• Barclays CEO says UK should seek ways to lower cost of Brexit

    Published Thu, May 21, 2026 · 12:11 AMTHE UK should look for ways to reverse the economic effect of Brexit, though it may be impractical to undo Britain’s exit from the European Union altogether, according to Barclays chief executive officer CS Venkatakrishnan. “We should find economic arrangements that reverse the impact of that, whether that can be a reversal of Brexit or some other arrangement, I don’t know practically, but you know it has had a cost, and if we can find ways to lower the cost we should do it,” Venkatakrishnan said at the Bloomberg Global Markets and Banking Summit…

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  • China Might Face U.S. Travel Restrictions Over Illegal Immigration: Report

    President Trump is set to meet with China’s Xi Jinping next week. The Trump administration might threaten China with travel restrictions if that country does not repatriate illegal immigrants faster, according to a new report. Reuters reported that in 2025, China accepted about 3,000 deportees, but the country’s cooperation on…

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  • Don’t let RFK Jr distract from the big health threat: Sugar

    It’s not the food dye in Froot Loops that Americans should fear; it’s the more than 66 pounds of sugar they consume a year ARE there “toxic chemicals” in food killing Americans? That fear is getting lots of attention thanks to Robert F Kennedy Jr, president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to…

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  • Stocks Reach New Record As Nasdaq Composite Climbs Over 15% In April

    Stocks reached a new record high on Thursday, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite also seeing its biggest monthly gain since April 2020. Concretely, the index gained 15.29% in the month, largely buoyed by strong earning reports from tech giants including Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft, all of which beat expectations for…

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  • Upset Taylor Swift says she was told Ticketmaster could handle demand

    POP superstar Taylor Swift said on Friday it was “excruciating” for her to watch fans struggle to secure tickets for her upcoming U.S. tour after she had been assured that Ticketmaster could handle large demand. The New York Times reported that the US Justice Department was investigating whether Ticketmaster parent…

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