The unrelenting summer sun has begun to feel like a distant memory – except for travel companies. A heatwave that saw millions basking in their gardens, parks or at the seaside here rather than book a last-minute getaway was bad news for High Street travel agent Thomas Cook. It has …
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America’s Faang stocks – Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google’s parent Alphabet – have truly bitten investors over the past few weeks. While the tech giants may have been some of the biggest contributors to US stock markets for the last decade, raking in huge returns for savers, their star …
Read More »INVESTMENT EXTRA: Will Vodafone regret saving its dividend?
Vodafone can hardly be accused of having feeble ambitions. When the telecoms firm launched its improvement plan in 2013, under the codename Project Spring, it said it wanted to become one of the top-two providers in all of its markets. But five years on, shares have slumped by 25 per …
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