Press round-up from ShareCast
Thursday newspaper round-up: Orsted, drought conditions, HSBC, uninsurable homes
Thursday 8 May 2025 07:24
(Sharecast News) - The world's biggest wind power developer has cancelled plans for one of the UK's largest offshore windfarms, in a significant blow to the government's green energy targets. The Danish wind power company Ørsted said the Hornsea 4 projec
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Tesla sales, Trump trade war, mortgages, Kingsmill-Hovis merger
Wednesday 7 May 2025 08:13
(Sharecast News) - Elon Musk's Tesla sold just over 500 vehicles in Britain in April, down by more than half on the previous month, as motorists shifted decisively away from all-electric vehicles in favour of plug-in hybrids. According to the latest regis
Tuesday newspaper round-up: US Treasury Secretary, Profit warnings, Russia
Tuesday 6 May 2025 07:54
(Sharecast News) - The US treasury secretary attempted to soothe Wall Street on Monday as President Trump rattled markets with a plan to impose 100 per cent tariffs on foreign-made films and a prominent investor said the US brand had been damaged. "It has
Friday newspaper round-up: Harrods, USD1, European ETFs
Friday 2 May 2025 06:38
(Sharecast News) - Staff at the Co-op have been ordered to keep their cameras on during remote meetings to verify attendees while Marks & Spencer has halted all recruitment as the companies tackle cyber attacks. Both retailers have had to shut down parts
Thursday newspaper round-up: Ukraine-US deal, Microsoft, Tesla...
Thursday 1 May 2025 07:04
(Sharecast News) - Ukraine and the US have announced they have reached a vital minerals deal following months of sometimes fraught negotiations. In Washington on Wednesday, the two countries said they signed an agreement on a joint fund to invest in Ukrai
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Net zero, trans bathrooms, Trump trade deal, Amazon, Spain blackouts
Wednesday 30 April 2025 07:24
(Sharecast News) - The push for net zero has become "irrational" because people in developed countries are being asked to make "financial sacrifices and changes in lifestyle" that will make little difference, Sir Tony Blair has warned as he called for a "
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Gas power stations, blackouts, IBM
Tuesday 29 April 2025 07:23
(Sharecast News) - Britain's gas power stations should be nationalised to prevent their owners from holding the electricity market "to ransom", a thinktank has urged. The country's dwindling fossil fuel power plants are ripe for nationalisation as ministe
Monday newspaper round-up: UK banks, RedBird Capital, Will Shu
Monday 28 April 2025 07:20
(Sharecast News) - UK banks' earnings reports will be studied this week for signs of turmoil linked to Donald Trump's tariff drama, with uncertainty over global growth likely to weigh on lenders with heavy exposure to China, including HSBC. First-quarter
Sunday newspaper round-up: India-Pakistan, Drax Group, Shein
Sunday 27 April 2025 20:51
(Sharecast News) - Indian Navy ships test-fired missiles on Sunday to demonstrate the country's ability to launch "long-range, precision offensive" strikes. The move follows rising tensions with Pakistan after an attack on civilians at a tourist site in K
Friday newspaper round-up: Apple, South Korea, Drax...
Friday 25 April 2025 07:09
(Sharecast News) - Apple plans to shift the assembly of all US-sold iPhones to India as soon as next year, according to people familiar with the matter, as President Donald Trump's trade war forces the tech giant to pivot away from China. The push builds