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Week ahead: Fed rate meeting, central bank speakers in the spotlight
The focus over the coming week will be squarely on the US central bank's policy meeting and its update guidance for the remainder of the year and looking out into 2019.
US close: Stocks end on mixed note, but Dow hits record high
Wall Street finished on a mixed note on Friday, weighed down by weakness in the technology space, although the Dow Industrials did manage to eke out a fresh record high.
Sunday share tips: Cranswick, Sumo Group
In the ‘Inside the City’ column for the Sunday Times, Sabah Meddings wrote how Hull-based food producer Cranswick was turning ‘fifth quarter’ cuts of meat - a pig’s ears, trotters and intestines - into lucrative business.
Sunday newspaper round-up: Brexit, Theresa May, snap election, Tidal Lagoon Power, Hornby, RBS
Theresa May’s aides have secretly begun contingency planning for a snap election in November to save the Brexit talks and her job after EU leaders rebuffed the prime minister’s Chequers plan. Two senior members of May’s Downing Street political operation responded to her summit humiliation in Salzburg last week by “wargaming” an autumn vote to win public backing for a new plan. - The Sunday Times.