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andyjalil@aol.com Amid a cost-of-living crisis, the UK is lagging behind many of its European Union rivals when it comes to easing the burden of high fuel prices. Data received by motoring group RAC...

Fears of a protracted recession as long as the one caused by the financial crisis in 2008 is weighing heavily on peoples’ optimism, according to a survey released last week. Consumer confidence...

London: Considering they were down to 10 men for all but 28 minutes of their match against Leicester, Chelsea’s performance was quite commendable in their 2-1 win. There was an early red card for...

London was confirmed last month as the world’s top hub for fintech venture capital funding. This year so far, it has raised $6.3bn which is well ahead of New York, at $4.5bn and Silicon Valley, at...

South Africa take the lead in the three-Test series beating England comprehensively by an innings and 12 runs before tea on the third day after a most lamentable batting performance from England.If...

Having dismissed England for a modest total of 165, South Africa are consolidating their innings, having reached a total of 138 for two shortly before tea on the second day of the first Test. Sarel...

In their bid to be the next prime minister of the UK, both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss regard the backing from the financial district of London – known as the ‘City’ – as imperative. Key...

London: Tempers ran high and reached boiling point with managers of both teams being given marching orders at the end of a pulsating London derby from which Tottenham Hotspur managed a 2-2 draw...

The City of London Corporation’s policy chairman, Chris Hayward, who took over the position in May, has called for the winner of the race – between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss – to become the...

The long-awaited Financial Services and Markets Bill which was published on July 20 by the UK government brings in a new era of scrutiny for the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential...

London law firms have been posting bumper results this year and passing the £ 1 million mark for average pay for firms’ partners. Firms, such as, Pinsent Masons, Osborne Clarke and Simmons &...

andyjalil@aol.com - The search for talented fund managers has been intense for several months with top salaries on offer. But now these professionals have been warned that soaring pay and bonuses...

With a comprehensive 100-run victory in the second ODI, England drew level with India, avenging the 10-wicket defeat in the first match. While there were no individual batting achievement of note in...

LONDON: Rohit Sharma, in imperious form, led India to an overwhelming 10-wicket victory in the first of three one-day internationals (ODI) and the outstanding Jasprit Bumrah, the Player of the Match,...

London’s legal firms are set to be put into the spotlight as sanctions director predicts a great deal of Russia litigation. The man behind the UK’s sanctions regime is expecting significant legal...

Birmingham: This was an England performance to savour, not just for the comfortable 7-wicket win in the carried-over fifth Test to level the series of 2021, but for the wonderful exhibition of batting...

Cryptocurrency traders are bracing for more turmoil after a market meltdown claimed more than a thousand jobs and put the industry on the brink of a so called ‘crypto winter’ when trading is...

BIRMINGHAM: Jonny Bairstow’s magnificent form with the bat saw him to his third century in three consecutive Tests and helped England to a first innings total of 284 in reply to India’s 416.India...

andyjalil@aol.com - A major review by the European Central Bank (ECB) slammed banks for not shifting enough resources to the EU in the wake of Brexit and will ask some to appoint new senior staff,...

andyjalil@aol.com - There was a time of ‘making hay while the sun shines’ – but now the good times in deal making are fizzling out. The boom of 2021 led to record fees of $130bn for the...