Category: 6. Business

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By Barbara Kollmeyer

Gold and silver rose after weak jobs data were reported, but still finished lower for the week

Gold has failed to get much of a safe-haven bid this week, even as the Iran conflict has worsened.

As far…

By Hannah Pedone

Economists and Wall Street analysts say there is very little overlap between February’s labor-market weakness and AI’s impact on jobs

Analysts told MarketWatch that Friday’s weak jobs data isn’t clearly linked…

Rachel MacSweeney, based in Winterton, Norfolk, has two holiday cottages and her own house, all of which use heating oil.

She told BBC Radio Norfolk’s Rob Butler she ordered 500 litres for her own house on 25 February which cost her just over…

A sudden escalation of tensions in the Middle East has once again sent shockwaves through global energy markets. Following coordinated strikes by Israel and the United States against Iran on 28 February 2026, oil and natural gas prices rose…

Global stock markets have continued to take a hammering as oil prices rocketed in their biggest weekly gain for six years, with no sign of a swift resolution to the conflict in the Middle East.

London’s FTSE 100 Index slumped 1.6% lower at…