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The Liberum Capital Reiterates "Buy" Rating for Electrocomponents plc (ECM)

The company's market cap is GBX 1.27 billion. The Company's segments include Maritime, Government, Enterprise, Aviation and Central Services. It has a 8.37 P/E ...

Sarkozy camp eyes power-sharing role under France's Macron

Responsibility must be taken , that's why I'm here". Later on Monday, Le Pen said she would leave her post as president of the National Front, but did not in...

Canada, Mexico win NAFTA breathing space

Dias said the only way for the Canadian government to respond is "to go head to head" with the Trump administration. Many critics of NAFTA said they were deeply...

USA service member killed outside Mosul, Iraq

Navy Chief Petty Officer Jason C. Finan, 34, died in October after a roadside bomb went off near Mosul, just days after the fight to reclaim the ISIS strongho...

Trump to announce major tax reform, tax reduction on Wednesday

Most economists say it's unlikely that tax cuts can generate enough growth to prevent the budget deficit from rising. Trump is slated to describe his princ...

First Quarter GDP Weak

If the GDP number has any effect on the views of central bankers, it will likely be to provide reassurance that there is no pressing need to raise rates quickly...

Trump warns North Korea's missiles will become more risky

But Ralph Cossa, president of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies' Pacific Forum, said that the Trump administration appeared to be struggling to...

New support for Scottish independence

Then on Tuesday, Sturgeon cancelled a statement she was due to make to the Scottish parliament to set out her next steps towards getting a second referendum on ...

Congress reaches funding deal - for now

The package doesn't include any funding for President Trump's planned wall along the U.S. -Mexico border or a deportation force, according to a senior congr...

Alphabet reports strong Q1 on the back of booming advertising business

Other Bets , the unit of Alphabet that includes Google Fiber and longer-term projects, saw revenues rise and losses widen in Q1 2017. It's also the case tha...

Joy for The Queen after her horse wins race at Newbury

With the death of 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand last autumn, she is now the world's longest reigning living monarch. In 2015, she surpassed ...

48% of punters back Jeremy Corbyn to be the next Prime Minister

The survey, which asked 1,036 people how they voted in May 2015 and which party they intend to support in seven weeks' time , found that nearly half of those w...

Economic growth stumbles to worst rate in 2 years, underscoring Trump's challenge

Growth in consumer spending braked to a 0.3% rate, which is the lowest since 2009's fourth quarter . "US GDP figures are typically weaker in the first quarte...

North Korea performs military drills as United States pushes diplomacy

US GDP growth slows to a crawl in Q1 2017

Gross domestic product increased at an annualized rate of 0.7% during the first three months of the year, the slowest pace since the first quarter of 2014, ac...

Trump's 15% business tax is lowest for big economy

Supporters say the tax proposals would stimulate the economy, encouraging Americans to buy more goods and companies to hire more workers. 'This is not about t...

There will be a "big announcement" on tax reform Wednesday

He said reducing tax regulations is the first step towards a tax reform, which proposes lowering tax rates for the American middle-class and businesses. Mr. T...

U.K. GDP growth slows more than expected in first quarter

The economy stumbled at the start of 2017, expanding at its slowest pace in two years in a demonstration of the difficulty President Donald Trump will have in b...

Iran receives positive signals from OPEC, NON-OPEC countries for output cuts

Benchmark Brent crude was down 30 cents at $51.52 a barrel by 0800 GMT, nearly 9 per cent below this month's peak. In November 2016, the OPEC reached the deal...

Iran says supports extending oil output cuts

Gasoline inventories rose 1.54 million barrels last week, surprising analysts surveyed by Bloomberg who projected the Energy Information Administration dat...

Time Inc and Meredith Corp end talks over merger deal

The company said in a statement that it had not initiated a sale process, but the board evaluated expressions of interest with the help of external advisers. Ti...

US Q1 growth weakest in three years as consumer spending falters

The U.S. economy grew at a 2.1 percent pace in the fourth quarter of 2016. The bureau will release its second estimate for the first quarter of 2017 on Ma...

UK GDP Slowed Much Below Forecast In First Quarter

The price index for personal consumption expenditures - the Fed's preferred inflation gauge - rose at a rate of 2.4% in the first quarter, the biggest jump sinc...

Claims about Trump's tax plan don't hold up

At a White House briefing unveiling the president's tax plan, Mnuchin said that Trump has no intention of releasing his tax returns. President Donald Trump's ...

Trump orders multi-year review for offshore oil and gas drilling

The order reverses the previous USA administration's ban on new offshore drilling leases in the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, which was approved in late December...

Google parent Alphabet's profit soars on strong ad sales

According to the report, Pichai's raise came during a year when Google's sales rose 22.5%and net income rose 19%as it maintained its position as the top seller ...

Trump's Tax Reform Reveal Won't Tell Much, Aide Says

Putting in place long-term changes to the tax code would give businesses certainty to help guide their investment decisions, but these sorts of changes to the t...

United Airlines Chief Executive Set to Testify Before Congress

A spokesman for the company said in a statement: "We are pleased to report that United and Dr. Dao have reached an amicable resolution of the unfortunate inci...

Trump's tax plan would have severe consequences

Trump also wants major cuts to the federal budget, including cuts to some agency budgets and the elimination of other programs altogether. For Americans in st...

Outline of Trump's tax-reform proposal makes no sense

That tax applies to investment income over $250,000 (for married couples). But anything above that amount is taxed at 40%. Reduced taxes on the wealthy. Tru...

Oil hits 11-day low on expected surge in USA shale output

Oil-market news. Oil-exporting countries are moving closer toward ending a global glut and re-balancing the market, and OPEC will decide in May whether to ext...

US economic growth weakened to 0.7 percent in first quarter

Nominal spending grew at a 4.5 percent rate, somewhat faster than the 3.0 percent rate of nominal GDP growth in the quarter. The Bureau of Economic Analy...

Marine Le Pen Calls Francois Fillon's Endorsement of Macron "Betrayal"

Another is the fact that the National Front has been here before: Former leader Jean-Marie Le Pen , (Marine Le Pen's father, whom she kicked out of the party...

SpaceX to launch classified US govt payload Sunday

EDT (1200 GMT) Saturday. A backup launch window opens on Monday at 7 a.m. EDT, SpaceX said in a statement. The US National Reconnaisance (spy) satellite cal...

Trump Floats Breaking Up 9th Circuit Court Of Appeals

First the Ninth Circuit rules against the ban & now it hits again on sanctuary cities-both ridiculous rulings. The ruling, by Judge William Orrick , blocks ...