Here’s a “market paradox”, says Craig Mellow in Barron’s. The more the US government “trash talks Europe, the better it is for the euro”. The single currency has gained 13% against the greenback since

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Centrica focuses on investment: Lower energy prices weighed on Centrica’s full-year earnings for 2025, which fell 40% from a year earlier, says Rachel Millard in the Financial Times. The owner of Brit

What’s happened? The European Commission unveiled its long-awaited “Buy European” rules on Wednesday – aimed at boosting domestic production and competitiveness in key strategic sectors in the face of

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AG Barr can trace its roots to 1875, when founder Robert Barr started producing and selling aerated waters from a small factory in Falkirk. “Iron Brew” was launched in 1901 and grew steadily over the