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If Starmer wants to be the strong man of steel, he must ditch Net Zero and sack Ed Miliband: MAGGIE PAGANO
14/04/25 09:02
The blame game over the British Steel fiasco has gone into overdrive. Labour ministers, trade union leaders and even anonymous civil servants point to the Chinese owners of the Scunthorpe blast furnaces as the bad guys, saying they had always intended to close the plant however much government money was offered....read
MAGGIE PAGANO: Chancellor living in La La Land by blaming everyone else for her failures
28/03/25 09:50It is fast becoming the defining feature of this Government. It's a nasty habit, and a deeply dangerous one that could come back to haunt them.
Golden run spells trouble as more investors seek a safe haven from turbulent financial markets: MAGGIE PAGANO
18/03/25 10:01Gold hit a record high of over $3,000 an ounce on fresh fears that President Trump's tariff war will hurt the US economy and weaken the greenback.
Reeves can't blame the Tories - or Trump - for Britain's stagnant economy: MAGGIE PAGANO
17/03/25 10:00Remember how we were told after Labour's election victory that the grown-ups were back in charge? How Keir Starmer promised to 'fix the foundations'.
Schumacher driving too slow: But ousted Unilever boss won't be the last exec to head for the door, says MAGGIE PAGANO
25/02/25 10:00Early yesterday morning, Unilever announced that its chief exec, Hein Schumacher (pictured), would be departing after less than two years.
Bittersweet win for Merz: Germany's chancellor-in-waiting must be careful what he wishes for: MAGGIE PAGANO
24/02/25 10:01For once the polls got it right: Germany's voters went for the jugular, producing what can only be described as a political earthquake.
Seize this exciting plan top open up trains direct to Europe, says MAGGIE PAGANO
21/02/25 09:51More competition can only be positive for travellers, hopefully ushering in a new golden age of rail. It's also great news for stronger relations with our continental cousins.
The City must fight back as undervalued miners look for a US bonanza, says MAGGIE PAGANO
20/02/25 10:02Hot on the heels of Glencore's warning that it might ditch its London Stock Exchange listing comes news comes more bad news.
It's time to ditch the OBR - It has become a straight-jacket rather than a guardian, says MAGGIE PAGANO
19/02/25 10:01Shock inflation figures are another knock for Rachel Reeves (pictured with Keir Starmer) who claimed Labour would bring stability to the economy.
Reeves's disastrous policies risk driving us to austerity on steroids, warns MAGGIE PAGANO
18/02/25 10:00Job vacancies are dropping like a stone while unemployment rose only slightly. The number of individuals and businesses going bust are shooting up.
How long will Rachel Reeves last? Labour gloom has put Britain on brink of recession, says MAGGIE PAGANO
24/12/24 08:24You reap what you sow. The Chancellor has made mistake after mistake, with many policies simply not adding up.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Bank of England wrong again on interest rates
20/12/24 09:50The Bank of England remains fixated on inflation, worried that rising prices and higher wage settlements will reignite another surge.
Barbarians are at the gate: LSE bosses must do more to stop the takeover frenzy, says MAGGIE PAGANO
19/12/24 10:07Calling all UK AIM-listed board directors! Instead of donning a Christmas jumper, put on your body armour and start sweet-talking shareholders.
Labour simply haven't got a clue how business works - or how they can help, says MAGGIE PAGANO
17/10/24 09:00Earlier this week, Sir Keir Starmer took centre stage at the City's Guildhall to persuade some of the world's top businessmen and women that Britain is now the place to invest.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Bank's mixed messages on interest rates
04/10/24 08:50After Andrew Bailey said the Old Lady could take a more 'aggressive' stance on cutting interest rates, the chief economist warned that rates should not be cut 'too far or too fast'.
Hint of 'more aggressive' rate cuts shows Bailey is coming out of hiding, says MAGGIE PAGANO
04/10/24 07:36After months of playing a waiting game, the Governor of the Bank of England has come out of hiding, hinting it might be a 'bit more aggressive' in cutting rates so long as inflation stays low.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Ford slams brake on diversity
30/08/24 08:51The car maker told employees that after taking a 'fresh look' at its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies, it had decided to pull the plug on most of them.
True cost of Kamala-nomics: US vice president's bonkers tax plan will cripple growth, says MAGGIE PAGANO
29/08/24 09:11If you think Sir Keir Starmer's warning of higher taxes to come is scary, then take a look at what US vice-president Kamala Harris is planning.
