Finance · 21 October 2026
Elon Musk told investors on SpaceX’s second public earnings call that special committees are exploring a possible merger with Tesla, but no agreement has been reached.
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Finance · 20 October 2026
Mukesh Ambani’s low‑cost broadband arm Jio Platforms is set to float on Wednesday, aiming for an £81bn valuation – the biggest IPO in India’s history and a fresh talking‑point for City investors.
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Finance · 20 October 2026
The UK's jobless rate fell to 4.7%, bolstering expectations that the Bank of England will raise interest rates at its meeting next month.
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Finance · 20 October 2026
China’s third‑quarter GDP grew 4.5% year‑on‑year, driven by a surge in AI‑boosted electronics exports that outpaced domestic consumer spending, according to the latest data.
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Finance · 20 October 2026
British fintech Hyperlayer, led by a former top executive from Morgan Stanley, has raised almost £20 million in a funding round backed by a syndicate of blue‑chip investors. The capital will be used to broaden its d…
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Finance · 19 October 2026
The Bank’s regulatory arm, Prudentia, has launched a probe into Barclays after it was found that a number of private‑credit derivatives were incorrectly logged, potentially inflating the bank’s earnings.
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Finance · 19 October 2026
Half of new UK homeowners find their monthly mortgage payments eclipsing the rent they once paid, a trend that has peaked in a decade and follows a steep rise in rates since the Iran war began.
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Finance · 18 October 2026
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey left the IMF gathering in Bangkok after the Russian finance minister spoke, joining several other finance leaders in a walkout to signal protest.
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Finance · 17 October 2026
No 10 has said the UK could impose tariffs on Chinese‑made electric cars if it joins the EU’s Made in Europe scheme. Beijing slammed the prospect as discriminatory, and France has withdrawn its earlier resistance t…
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