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The 10 products our readers bought most ahead of Black Friday (No. 1 will stop your doomscrolling)
Current price: $49/year (free as part of a discounted Walmart+ subscription)Original price: $110/yearStreaming platforms are the winner of Black Friday 2025, and this deal for Peacock is sweet.This deal gets you a discounted Peacock subscription and a lot more: Where you’d normally pay $110 for a year of Peacock Premium, when you sign up for Walmart+, you’ll get it for just $49 for the year, along with the other perks of the service, like free two-day shipping, free grocery delivery, and more. Another perk: You can also switch your Peacock Premium service to Paramount+ Essential if you want to, as…
‘We’re struggling’: I’m 41 with 5 kids and $46K in credit-card debt. Do I raid my $1.2 million IRAs to pay it off?
“I bring in $7,200 a month from my pension and disability benefits.” Source link
Bitcoin has moved back above $90,000. Why this strategist says a return to $100,000 is not far away
BTIG’s chief technical strategist Jonathan Krinksy said bitcoin has just exited seasonal period of bottoming. Source link
Property prices in London and the South recorded their first fall in 18 months, driven by Budget uncertainty and more homes for sale. House prices have fallen across London (-0.1%), the South East (-0.1%) and the South West of England (-0.2%), Zoopla’s house price index shows. Buyer demand has fallen by 12% year-on-year, while sales agreed fell by 4% amidst Budget uncertainty. David Powell, chief executive of Andrews estate agent, said: “After months of speculation, I am disappointed the government has missed this opportunity to address the challenges around stamp duty and affordability. “There will be much disappointment around the…
26 November 2025 Emily Coltman FCA Chief Accountant Despite months of rumours and an unprecedented leak of tax and spending plans before her speech, Chancellor Rachel Reeves still had plenty of surprises for small businesses in her Autumn Budget. Instead of the much-trailed one-off rise to Income Tax, the Chancellor revealed a plan for “rebuilding the economy” that featured a whole range of revenue-raising measures. We’ve picked through the Chancellor’s Budget Day speech, the HM Treasury reports and that leaked report from the Office for Budget Responsibility, to save you the trouble. These are the key changes we think small…
A weekend ‘vibe code’ hack by Andrej Karpathy quietly sketches the missing layer of enterprise AI orchestration
This weekend, Andrej Karpathy, the former director of AI at Tesla and a founding member of OpenAI, decided he wanted to read a book. But he did not want to read it alone. He wanted to read it accompanied by a committee of artificial intelligences, each offering its own perspective, critiquing the others, and eventually synthesizing a final answer under the guidance of a "Chairman."To make this happen, Karpathy wrote what he called a "vibe code project" — a piece of software written quickly, largely by AI assistants, intended for fun rather than function. He posted the result, a repository…
Cotton Closes Higher on Tuesday
Cotton futures were up 55 to 66 points across the front months on Tuesday. The US dollar index was down another 496 points and below $102, with crude oil losing 47 cents per barrel. USDA’s Crop Progress report indicated US cotton condition ratings across the US were down 4% to 42% gd/ex, with the Brugler500 index down 4 points to 315. Texas ratings were down 2 points with GA losing 3 points on the week. The Seam reported 3,727 bales of cotton sold in the online auction on Monday, with an average price of 61.99 cents/lb. ICE cotton stocks were unchanged on…
The current White House National Economic Council Director is in tune with Trump’s view on interest rates Source link
Aldermore calls for stamp duty holiday
Buyers of homes under £500,000 should be given an 18-month stamp duty holiday to stimulate sales and investment, Aldermore has urged ahead of Wednesday’s Autumn Budget. There was previously a stamp duty holiday in July 2020, which suspended stamp duty on properties up to £500,000 in a bid to stimulate the market during the covid-19 pandemic. Aldermore also called for the government to reinstate the Help to Buy Equity Loan, which it dubbed ‘Help to Build’, with a government-backed equity contribution of 20% for new builds when buyers contribute 5%. Danielle Soto, managing director for savings and business finance at…
Interactive map: Meet the small businesses powering the English Football League
24 November, 2025 4 min read Share Copy Link Copied Football is so much more than the 90 minutes you see on the pitch. Beyond the drama you see on TV, there’s a much deeper story that demonstrates the real heartbeat of the English Football League. Whether it’s the pre-game pub, the local café serving breakfast on matcha morning, or the local trades working in clubs week after week, small businesses have always been part of the match day experience. For as long as the football league has existed, they’ve been woven into the fabric of the EFL communities, sitting…