Fleeing frozen Britannia: Keir's gloomy outlook will drive business abroad, warns MAGGIE PAGANO
28/08/24 09:02My phone hasn't stopped ringing since Sir Keir Starmer gave his speech of misery setting out what must be the bleakest vision of Britain ever delivered by a victorious Prime Minister.
Why is Starmer so miserable? The pessimism risks damaging the growth he promised, says MAGGIE PAGANO
27/08/24 09:41Thank goodness Sir Keir Starmer isn't a doctor. His bedside manner is so morose that he could probably persuade his patients to switch off their own life support machines.
Labour flunks schools test: Improving careers advice should be a top priority, says MAGGIE PAGANO
26/08/24 09:00As Jeremy Clarkson likes to remind us at this time of year, getting lousy GCSE and A-level results doesn't necessarily land you on the scrap heap.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Mike Lynch believed that deep technology can be run equally well by males or females
23/08/24 08:51As Martina King says, Lynch was a champion of results, of promoting people who achieved them.
Rachel Reeves may not need to raise taxes, says MAGGIE PAGANO
23/08/24 07:29If Britain keeps going gangbusters then there may be no need for the Chancellor to raise taxes at all. Or at least not by so much.
We should fear Reeves' Halloween tax hikes, says MAGGIE PAGANO
22/08/24 07:11Rachel Reeves now has the perfect cover for hiking taxes in October's Budget after the whopping public sector pay rises fuelled a £3billion surge in government borrowing last month.
Mike Lynch's legacy is better than a fraud trial and yacht tragedy, says MAGGIE PAGANO
21/08/24 07:53What was meant to be a victory holiday on board Mike Lynch's luxury yacht, celebrating his recent acquittal in the US courts, is turning out to be more of a nightmare as each hour passes.
Mike Lynch referred to as the British Bill Gates... but his genius is on a far superior mathematical scale, says MAGGIE PAGANO
20/08/24 08:08So far one person has been confirmed dead, and four others are still missing after the Bayesian capsized having being struck by a tornado not far from Palermo.
MAGGIE PAGANO: European Commission's digital enforcer makes a fool of himself
16/08/24 08:50Thierry Breton has put the EU's reputation as the world's digital policeman at stake. And maybe his own too.
Reeves should heed Aviva boss's warning on pension tax relief, says MAGGIE PAGANO
14/08/24 09:07Amanda Blanc is one tough cookie. Since she got her teeth into Aviva four years ago, she's given the insurer a new sense of purpose.
UK Plc is back in favour - so now will Reeves stop whinging about her inheritance? says MAGGIE PAGANO
13/08/24 09:29A day after India's wealthiest telecoms tycoon bought a stake in BT comes a new poll showing the London's is the favourite of all of Europe's stock markets.
Indian tycoon's BT stake is a vote of confidence in UK: MAGGIE PAGANO
12/08/24 09:03When Sunil Bharti Mittal was 18, he borrowed money from his father to start his first business making crankshafts for bicycle manufacturers.
The outlook for the UK economy is looking rosy, says MAGGIE PAGANO
25/07/24 07:24Business confidence is up, with companies reporting the fastest manufacturing growth in two years and the strongest inflow of new orders since April last year.
Kamala Harris' policies could add billions to US national debt, says Maggie Pagano
24/07/24 07:19In the first 24 hours after President Biden was forced out of the race, the Democratic frontrunner to replace him had pulled in $250m in online donations and big donor promises for her campaign.
London IPO for Canal+ a 'big loss' for Macron, says MAGGIE PAGANO
23/07/24 07:41One of France's most influential and colourful media tycoons, Vincent Bollore, has chosen the London Stock Exchange to list his global TV arm, Canal+ , rather than stay in Paris.
Get the over-50s back to work to boost Britain's wealth, says MAGGIE PAGANO
21/07/24 08:50What's ironic is that in an age when everyone is obsessed about diversity, age diversity hardly gets a look-in.
MAGGIE PAGANO: IT outage shows cash still reigns supreme
19/07/24 08:50The wrong flick of a switch - or indeed a technical bug - can far too easily bring the world crashing down around our ears.
Labour's North Sea madness will hit households in the pocket, says MAGGIE PAGANO
16/07/24 09:22Spare a thought for poor Rishi Sunak. How the ex-Prime Minister must be kicking himself for holding the general election when he did.
It's the Machin and Norman show as M&S comes back with a bang, says MAGGIE PAGANO
22/05/24 09:00M&S chairman, Archie Norman, right, and the equally brilliant chief executive Stuart Machin, left, have managed the impossible.
