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Inflation SOARS to 1.8% – its highest level in six months – due to petrol, energy and flight costs

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Inflation SOARS to 1.8% – its highest level in six months – driven by an increase in petrol prices while energy bill and flights remain expensive at the start of 2020 The Consumer Price Index increased 0.5% from 1.3% to 1.8% in January Caused by higher prices at the pump and airfares falling by less … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: The cost of climate risk soars

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ALEX BRUMMER: For London’s insurance market the Australian conflagration is a real and present danger By Alex Brummer City Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 23:00 BST, 2 January 2020 | Updated: 08:30 BST, 3 January 2020 Mark Carney has been banging on about climate change since the autumn of 2015. Among sceptics, his speech … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Sirius Minerals soars on hopes of securing a £2.5bn funding deal 

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As crunch time approaches for Sirius Minerals, the fertiliser company boring a massive tunnel underneath the North York Moors, investors have been eagerly snapping up its shares. Sirius is trying to thrash out a financing agreement worth more than £2.5billion with an unnamed major financial institution, which should secure the construction of its Yorkshire polyhalite … Read more