:MXC) and Kanabo...
FTSE 100 index finishes around 24 points lower
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell due to speak
Miners lose ground in London
5pm: FTSE closes lower
FTSE 100 closed in the red on Thursday as big miners were clouted.
The UK's index of leading shares finished down nearly 25 (24.59) points, or 0.37%, at 6,650.
Chris Beauchamp,...
Proposed changes to London’s listing rules announced this week have played a vital part in persuading Deliveroo to list in London.
Deliveroo intends to use a “time-limited dual-class share structure” to ensure its founder, Will Shu, retains control of the company when it goes public.
Deliveroo said the dual-class share structure...
Senate Republicans are leaning on Lisa Murkowski to reject President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan, hoping they can get unanimous GOP opposition and prevent Democrats from claiming the bill is bipartisan. Most in the GOP think that the senator will ultimately side with them on the Covid...
The Capitol Police has asked the National Guard to extend its deployment to the Capitol beyond next week amid mounting concerns over domestic extremists seeking to target Congress, according to two sources familiar with the matter.A congressional official familiar with the Capitol Police's request described the timetable for the...
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) will slow down the confirmation of Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Justice.In a series of tweets Wednesday evening, Cotton said that Garland refused “to answer basic questions” in his written answers on immigration, the death penalty and guns. “Ensuring...
