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Lloyds (LSE: LLOY) shares were in high demand last week. On AJ Bell‘s platform, the FTSE 100 bank was the most bought stock.

Why were investors scrambling to buy the shares? Believe it or not, AI.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/lloyds-shares-become-footsie-latest-062300878.html

New EU car registrations climbed 5.1% year-on-year in April to 972,314 vehicles

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Lloyds Bank plans a US expansion to finance data centers and green energy while its shares traded around 96.40p after a monthly low of 93.30p; Q1 net income rose 8% to £3.56bn, total income was up 9% to £4.78bn and statutory profit climbed 37% to £1.55bn. The focus on syndicated loans for US infrastructure could indirectly support crypto infrastructure, CEX custody and data-hungry DeFi services, but the conservative, traditional finance approach means the news is broadly neutral for crypto adoption and token markets.

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Source: Financial Times

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Lloyds Banking Group is reportedly poised to scrap the Halifax brand it rescued in the financial crisis, according to reports.

Halifax, which started life as a building society in 1852, could be gone before end of the year with customers being migrated over to Lloyds Bank.

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Our honest review of the brand new Aston Martin DB12 S

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The UK economy grew by 0.6% in the first quarter of 2026 (January–March), according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This was a faster-than-expected recovery, representing the strongest quarterly growth in a year.

Key Details on Growth & Car ManufacturingManufacturing Boost: The growth was broad-based, with production output up 0.2% in the quarter.

Car Manufacturing Recovery: Car manufacturing specifically picked up in February after a period of poor performance, acting as a key contributor to the rise in

Everything You Need To Know About The 2026 Aston Martin Vanquish

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New Aston Martin DB12 S review – Forget Bentley, Ferrari should be worried | evo https://share.google/vFBMgoFJnI7eN2Paj

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Passenger numbers at Europe’s biggest airport fell by five per cent in April to 6.7m with the blame being attributed to the “ongoing impact of the Middle East conflict”.

For those heading to that particular region, Heathrow saw a whopping 50 per cent drop in volumes.

https://www.cityam.com/heathrow-passenger-volumes-drop-as-jet-fuel-crisis-rocks-market/

Iag to raise business class prices its annual fuel bill was now expected to be about €9bn, up from the forecast €7.1bn, as 70% of its supply was hedged

Https://www.cityam.com/iag-british-airways-owner-plays-down-jet-fuel-shortage-concerns/

UBS raises Lloyds Banking to 'buy' (neutral) - price target 115 (110) pence

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Goldman Sachs raises Lloyds Banking price target to 129 (122) pence - 'buy'

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Citigroup raises Lloyds Banking price target to 123 (114) pence - 'buy'

Interest rates held at 3.75% as Bank of England hints of future rises over Iran war

Lloyds Banking Group has formed a tie-up with Google as the financial services giant sets its sight on building its own AI agents

The blue-chip lender is leveraging Google Cloud – the tech giant’s suite of computing services – and the bank’s existing Large Language Model to create a new internal platform for AI agents.

Templates on the platform – which is dubbed Envoy – will allow separate teams across the group to build their own tools, and then publish it to a central marketplace where other divisions can find and deploy them.

Customers will be able to interact with finished agents, which will be able to track and remember details throughout the inquiry

Lloyds said the new project “supports the group’s ambition to scale agentic AI responsibly, helping colleagues work more efficiently while improving customer and colleague experiences.”

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18.9m passengers travelled through it in the first quarter. That is a 3.7% rise year-on-year

Financial Highlights

Revenue: Increased by 16% year-over-year, driven by higher average selling prices.

Average Selling Price (ASP): Increased by 17% to GBP 252,000.

Gross Margin: Expanded to 35% from 28% in Q1 2025.

Adjusted EBITDA: Increased by GBP 28 million year-over-year to GBP 23 million.

Adjusted EBIT: Improved by 12% to minus GBP 57 million.

Outlook & Guidance

Aston Martin maintained its full-year 2026 guidance, expecting gross margins to improve into the high 30% range. The company aims for a material improvement in free cash flow compared to 2025. The full-year target for Valhalla deliveries is set at 500 units, with 102 already delivered in Q1.

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