Market Pulse
26 Jul
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Cars, tax havens, Metro Bank, Unilever
As part of a government strategy to improve air quality, Britain is to ban all new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2040 amid fears that rising levels of nitrogen oxide pose a major risk to public health. The commitment, which follows a similar pledge in France, is part of the government’s much-anticipated clean air plan, which has been at the heart of a protracted high court legal battle. - Guardian.
25 Jul
US close: Stocks mixed amid slew of earnings
US stocks finished mixed on Tuesday as investors waded through an avalanche of earnings and digested a better-than-expected reading on US consumer confidence.