Consumers face fees of £175 an hour for quitting car finance claims ft.com/content/4fb7c3… via Financial Times

Europe's chemical industry seeks a lifeboat to stay in business reuters.com/business/energ…

Closures, disposals reshaping the global petrochemical sector reuters.com/business/energ…

Private equity backers refuse to roll over investments as returns dwindle ft.com/content/02c4c5… via @ft

Doubt cast on widely quoted millionaire migration numbers, interested parties pushing this narrative ft.com/content/28ebf5… via @ft

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So much for austerity, Evercore to acquire Robey Warshaw for £146m cityam.com/evercore-to-ac…

Why isn’t this being reported in the mainstream media rather than the constant rhetoric of doom and gloom pumped out by the right wing press. UK business confidence highest in 10 years, Lloyds Bank says cityam.com/uk-business-co…

Inflation-busting trusts, vehicles whose dividend payouts have beaten rising prices sharesmagazine.co.uk/article/inflat…

Liverpool’s £116 million Florian Wirtz deal so big it’s on Bayer AG’s balance sheet straitstimes.com/sport/football…

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Beijing, which claims almost all of the South China Sea as its sovereign territory youtu.be/7jgUDCJh-WE?si… via YouTube

Please not again, selling our infrastructure to foreigners Enjoy this article for free. thetimes.com/business-money…

Emerging markets investment trust tightens discount controls thearmchairtrader.com/investment-tru…

Real Estate Credit Investments delivers £34.5m loan repayments and stable NAV directorstalkinterviews.com/real-estate-cr…

Time will tell for the herd mentality investorschronicle.co.uk/content/ab1af4…

The UK is back in business. Someone forgot to tell British investors reuters.com/markets/europe…

Switzerland, which has long touted its diplomatic skills, needs a rethink if it wants to put its recent disastrous negotiations with Trump behind it bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Germans have long preferred the safety of bank accounts to the risk of the stock market bloomberg.com/news/articles/…