“You cannot buck the market.”– Margaret Thatcher I didn’t want to go near politics again this week. By Tuesday I’d pre-written some thoughts about the FCA’s plan to increase the FSCS deposit limit to protect up to £110,000 of saver’s cash. A sensible bit of technocratic rule-tweaking to marginally improve consumer protections. How lovely! But … Read more
In the weeks leading up to Donald Trump’s “liberation day”, diplomats and foreign officials streamed through Washington to secure the holy grail: a deal the president could not refuse, and one that would spare them his tariffs. None succeeded. Trump used rarely-invoked emergency powers to unleash tariffs of between 10 per cent and 50 per … Read more
Nintendo Switch 2 preorders, which were due to begin on April 9, are being delayed indefinitely amid the financial uncertainty surrounding Donald Trump’s recent announcement of massive tariffs on most US trading partners. “Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of … Read more
En detalle | Las dos patas del plan contra los aranceles anunciado por Sánchez El plan contra los aranceles de EE UU diseñado por el Gobierno tiene dos patas: las medidas de protección de las empresas afectadas y la economía y las medidas de relanzamiento de esas empresas y sectores. En total, está valorado en … Read more
Class actions allege that the mass terminations of probationary employees violated workers’ rights under federal law. The class action filings are believed to be the first on behalf of thousands of probationary employees fired in February. On March 7, federal employees announced the filing of class action appeals against multiple federal agencies, alleging that the … Read more