MG billed itself as “the sports car that America loved first.” Back in the Mad Men era, it was one of the few taglines that wasn’t complete BS. That’s because back in the ’40s, American servicemen ...

The FTSE 100 index closed up 27.08 points, 0.3%, at 8,673.96. The FTSE 250 ended up 145.41 points, 0.7%, at 20,950.48, and the AIM All-Share closed down 0.10 points at 718.13.