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Image source: Getty Images In June, Deutsche Bank slapped a 580p price target on train ticket booking firm Trainline (LSE:TRN). If that came to fruition, the FTSE 250 stock would more than double an investment made today at 263p. But this broker isn’t a lone bull. Of the 12 analysts giving ratings in the past three months, 10 of them see Trainline stock as the equivalent of a Strong Buy. None have a Sell rating. Meanwhile, the consensus price target among these experts is 430p. That’s 63% higher than the current level (but nothing is guaranteed, of course). Lots of…

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Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A German court has ruled that Apple cannot call its Apple Watch “carbon neutral” because of the short-term nature of reforestation projects used to offset the product’s emissions, according to an Aug. 26 announcement from German environmental and consumer protection nonprofit Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH), which brought the lawsuit.  Apple has not said whether it will appeal the case. The company is currently facing a class-action suit in California about similar carbon-neutral claims made in relation to its smartwatch. Apple is…

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Image source: Getty Images A little over a year ago now, a new government swept to power, setting ambitious claims targets for building new homes. Those of us with the shares in housebuilders like Persimmon (LSE: PSN) were paying close attention to statements like the UK building as many homes as we did in the 1960s. Some were drawing comparisons with the boom years of the 2010s where the shares in housing firms enjoyed a purple patch, Persimmon itself up 600% over the decade.  With that target of 1.5m homes to be built over the life of this government’s still…

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Image source: Getty Images Legal & General (LSE: LGEN) shares have taken a bit of a tumble in recent weeks, falling from 266p to 243p. As a result, they’re now sporting a dividend yield of around 9% again. Are they worth considering for this enormous yield? Let’s discuss. A massive yield A 9% dividend yield is no doubt attractive. But in the investment world, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. So, we need to look at the investment risks here. Why are the shares sporting a massive yield (more than twice the average FTSE 100 yield) and what’s…

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Image source: Getty Images From being close to extinction three years ago, Rolls-Royce (LSE:RR) shares have come a long way. The company’s market cap now exceeds £90bn, and the share price momentum has been truly exceptional. This is thanks to an improving climate for the aerospace sector, long-term commitments in defence spending, and an operational turnaround with a renewed focus on creating a leaner company that could command a higher valuation. However, with the stock up around 14 times since then, it’s probably trading closer to its fair value than it has at any point over the past three years.…

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Private equity jobs aren’t what they used to be, since – in the words of Bain Capital – the industry has been going through its “most challenging period since the global financial crisis.” However, private equity can still be an opportunity for ambitious junior bankers to do dramatic things, even in the middle market.Matt Fargie is one such person. Aged in his “early 30s”, Fargie is a principal at CapVest Partners in London, a midmarket private equity firm with around €5.5bn in assets under management and an office near Buckingham Palace. Fargie is in the process of completing a €10bn…

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Wildlife Works, an international green organisation that runs a carbon credit scheme in Kenya, has so far managed to conserve some 75,000 acres of forest at Rukinga Wildlife Ranch in Maungu by creating awareness of the benefits of a swap from forest destruction for charcoal to selling carbon credits.AFP via Getty Images The European Union is poised to make one of its most significant climate policy shifts in more than a decade: reintroducing international carbon credits as part of its emissions reduction strategy. Under a proposal unveiled in Brussels, from 2036 the EU could meet up to 3% of its…

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