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1 FTSE 100 retail stock investors should consider right now

1 FTSE 100 retail stock investors should consider right now

Image source: Getty Images Summer is fast approaching and I’ve been taking stock of my portfolio after an eventful start to the year. This year, the FTSE 100 Index has gained 3.9%, as I write on 6 May, to sit at 8,578 points. One area I have been considering buying into lately is retail. Discretionary […]

Bessent on trade talks: 80-90% of trade deals to be concluded by end of year

Bessent on trade talks: 80-90% of trade deals to be concluded by end of year

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent discusses the possibility of a trade deal and bringing back manufacturing to the country on Kudlow. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that the U.S. is in the midst of negotiations with 17 of the country’s largest trading partners, and previewed a timeline for concluding those pending trade deals. Bessent said […]

Black Holes Can Exist Without Singularities, Two New Models Suggest

Black Holes Can Exist Without Singularities, Two New Models Suggest

The laws of general relativity suggest that it is possible for an object to have such a density that nothing, not even light, can escape. That is a black hole. There are a few defining characteristics for these objects. They tend to have an event horizon, the surface that separates them from the rest of […]

Megan Thee Stallion Sneaks Phone Into Met Gala … Questlove Does Too

Megan Thee Stallion Sneaks Phone Into Met Gala … Questlove Does Too

Megan Thee Stallion Posts Sneaky Selfies From Inside Met Gala 🤭🤳🏾 Published May 6, 2025 8:38 AM PDT Play video content The Met Gala’s so-called strict “no-phone” policy had no bearing on Megan Thee Stallion … and the rapstress risked it all giving her fans an inside look at all her celebrity hobnobbing!!! Megan posted […]

£10,000 invested in Marks and Spencer shares before the cyberattack is now worth…

£10,000 invested in Marks and Spencer shares before the cyberattack is now worth…

Image source: Getty Images Marks and Spencer (LSE:MKS) shares were chugging along nicely this year. Before the Easter weekend, the FTSE 100 stock had shaken off widespread market turbulence from Trump’s tariffs to reach a nine-year high above 411p per share. But during the four-day break, the company was hit by a black swan event. […]

Bessent: US has yet to kick off trade negotiations with China

Bessent: US has yet to kick off trade negotiations with China

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the ‘win-win’ minerals deal with Ukraine, pushing for a trade deal with China and tariff ‘clarity,’ President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and other top legislative topics. The U.S. has not yet kicked off trade negotiations with China, as both Washington and Beijing have slapped steep tariffs against each other’s […]

The Opener: Merrill, Hernandez, MLBTR Chat

The Opener: Merrill, Hernandez, MLBTR Chat

As the 2025 season continues, here are three things for MLBTR readers to keep an eye on throughout the day today: 1. Merrill to return: The Padres have been without star center fielder Jackson Merrill for the past month, but as noted by Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune, the 2024 Rookie of the […]