• 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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  • Indonesia intervenes in markets as rupiah sets new record low

    Published Tue, May 5, 2026 · 12:40 PM [JAKARTA] Indonesia’s central bank intervened in the foreign-exchange markets as the rupiah set a new record low. Bank Indonesia intervened through offshore and domestic non-deliverable forwards, spot transactions and government bonds in the secondary market, Erwin Hutapea, executive director of monetary and…

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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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  • US-Iran War Costs Hit $25 Billion As Political Pressure Mounts Ahead Of Midterms

    The United States’ ongoing military campaign against Iran has already cost an estimated $25 billion, according to a senior Pentagon official, marking the first formal disclosure of the financial toll of the conflict that began earlier this year. Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, Pentagon comptroller Jules Hurst said…

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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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