UK mortgage lending predicted to fall in 2024
UK lending for house purchases will fall by 8% in 2024, a trade association representing banks is predicting. In a report, UK Finance said higher...
Wage growth cools slightly but Bank of England expected to hold interest rate
Annual wages grew 7.3 per cent in the three months to the end of October, a slight fall on the month before and a figure...
Saudi Arabia could be about to take majority control of Heathrow Airport
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the Saudi-backed asset management firm Ardian have signed a £2.4bn deal for the Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial’s 25...
Germany overpaying for gas – data
Prices have reportedly more than doubled for the EU country since 2021 Germany has halved imports of natural gas since 2021 but is essentially paying...
Letters to the editor
Voting rights Re: “Immigrant voting rights hits nerve,” Boston Herald, 12/5. The last time I looked up steps to become a U.S. citizen, those steps...
‘Concrete Utopia’ a tale of class & chaos
While South Korea’s “Concrete Utopia” solidly stands as an epic disaster film, it couldn’t be farther from Hollywood’s ‘70s cycle of escapist hits like “The...