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On the positives there have been relatively minor changes that will have an impact on the residential property market in the UK, providing continued stability.However, there is almost no reference to increasing house building or recognition that home moves help fuel the economy so boosting this would have helped stimulate growth that the country needs. Before the Budget, Movera called for more first-time buyer incentives to help encourage a fresh cohort on to the property ladder but importantly not through temporary solutions.The buy-to-let market and highest value properties of £2mn and above have now become a little less attractive, which…

Emmerdale viewers were left heartbroken for one beloved character after they fell victim to a cruel scam.*Warning contains spoilers* Sam Dingle’s fortunes plummeted from dire to disastrous in Friday’s episode, available on ITV X now, as he tried to surprise Lydia Dingle with VIP Jason Donovan concert tickets.Throughout the week, Sam and Belle Dingle had been frantically attempting to raise funds so they could purchase Lydia’s coveted gig tickets.On Wednesday, Sam hatched a scheme to pinch Christmas trees from Home Farm, explaining that if they flogged 20 trees for £50 each, they could afford the concert tickets and fix the…

US financial services firm StoneX Group will launch a precious metals trading desk in India in early 2026 and boost tech hiring by up to 20% annually for the next three years, a top executive told Reuters.The firm, which offers trading and execution services across commodities, securities and forex, has imported gold into India for two decades via Dubai and GIFT City, but the new desk marks its first local trading presence.The desk will mainly target Indian jewellers and extend services to scrap and recycling businesses, Greg Kallinikos, chief executive for Asia Pacific, said in an interview on Thursday.StoneX will…

Uganda’s recoverable oil has increased to 1.65 billion barrels from 1.4 billion, the Petroleum Authority of Uganda announced recently, adding to the excitement as the country moves closer to commercial production by July 2026.The increase in Uganda’s oil resources, explored over less than half the prospective area in the Albertine graben, boosts the country’s outlook as the latest major frontier in Africa’s energy market, which might attract investors into the sector.Ernest Rubondo, the executive director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda, said the new oil resources were noticed from improved data collection and updated evaluations of existing discoveries in the…

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HOUSTON, Nov. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Moleculin Biotech, Inc., (Nasdaq: MBRX) (“Moleculin” or the “Company”), today announced that it filed an amendment to its amended and restated certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect a 1-for-25 reverse stock split of its common stock. The reverse stock split will take effect at 12:01 am (Eastern Time) on December 1, 2025, and the Company’s common stock will open for trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market on December 1, 2025 on a post-split basis, under the existing ticker symbol “MBRX” but with a new…

For this week’s guide, Anna Bowes, savings expert from The Private Office, reviews the best offers on the savings market after Rachel Reeves delivered a £26bn tax-raising budget…One of the biggest changes to savers was a cut to the tax-free cash ISA limit from £20,000 to £12,000 from April 2027. Savers over the age of 65 will continue to be able to save up to £20,000 in a cash ISA each year.If you want to make the most of a cash ISA now, here’s a look at the best rates in the easy access cash ISA market… “It’s been low in activity in…

The government bond market can tell us a whole lot about what investors think the Federal Reserve is going to do with interest rates. That, and where they think labor markets are going to end up and where inflation will settle. In other words, where the economy is headed.Let’s start with yields on short-term government debt: Treasury bills that mature in a year. Or even less.“Short-term interest rates are really a function of the Federal Reserve,” said Guy LeBas, chief fixed income strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott.He said those yields tend to move in the same direction as the Fed’s…

Hamid MollazadehAs winter approaches in Iran, the country finds itself confronting a familiar and increasingly urgent dilemma: soaring household demand for natural gas and a supply system struggling to keep pace. With consumption in the residential sector now surging to record levels, energy authorities have begun reducing—if not outright cutting—gas deliveries to power plants, heavy industries and the petrochemical sector.  The resulting disruptions threaten not only electricity generation but also industrial output, export revenues and public health, raising the question of whether Iran can avoid another season of widespread shortages. The roots of the crisis lie in a structural imbalance that has…

A brand-new trailer for the highly anticipated BBC Drama The War Between the Land and the Sea has been released, exclusively broadcast on The One Show featuring leads Russell Tovey (Barclay Pierre-Dupont) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Salt). The five-part series will showcase how the world reacts when a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity and triggering an international crisis. UNIT, led by Kate Lethbridge-Stewart (Jemma Redgrave), fights for control as humanity faces destruction. Alongside Russell Tovey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Jemma Redgrave, the series features a star-studded cast including Ruth Madeley as Shirley Bingham, Alexander…