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Activist calls for break-up of estate agent Countrywide accusing bosses of mismanagement By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 19 August 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 19 August 2020 Estate agent Countrywide is under attack from one of its largest shareholders who has accused bosses of mismanaging the company and losing the … Read more

The US stock markets have staged a stunning recovery in the face of the coronavirus. The obvious questions are: Why? And: is it too good to be true? There are two drivers of the rebound – Big Tech and the Mighty Fed. Central bank the Federal Reserve has been providing trillions of dollars of support … Read more

Throughout my teens and early 20s, I spent every penny I earned the moment it landed in my account. My mum had done her best to teach me some budgeting basics, and I learned the hard way how expensive mobile phone bills can be.  But there was no proper personal finance education when I was … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: High Street banks face digital stress as online rivals’ slick software wins over customers By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 17 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 17 August 2020 The reputation of Britain’s High Street banks never recovered fully from the 2008-09 financial crisis, and is not helped … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Health, wealth and freedom can vanish in an instant – George Soros and Warren Buffett (who both turn 90 this month) knew it all along and have grown wise and rich on the knowledge through their long lives Warren Buffett is the all-American investor, with deep and immovable Nebraskan roots  George Soros is the quintessential … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: If cash is to survive on our High Streets, it is crucial that the post office network is kept intact By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 15 August 2020 The local post office is much changed from what it used to … Read more

Soon after lockdown, as economic output plunged in Britain and the rest of the world, an economist friend told me he refused to buy into parallels with the Great Depression and other historic disasters. His argument was that Britain and the other Western democracies had learned from the past and the unprecedented fiscal and monetary … Read more

Unilever’s green problem: One of Britain’s most ‘woke’ companies finds itself under fire on two fronts, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 13 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 13 August 2020 Anglo-Dutch Unilever is among Britain’s most ‘woke’ companies. It was no accident that in 2018, former … Read more

How to rethink the tax system: An expert’s view on five areas that change is needed, from merging income tax and NI to capital gains and inheritance By Paul Falvey For This Is Money Published: 07:36 BST, 13 August 2020 | Updated: 07:36 BST, 13 August 2020 Paul Falvey of business advisory firm BDO Paul … Read more