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Image source: Getty Images For income investors, interest rates are especially important as they can affect how attractive dividend shares look compared to bonds or savings accounts. The Bank of England recently chose to hold the base rate steady at 4%, but with inflation easing and the economy slowing, most analysts expect further reductions in the next 12 months. That could be good news for a number of dividend-paying stocks that have been under pressure in recent years. I’ve picked out three British shares I think are worth investors considering in a lower-rate environment. Segro Segro‘s (LSE: SGRO) a real…

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The far-right is speaking out about violence on transportation — and weaponizing it for their agenda.Earlier this week, the far-right social media juggernaut Libs of TikTok expressed outrage that the “legacy media” had failed to cover the death of an e-biker who was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver.Of course, the post wasn’t exactly demanding justice for people on two wheels. Dubbed an “extremist hate-peddler” by the Human Rights campaign, Libs of TikTok has never mentioned anything close to the Vision Zero movement before this post — and they almost certainly didn’t intend to, here.The account did not even…

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JAKARTA – PT Krakatau Baja Industri (KBI) exports Cold Rolled Coil (CRC) products to Spain with a volume of more than 54,000 or IDR 571 billion.The event to release the export of PT KBI’s CRC products to Spain took place in Cilegon, Banten, Thursday, September 25.One of the government representatives who attended was the Director General of Metal, Machinery, Transportation Equipment and Electronics (ILMATE) of the Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) Setia Diarta.The man who akrap called Tata said PT KBI also contributed to the positive performance of the national base metal industry.Throughout 2025, the company has exported 62,000 tons of…

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This was among the key conclusions of the technical assistance programme ‘Development and Impacts Assessment of Carbon Credit and Allowance Governance Mechanism in Vietnam’. The initiative, running since last September, was carried out by Green Climate Innovation in collaboration with Energy and Environment Consultancy JSC, South Pole Group, and a team of national and international experts. The study sets out governance options for Vietnam’s ETS pilot phase, covering key issues such as defining coverage, setting the overall cap, allocating allowances to facilities, and using carbon credits for offsetting. Building on these options, nine scenarios were developed and assessed, aligned with…

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Image source: Getty Images At first sight, it’s harder to imagine a more reliable passive income investment than National Grid (LSE:NG) shares. But there’s a lot more to the company than meets the eye. The firm’s status as a regulated monopoly protects it from competition in an industry where demand is unlikely to go away. This, however, is just one part of a more complicated picture. Regulated returns National Grid operates in both the gas and electricity industries but its largest division is its UK electricity transmission business. And this is regulated by Ofgem. The FTSE 100 firm builds and…

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Image source: Getty Images The Rolls-Royce Holdings (LSE: RR.) share price has gained a staggering 2,078% over the past five years. But what’s more impressive are the fundamental numbers driving it all. And there’s more than just a recovery from the pandemic crash behind them. Then and now I’ve been having a look at 2019 full-year results — the last before Covid. At the time, Rolls was having a bit of a wobble, with its earlier share price rise heading into reverse. I’m also casting my eye over 2024 results, which is the most recent full year we have. One…

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