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Metro Bank shares tumble as it seeks to raise funds
UK challenger bank is in talks with investors over raising £600mn
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Sarah de Lagarde fell on to the Tube tracks. Nobody helped. Why?
What happens when the world’s oldest underground railway falls behind the rest of the world’s safety measures
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Oil plunges $5 in biggest one-day drop in more than a year
Demand worries drive sharp reversal after crude neared $100 a barrel last week
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JPMorgan steps up securitisation effort ahead of new US capital rules
Bank moves to take loans off its balance sheet after a Federal Reserve push for tougher standards
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Russia scrambles to cover ballooning cost of Ukraine war
One-off budget revenues to go up in 2024 as Moscow’s defence spending has tripled
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The contenders to replace Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the US House
A few Republicans have thrown their hat into the ring for what is expected to be another fraught battle on Capitol Hill
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How Rishi Sunak decided to slash the UK’s troubled HS2 rail project
The prime minister’s fateful announcement to cull the northern leg of HS2 was months in the making
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Who feels the pain from the bond sell-off?
With prices plunging and yields at decade highs, these are the parts of the financial system that could come under strain




