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London pre-open: Stocks set to dip after weak UK employment data Tue, 20th Apr 2021 06:59 (Sharecast News) - Stocks are set to dip following the release of an unexpectedly weak reading on UK employment for the three months to February. Also dragging on market sentiment were the moderate falls seen on Wall Street overnight, driven by weakness in technology stocks focused on Tesla and chip-maker Nvidia. The latter fell after the UK government said it would look into the national security implications of its acquisition of ARM Holdings. Swissquote analyst, Ipek Ozkardeskaya, sounded a bearish no...

Avast plc First Quarter Trading Update News provided by Share this article Share this article LONDON, April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Avast plc, together with its subsidiaries ('Avast' or 'the Group'), a leading global cybersecurity provider, issues the following scheduled trading update for the first quarter of its current financial year, comprising the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 March 2021. Ondrej Vlcek, Chief Executive of Avast, said: "Avast has made a good start to the year with continued demand for the company's security, privacy and performance solutions. The business is trading i...

London close: Tobacco makers lead stocks lower on US regulatory fears Tue, 20th Apr 2021 16:15 (Sharecast News) - London stocks were well below the waterline at the close on Tuesday, dragged down by heavy losses in tobacco makers' shares following a Wall Street Journal report that the US administration was mulling capping the level of nicotine in cigarettes. The FTSE 100 ended the session down 2% at 6,859.87, and the FTSE 250 was off 1.7% at 22,108.55. Sterling was in the red as well, last falling 0.24% against the dollar to $1.3952, and sliding 0.28% on the euro to €1.1587. "Stocks in Euro...

Recruiting, Training, MLO, AE Jobs; DPA, Tech Products; Principals and Attorneys Weigh in on Wholesale Tumult; Strong Jobs Data! Mar 5 2021, 8:40AM In the legal field, virtual litigation is thought to be here to stay, vaccine or no vaccine. And as the pandemic continues, and remote hiring continues for lenders, CEOs, owners, and managers are grappling with the thought of having scattered workforces going forward, and there will be no, “Okay, everyone back to the office!” when people were hired thousands of miles away. And housing is reacting: With 70+ millennial...

Lichfield Live Open Search Share this: People in Lichfield and Burntwood are being urged to be vigilant over rogue traders following reports of elderly people being targeted by doorstep callers. Staffordshire County Council’s trading standards service says it has received reports where homes have been approached and residents told they need work carried out on their property. In a recent case, one person was initially told by a trader they needed a leaking chimney fixed for the sum of £400 – but the job soon escalated to the replacement of the entire roof at a cost of £18,000. The ...