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BHP’s full-year profits slid on weaker iron ore and coal prices, but the world’s largest miner’s shift into copper kept it in line with forecasts.
We all know the benefits of a diversified portfolio – but constructing one is easier said than done. Take the MSCI World Index; it has 1,300 constituents, but a handful of US companies (no prizes for ...
Technology group BATM Advanced Communications (BVC:14.25p) continues to make progress with exiting non-core activities in line with its strategy to prioritise the group’s focus on cyber security, ...
Diversified real estate investment trust (Reit) Landsec (LAND) has sold the Ministry of Justice headquarters for £245mn to Arora Group.
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Berkeley has committed to at least £2bn of shareholder returns over the decade to 2035, equivalent to 57 per cent of its current market cap. Of this, only £640mn is to be distributed between now and ...
CPI inflation rose more than expected in the last reading, to 3.6 per cent in June. The MPC now thinks price growth will peak at 4 per cent in September, driven higher by food prices.
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Copper miner Antofagasta (ANTO) revved up its interim profits through higher gold and copper production, resulting in a mid-year payout twice that of last year. The cash profit was $2.2bn (£1.6bn), ...