Business news editor, The Times of London

London
Joined September 2009
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More seriously, doing nothing is usually the best course of action on a day like today. So, frustrating though it feels, they might inadvertently be doing us a favour!
Replying to @iancowie @HLInvest
This deserves a story in Sunday times - total incompetence on a Friday during the most volatile trading week in years
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📽️ From Donald Trump to Britain's wind power trade body, there's a growing coalition calling for more drilling in the North Sea. Raising the question: if we DID encourage more exploration, how much oil & gas could we actually get? Our MEGA primer on the North Sea👇 Ps it's longer than usual, but it turns out this topic has SO MANY misconceptions. Time to put some of them right. Let me know what you think
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The upsized deal more than doubles xAI's valuation since last spring, despite growing concerns over illegal content generated by the start-up's AI. ft.trib.al/NzNRbKb
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A rare moment when the ball was not in the back of the Burnley net. 🐝
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BREAKING: Royal Mail boss Emma Gilthorpe has quit after just over a year, as Daniel Kretinksy formally takes over. thetimes.com/business-money/…
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We’re stunned at ⁦⁦@thetimes⁩ at the death of our friend and former colleague, Andrew Norfolk. The finest journalist I ever worked with, whose investigations changed the law. Starmer leads tributes to Andrew Norfolk, who exposed grooming gangs thetimes.com/article/c589b04…
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And two hundred years' steady growth has been ended in less than two hours. Or thereabouts. thetimes.com/article/cef05db…
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink tells @thetimes: "I’m buying up ‘undervalued’ UK assets" thetimes.com/business-money/…
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All articles on the The Times website are free today. Here's one of the best-read articles this year: Wine and property mogul Richard Balfour-Lynn bankrupt after stock market scandal thetimes.com/business-money/…
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Police are investigating claims of stalking and “corporate espionage” made by executives at Boohoo Group, The Times can reveal. With @fletcherr @Fhamiltontimes @jameshurley thetimes.com/article/d1e1096…
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Just published: front page of the Financial Times, international edition, Friday 22 November on.ft.com/4i37Llc
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A landmark moment. Maeve Boothby-O'Neill's coroner will issue a prevention of future deaths ruling, the 1st ever for ME. What a vindication of campaigning by @TimesONeill after unimaginable loss. Let's hope the NHS finally makes necessary changes on treatment and research
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It has taken an inordinate amount of time for the #grenfell inquiry to come to the same conclusion as the @EveningStandard did on the morning it happened.
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Last night Tristan Kirk won the 2024 Paul Foot Award for his investigation into how the "single justice procedure" makes justice impossible for people without the means or wherewithal to challenge the system, creating a conveyor belt system that has removed humanity and fairness from the law. 🎧 Listen how award night went down - including Ian Hislop's speech - in the latest Page 94 podcast: pod.fo/e/24677e
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