Lockheed martin’s q2 clues to us defence spending regime

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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

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

Reaction suggests investors may no longer swayed by earnings ‘beats’

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How much does the world spend? Total military spending by nation states reached $2.72trn in 2024, a rise of 9.4% in real terms on the year before, according to the Stockholm International Peace Resear