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23 Jun
Friday newspaper round-up: Hinkley Point, Halfords Boss, oil prices
Generations of British consumers have been locked into a “risky and expensive” project by the UK’s subsidy deal for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset, according to a damning report by the spending watchdog. The National Audit Office said the contract sealed by ministers last September with EDF to construct the country’s first new atomic reactors in two decades would provide “uncertain strategic and economic benefits”. – Guardian.
22 Jun
US close: Markets end Thursday slightly lower
Wall Street's main indices finished slightly lower on Thursday, against a backdrop of solid readings on the jobs and housing markets.