Original Broadcast: Share Radio Breakfast
GlaxoSmithKline has beaten analyst expectations by increasing its sales 19pc in the first quarter under new boss Emma Walmsley. Sales at the pharmaceutical giant hit £7.4bn in the three months to March 31, up from £6.2bn a year previously and higher than the £7.25bn pencilled in by analysts. But what about the pharmaceutical industry worldwide?
Guests: Michael Levesque
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Breakfast
Officials at Saudi Arabian Oil Co, or Saudi Aramco. have told their superiors there is a hitch in the plans to take the state-owned oil company public next year. It is likely worth at least $500 billion less than the government previously suggested - roughly the value of Amazon and Netflix combined.
Guests: Gaurav Sharma
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Breakfast
They're already billing it as "the biggest tax cut" in history. The White House wants taxes to go down, but for whom? And how will it be paid for?
Guests: Chris Bailey
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Breakfast
The Prime Minister has refused to guarantee the triple lock on pensions. It's understood that Mrs May is coming under increasing pressure to drop the pledge, which means pensions always rise by 2.5%, from the Conservative manifesto. But with no guarantees on pensions, how can we fund our retirement?
Guests: Jonathan Nabrotzky
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Afternoon
Today saw the last Prime Ministers' Questions before the end of the current Parliament. Earlier, Labour announced big plans for changes to the NHS, and opposition leader Corbyn and PM May took the battle to this final debate before the General Election. For more, Robyn Dwyer discussed the big political news of the day with John Ashmore, Chief Reporter at Politics Home.
Guests: Robyn Dwyer,John Ashmore
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Afternoon
The FTSE 100 opened lower today, in part due to miner Fresnillo suffering earlier in the day, then later Engineer GKN pushed down the index, warning it might not be able to sustain its current growth. For more of the day's big company news, Robyn Dwyer was joined by Chris Bailey, founder of FinancialOrbit.com
Guests: Robyn Dwyer,Chris Bailey
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Afternoon
The "Macron rally" that marked the start of this week and bolstered European markets seems to have steadied and cooled, with even the FTSE opening lower. To discuss this and more macro news, Robyn Dwyer spoke to Ben Kumar from 7 Investment Managment.
Guests: Robyn Dwyer,Ben Kumar
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Today on the agenda, Glen Goodman and personal finance expert Martyn James discussed how just a fifth of us in the UK are in favour of a cashless society - but this rises to more than a third in places like Belgium, Italy and the US. Plus they look into Uber bosses unveiling plans to use flying vehicles by 2020. All these stories and more on The News Review.
Guests: Martyn James
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Morning
The General Election campaign is underway. Labour has set out its Brexit & NHS plans. Theresa May is in Wales targeting voters there. And the front of The Telegraph reads Britain 'faces EU bill until 2020'. It comes as the Prime Minister's preparing to meet the EU's chief Brexit negotiator for the first time since taking office.
Guests: Colin Bloom
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Joining Glen Goodman for the main market headlines was Nigel Cassidy, starting with Boohoo, the online fashion retailer, the big story of the morning. We've heard from Metro Bank and also about the UK and it becoming a cashless society.
Guests: Nigel Cassidy
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