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The American Express® Business Gold Card and The Business Platinum Card® from American Express share a lot of the same DNA. They’re two of the more valuable business cards out there, with great perks and sky-high welcome bonus offers to boot.But there are a bunch of key differences, too. The American Express Business Gold Card has a $375 annual fee (see rates and fees), built for businesses that spend heavily in a few key categories. The Amex Business Platinum Card, meanwhile, is a travel-friendly card with a whopping $895 annual fee (see rates and fees) — and more than enough…

Landbay has cut rates across more than 50 products in its Premier buy-to-let range, including reductions of up to 40 basis points on selected two-year fixed-rate deals. The buy-to-let lender said the changes apply across standard and HMO products for landlords with up to 15 mortgaged properties, available to both individual and limited company borrowers. The largest reductions have been made to Landbay’s Premier 75% loan-to-value two-year fixed-rate range, where rates across 10 products have been cut by 40 basis points. Following the changes, rates in this part of the range now start from 3.39% with a 5% fee, rising…

We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. Learn more. Using a debit card for every purchase, lets you avoid debt and interest, annual fees and credit checks. But never using a credit card can backfire. Credit cards help you build credit and typically come with better fraud protection and rewards than debit cards. Here’s what you need to know, and why you may want to consider opening a credit card. Debit cards have fewer protections Debit cards immediately pull…

Local sports enthusiasts pictured at Tourmakeady GAA’s handball court, funded through a Social Finance loan with Community Finance Ireland. Published: Fri 5 Jun 2026, 2:32 PM Social Finance Foundation has launched a new How-to Guide to encourage more community organisations across Mayo to apply for Social Finance. The online Guide here supported by PTSB and Community Finance Ireland (CFI), sets out a community-focused application process with a quick turnaround, minimal red tape and no guarantees required. Tourmakeady GAA Club’s handball court was funded through a Social Finance Loan with Community Finance Ireland. The club has also embarked on an ambitious…

New Delhi: Cisplatin and carboplatin, two chemotherapy drugs used to treat several common cancers in India, are in acute shortage across hospitals in the country, multiple oncologists in different states and pharmaceutical companies have told ThePrint. “There is an acute crisis. Hospitals are nearing the end of their reserved stock in a day or two,” Dr Kanika Sood Sharma, director of Radiation Oncology at Dharamshila Narayana Hospital, New Delhi, told ThePrint Friday.The two drugs are platinum-based chemotherapy agents that have been in clinical use for over four decades. Together they feature in treatment protocols for at least eight major cancer…

The Renters’ Rights Act is set to trigger a fundamental shift in how lenders assess risk in the buy-to-let sector, as changes to tenancy structures and rent controls impact income predictability. Lenders are expected to face increased uncertainty around landlord cashflows, particularly as the move to open-ended tenancies and restrictions on rent increases reduce visibility over future rental income. The changes come at a time when affordability modelling remains relatively static across much of the market, with many firms reviewing cost and void assumptions only once a year. This approach risks falling behind the pace of regulatory change and growing volatility within…

BlackRock (BLK 2.09%) and Blue Owl Capital (OWL 3.83%) have both imposed limits on redemptions from their privately traded credit funds. That has Wall Street on edge about the entire alternative asset space, with shares of Brookfield Corporation (BN 1.00%) having gone sideways so far in 2026 despite management’s still bullish business outlook. The company isn’t sitting around and waiting for investors to catch on to the opportunity. Brookfield Corporation has a strong core As an asset manager, Brookfield Corporation charges fees to invest on behalf of other people and businesses. In the first quarter of 2026, the company’s fee-related…

The SpaceX initial public offering (IPO) is set to take place on June 12, with the company raising $75 billion at a valuation of $1.77 trillion. The sheer size of SpaceX has ripple effects through the investing world, from the major indexes to exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Although SpaceX was initially expected to be fast-tracked for entry into the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), S&P Dow Jones Indices released a press release on June 4 rejecting its earlier proposal. Now, SpaceX and other megacap companies like Anthropic and OpenAI will have to wait at least 12 months after their IPOs to join…

If you are like me and many other baby boomers, you probably own a house that has increased significantly in value over the past decade.But tapping that nest egg – tempting as it may be to consider doing it through a sale of your house – is no simple decision and requires a lot of planning and thought.Sign Up for Best AheadRetire smarter with weekly news from Tim Smart!By clicking “Sign Up”, you will receive the latest updates, including emails, from U.S. News & World Report and our trusted partners and sponsors, and you agree to our Terms and Conditions…

Olympian Cathy Freeman and her husband James Murch, from whom she is separated, are selling their Brighton mansion. Champion Olympic sprinter Cathy Freeman and husband James Murch, who are separated, have listed their Brighton mansion with $6m-$6.6m price hopes. Freeman won gold in the women’s 400m sprint at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, after lighting the Olympic flame at the opening ceremony. She also took home a silver medal in the 400m at the 1996 Olympics, plus a swag of World Championship and Commonwealth Games medals before retiring from athletics in 2003. RELATED: Olympic champion Mack Horton sells South Melbourne apartment…