Oil jumps and shares fall after Trump Iran address

Felicity Hannah,Big Boss Interviewand Michael Sheils McNamee,Business reporter PA Waterstones would stock books created using artificial intelligence, the company’s boss has said, as long as they were clearly labelled, and if customers wanted them. However, James Daunt, a veteran of the bookselling industry, said he personally did not expect that to happen. “There’s a huge…

The third stage of the Covid-19 Inquiry begins hearing evidence on Monday focusing on the measures taken to support workers’ incomes and keep businesses afloat when the pandemic struck. It will focus on what action the UK government, devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and local authorities took, how well schemes were designed…

Oil prices have surged as much as 64% in March – when they reached nearly $120 a barrel – in the biggest monthly gain since 1990 when Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait took both countries’ oil off the market, resulting in an energy supply shock, said Nicolas Daher from the Economist Intelligence Unit.