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Evening StandardIncome tax grab on London and South-East hits record £100billion as changes bite
EXCLUSIVE: Londoners paid £59.3billion to the Treasury annually and South-East residents £41.4 billion, according to HMRC figures
- Investor's Business Daily
Dow Jones Futures Rise; Tesla Soars As Elon Musk Touts 'Affordable' EV, Robotaxi
The rally attempt is gaining steam. Tesla soared as Elon Musk said "affordable" EVs will come in 2025 and touted robotaxis.
- Yahoo Finance
Boeing earnings preview: Delivery outlook, negative cash flow impact among big concern for investors
Boeing is expected to report first quarter earnings before the bell on Wednesday, following a quarter that could be called rocky to say the least.
- Evening Standard
Chelsea injury update: Cole Palmer, Malo Gusto, Ben Chilwell latest news and return dates
The Blues hope to have their star man available sooner rather than later
- PA Media: Entertainment
Venue revealed for Radio 2 In The Park 2024
The annual event was held in Leicester last year.
- Evening Standard
Zoe Ball announces her mother's death following cancer diagnosis
Zoe Ball has announced her mother has died after battling pancreatic cancer.The BBC 2 Radio presenter revealed the news on social media, posting a picture of her late mother Julia Peckham, adding that she was “bereft” following the death.
- Associated Press
China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious program
China's space agency is making final preparations to send the Shenzhou-18 crew into low-Earth orbit on Thursday as part of its ambitious space program that aims to put people on the moon by 2030. In a press conference on Wednesday, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) introduced the three astronauts; Commander Ye Guangfu, 43, a veteran astronaut who was part of the Shenzhou-13 mission in 2021; and astronauts Li Cong, 34, and Li Guangsu, 36, who will go to space for the first time. The three-member crew’s spacecraft is set for lift-off at 8:59 p.m. (1259 GMT) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in the country’s northwest.
- Reuters
Kering shares slump after luxury company warns of H1 operating profit drop
Kering's shares slumped on Wednesday, after the French luxury goods company warned it expected a 40% to 45% plunge in first-half operating profit. Kering shares were down 8.5 percent in early session trading, dragging down slightly the shares of its French rivals LVMH and Hermes. Late on Tuesday, Kering warned of the likely drop in first-half operating profit as it also reported that first-quarter sales had declined as wealthy shoppers curbed spending on products from its star label Gucci.
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Q1 2024 Option Care Health Inc Earnings Call
Q1 2024 Option Care Health Inc Earnings Call
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NATO target for defence spending should rise due to 'more dangerous world', Grant Shapps says
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has said he wants the new NATO target for defence spending to increase from the current 2% of gross domestic product to 2.5%.
- PA Media: UK News
Former Labour minister and crossbench peer Frank Field dies aged 81
Lord Field of Birkenhead died in a London care home on Tuesday night following a period of illness.
- The Independent
World Snooker Championship schedule, results and order of play from the Crucible
Ronnie O’Sullivan is gunning for a record eighth world title at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre with Luca Brecel entering as defending champion and the likes of Judd Trump, Mark Selby and Mark Allen all in contention
- Digital Spy
Radio 2's Zoe Ball announces death of her mother
Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball has confirmed that her mother Julia has passed away.
- Evening Standard
FTSE 100 Live 24 April: Lloyds profits slip; blue-chips at record levels again
The rejuvenated FTSE 100 index touched a new record today in a session when the focus turned to UK banking stocks. Lloyds Banking Group kicked off the sector’s reporting season by posting a 28% fall in first quarter profits alongside unchanged full-year guidance. Other companies in the spotlight today included Reckitt Benckiser, Jet2 and the Carex business PZ Cussons.
- Cover Media
Kim Kardashian loses over 100k followers after Taylor Swift's diss track
Swift's new song, "thanK you aIMee," was released on 'The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology'. Swifties were quick to point out that the capitalized letters in the song title spell the word "KIM". The track "is about a 'bronze, spray-tanned' high school bully," according to 'Page Six'. "All that time you were throwin' punches, I was buildin' somethin' / And I can't forgive the way you made me feel... Screamed, 'F--- you, Aimee' to the night sky as the blood was gushin' / But I can't forget the way you made me heal.", Taylor Swift, via "thanK you aIMee".
- United Press International
Pennsylvania primaries 2024: Rep. Summer Lee of the 'Squad' decisively wins nomination
Pennsylvanians voted in Republican and Democratic primaries on Tuesday with 17 House seats up for election in November.
- The Independent
Ukraine-Russia war live: Former army officer warns Kyiv has ‘six months left’ as US passes £76bn aid package
The US Senate has passed £49bn in military aid for Ukraine which can be delivered ‘within days’
- Evening Standard
Lloyds Bank says house prices to rise and mortgage rates to fall
Britain’s biggest bank predicts three rate cuts this year
- Evening Standard
Two teenage Premier League footballers arrested over rape claim
A club spokesman said the team will not be making further comment at this stage
- Evening Standard
London travel news LIVE: Waterloo trains cancelled after person hit by train between Richmond and Teddington
Emergency services are responding to reports a person has been struck by a train between Kingston and Teddington. National Rail says the following services are affected: Waterloo to Teddington via Richmond; Waterloo to Strawberry Hill via Kingston, and Waterloo to Shepperton services. The Jubilee line has returned to running a good service.