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A weak pound is likely to lure more international bidders to UK shores. Time then to make sure we have our defences in place.
The way the pound rebounded does not reflect long-term confidence in the currency.
It’s like the Indian Mutiny all over again (but much less violent).
All the talk about a golden time for UK exporters forgets one crucial point.
Tesco tries to fend off Unilever’s price hikes – and Marmite lovers aren’t happy.
Here’s what the law says.
An enormous 8% drop in the pound was recently rectified in a matter of minutes but the ‘flash crash’ wasn’t merely an algorithm issue.
The UK’s leading index of companies has broken the 7,000 points barrier despite fragile growth and the uncertainty of Brexit.
SoftBank’s US$32 billion deal for the Cambridge company makes use of the weak pound and may presage more to come.
The drop in sterling following Brexit has been as strong as when Germany invaded France in 1940.
A weak pound might be good for exports but it is bad news for the investment that the economy is based on.
Uncertainty over the outcome of the EU referendum has sent currency markets into overdrive.
But always gamble responsibly…
Oddly enough, London’s mayor will have been cheered to spark a sell-off in the pound when political colleagues barely raised an eyebrow on skittish markets.
The British do love a scientist on their money, as RBS’s new choice of Mary Somerville for the £10 confirms. Is it time we thought out of the box?
While Edinburgh and London wrestle over the future of the pound, it has has been sinking. The slide (especially against the US dollar) is widely seen as a knee-jerk reaction to the possibility of Scotland…
The announcement by the Chancellor, George Osborne, that there would not be monetary union between an independent Scotland and the rump UK is a game changer. It comes one day after researchers, including…
Currency unions between independent states are technically difficult to establish and run. They can require strict limits to fiscal autonomy, and they can need painful adjustments if the component economies…
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