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Sentiment Slides Again, Yet US Consumers Keep Spending

For years, a household budget had a little give. A slightly higher electric bill one month could be absorbed by a slightly cheaper grocery run the next. That cushion is gone for most U.S. consumers, and the bills doing …

UK tries to stop Trump's diesel export ban

The UK is in talks with US authorities over a potential stoppage of diesel exports and has started preparing for a ban, Chancellor John Healey has told BBC News.

UK diesel price hits all-time high, the RAC says

Diesel prices have hit an all-time high of 199.18p per litre, according to the RAC motoring organisation, as the war in the Middle East continues to push up the cost of fuel.

My hometown shows that high streets have to change or die

The empty building that used to be the home of Marks & Spencer in Aberdeen is one of the first things you see when you arrive off the train and come into the city centre. The sign has gone, though the shape of the lette…