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Gavin Oldham

Thought for the Week: Time

Gavin Oldham
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Thought for the Week

Thought for the Week: Time
What does time mean for you? A busy diary, rushing people, stress and anxiety — 'never enough hours in the day'? If so, there's plenty of that to watch on the Sky Movies channel. Or do you see it as one of the crowning glories of creation which makes all life possible? Nobel Prize winner Kip Thorne helped to unravel its mysteries in 'The Life Scientific' following his input on 'Interstellar', and thus inspired our thought for this week. Background music: opening with grandfather clock chimes, closing with 'Take Your Time' by Dan Lebowitz

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Georgie Frost

This Is Money: What does the latest inflation data mean for our finances for the rest of 2024?

Georgie Frost
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This is Money

This Is Money: What does the latest inflation data mean for our finances for the rest of 2024?
Last week, the consumer prices index measure of inflation nudged higher to 2.2%. But what does this mean for future base rate decisions — and then in turn, mortgage rates and savings rates? Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost discuss the latest inflation figures and what the rest of the year has in store for the economy. Meanwhile, experts predict a busier housing market this autumn - but what makes them so sure? And watch out if you plan on taking your kids out of school during term time — you could face big fines, with the first change to the system since 2013. Is it fair that parents get fined for taking children on holidays and should there be a better system devised? We look at the supermarket winners and losers over the last decade — just how bad have things been for ASDA. And our reporter Angharad Carrick takes a visit to west London Tesco to test its new anti-shoplifting measures. Is it any good? We also run the rule over Aliexpress... and the bargain items that are almost too good to be true.
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Angharad Carrick


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Motley Fool Money

Motley Fool Money: The Market's Coiled Spring (16/8)

Motley Fool Money
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Motley Fool Show

Motley Fool Money: The Market's Coiled Spring (16/8)
The macro picture might be putting a damper on guidance for some companies, but depressed valuations and climbing cash balances mean as the macro picture clears up, money could come back into the market in waves. Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger discuss what Brian Niccol will need to do to turn around Starbucks as CEO, and how Chipotle will handle the departure of their superstar executive, earnings updates from Home Depot, Walmart, and Brinker, and Warren Buffett’s latest buys — Ulta Beauty and Heico – and what Berkshire and other smart money’s rising cash hoards might mean. Then, 31 minutes in, Jason and Matt break down two stocks on their radar: Palo Alto Networks and Kenvue. Stocks discussed: SBUX, CMG, HD, WMT, EAT, PANW, KVUE. Host - Dylan Lewis; Guests - Jason Moser, Matt Argersinger
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Jason Moser, Matt Argersinger


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Motley Fool Money

Motley Fool Money: What Happens if Alphabet Breaks Up? (14/8)

Motley Fool Money
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Motley Fool Show

Motley Fool Money: What Happens if Alphabet Breaks Up? (14/8)
Here’s why investors could win. Tim Beyers and Mary Long discuss the lawsuit against Google, the likelihood of a big tech breakup, and consolidation in the snacking sector. Then, 14 minutes in, Jason Hall and Ricky Mulvey check in on some solar power stocks. Companies discussed: GOOG, GOOGL, K, ENPH, SEDG. Host - Mary Long; Guests - Tim Beyers, Jason Hall, Ricky Mulvey
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Tim Beyers, Jason Hall, Ricky Mulvey


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Adam Cox

The Hypnotist: The Hypnotic Sleeping Pill

Adam Cox
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The Hypnotist

The Hypnotist: The Hypnotic Sleeping Pill
The placebo effect drives an element of expectation or belief for people taking part in a medical test, when they don't know whether they're taking the 'real thing' or are part of a control group. In this episode, Adam Cox uses the metaphor of a sleeping tablet rather than the actual thing to drive that placebo suggestion, thereby inducing a self-fulfilling policy to help you sleep. An added bonus here, too: there's no wake-up call at the end of the session, so you can just keep on sleeping!

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Vicky Sayers

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: Is money still a man’s prerogative?

Vicky Sayers
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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors

The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors: Is money still a man’s prerogative?
Since the suffragette movement, women have had to work hard to gain autonomy in what was once very much “a man’s world”; and when it comes to finances, women are yet to achieve equality. Vicky Sayers is joined in this episode by Tamara Gillan, founder of the WealthiHer Network: created to inspire and empower women to grow and protect their wealth. They discuss the continuing economic inequality of the sexes, and the initiatives put in place by the WealthiHer Network to work towards equality. Replay from 20th March 2020
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Tamara Gillan


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Simon Rose

The Business of Film: It Ends With Us, Trap and Borderlands

Simon Rose
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The Business Of Film

The Business of Film: It Ends With Us, Trap and Borderlands
James Cameron-Wilson is joined by guest interrogator Chad Kennerk to discuss the UK box-office, which has dipped 3% from the previous weekend. Sadly, he was not a fan of any of the three new releases in the marketplace: he found 'It Ends With Us' implausible and ridiculous, M. Night Shyamalan’s psycho-thriller 'Trap' contrived and inexplicable and the video game adaptation 'Borderlands' (with Cate Blanchett, of all people) derivative and chaotic.
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James Cameron Wilson, Chad Kennerk


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Simon Rose

The Bigger Picture: The university crisis, China's economy is in trouble & demand for EVs is faltering

Simon Rose
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The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture: The university crisis, China's economy is in trouble & demand for EVs is faltering
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University explains why the UK's world-class universities sector is in crisis and that it ought to be no surprise to economists, given that it has effectively a politically-imposed price control system. There are solutions, though, if the will is there. In China there is a huge glut in industrial production, with 30% of industrial firms operating at a loss. China's GDP could be at least 40% smaller than we're being told. And, he says, it is now clear that EV demand is not behaving as the politicians would wish, with some companies now developing new types of petrol engines.
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Professor Tim Evans


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Gavin Oldham

Thought for the Week: Global stock ownership requires global investment platforms

Gavin Oldham
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Thought for the Week

Thought for the Week: Global stock ownership requires global investment platforms
While Hargreaves Lansdowne accepts an outcome driven by Private Equity, Abrdn attempts to shrug off the high price it paid for buying its retail investment platform from Private Equity. The short-term and intensely finance-based motivation of that sector achieves a real contrast between its entry and exit pricing, notwithstanding the damage it does to public markets. That short-term focus has also denied a strategic transition to global retail investment platforms capable of supporting widespread global stock ownership in the years ahead; although the parochial nature of investment regulation and antiquated technology also conspire against making that transition. Employee share ownership has made that change, and its workplace solutions could set the template for individual stock ownership across the world. Background music: 'Everything Has a Beginning' by Joel Cummins

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Vicky Sayers

Gadgets & Gizmos: Share Radio Interview — Bionic Britain?

Vicky Sayers
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Gadgets and Gizmos

Gadgets & Gizmos: Share Radio Interview — Bionic Britain?
We’re living in a world fascinated with the future and what it might bring. But with technology and AI improving all the time, could a “Terminator situation” be on the horizon? Vicky Sayers speaks to Futurologist, Dr Ian Pearson, who says the only way to make sure artificial intelligence doesn’t eventually overtake our own, is for humans to become more like the machines we’re creating. But how realistic is a bionic future for Britain, and the world at large? Replay from 29 September 2019
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Dr Ian Pearson


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