Look around you, Mr Hunt, we already have a 'British Google', says MAGGIE PAGANO
21/05/24 09:00Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is plain wrong when he keeps insisting a 'British Google' should be the exemplar of our industrial success.
No more delays on rate cuts: Bank Of England must stop the groupthink, says MAGGIE PAGANO
20/05/24 09:00It's looking like a racing certainty that interest rates will be cut this summer, and hopefully, in time to celebrate next month's Midsummer's Day.
Britain is seeing the green shoots of a recovery, says MAGGIE PAGANO
29/04/24 09:02Figures out today from the British Retail Consortium are nicely surprising, showing that both food and non-food price inflation is tumbling.
Windfall tax is driving UK oil and gas producers to Norway, says MAGGIE PAGANO
24/04/24 09:00Serica Energy is one of Britain's top ten oil and gas producers. Its new projects include the Buchan redevelopment 120 miles northeast of Aberdeen.
Don't let the Nasdaq take aim... at the AIM market, says MAGGIE PAGANO
23/04/24 09:18There is only one topic being talked about in the darkest corners of the City - rumours that Nasdaq is sniffing around London's AIM market.
Chancellor's British ISA idea is fiddling while Rome burns, says MAGGIE PAGANO
12/04/24 08:50One of the main attractions of the London market until now has been its international spread of corporates and investors.
It will take big discounts to entice Sid into buying Natwest shares, says MAGGIE PAGANO
28/02/24 10:02Jeremy Hunt (pictured) won't be a happy bunny after several top City financiers said NatWest's shares will have to be sold at a heavy discount.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Nigel Farage takes aim at NatWest again
16/02/24 09:50Farage is threatening to sue if NatWest doesn't pay him compensation and legal costs after Coutts - its private banking arm - closed his accounts.
British slump isn't unique: There are lessons to be learned from Japan's decline, says MAGGIE PAGANO
15/02/24 10:00Britain is not alone in the doldrums. The economic climate from East to West is equally stormy, with Japan in recession and China struggling.
Better news on inflation means now is the time to cut rates, says MAGGIE PAGANO
14/02/24 10:00Inflation stayed steady in January at 4% rather than rising to 4.2%, which is what most economists had forecast and the rest of us feared.
Body Shop lost its voice... and it will take more than hippy potions to get it back, says MAGGIE PAGANO
13/02/24 10:55It's always troubling when a once mighty brand such as The Body Shop is about to go out of business. It's doubly sad because of the potential loss of jobs.
Cut tax to get Britain's monetary mojo back on track, says MAGGIE PAGANO
12/02/24 10:01Might Rishi Sunak be right? Has the economy finally turned a corner? Speaking on a visit to a bus depot in Harrogate yesterday,
Hunt should go for broke with these bold Budget tax cuts, says MAGGIE PAGANO
23/01/24 10:04Jeremy Hunt looks like a lucky man. The latest public sector net borrowing figures were well below the Office for Budget Responsibility's forecasts
MAGGIE PAGANO: Britain should be leading the global revolution in steelmaking
22/01/24 10:00Tata's decision to close the Abbey steel works will lead to 2,800 jobs going over the next 18 months but also thousands more will be lost in the supply chain.
A wealth tax would do more harm than good, says MAGGIE PAGANO
08/01/24 10:00Denise Coates (pictured) was still at school when she started working in the cashiers' department of her father's betting chain, Provincial Racing.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Blowing whistle on fat cats
05/01/24 09:50Whether bad behaviour is more prevalent than a few years ago, or the mood has changed so much that colleagues no longer tolerate bad manners, is a moot point.
MAGGIE PAGANO: British pension funds to blame for companies floating in New York
08/12/23 09:51There's no getting away from the fact that US capital markets are vast and deep while its domestic investors are more courageous about taking risks.
MAGGIE PAGANO: The Bank has got it wrong with its gloom and doom predictions
07/12/23 10:01If the latest data is taken into account, top pundits believe the UK economy will outperform the recent gloomy forecast from the Bank.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Stop overseas buyers snapping up British firms on the cheap
06/12/23 10:05British companies are crashing out of the London Stock Exchange like ten pins being knocked down in a bowling alley. Quite literally.
Turbo Tufan engineers a remarkable turnaround at Rolls-Royce
04/12/23 10:00Since Tufan Erginbilgic took over as chief exec of Rolls-Royce at the start of the year, shares in the aerospace-to-defence giant have trebled
MAGGIE PAGANO: Covid lockdown trade-offs and a lack of rigorous debate
05/11/23 09:50But what is emerging from the inquiry is that there was a frightening lack of rigorous debate about alternative strategies, and the trade-offs between them.
