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EasyJet passenger numbers ascend in month of disruption
Passenger numbers once again ascended at easyJet in July, with total passengers carried during the month rising 4. 5% year-on-year to 8,540,193, and it load factor improving 0. 1 percentage points to 96. 9%.
Tesco signs formal buying alliance with Carrefour
Tesco has signed on the dotted line to agree a long-term, strategic alliance with French supermarket peer Carrefour.
Pre-tax profits improve at HSBC, IWG calls off talks with suitors
London open The FTSE 100 is expected to open flat on Monday, having closed up 1. 1% at 7,659. 10 on Friday.
London pre-open: Stocks seen higher as HSBC impresses
London stocks were set to rise at the open on Monday, taking their cue from a positive close on Wall Street at the end of last week, with solid earnings from HSBC expected to underpin sentiment.
Monday newspaper round-up: Brexit, defence, FCFM, House of Fraser
Britain faces a Japanese-style future of permanently weak economic growth if immigration drops steeply in the years after Brexit, as forecasts indicate the working age population could start to shrink in just nine years’ time. As a result the economy would stagnate, investment would slow as businesses see their customer base fall, and Government finances would be put under immense strain as larger numbers of pensioners would have to be supported by fewer workers.