Mandelson tells US: ’We don’t need to fight over trade’

Peter Mandelson hailed Donald Trump as a ‘very consequential president’ as the UK sought to avoid battles on tariffs with the White House.

The newly installed...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 05:12


Buy Nexus Infrastructure for its big recovery potential

Nexus Infrastructure 

(NEXS:AIM) 134p

Market cap: £12.9 million

Micro-caps rarely feature as Great Ideas in Shares, but we have made an exception for civil engineering...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00


Why management change matters and the importance of compounding

Always quoteworthy, Warren Buffett once said: ‘I try to invest in businesses that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them. Because sooner or...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00


Plans for a state-backed rival continue to rattle Trainline investors and analysts

Trainline (TRN) 320p 

Loss to date: 1.6%


Since we flagged the stock’s appeal in February last year, shares in online ticketing platform Trainline (TRN)...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00


Glencore slips to multi-year lows on weak coal price as it mulls London exit

FTSE 100 commodity trader and mining outfit Glencore (GLEN) is languishing close to multi-year lows in the wake of its latest disappointing results (19 February)....

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00


Industry M&A highlights the potential on offer at Intertek

Intertek (ITRK) £52.30

Market cap: £8.5 billion


Apparently, prior to its ultimately unconsummated tie-up talks with SGS (SGSN:SWX), France’s Bureau Veritas’(BVI:EPA) first choice was...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00


Buffett keeps his powder dry as Berkshire Hathaway’s cash pile tops record $134 billion

US investment giant Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-B:NYSE) continued to raise cash from its marketable equites portfolio in the final quarter of 2024, pushing its cash hoard to...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00


No easy way back for embattled B&M

Struggling discounter B&M European Value Retail’s (BME) stock plunged to a five-year low after the variety retailer delivered its latest profit downgrade (24 February) and...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00


Why Brown-Forman investors are in need of a stiff drink

A sluggish US spirits market, Gen Z cutting back on drinking and concerns over the impact of weight-loss drugs on alcohol consumption have left shares...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00


German election result promises continuity as the centre holds

The outcome of last weekend’s German elections wasn’t just a matter for Germans – as the largest economy in Europe, and the third-largest in the...

Thu, 27/02/2025 - 00:00


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