There are well over a million people with learning disabilities in England. Like anyone, people with learning disabilities or autistic people can experience times of crisis and heightened distress, particularly when they and their families have not had the support they need. These people, their families, the government and health services agree what the best …

Shutterstock photo European equity benchmarks were mainly in the red on the penultimate trading day of the week although a jump in oil prices provided a fillip to London’s FTSE 100 Index, which consists of a large number of mining stocks. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures, the main US oil benchmark, for delivery in …

Copper is an economic bellwether commodity that rises and falls because of expansion or contraction in the global economy. Over recent years, copper has been a barometer for the Chinese economy as infrastructure building and stockpiling in the Asian nation has accounted for the lion’s share of world demand on an annual basis. China has …

Making sure you have enough wealth through old age used to be simpler. The idea behind pensions was that your employer would guarantee you a set payout once you retired and handle the investing decisions required to grow the money you would eventually receive. But the pension safety net is full of holes. For one, …

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) is launching its planned offshore renminbi and US dollar gold futures contracts in Hong Kong on July 10 – the first pair of commodity futures that can be physically delivered in the city. It’s the third attempt by the local bourse to launch gold futures contracts after two previous …

Angel Commodities’ commodity report on Copper LME Copper prices gained 0.4 percent to close at $5881/t as weakness in the DX after Mario Draghi announced that the ECB would slowly withdraw from its expansionary monetary policy, boosted an upside. Also, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen in a speech in London reiterated that rate increase will …

* Asia crude futures market stagnates as U.S., Europe boom * Asia’s small role in crude futures comes despite huge oil demand * China’s Unipec challenges Vitol as biggest physical crude trader * To get a slice of market, China plans launch of crude futures By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE, June 29 (Reuters) – Asia is …

SINGAPORE (REUTERS) – Asia is dropping further behind the United States and Europe in financial oil trading despite being the world’s biggest fuel-consuming region, exposing refiners from China to Singapore to the moods of speculators who often ignore market fundamentals. While China’s Unipec, a unit of state refiner Sinopec, vies with Europe’s Vitol to be …

Strong commodity prices and a buoyant agriculture sector have helped push business confidence to a nine-month high. Photo: RNZ / Olivia Allison ANZ’s Business Outlook for June showed 25 percent of firms were optimistic about the year ahead, 10 points higher than the previous month. A net 43 percent expected better times for their own …

The city of Lynchburg was awarded a $117,000 grant Wednesday that aims to help residents find and keep employment. The Commonwealth of Virginia’s Community Wealth Building for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) provided the grant, which will focus on helping people find and maintain employment with “the prospect of a career path and wage …