• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Russia, Trump, Black Hawk helicopters

  Tuesday 13 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Russia is already working to circumvent the latest US sanctions to ensure India can continue to import high levels of cheap Russian crude oil, according to industry analysts. Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, India has become the world's second largest purchaser of Russian crude oil, which has been heavily discounted due to the impact of western sanctions. US-India relations have plummeted in recent months as Donald Trump has attempted to coerce India into halting its reliance on cheap Russian oil, accusing it of bankrolling Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Russia, Trump, Black Hawk helicopters

  Tuesday 13 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Russia is already working to circumvent the latest US sanctions to ensure India can continue to import high levels of cheap Russian crude oil, according to industry analysts. Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, India has become the world's second largest purchaser of Russian crude oil, which has been heavily discounted due to the impact of western sanctions. US-India relations have plummeted in recent months as Donald Trump has attempted to coerce India into halting its reliance on cheap Russian oil, accusing it of bankrolling Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Business confidence, Marks & Spencer, Federal Reserve

  Monday 12 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - UK business confidence weakened sharply at the end of 2025 and hiring fell amid rising costs and uncertainty about the economic outlook, according to key business surveys. Contrasting with the prime minister's optimistic new year message that the country was about to start feeling richer again, the jobs market weakened, with full-time and temporary appointments falling in December, according to a study by the accountants KPMG and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC). - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Rio-Glencore merger, Iran protests, Greenland...

  Sunday 11 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Rio Tinto has been urged not to overpay for Glencore, according to the Sunday Times, after it emerged that the two companies are discussing a possible merger to create the world's largest mining group. The paper cited Tal Lomnitzer, portfolio manager at Janus Henderson, which holds a £500m stake in Rio, who said he didn't see a need for Rio to pursue a deal right now, "unless the price is particularly compelling".

• Friday newspaper round-up: Shadow banking sector, Soho House, X

  Friday 09 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - The UK Treasury has a "limited grasp" of concerns linked to the booming shadow banking sector and may not be prepared for risks the unregulated industry poses to financial stability, peers have said. While a lack of data makes it hard to say whether the $16tn (£12tn) non-bank financial sector could bring the wider financial system to its knees, officials do not seem to be alive to the potential risks, according to a Lords financial services regulation committee report. - Guardian

• Thursday newspaper round-up: Anthropic, commercial landlords, Asda

  Thursday 08 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Anthropic is planning a $10bn fundraise that would value the Claude chatbot maker at $350bn, according to multiple reports published on Wednesday. The new valuation represents an increase of nearly double from about four months ago, per CNBC, which reported that the company had signed a term sheet that stipulated the $350bn figure. The round could close within weeks, although the size and terms could change. Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and Coatue Management are planning to lead the financing, the Wall Street Journal reported. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Venezuela, Faculty, Heathrow

  Wednesday 07 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Donald Trump has said Venezuela will be "turning over" $2bn worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, a flagship negotiation that would divert supplies from China while helping Venezuela avoid deeper oil production cuts. "This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!" Trump said in a post online. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Car sales, Claire's Accessories, Nvidia

  Tuesday 06 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Insolvent recruitment businesses shorn of their debts then reacquired from administration by the directors or shareholders that presided over their demise are costing the exchequer tens of millions of pounds in lost taxes, a Guardian analysis suggests. The practice of "phoenixism" - the art of liquidating a company and allowing the directors to rise from the ashes with a new entity, free of debts - is estimated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to have cost taxpayers about £800m a year. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Unemployment, junk food ads, Shell

  Monday 05 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - The UK is poised for a rise in unemployment in 2026 fuelled by the collapse of "zombie" companies that have struggled to adapt to a rise in business costs, according to a report. At the start of what could be a pivotal year for the economy, the Resolution Foundation said businesses were grappling with a "triple whammy" of multiyear increases in interest rates, energy prices and the minimum wage that could "finish off" some underperforming companies. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Maduro in US custody, Starmer denies involvement, North Korean missile launch, Syrian missile strike, Iran criticises Trump, electrical equipment shortage

  Sunday 04 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is in US custody after being seized by American forces in an operation the Trump administration claims now leaves Washington effectively running his government, The Times reported. A Boeing aircraft carrying Maduro and his wife landed at Stewart Air National Guard Base less than a day after he was taken from his compound in Caracas by US Delta Force personnel. President Trump described the operation as a show of force not seen "since World War Two".

