As a rule, retailers tend to trumpet price cuts and keep quiet about increases but wine sellers are breaking ranks to warn customers of looming rises due to a shake-up of the way wine is taxed. The big names behind the campaign include Majestic Wine, Laithwaites, Cambridge Wine Merchants and the Wine Society, who are…
Royal Mail has been accused of being “shortsighted” and risking a drop in the number of charity Christmas cards sent this year as it increases stamp prices for the fifth time in less than three years. The price of a first-class stamp will rise by 30p on Monday, to £1.65, far outstripping the rate of…
Filming for a new movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis was interrupted when traffic wardens in Chester began putting parking tickets on 1980s vehicles being used in the backdrop of a scene. Day-Lewis has come out of retirement for Anemone, which his son Ronan Day-Lewis is directing, and is starring alongside Sean Bean and Samantha Morton. Filming…
“Here’s how to retire early,” promise TikTok’s financial influencers. But the life hacks offered never cover the most important advice: pick the right parents. Because looking ahead, inheritances will decide who does, and doesn’t, get a decent gap between the carriage clock and grim reaper. Household wealth has surged in Britain in recent decades, to…
Chrysler parent Stellantis filed a federal lawsuit against the United Auto Workers (UAW), saying the union has violated the contract by threatening to strike over the company’s delays in planned investment. The automaker filed the suit on Thursday, asking the US district court in the central district of California to declare the decision by a…
Guardian Australia’s political editor Karen Middleton speaks with economist and former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank, Guy Debelle. They discuss how the board makes decisions about the economy and the pressure they face in taking all sides into account How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know Support The Guardian The Guardian…
Carlos Tavares, chief executive officer of Stellantis NV, speaks to the media at the Stellantis auto manufacturing plant in Sochaux, France, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — Stellantis is suing the United Auto Workers, escalating a monthslong battle between the trans-Atlantic automaker and American union, CNBC has…
The chief operating officer of Truth Social’s parent company has resigned, and the company must hand over almost 800,000 shares to one of its investors as part of a court ruling, according to a regulatory filing. Andrew Northwall, the former COO, resigned from Trump Media & Technology Group Corp late last month, according to the…
A home for sale in Austin, Texas, on May 22, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images The average rate on the 30-year-fixed mortgage jumped 27 basis points Friday morning following the release of the government’s monthly employment report. The rate is now 6.53%, according to Mortgage News Daily. That is 42 basis points higher than…
USA’s Tiger Woods lines up a putt on the 2nd during day two of The Open at Royal Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Picture date: Friday July 19, 2024. Jane Barlow | PA Images | Getty Images A logo dispute between Tiger Woods’ apparel company Sun Day Red and Tigeraire, a company that makes cooling products…
