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Airline groundings expose depth of world travel’s reliance on Gulf corridor

silverguide.site – Restart of operations will be a relief to those stranded but may not dispel doubts raised by past week about key transit hub…
Airline groundings expose depth of world travel’s reliance on Gulf corridor
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Investors are expecting Donald Trump to back down in the war with Iran – but what if he doesn’t?

silverguide.site – Global markets have become inured to the US president’s posturing over the past year, but economists warn they may be ‘a little bit complacent’ in anticipating a short conflict in the Middle East…
Investors are expecting Donald Trump to back down in the war with Iran – but what if he doesn’t?
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Ian Arnot obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Public relations executive who was involved in many charitable causes in Scotland…
Ian Arnot obituary
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Iran war pushes oil price above $90 threatening rise in global inflation

silverguide.site – Reports Kuwait was cutting output pushed up cost of barrel of Brent crude to highest weekly gain since Covid pandemic began…
Iran war pushes oil price above $90 threatening rise in global inflation
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North Korean agents using AI to trick western firms into hiring them, Microsoft says

silverguide.site – Firm says AI tools are masking identities of false applicants, who then funnel wages from remote IT jobs to North Korea…
North Korean agents using AI to trick western firms into hiring them, Microsoft says
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US lost 92,000 jobs in February just before Trump joined Iran conflict

silverguide.site – The unemployment rate was 4.4% in February, with 130,000 jobs added in January…
US lost 92,000 jobs in February just before Trump joined Iran conflict
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Royal Mail criticised as first-class stamp price rises to £1.80 despite ‘failing service’

silverguide.site – Company attacked for ‘forcing people to dig deeper into their pockets’ as second-class stamps increase to 91p…
Royal Mail criticised as first-class stamp price rises to £1.80 despite ‘failing service’
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BP’s new boss will take home at least £11.7m this year, more than double her predecessor

silverguide.site – Meg O’Neill will be first woman to serve as CEO of 117-year-oil firm when joining from Woodside Energy in April…
BP’s new boss will take home at least £11.7m this year, more than double her predecessor
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Rail passengers warned over six-day Easter shutdown on west coast mainline

silverguide.site – Engineering work means there will be no mainline services between London Euston and Milton Keynes from 3-8 April…
Rail passengers warned over six-day Easter shutdown on west coast mainline
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‘Geopolitical uncertainties’ amid Iran war could slow fall in mortgage rates, says Halifax

silverguide.site – UK house price growth slowed in February as value of typical home rose 0.3% to £301,151…
‘Geopolitical uncertainties’ amid Iran war could slow fall in mortgage rates, says Halifax
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Brent crude hits $90 as Kuwait ‘starts cutting oil production’; shock as US economy loses 92,000 jobs in February – as it happened

silverguide.site – Huge miss in US jobs report suggests labor market weakening, as Middle East crisis drives oil price higher and higher…
Brent crude hits $90 as Kuwait ‘starts cutting oil production’; shock as US economy loses 92,000 jobs in February – as it happened
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‘We’re powerless … and hoping nothing hits us’: trapped on a tanker as Iran war escalates

silverguide.site – Seafarer tells of explosions in the sky as thousands stuck on vessels after strait of Hormuz is effectively closed to shipping…
‘We’re powerless … and hoping nothing hits us’: trapped on a tanker as Iran war escalates
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Water firms sent bailiffs to tens of thousands of homes for debts under £1,000

silverguide.site – Most recorded visits are for smaller debts, data from England and Wales suggests, though method of recovery is a postcode lottery…
Water firms sent bailiffs to tens of thousands of homes for debts under £1,000
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Emma Walmsley’s pay rose almost 50% to £15.6m in final year as GSK boss

silverguide.site – Bulk of 2025 renumeration came from share bonuses as drug company’s now former CEO benefitted from stock rise…
Emma Walmsley’s pay rose almost 50% to £15.6m in final year as GSK boss
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Nissan ‘says Sunderland plant could close’ if UK excluded from Made in Europe rules

silverguide.site – Reports of carmaker’s warning come as lobby group says EU proposals could damage £70bn cross-channel trade…
Nissan ‘says Sunderland plant could close’ if UK excluded from Made in Europe rules
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Oil price continues to rise amid Middle East crisis but stock markets rebound across Asia

silverguide.site – Reports of attack on US registered tanker in Gulf lifts crude by 3% to $84 a barrel as gas price also starts to climb…
Oil price continues to rise amid Middle East crisis but stock markets rebound across Asia
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South East Water fined £22.5m for ‘repeated supply failures’ in Kent and Sussex

silverguide.site – Regulator says failures that hit nearly 300,000 customers made worse by utility’s failure to maintain efficient supply system…
South East Water fined £22.5m for ‘repeated supply failures’ in Kent and Sussex
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Australian petrol retailers accused of price gouging over rising fuel costs amid Iran war

silverguide.site – Motoring groups accuse retailers of using conflict as an excuse to lift prices as Jim Chalmers asks ACCC to keep watch…
Australian petrol retailers accused of price gouging over rising fuel costs amid Iran war
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Slower UK interest rate cuts likely as some mortgage providers hike rates; oil and gas prices rising again – as it happened

silverguide.site – Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news…
Slower UK interest rate cuts likely as some mortgage providers hike rates; oil and gas prices rising again – as it happened
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‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock

silverguide.site – Iranian blockade of the strategic strait of Hormuz is hitting global fertiliser supply chain…
‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock
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