Guardian Business (UK)

Guardian Business (UK)

UAE quits Opec group of oil producers; UK government borrowing costs nearing highest since 2008 – business live

Guardian Business (UK): The United Arab Emirates will leave Opec on 1 May, in a blow to the group of oil producersBP profits more than double as oil and gas prices soar in Iran warAlthough rising energy prices are great n

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Barclays cuts back risky lending after £228m hit from UK mortgage firm MFS

Guardian Business (UK): Bank’s chief executive points to alleged fraud as it sets aside a further £105m for motor finance compensationBusiness live – latest updatesBarclays is pulling back from lending to risky borrowers,

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Shares in buy-to-let mortgage lenders fall after report Reeves plans rent freeze

Guardian Business (UK): FTSE 250 firms Paragon and OSB Group, owner of Kent Reliance and Precise Mortgages, slide on London Stock ExchangeRachel Reeves considering rent freeze to limit Iran war falloutBusiness live – late

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EE couldn’t change pricey broadband and TV deal after my husband died

Guardian Business (UK): It cheerily addressed letters to my late spouse, and threatened penalties if he terminated his contractAfter my husband died suddenly, I discovered he had been paying £171 a month for our EE broadb

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Price rises in UK shops slow as retailers apply heavy discounts to lure shoppers

Guardian Business (UK): Shop price inflation rose by 1% year-on-year in April, slowing from 1.2% in March, the BRC saysPrice rises in UK shops have slowed as retailers applied “heavy discounting” to their goods in an effo

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Rachel Reeves’s fiscal rules buffer should be ‘significantly larger’, say peers

Guardian Business (UK): Lord committee says chancellor and recent predecessors have allowed themselves too little room for manoeuvreBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves should aim to run a “significantly larger” bu

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Humanoid robots to become baggage handlers in Japan airport experiment

Guardian Business (UK): Japan Airlines will introduce the robots for trial run at a Tokyo airport amid country’s surge in inbound tourism and worsening labour shortagesJapan’s famously conscientious but overburdened bagga

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Elon Musk and Sam Altman face off in court over OpenAI’s founding mission

Guardian Business (UK): Musk’s lawsuit accuses Altman of fraud, while OpenAI says that Musk is ‘motivated by jealousy’A trial between two of Silicon Valley’s biggest tycoons kicked off on Monday in California, the culmina

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Nationwide should give its boardroom challenger a fair run

Guardian Business (UK): James Sherwin-Smith’s candidacy is a test of the building society’s commitment to mutual valuesJames Sherwin-Smith, who is aiming to become the first customer to be voted onto the board of Nationwi

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G7 central banks poised to hold borrowing costs amid concerns over prolonged Iran war

Guardian Business (UK): Critical week for global economy as banks expected to issue warnings over conflict driving up pricesThe world’s most powerful central banks are poised to hold borrowing costs unchanged this week am

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Nationwide could have first customer on board for nearly 25 years

Guardian Business (UK): James Sherwin-Smith will be up for election after securing more than 250 nominations to run alongside existing directorsNationwide building society could have a customer on its board for the first

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We booked £4,000 in EasyJet flights – but it won’t let us postpone them all after devastating news

Guardian Business (UK): The airline refused a refund or credit for our group of 14 after a brain tumour diagnosis for my two-year-old childWe were organising our wedding for this June when the happiest period of our lives