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Ian King

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Business Presenter, @SkyNews, business columnist, @thetimes & advisory board member, @AllianceMBS. Business Live is on Sky News at 1130 & 1630 UK time Mon-Fri

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Just back from an interview with Michael Murray, the CEO of Frasers Group Plc (FRAS), which you'll be able to watch shortly on Sky News and on our digital platforms. In the meantime, here's what I wrote about the company's results earlier today: news.sky.com/story/frasers-…

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A long old day but, in between all the broadcasting, I wrote this earlier on about CrowdStrike - the company at the heart of today’s global IT outages. news.sky.com/story/from-wal…

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Why the new government needs to get behind the Global Combat Air Programme - words from me in The Times and The Sunday Times this morning: thetimes.com/article/why-la…

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Earlier today I interviewed Sir Pascal Soriot, chief executive of ⁦AstraZeneca⁩. Here’s my write-up of what he had to say. news.sky.com/story/nices-me…

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Reflections from me on this morning's half year results from NatWest Group Why things look rosy for NatWest 12 months on from debanking crisis news.sky.com/story/why-thin…

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The global spirits giant Diageo News has reported its first drop in sales since the pandemic. Words from me here: news.sky.com/story/guinness…

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The latest bank to update the market with its half year results today was HSBC. Here's my write-up on what we learned: news.sky.com/story/hsbcs-bo…

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One of the toughest jobs in global business - CEO of ⁦The Boeing Company⁩ - has been filled today after a four month search. Words from me here - news.sky.com/story/boeing-p…

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Big drop in UK gilt yields on the Bank of England cut today - a big fall in implied UK government borrowing costs. Good news for the Chancellor - but will throw into sharper relief any planned tax increases in her Autumn budget. Those will look much more of a political choice.

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Even before the Bank of England rate cut, it was an immensely busy financial news day, with a dozen FTSE-100 companies publishing trading updates. Here's my write-up: news.sky.com/story/the-winn…

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Big falls at the open on Wall Street - S&P509 down 3.66%; DJI off 3.06%; Nasdaq off 4.15%. Among individual stocks - Apple down 6.5%; Nvidia off 12%; Amazon off 7.5%. Here’s my explainer from last Friday: news.sky.com/story/nasty-su…

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Today's grocery market data from Kantar UK & Ireland highlighted how cut-throat the market is and how tough Asda in particular is finding life. Words from me here on the Sky News digital platforms: news.sky.com/story/whats-go…

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A lovely tribute to Sven-Goran Eriksson in ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ from the peerless Martin Samuel. I was in Munich on that amazing night in 2001. Thanks, Sven. thetimes.com/article/9c88e7…

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An excellent explanation of dynamic pricing by my friend ⁦⁦Simon French⁩ is included in this article in ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ and is well worth a read. thetimes.com/article/989bf6…

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This is just shocking news. Henk was such an entertaining and informed commentator on financial markets. Knowledgeable and personable - and, of course, smart. Sincere condolences to his family and loved ones.