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Market Wrap: National Insurance U-turn & unemployment hits 12-year low

Simon Rose
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The Share Radio Evening Show

Market Wrap: National Insurance U-turn & unemployment hits 12-year low
On today's Market Wrap: plans introduced in the Budget last week, to raise National Insurance contributions for self-employed people, are dropped, UK unemployment falls to lowest levels since 2005, shares in Hikma Pharmaceuticals end the day up around 8% and the drugmaker is the top gainer on the FTSE 100 today after reporting better than expected results for 2016 and much more. Simon Rose was joined by Paul Sedgwick Head of Investments at Frank Investments.
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Paul Sedgwick


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The Weeks Update: Trump's first 50 days

Simon Rose
Original Broadcast:

The Share Radio Evening Show

The Weeks Update: Trump's first 50 days
Many hoped the US presidency would change Donald Trump. After his first 50 days, it's clear Donald Trump is changing the presidency. For today's Weeks Update, Simon and Professor John Weeks are joined by Michael Zweig, Professor of Economics at State University of New York, Stoney Brook, to reflect on Trump's stay in the Oval Office.

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The Book Review: Is this financial classic still relevant?

Simon Rose
Original Broadcast:

The Share Radio Evening Show

The Book Review: Is this financial classic still relevant?
Simon takes on a reissue of a book long considered a classic financial tome: 'Reminiscences of a Stock Operator' by Edwin Lefevre. Simon is joined by Tim Price, co-manager of the VT Price Value Portfolio and who's written the Preface in the reissue.

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Share Politics: 50 Articles of May

Simon Rose
Original Broadcast:

The Share Radio Evening Show

Share Politics: 50 Articles of May
It's time to talk politics. On today's programme: the Prime Minister now has the power to begin the UK's departure from the European Union. Last night Parliament passed the Government's Article 50 Bill, allowing Theresa May to pull the so-called Brexit trigger. Meanwhile, the Dutch are heading to the polls in an election billed as putting the entire European Union at stake.

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Market Wrap: Brexit trigger spooks sterling, BoE's Hogg quits, Opec outsiders boosted

Simon Rose
Original Broadcast:

The Share Radio Evening Show

Market Wrap: Brexit trigger spooks sterling, BoE's Hogg quits, Opec outsiders boosted
On today's Market Wrap: the pound has fallen to a two-month low after politicians paved the way for Article 50 to be triggered later this month; Opec has raised its 2017 estimates for oil production from those countries that don't belong to the cartel; and Charlotte Hogg has resigned as the Bank of England's deputy governor.

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My First Share: The wireless pioneer

Simon Rose
Original Broadcast:

The Share Radio Evening Show

My First Share: The wireless pioneer
On My First Share, Share Radio talks to investment professionals about their first foray into share ownership. Today, Simon was joined by Alistair Jex, Head of Bespoke and Advisory Portfolios at Coutts Investment

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Investment Focus: Merger mania, budget blues, & going big in Japan

Simon Rose
Original Broadcast:

The Share Radio Evening Show

Investment Focus: Merger mania, budget blues, & going big in Japan
On today's Investment Focus: Will fund manager mergers become more common as pressure mounts on the industry? Can the US meet its budget deadline? And British investors can be a parochial bunch - so could there be opportunities overseas local investors aren't considering?

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Gadgets & Gizmos: What is Hamamatsu Photonics?

Simon Rose
Original Broadcast:

The Share Radio Evening Show

Gadgets & Gizmos: What is Hamamatsu Photonics?
Technology is changing almost every aspect of daily life and business and finance is no exception. Share Radio's Simon Rose and Steve Caplin, Share Radio's technology editor, look at the big technological changes that impact on the world of business, finance and money as well as some of the gadgets that help make everyday life a bit easier. On today's programme, they discuss Hamamatsu Photonics, Senstone the "Intelligent Wearable Voice Recorder", Sim for Health, the wearable headset with a difference and much more.
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Steve Caplin


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Share Politics: Sturgeon's Scottish spanner

Simon Rose
Original Broadcast:

The Share Radio Evening Show

Share Politics: Sturgeon's Scottish spanner
It's time to talk politics. On today's programme: Nicola Sturgeon wants a second Scottish Independence referendum, either late next year or early in 2019. Scotland's first minister hopes to wait until then so the terms of Brexit are known. How badly has Sturgeon scuppered May's plans? Simon is joined by Jerry Hayes, former Tory MP and now political commentator, and Hugh Bennett, Deputy Editor at Brexit Central.

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Market Wrap: Battle over Bovis & pound picks up on IndyRef2

Simon Rose
Original Broadcast:

The Share Radio Evening Show

Market Wrap: Battle over Bovis & pound picks up on IndyRef2
On today's Market Wrap, the team discuss why shares in Bovis Homes have risen sharply following this weekend's news that the company was the target of a takeover battle between two of its rivals, Amec Foster Wheeler agrees to a £2.2bn takeover by Wood Group, the pound picks up following a confirmation from Scotland's First Minister that she is seeking a second referendum on Scottish independence & much more.
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Ed Bowsher


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