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• Feeling The Rising Tide of Q2 Earnings

  26-07-2016 18:29
  
  Feeling the rising tide of Q2 earnings season yet? Following a first couple weeks of a mostly positive trickle of earnings reports released, we've now gone total open spigot. Unfortunately, the news coming down the pipe isn't as favorable,
  
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• Oil prices fall on hopes Strait of Hormuz could reopen

  04-08-2026 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments to resume.
  
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• Green means go for uniform ahead of new school year

  04-08-2026 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sirius Academy West in Hull is giving parents the chance to make sure uniforms conform in advance.
  
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• How the dry weather affects your supermarket shop

  04-08-2026 16:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tomos Morgan visits farm in Vale of Glamorgan to explain how the hot and dry spell affects crops.
  
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• Why Trump Media's sale of fast access to market-moving social posts is controversial

  04-08-2026 15:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) has set up a paid service to give Wall Street firms access to Truth Social's most influential accounts.
  
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• Half-price rail travel extended to 18-year-olds

  04-08-2026 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  They'll be able to buy the 16-17 Saver railcard up until the day before they turn 18.
  
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• Campaigners denied appeal over Gatwick expansion

  04-08-2026 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An application to stop the two-runway operation is rejected, with judges calling it "unarguable".
  
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• Apple issues new challenge against UK order for access to private user data

  04-08-2026 12:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is the latest development in the ongoing dispute between Apple and the Home Office over data privacy.
  
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• BP's $5.7bn profit highest since 2022 as Iran war pushes up oil price

  04-08-2026 12:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Higher oil prices boost the energy giant's results while environmental groups accuse it of profiteering.
  
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• US states sue to block Trump tariffs impacting dozens of countries

  04-08-2026 11:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The duties were imposed over claims that 60 US trading partners have failed to tackle forced labour.
  
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• Could heatwaves make your food shop more expensive?

  04-08-2026 07:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As temperatures rise, the chillers might not be the only thing supermarkets are adjusting.
  
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• Horror bookshop in fight to stay open amid cost rises

  04-08-2026 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A drop in customers caused by the recent heatwave has increased financial pressures for the owner.
  
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• Assignment

  04-08-2026 04:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How amid the tents and the rubble Gaza is developing once again as an unlikely tech hub
  
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• Why is Trump Media selling early access to Trump's Truth Social posts?

  04-08-2026 02:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The service reportedly costs up to $100,000 (£74,170) per month and offers access to posts from influential accounts milliseconds before they appear online.
  
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• Tokenomics: Why making AI pay is tricky

  04-08-2026 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Buyers of AI services are struggling to control costs and sellers are not sure how much to charge.
  
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• Zinc dresses and ice creams - how to survive a heatwave wedding

  04-08-2026 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The wedding industry is facing last-minute costs to cope with the heat and October bookings are up.
  
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• Threat to oil tankers in Middle East worst since start of Iran war, analysts say

  03-08-2026 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fresh attacks on alternative shipping routes have left tankers facing an increasingly complex situation, analysts say.
  
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• Derelict former BHS site a 'continuing nightmare'

  03-08-2026 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former department store closed in 2016.
  
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• Almost £200,000 of fuel stolen from UK forecourts every day since Iran war began

  03-08-2026 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Incidents of fuel being taken without payment have risen by a fifth in five months, according to industry analysis.
  
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• Xbox Series X price hiked by £170 due to rising memory chip costs

  03-08-2026 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Xbox consoles now cost significantly more in the UK, with one model increasing in price by 43%.
  
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• It may be easier to get your first mortgage than you think - here's why

  03-08-2026 11:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More relaxed mortgage regulation opens the door for some first-time buyers, but it comes with risk.
  
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• US and Japan take action to prop up yen in rare joint move

  03-08-2026 09:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Both countries have said that they will not hesitate to conduct joint interventions in the future.
  
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• New Spider-Man film sees second-biggest ever global opening weekend

  03-08-2026 06:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The strong box office performance gives a boost to Disney ahead of the much-anticipated Avengers: Doomsday.
  
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• Parents save on school uniforms at city swap shop

  02-08-2026 06:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parents take home school uniform for free at a pop-up that organisers hope can become a regular event.
  
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• Faisal Islam: Four reasons why Fifa's World Cup plan never stacked up

  01-08-2026 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The actual presentation of FIFA's plan to part-privatise the World Cup raises many more questions than it answers.
  
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• Stick to spending limits, PM and chancellor tell ministers in joint memo

  01-08-2026 09:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor said the Budget on 28 October would “meet our fiscal rules” and give families "stability" to plan for the future.
  
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• Snapchat joins other popular platforms in fight against 'AI slop'

  31-07-2026 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Snapchat, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Substack are trying to combat the proliferation of fake AI content.
  
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• AI firms must answer for rogue bots, says boss of hacked company

  31-07-2026 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Clement Delangue said he didn't want cyber attacks on other companies to become "normalised".
  
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• BP puts North Sea business up for sale

  31-07-2026 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The decision follows a review of BP's operations and is set to end 60 years of production in the region by the oil giant.
  
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• Andy Burnham to give regional mayors share of income tax

  31-07-2026 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The prime minister says the move will give power to "every postcode" but critics say the plans lack detail.
  
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