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Starmer drama: Traders bet against UK as short-selling on pound and banks surges
Trump adversary has a ‘genius’ playbook to beat him: NYT analysis
Nigeria targets 1.5 million jobs through textile industry revival – Businessday NG
Labour leadership turmoil to cost Reeves up to £12bn
Finance experts warn Trump’s favorite economic metric may turn south
Equity funds vs high-yield savings: What investors should know before investing – Businessday NG
As it happened: Market jitters as Streeting set to make bid against Starmer
GOP facing millions of ‘furious’ voters — and it’s only getting worse
Nigeria’s economy seen growing at fastest rate in 5 years – Businessday NG
Trump struggles to overcome America’s relentlessly ‘sour mood’
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Starmer drama: Traders bet against UK as short-selling on pound and banks surges Trump adversary has a ‘genius’ playbook to beat him: NYT analysis Nigeria targets 1.5 million jobs through textile industry revival – Businessday NG Labour leadership turmoil to cost Reeves up to £12bn Finance experts warn Trump’s favorite economic metric may turn south Equity funds vs high-yield savings: What investors should know before investing – Businessday NG As it happened: Market jitters as Streeting set to make bid against Starmer GOP facing millions of ‘furious’ voters — and it’s only getting worse Nigeria’s economy seen growing at fastest rate in 5 years – Businessday NG Trump struggles to overcome America’s relentlessly ‘sour mood’
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Top energy and City bosses called for summit with Starmer as oil surges

Top energy and City bosses called for summit with Starmer as oil surges

Sunday 29 March 2026 10:30 pm  |   Updated:  Monday 30 March 2026 6:19 am Starmer will meet business leaders. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images) A number of senior leaders from the likes of HSBC, Goldman Sachs and Shell will meet with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Monday as the government scrambles to help ease

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Trump is crushing California farmers as $1.7 million shipment is diverted by war

Trump is crushing California farmers as $1.7 million shipment is diverted by war

President Donald Trump’s war in Iran is hurting farm workers who are already vulnerable because of his tariffs — and a new report sketches out the details with vivid portraits of those suffering because of MAGA politics. “The vice president of operations at Sequoia Nut Co. had shipped 15 containers of almonds, walnuts and pistachios

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2026
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FTSE 100 Live: Stocks slip; Justeat caught in CMA crackdown on reviews

FTSE 100 Live: Stocks slip; Justeat caught in CMA crackdown on reviews

Friday 27 March 2026 6:47 am  |   Updated:  Friday 27 March 2026 9:28 am Trump has hinted at an end to the Iran war. (Image: Getty Images) Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Another pause has been slapped on Donald Trump’s pledge to “obliterate” Iranian power plants, should the nation not

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2026
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Trump is ‘hurting his own people’ — and MAGA is finally noticing: DC insider

Trump is ‘hurting his own people’ — and MAGA is finally noticing: DC insider

Republican strategist and media consultant Rick Wilson says he keeps bumping into Trump voters who are wailing over the predicament their president keeps putting them in. “You can’t spin your way out of objective reality hitting people in the face [at the gas pump,” Wilson told “Jim Acosta Show” host Jim Acosta. “I’m out at

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2026
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Oil price surge tests Nigeria’s post-subsidy model – Businessday NG

Oil price surge tests Nigeria’s post-subsidy model – Businessday NG

Rising oil prices are once again testing Nigeria’s economy. But this time, there is no subsidy to absorb the shock. With fuel subsidies removed in 2023, Nigeria no longer shields its economy from global oil shocks. As crude prices climb amid renewed tensions in the Middle East, the effects are feeding directly into domestic fuel

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2026
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NS&I under fire for ‘short-changing’ bereavers

NS&I under fire for ‘short-changing’ bereavers

Wednesday 25 March 2026 2:16 pm  |   Updated:  Wednesday 25 March 2026 4:16 pm The is NS&I is a Treasury-backed body. The UK’s state-owned savings giant is facing mounting backlash over its handling bereaved families’ savings. National Savings and Investments (NS&I) – formerly called the Post Office Savings Bank – has faced criticism for leaving families

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2026
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Self-proclaimed ‘Trumpster’ explains why they have ‘some issues with him at the moment’

Self-proclaimed ‘Trumpster’ explains why they have ‘some issues with him at the moment’

Early Friday morning, March 27, the New York Times posted a podcast focusing on Cameron Joudi — owner of a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida — and the effect that soaring gas prices are having on his business during President Donald Trump’s war against Iran. Major economists like Paul Krugman and the University of Michigan’s

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2026
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Naira slides for second straight week as reserves drop – Businessday NG

Naira slides for second straight week as reserves drop – Businessday NG

… CBN moves to boost FX supply The naira recorded a weekly loss of N21.68 against the dollar in the official foreign exchange (FX) market, despite posting modest gains in daily trading, as Nigeria’s external reserves continued their downward trend. Data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) showed that the naira closed at N1,380.58

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2026
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Trump’s war likely to trigger ‘hard limit’ on US credit: researcher

Trump’s war likely to trigger ‘hard limit’ on US credit: researcher

Opponents of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Iran war are citing a variety of reasons for their opposition, from the high cost of the war to rising gas prices to the possibility of increased terrorist attacks in the United States. Critics are also noting all the Middle Eastern countries being dragged into the conflict as Iran