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August 2024

  • ‘Coins, no matter how functional, start as works of art’: gold aureus, left, of Nero (54-68). Right: Edward VIII bust by Humphrey Paget for gold pattern for £5, £2 and sovereign, awaiting final approval, 1936, shortly before the king’s abdication.Right: Humphrey Paget (1893-1974)
Bust of Edward VIII for gold pattern for £5, £2 and sovereign, 1937

    Money Talks: Art, Society and Power review – a vivid, revelatory look at two sides of the same coin

  • a sheet of new King Charles £10 notes

    Auction of first King Charles banknotes raises nearly £1m for charity

  • a fan of brand new £20 notes

    Pound posts longest run of losses in almost a year

  • A man looks worried as he views a computer monitor

    Business live
    Global selloff: Wall Street plunges, as FTSE 100 posts biggest fall in months – as it happened

  • Shares in New York and London tumble on fears of US recession

  • Business live
    Federal Reserve interest rate cut bets rise as US jobs disappointment fuels growth fears – as it happened

July 2024

  • Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are assembled at the company's plant in Renton.

    Business live
    Boeing appoints Kelly Ortberg as new chief executive – as it happened

  • A McDonald's restaurant in Manhattan, New York City.

    Business live
    McDonald’s sales fall for first time since 2020, as higher prices deter consumers – as it happened

  • Vince Cable

    Business live
    Post Office management were ‘thugs in suits’, former Lib Dem leader Vince Cable tells inquiry – as it happened

  • 24-carat gold bars at the US West Point Mint facility in West Point, New York

    Project Syndicate economists
    Why have US shares, gold and the dollar been soaring?

    Jeffrey Frankel
  • Business live
    Spotify shares surge 15% after profitability hits record high – as it happened

  • Business live
    Business secretary expects to call in Czech billionaire’s Royal Mail takeover for review; Ryanair profits fall 46% – as it happened

  • Business live
    Windows IT outage: CrowdStrike CEO ‘deeply sorry’ for global chaos caused by update and warns fix may take time to work – as it happened

  • Windows global IT outage: what we know so far

  • Business live
    Ed Davey apologises to Alan Bates at the Post Office Horizon inquiry – as it happened

  • Business live
    UK inflation stays at 2%, defying forecasts of a further dip; pound rises to $1.30 – as it happened

  • Business live
    UK grocery inflation falls to 1.6%; Fed chair Powell hints at US rate cuts – as it happened

  • Business live
    Wall Street stocks rise after Donald Trump assassination attempt – as it happened

  • Business live
    Pound nears one-year high; Japan’s SoftBank buys UK chipmaker Graphcore – as it happened

  • Business live
    Environment secretary says water bill rises ‘result of years of failure,’ utilities sign up to reforms – as it happened

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