Tesco shares drop on fears it will launch ‘price war’ to raise market share

Grocery prices are rising at twice the rate of six months ago, pressuring budgets

UK equities are having their time in the sun. The FTSE 100 recently hit an all-time high of 9,000, driven by a broad recovery in equity prices. To put it another way, the rally wasn’t just driven by a

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In rude health: AstraZeneca, Britain’s biggest drugmaker, has “risen to the challenge” of US healthcare providers negotiating drug prices by posting “solid first-half sales growth”, says Derren Nathan