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UK to create visa for workers in fast-growing firms By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will create a new category of visa to allow certain fast-growing businesses to hire high-skilled migrants with fewer checks than under current procedures, finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday. "This new fast-track scale up stream will make it easier for fintech firms to recruit innovators and job creators, who will help them grow," Sunak said. Sunak plans...

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U.K. shares lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 2.18% By Investing.com

Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas Producers and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower. At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 2.18%. The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which rose...

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UK seeks G7 consensus on digital competition after Facebook blackout By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is seeking to build a consensus among G7 nations on how to stop large technology companies exploiting their dominance, warning that there can be no repeat of Facebook (NASDAQ:FB)'s one-week media blackout in Australia. Facebook's row with the Australian government over payment for local news, although now resolved, has increased international focus on the power wielded by...

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FTSE 100 falters, Cable back below 1.40, Bitcoin tumbles By Investing.com

By Samuel Indyk Key Points FTSE 100 has worst day since September Hawkish Haldane supports gilt yields Cable back below 1.40 as USD strengthens Bitcoin falls over 6%, back below $50,000 Investing.com – The FTSE 100 had its worst day since September 21st as higher global yields continue to spook equity markets. Nearly all the companies in the blue-chip index were...

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Risk Rally Halted, Stimulus Vote, ARKK Outflows – What’s up in Markets By Investing.com

By Geoffrey Smith  Investing.com -- The global risk rally takes a breather as stocks and commodities around the world sell off. The dollar is rebounding and 10-year bond yields are only just below 1.50%. Stocks are set to resume their slide. The House of Representatives will vote on the $1.9 trillion stimulus package later Friday, but the proposal for a $15 federal minimum wage...

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Bond markets left smarting from worst rout in years as reflation goes global By Reuters

By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) - From the United States to Germany and Australia, government borrowing costs on Friday were set to end February with their biggest monthly rises in years as expectations for a post-pandemic ignition of inflation gained a life of their own. Australia's 10-year bond yield and Britain's 30-year yields were set for their biggest monthly jump since the...

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BoE’s Ramsden says UK gilt market trading remains orderly By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said the central bank was keeping a close eye on financial markets after recent volatility, but that trading in British government bonds remained orderly. In March last year the BoE restarted its quantitative easing bond purchases programme after gilt prices dropped sharply as investors sought the safety of U.S. dollar assets at...

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London could lose out to New York under draft EU finance deal – document By Reuters

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The City of London's finance industry would be worse off than rival New York under an early draft for a cooperation agreement in financial services between Britain and the European Union, a document, seen by Reuters, showed. Britain's financial services industry has been largely cut off from the EU, its biggest customer, since a Brexit transition...

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Britain completes 5 billion pound sale of Bradford & Bingley and NRAM By Reuters

(Reuters) - The British government on Friday completed the 5 billion pound ($6.96 billion) final sale of mortgage lenders Bradford & Bingley and NRAM Limited, which were nationalised in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. The sale was approved following a competitive auction process and will see B&B and NRAM, formerly Northern Rock, sold to a consortium comprising Davidson Kempner Capital...

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EU to consider lessons from frenzied retail trading on Wall Street By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union will consider potential lessons from the recent frenzied trading by retail investors on Wall Street in its broad review of consumer protection in markets, a senior European Commission official said on Friday. The rise of retail investors in share trading is a trend that cannot be prevented but it has to be managed, said John Berrigan,...

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