• Friday newspaper roundup: Carbon climbdown, rail outsourcing, pasta tariffs

  Friday 02 Jan 2026

  (Sharecast News) - Ministers are poised to allow homes in England to be built without carbon-cutting technology in what experts have said is a climbdown after pressure from housebuilders. The future homes standard (FHS), due to be published in January, will regulate how all homes are built and is expected to enforce tough new regulations such as mandating solar panels on nearly all houses and high standards of insulation and heat pumps in most cases. But the Guardian has learned that the regulations are unlikely to stipulate that homes must be fitted with batteries, despite the strong advantages of combining renewable power generation with energy storage. - Guardian

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: House prices, LK Bennett, Seasalt

  Wednesday 31 Dec 2025

  (Sharecast News) - First-time buyers are expected to drive the UK housing market in 2026, with further interest rate cuts likely to improve stretched affordability. The for-sale market should accelerate moderately, with prices rising by 2% to 4%, while rent rises are likely to slow from the rapid increases of recent years, according to lenders and estate agents. With mortgage rates falling, earnings growth running ahead of inflation, and house prices rising slowly, monthly mortgage costs for first-time buyers as a share of income are at their lowest level since 2022, according to Halifax. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Consumer spending, house prices, Octopus Energy

  Tuesday 30 Dec 2025

  (Sharecast News) - UK consumers are reluctant to spend going into 2026 despite feeling almost as secure about their personal finances as they did at the beginning of the year, according to research. A study by the accountancy multinational KPMG found that concerns about the health of the UK economy were holding consumers back from spending, especially on eating out and big ticket items such as cars and furniture. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Consumer spending, house prices, Octopus Energy

  Tuesday 30 Dec 2025

  (Sharecast News) - UK consumers are reluctant to spend going into 2026 despite feeling almost as secure about their personal finances as they did at the beginning of the year, according to research. A study by the accountancy multinational KPMG found that concerns about the health of the UK economy were holding consumers back from spending, especially on eating out and big ticket items such as cars and furniture. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Elon Musk, gambling companies, Rolls-Royce CEO

  Monday 29 Dec 2025

  (Sharecast News) - A surge in the price of silver to record highs this month has prompted a warning from Elon Musk that manufacturers could suffer the consequences. Silver has risen sharply during December, part of a precious metals rally that also pushed gold and platinum to record levels on Boxing Day. Analysts have attributed the jump in prices to expectations of US interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve in 2026, leading to increased demand for hard assets that protect against inflation and currency debasement. - Guardian

• Sunday newspaper round-up: YouTube AI slop, Kyiv heating outages, Labour visa restrictions, mansion tax, Wagamama price rises, contactless ticketing fare increases

  Sunday 28 Dec 2025

  (Sharecast News) - More than a fifth of the videos recommended to new YouTube users are low‑quality AI‑generated clips designed to maximise views, according to research reported by the Guardian. Video‑editing firm Kapwing analysed 15,000 of the platform's most popular channels and found that 278 consisted entirely of so‑called AI slop. Those channels have collectively drawn more than 63bn views and more than 200m subscribers, generating an estimated $117m in annual revenue.

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Train companies, Jes Staley, farmers IHT

  Wednesday 24 Dec 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Train companies have been warned over price claims made on their ticketing websites after the advertising watchdog banned ads run by three sellers. The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that claims made for fares booked via ScotRail and Greater Anglia's website, as well as by a third-party ticketing site, My Train Ticket, were misleading. In all three cases, the ASA said, it found the companies could not provide evidence to show that people would get the lowest available price by booking train tickets through them. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: EU trade deal, Post Office, Nelson Peltz

  Tuesday 23 Dec 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Keir Starmer's government has been told a closer EU trade deal is a "strategic necessity" for companies in Britain as growing numbers of exporters find it tougher to do business under the UK's post-Brexit agreement. Calling on Labour to accelerate its reset with Brussels, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said the UK's existing trade and cooperation agreement (TCA) was failing to help them grow their sales in the EU. - Guardian

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: EU trade deal, Post Office, Nelson Peltz

  Tuesday 23 Dec 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Keir Starmer's government has been told a closer EU trade deal is a "strategic necessity" for companies in Britain as growing numbers of exporters find it tougher to do business under the UK's post-Brexit agreement. Calling on Labour to accelerate its reset with Brussels, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said the UK's existing trade and cooperation agreement (TCA) was failing to help them grow their sales in the EU. - Guardian

• Monday newspaper round-up: Turkeys, UK manufacturers, graduate jobs

  Monday 22 Dec 2025

  (Sharecast News) - Several of the UK's big supermarkets have been forced to source turkeys from elsewhere in Europe to keep shelves stocked this Christmas, after avian flu curtailed UK production. Asda, Lidl and Morrisons are understood to be stocking branded turkey imported from mainland Europe - a move industry sources described as "unprecedented" - to "protect availability" and ensure sufficient supply for festive meals. - Guardian

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