MAGGIE PAGANO: IMF's gloomy UK predictions should be taken with more than just a pinch of salt
10/10/23 09:11In its latest quarterly report, the IMF slashed its UK forecast next year to 0.6%, the weakest economic growth across the G7.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Metro's Colombian white knight shows the way
09/10/23 09:00Metro's saviour is Jaime Gilinski Bacal (pictured) whose Latin American banking to food and property empire is said to be worth nearly $6bn.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Unions back the North Sea
28/09/23 09:21MAGGIE PAGANO: Within hours of the North Sea Transition Authority giving its green light for Equinor and Ithaca Energy to develop the vast Rosebank oil field, Smith had given his thumbs-up.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Britain's brilliant biotech champion shines
27/09/23 12:28MAGGIE PAGANO: The brains at Oxford BioDynamics have come up with a blood screening test for prostate cancer which has a 94pc efficacy rate.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Large uptick in sick leave is putting even greater pressure on employers
26/09/23 08:05It's a shocking increase, and particularly perturbing because of the sheer number of employees citing mental health and stress as the reason for their absence.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Marks & Spencer puts John Lewis in the shade
14/09/23 09:00Marks & Spencer will officially rejoin the FTSE 100 on Monday, taking it back into the top-tier for some of the world's most successful companies.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Federal Reserve to proceed with care on rate rises
25/08/23 08:51Fed boss Jerome Powell acknowledged the dangers of 'doing too much' - in other words, raising rates too high - which could do more harm than good.
Nvidia is soaring but the US wants to crimp its sales to China: MAGGIE PAGANO
24/08/23 09:05Nvidia disagrees, arguing that by stopping exports the US is holding back its domestic industry in the race to be the leading global AI superpower.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Press pause on rate hikes
23/08/23 10:02The latest PMI composite figures for services and manufacturing output in August show that the economy shrank for the first time in six months.
MAGGIE PAGANO: The CMA bares its teeth at Microsoft and Activision
22/08/23 10:01Microsoft's president, Brad Smith (pictured), went as far as branding the UK regulator an outlier, even suggesting that start-ups are better off in the EU than the UK.
MAGGIE PAGANO: The global economy is at a crossroads
21/08/23 09:19MAGGIE PAGANO: Market traders will be taking their lead from Jay Powell, head of the Federal Reserve, who has been the most aggressive in pushing up rates.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Women's Bountiful Game
18/08/23 08:50If the sport keeps growing at its current rate, experts predict the market will easily be worth £1billion over the next decade.
MAGGIE PAGANO: BAE flies to the final frontier with Ball Aerospace deal
17/08/23 08:50BAE Systems' blockbuster bid for Ball Aerospace is a scorcher, taking the UK defence company deeper into space, one of the few booming industries left.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Private healthcare is no longer taboo as NHS waiting lists grow
16/08/23 08:51Over the last year 170,000 new health insurance customers have signed up, either directly or through their employer. Aviva now has a million customers
MAGGIE PAGANO: More rate hikes would put Britain in danger of recession
14/08/23 08:50An important week lies ahead for the economy, one that is critical for homeowners with mortgages and small firms planning their future.
MAGGIE PAGANO: UK's homegrown problem
11/08/23 08:50Harvest time is the perfect moment to reflect on how we grow our food.
MAGGIE PAGANO: It's handbags at dawn as the rich continue to splash out on luxury brands
10/08/23 09:14The world may be going to hell in a handcart yet the rich are still buying extortionately priced handbags and top-end fashion like no tomorrow.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Is the Made in China era over?
09/08/23 08:50China has dominated global trade for decades now, selling its trashy trinkets and fake Chanel handbags to Western customers.
My friend's mortgage payments will rocket by £1,500 per month: MAGGIE PAGANO on the crunch hitting borrowers
08/08/23 10:09More and more people are in a panic because their fixed-rate mortgage deal ends this year and they are negotiating to re-mortgage.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Germany heading to be the 'sick man of the eurozone as Russia turns off the gas
07/08/23 08:50A recent special dispatch from West Berlin on PBS News, the US radio station, reported that there are now 2m Germans dependent on food banks.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Howard Davies gets it wrong again
26/07/23 10:24The last time Davies hit the headlines was when he resigned in 2011 as director of the London School of Economics following a scandal.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Weasel defence of Dame Alison Rose
25/07/23 11:36There is the acrid stench of a stitch-up between NatWest and No 10 over the handling of the latest scandal in the Nigel Farage affair.
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