FTSE 100 gains as UK construction hits six-year high – business live | Business
10.37am BST 10:37 The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is looking into an outage at Refinitiv, its newly acquired data
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US Capitol locked down after vehicle rams barrier, injuring two officers – live | US news
6.58pm BST 18:58 Joanna Walters It’s Good Friday and Passover and the US Capitol was pretty empty today when this
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‘Hopefully it makes history’: Fight for $15 closes in on mighty win for US workers | US news
Fear was the overwhelming emotion Alvin Major felt when, on a chilly November morning in 2012, he went on strike
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YouTuber who drove up Gamestop price via Reddit is Boston dad
The Reddit poster and YouTube streamer who caused a Wall Street crisis by driving up the price of GameStop –
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GameStop drops 50% as Robinhood blocks trading after Reddit campaign
Robinhood has been hit with a class-action lawsuit accusing the stock trading app of siding with Wall Street hedge funds
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Public sector cuts: Boris Johnson teachers’ pay rise pledge in doubt
Boris Johnson‘s election pledge to pay newly qualified teachers £30,000 is in doubt despite unions threatening industrial action and warning
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Sterling jumps to eight-month high ahead of Bank of England speech – business live | Business
8.43am EDT 08:43 Also of note in the release (particularly given the Federal Reserve’s adjustment of its inflation targeting regime):
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Dollar rallies as investors hope for signs of recovery in US jobs data – business live | Business
7.30am EDT 07:30 US dollar rallies against pound and euro ahead of non-farm payrolls The US dollar has gained 0.5%
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Revealed: millions of Americans can’t afford water as bills rise 80% in a decade | US news
Millions of ordinary Americans are facing rising and unaffordable bills for running water, and risk being disconnected or losing their
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Global stock markets fall as downbeat Fed punctures euphoria – business live | Business
6.10am EDT 06:10 Chemicals company Johnson Matthey to cut 2,500 jobs A SUV’s catalytic converter is being removed at a
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