Matthew Lynn

Harvey Nichols used to be one of the most glamorous department stores in the world. But now the business has gone up for sale – and it looks as if only the retailer Next and Frasers Group – owned by Mike Ashley of Sports Direct fame – are bidding on...

Harvey Nichols used to be one of the most glamorous department stores in the world. But now the business has gone up for sale – and it looks as if

It will bring in outside investors, open the doors to global money, enrich a handful of inside executives and, perhaps most outrageously of all, might even involve the Trump family. The plans by Fifa, the governing body that controls the World Cup, to sell a stake in the competition, have drawn predictably condemnation, not least

It will bring in outside investors, open the doors to global money, enrich a handful of inside executives and, perhaps most outrageously of all, might even involve the Trump family.

Banking profits are highly cyclical. When interest rates are rising, and the markets are booming, they usually make lots of money.

The levies didn’t throw the economy into a recession.

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Supermarket’s ownership of the struggling retailer represents a lost decade

Presumably one of the executives at Swift Partners will have to pop round to their local Argos store and show a code on their mobile phone to collect

The Trump administration is levying a fresh 50 percent tariff on most goods coming across the border from Canada.