Image source: Getty Images Saving £15,000 is no easy feat. So if I managed to reach that milestone, I’d want to make sure I put my hard-earned cash to work. That’s why instead of leaving it sitting in the bank, I’d start to generate a second income. To do that, I’d start snapping up stocks with chunky dividend yields. It’s a method I’ve been using since I started my investment journey. So with £15,000, here’s what I’d do. Stocks and Shares ISA I’d kickstart the process by opening a Stocks and Shares ISA. Every year, UK investors have a £20,000…
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – China could issue ultra-long-term treasury bonds within two years to generate at least 10 trillion yuan ($1.4 trillion) worth of stimulus to the economy, a former central bank adviser said on Saturday, according to state media. China should introduce a basket of measures, focusing on enhancing social protections, buying unsold apartments for affordable housing and speeding up urban construction, Liu Shijin, former vice president of Development Research Center of the State Council, told the China Macroeconomy Forum, the Securities Times reported. Liu said the world’s second-biggest economy should not copy the quantitative easing of developed countries…
Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and dozens more wounded in the attack.The Israeli military’s chief spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said the strike on Beirut’s southern Dahiya district killed Ibrahim Akil, a commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, as well as 10 other Hezbollah operatives.”We will continue pursuing our enemies in order to defend our citizens, even in Dahiya, in Beirut,” said Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, describing…
DISCLAIMER: This content was reviewed and approved by Li-FT Power Ltd. and is being disseminated on behalf of CarbonCredits.com. Li-FT Power Ltd. (LIFT) has quadrupled its land position at the Cali Project in the Northwest Territories, staking an additional 9,681 hectares. This expansion comes after recent amendments to the Sahtú Land Use Plan, allowing LIFT to secure new claims in the area, thereby boosting the project’s overall lithium potential. New Claims with Spodumene Pegmatites LIFT’s newly staked land includes outcropping spodumene pegmatites, which extend the Cali dyke swarm. CEO Francis MacDonald highlighted, “Acquiring new areas through staking is the most…
Palantir Technologies (NYSE:) Inc., a major shareholder in Rubicon Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBTC), has recently sold a significant number of shares in the software services company. The transactions, which occurred on three separate dates, resulted in a total sale value of over $9,130. On September 18, 2024, Palantir Technologies sold 22,348 shares at a price of $0.0535 per share. This was followed by a larger sale on September 19, where 85,621 shares were traded at a weighted average price of $0.0564, with individual sale prices ranging from $0.052 to $0.065. The final sale took place on September 20, involving 55,262 shares…
(Bloomberg) — Intel Corp. shares climbed after the Wall Street Journal reported that Qualcomm Inc. approached the company about a takeover, a potential record-setting deal for the chip industry.Most Read from BloombergThe discussions occurred in recent days, the newspaper said, citing unnamed people familiar with the situation. Even so, a deal is far from certain, according to the Journal. Representatives for Intel and Qualcomm declined to comment.The shares rose 3.4% to $21.87 in New York trading Friday, rebounding from a decline earlier in the day. The stock remains down 56% this year.Intel, once the world’s largest chipmaker, has been struggling…
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By Laila Bassam and Maayan Lubell BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut on Friday, vowing to press on with a new military campaign until it is able to secure the area around the Lebanese border. The Israeli military and a security source in Lebanon said Ibrahim Aqil had been killed with other senior members of an elite Hezbollah unit in the airstrike, sharply escalating the year-long conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group. Hezbollah confirmed Aqil’s death in a statement just after midnight that called…
Nike Inc (NYSE:) and Adidas AG (ETR:) dominate the market for iconic sneaker lines, outpacing other sportswear brands by a significant margin. Both companies continue to rely on their longstanding, recognizable silhouettes to generate sales, with Adidas (OTC:) showing a strong performance recently. According to Morgan Stanley analysts, Adidas’ top-line growth has been strong, with the company reporting an impressive 15.8% organic sales growth in the quarter ending June 2024. This is better than competitors like Nike, which reported flat growth, and Puma SE (ETR:), which grew by just 2.1%. In contrast to earlier quarters, where Adidas’ growth was slightly…
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved final guidance regarding the listing for trading of voluntary carbon credit derivative contracts. The guidance applies to designated contract markets (DCMs), which are CFTC-regulated derivatives exchanges, and outlines factors for DCMs to consider when addressing certain Core Principle requirements in the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and CFTC regulations that are relevant to the listing for trading of voluntary carbon credit derivative contracts. The guidance also outlines factors for consideration when addressing certain requirements under the CFTC’s Part 40 Regulations that relate to the submission of new derivative contracts, and contract amendments to the CFTC.…