LaToya Harding

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LaToya Harding · Business Reporter, Yahoo Finance UK Updated Thu, 29 May 2025, 3:16 am 2 min read In this article: The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) and European stocks were higher on Thursday as the US Court of International Trade ruled that the Trump administration did not have authority to impose most of the tariffs that have been announced. A three-judge panel argued that the US president has exceeded his authority, left US trade policy dependent on his whims and unleashed economic chaos.

1 week ago | sg.finance.yahoo.com | LaToya Harding

LaToya Harding · Business Reporter, Yahoo Finance UK Updated Wed, 28 May 2025 at 4:30 am GMT-4 2 min read In this article: The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) and European stocks edged higher on Wednesday as optimism about the possibility of a trade deal between the US and the EU continued to buoy markets. Meanwhile, Thames Water was fined £122.7m for breaching rules relating to its sewage operations and shareholder payouts.

2 weeks ago | sg.finance.yahoo.com | LaToya Harding

LaToya Harding · Business Reporter, Yahoo Finance UK Fri, 23 May 2025, 1:49 am 1 min read In this article: The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) and European stocks were higher on Friday as Ofgem lowered its price cap for UK households and government data showed an unexpected jump in retail sales. Domestic gas and electricity prices for millions of households across Britain is set to fall by 7% from July – the first cut to the quarterly price cap in a year.

2 weeks ago | sg.finance.yahoo.com | LaToya Harding

LaToya Harding · Business Reporter, Yahoo Finance UK Updated Thu, 22 May 2025 at 4:42 am GMT-4 1 min read In this article: The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) and European stocks were lower on Thursday as traders digested the latest UK borrowing figures for April. According to the Office for National Statistics, UK government borrowing rose to £20.2bn during the month — £1bn more than the previous year, and the fourth-highest April borrowing since monthly records began in 1993.

2 weeks ago | sg.finance.yahoo.com | LaToya Harding

LaToya Harding · Business Reporter, Yahoo Finance UK Wed, 21 May 2025, 4:41 am 2 min read In this article: The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) and European stocks got off to a lacklustre start on Wednesday as UK inflation rose more sharply than expected in April, driven by a surge in energy and transport costs. Consumer prices increased by 3.5% in the year to April, up from 2.6% in March, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday.