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Trump’s immigration siege is rattling hospitality industry, workers say

silverguide.site – Unite Here, the US’s largest hospitality workers’ union, says ICE crackdown is harming tourism and costing jobs…
Trump’s immigration siege is rattling hospitality industry, workers say

‘By the end of the day we’re just knackered’: business booms for UK’s south Asian jewellers as gold prices soar

silverguide.site – Economic uncertainty drives customers to snap up 22-carat gold bars and coins or sell off unworn jewellery…
‘By the end of the day we’re just knackered’: business booms for UK’s south Asian jewellers as gold prices soar

As real wage growth falls again, Australian workers must feel the economy is rigged against them | Greg Jericho

silverguide.site – The RBA never misses a chance to blame wages for rising prices but data shows profit-driven inflation is back…
As real wage growth falls again, Australian workers must feel the economy is rigged against them | Greg Jericho

Miner Glencore to give $2bn to shareholders despite profit slump

silverguide.site – FTSE 100 company reports 6% fall in annual profits weeks after collapse of $260bn merger with Rio Tinto…
Miner Glencore to give $2bn to shareholders despite profit slump

UK inflation falls to 3%, giving hopes of early cut in interest rates

silverguide.site – January annual drop is lowest level since March 2025, although still above Bank of England’s 2% target…
UK inflation falls to 3%, giving hopes of early cut in interest rates

March cut to UK interest rates more likely after inflation drops to 10-month low; London house prices fall – as it happened

silverguide.site – FTSE 100 hits record high after UK inflation falls to 3% in January, thanks to cheaper petrol and air fares, and a slowdown in food inflation…
March cut to UK interest rates more likely after inflation drops to 10-month low; London house prices fall – as it happened

US and Japan unveil $36bn of oil, gas and critical minerals projects in challenge to China

silverguide.site – Donald Trump says deals ‘end our foolish dependence on foreign sources’, while Japanese PM hails enhanced economic security…
US and Japan unveil $36bn of oil, gas and critical minerals projects in challenge to China

The death of Heather Preen: how an eight-year-old lost her life amid the UK sewage crisis

silverguide.site – In 1999, Heather Preen contracted E coli on the beach. Two weeks later she died. Now, as a new Channel 4 show dramatises the scandal, her mother, Julie Maughan, explains why she is still looking for someone to take responsibility…
The death of Heather Preen: how an eight-year-old lost her life amid the UK sewage crisis

Boost to British Steel as Turkey places high-speed rail order

silverguide.site – ‘Eight-figure agreement’ made to supply new line between Ankara and İzmir – but questions over plant’s future remain…
Boost to British Steel as Turkey places high-speed rail order

Goldman Sachs to drop race, gender and LGBTQ+ criteria from board evaluations

silverguide.site – The move follows pressure from an activist shareholder group seeking end to DEI requirements…
Goldman Sachs to drop race, gender and LGBTQ+ criteria from board evaluations

Surging prediction markets face legal backlash in US: ‘Lines have been blurred’

silverguide.site – At least 20 federal suits filed against companies like Kalshi and Polymarket as lawmakers call it ‘loophole’ for gambling…
Surging prediction markets face legal backlash in US: ‘Lines have been blurred’

Boohoo and Debenhams owner raises £35m, risking Mike Ashley clash

silverguide.site – Company, which also owns Oasis, Warehouse and Karen Millen, to use cash to cut debts and fund turnaround…
Boohoo and Debenhams owner raises £35m, risking Mike Ashley clash

EU to investigate Shein over sale of childlike sex dolls and weapons

silverguide.site – Bloc also examines ‘addictive design’ of shopping site, including rewards, and its recommender systems…
EU to investigate Shein over sale of childlike sex dolls and weapons

Hyatt chair Thomas Pritzker steps down over Epstein links

silverguide.site – Billionaire says he exercised ‘terrible judgment’ in maintaining contact with sex offender and Ghislaine Maxwell…
Hyatt chair Thomas Pritzker steps down over Epstein links

Gloom for UK workers as incomes flatline and jobs market falters

silverguide.site – Falls in inflation and interest rates could leave Britain better off this year, but at the cost of high unemployment…
Gloom for UK workers as incomes flatline and jobs market falters

UK shelves £110m frictionless post-Brexit trade border project

silverguide.site – Programme launched by last Tory government was worked on by Deloitte and IBM but was paused in 2024…
UK shelves £110m frictionless post-Brexit trade border project

UK unemployment rate hits five-year high of 5.2% as wage growth cools

silverguide.site – ONS figures will hopes of further interest rate cut by Bank of England in the spring…
UK unemployment rate hits five-year high of 5.2% as wage growth cools

UK interest rate cut likely in March as unemployment rate rises; youth joblessness to ‘increase significantly’ in coming months – as it happened

silverguide.site – City traders expect cut to UK interest rates next month after jobless rate rises to 5.2%…
UK interest rate cut likely in March as unemployment rate rises; youth joblessness to ‘increase significantly’ in coming months – as it happened

Coles tells court its Down Down promotions were ‘fair dinkum’ and did not mislead shoppers

silverguide.site – Supermarket defends pricing practices after ACCC labels discounts ‘utterly misleading’ in federal court case…
Coles tells court its Down Down promotions were ‘fair dinkum’ and did not mislead shoppers

Car dealership tycoon ousted from his Kent company in ‘coup’, high court hears

silverguide.site – Peter Waddell is alleged to have made racist and sexist remarks which led to his removal as CEO of Big Motoring World…
Car dealership tycoon ousted from his Kent company in ‘coup’, high court hears
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