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<div data-o-grid-colspan="12 L3"> <div class="stream-card__date"> <time data-o-component="o-date" class="o-date" data-o-date-format="date-only" datetime="2025-02-14T11:21:56.883Z">Friday, 14 February, 2025</time> </div> </div> <div data-o-grid-colspan="12 L9"> <div class="stream-item" data-id="aecd7bde-d3b9-4820-9268-7bea8acd4a8b" data-stream-item> <div class="o-teaser o-teaser--article o-teaser--small o-teaser--has-image js-teaser" data-id="aecd7bde-d3b9-4820-9268-7bea8acd4a8b"><div class="o-teaser__content"><div class="o-teaser__meta"><a class="o-teaser__tag" data-trackable="teaser-tag" href="/pound-sterling" aria-label="Category: Pound Sterling">Pound Sterling</a></div><div class="o-teaser__heading"><a href="/content/aecd7bde-d3b9-4820-9268-7bea8acd4a8b" data-trackable="heading-link" class="js-teaser-heading-link">Make currency boring again</a></div><p class="o-teaser__standfirst"><a href="/content/aecd7bde-d3b9-4820-9268-7bea8acd4a8b" data-trackable="standfirst-link" tabindex="-1" 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datetime="2025-02-14T11:11:24.009Z">Friday, 14 February, 2025</time> </div> </div> <div data-o-grid-colspan="12 L9"> <div class="stream-item" data-id="be8485d4-5bd0-4e38-a52b-d6b72bb0d719" data-stream-item> <div class="o-teaser o-teaser--article o-teaser--small o-teaser--has-image o-teaser--opinion js-teaser" data-id="be8485d4-5bd0-4e38-a52b-d6b72bb0d719"><div class="o-teaser__content"><div class="o-teaser__meta"><a class="o-teaser__tag" data-trackable="teaser-tag" href="/simon-edelsten" aria-label="Category: Simon Edelsten">Simon Edelsten</a></div><div class="o-teaser__heading"><a href="/content/be8485d4-5bd0-4e38-a52b-d6b72bb0d719" data-trackable="heading-link" class="js-teaser-heading-link">Investing in bank shares is not for the faint-hearted</a></div><p class="o-teaser__standfirst"><a href="/content/be8485d4-5bd0-4e38-a52b-d6b72bb0d719" data-trackable="standfirst-link" tabindex="-1" class="js-teaser-standfirst-link">Earnings multiples may look juicy, but banks are not like other 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class="stream-card__date"> <time data-o-component="o-date" class="o-date" data-o-date-format="date-only" datetime="2025-02-14T05:00:31.611Z">Friday, 14 February, 2025</time> </div> </div> <div data-o-grid-colspan="12 L9"> <div class="stream-item" data-id="b7edd1bd-f736-451d-a551-f024e43ab145" data-stream-item> <div class="o-teaser o-teaser--article o-teaser--small o-teaser--has-image js-teaser" data-id="b7edd1bd-f736-451d-a551-f024e43ab145"><div class="o-teaser__content"><div class="o-teaser__meta"><a class="o-teaser__tag" data-trackable="teaser-tag" href="/stream/87526348-8cb9-409e-a898-a8bebb16c901" aria-label="Category: Peter Thiel">Peter Thiel</a></div><div class="o-teaser__heading"><a href="/content/b7edd1bd-f736-451d-a551-f024e43ab145" data-trackable="heading-link" class="js-teaser-heading-link">UK refuses to release details of Thiel’s meeting with former minister</a></div><p class="o-teaser__standfirst"><a href="/content/b7edd1bd-f736-451d-a551-f024e43ab145" 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</li> <li class="o-teaser-collection__item o-grid-row"> <div data-o-grid-colspan="12 L3"> <div class="stream-card__date"> <time data-o-component="o-date" class="o-date" data-o-date-format="date-only" datetime="2025-02-14T05:00:31.547Z">Friday, 14 February, 2025</time> </div> </div> <div data-o-grid-colspan="12 L9"> <div class="stream-item" data-id="80be3d23-ac3e-4282-8b98-a15aafda105e" data-stream-item> <div class="o-teaser o-teaser--article o-teaser--small o-teaser--has-image js-teaser" data-id="80be3d23-ac3e-4282-8b98-a15aafda105e"><div class="o-teaser__content"><div class="o-teaser__meta"><a class="o-teaser__tag" data-trackable="teaser-tag" href="/stream/d933ab59-855e-46ea-a06e-8a5af84f744b" aria-label="Category: Competition & Markets Authority">Competition & Markets Authority</a></div><div class="o-teaser__heading"><a href="/content/80be3d23-ac3e-4282-8b98-a15aafda105e" data-trackable="heading-link" class="js-teaser-heading-link">Competition chair told by ministers to help 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data-src="https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2Fc8069165-3165-4372-b796-99800468d982.jpg?source=next&fit=scale-down&dpr=2&width=240" alt="Doug Gurr"/></div></a></div></div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="o-teaser-collection__item o-grid-row"> <div data-o-grid-colspan="12 L3"> <div class="stream-card__date"> <time data-o-component="o-date" class="o-date" data-o-date-format="date-only" datetime="2025-02-14T05:00:31.330Z">Friday, 14 February, 2025</time> </div> </div> <div data-o-grid-colspan="12 L9"> <div class="stream-item" data-id="4191e62a-5daf-472a-89cb-796540a2a7df" data-stream-item> <div class="o-teaser o-teaser--article o-teaser--small o-teaser--has-image js-teaser" data-id="4191e62a-5daf-472a-89cb-796540a2a7df"><div class="o-teaser__content"><div class="o-teaser__meta"><a class="o-teaser__tag" data-trackable="teaser-tag" href="/israel-hamas-war" aria-label="Category: Israel-Hamas war">Israel-Hamas war</a></div><div class="o-teaser__heading"><a href="/content/4191e62a-5daf-472a-89cb-796540a2a7df" data-trackable="heading-link" class="js-teaser-heading-link">Europe works with Arab states on alternative to Trump’s Gaza plan </a></div><p class="o-teaser__standfirst"><a href="/content/4191e62a-5daf-472a-89cb-796540a2a7df" data-trackable="standfirst-link" tabindex="-1" class="js-teaser-standfirst-link">Foreign ministers of Germany, France, UK and Italy hold talks with key allies on future of enclave</a></p><div class="o-teaser__action"><span> <form class="n-myft-ui n-myft-ui--save" method="GET" data-content-id="4191e62a-5daf-472a-89cb-796540a2a7df" data-myft-ui="saved" action="/myft/save/4191e62a-5daf-472a-89cb-796540a2a7df" data-js-action="/__myft/api/core/saved/content/4191e62a-5daf-472a-89cb-796540a2a7df?method=put" data-myft-ui-save-config=""> <input data-myft-csrf-token value="" type="hidden" name="token"> <div class="n-myft-ui__announcement o-normalise-visually-hidden" 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