International

Euro zone business activity took a surprise turn for the worse this month as demand fell in a broad-based downturn across the region, a survey showed, entering the fourth quarter ...

Britain on Tuesday scrapped a decade-old cap on banker bonuses inherited from the European Union, signalling a clear divergence in post-Brexit financial rules from the 27-country bloc it left in 2020. ...

Nvidia (NVDA.O) dominates the market for artificial intelligence computing chips. Now it is coming after Intel’s longtime stronghold of personal computers. Nvidia has quietly begun designing central processing ...

Norway’s $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, posted a loss of 374 billion Norwegian crowns ($33.80 billion) in the third quarter of 2023 as all asset classes fell in value, ...

A race is on to certify battery health and performance in used electric vehicles, with a clutch of startups scrambling to help buyers figure out how much a secondhand EV ...

The growth in demand for appetite suppressing anti-obesity drugs like Novo Nordisk’s (NOVOb.CO) Wegovy presents opportunities for food manufacturers and the market’s initially downbeat reaction may be ...

Japan’s Toyota Motor (7203.T) is lobbying the Indian government to cut taxes on hybrid vehicles by as much as one-fifth, arguing they are far less polluting than petrol cars ...

Electric vehicle brand Beyonca, backed by Renault (RENA.PA) and Dongfeng Motor (0489.HK), said on Monday that it signed an investment agreement with Riyadh-based Al Faisaliah Group Holding Company. At ...

A milestone move by the European Central Bank toward launching a digital euro within a few years means the time has come for the newest incarnation of money to prove ...

Governments should open a new front in the international clampdown on tax evasion with a global minimum tax on billionaires, which could raise $250 billion annually, the EU Tax Observatory said ...

Oil prices slid more than $1 on Monday as diplomatic efforts grew over the weekend to contain the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, although Gaza continued to ...

Europe is pushing to create a network infrastructure based on quantum physics. By Jonathan O’Callaghan In May 2023, Dr Benjamin Lanyon at the University of Innsbruck in Austria took an ...

City farming and food sharing are blossoming in Europe with the help of local traditions and EU research. By Anthony King Picture the following scene in the Netherlands: kids roll ...

With text messages and emails under tightened surveillance, financial firms may now have to screen staff video calls for possible rule-breaking, amid concern regulators are poised to scrutinise such calls ...

Britain will host the world’s first global artificial intelligence (AI) safety summit next month, aiming to carve out a role following Brexit as an arbiter between the United States, ...

Taiwan’s Foxconn (2317.TW), the world’s largest contract electronics maker, will build a new kind of data centre using Nvidia (NVDA.O) chips and software for a range of ...

EE, Britain’s biggest mobile operator, said this week that it would launch a sales platform called EE ID to try to grow its retail offering by selling gaming consoles ...

Microsoft (MSFT.O) is preparing to bring Amazon.com (AMZN.O) as a customer for its 365 cloud productivity tools in a deal worth over $1 billion, news site Insider reported on ...

German chip manufacturer Infineon (IFXGn.DE) said earlier this week that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Hyundai and Kia to supply power semiconductors for the production of electric ...

US companies across sectors such as food and beverage makers and manufacturers of glucose monitors have faced investor questions over the risk to future sales from the growing popularity of ...

UBS (UBSG.S) on Friday said it will overhaul the board of its domestic Swiss business after its takeover of Credit Suisse, including a new chairman to oversee both operations. ...

Relentless selling of US government bonds has brought Treasury yields to their highest level in more than a decade and a half, roiling everything from stocks to the real estate ...

Britain needs to better track funds going into green investments to assess how much is needed from the private sector and should consider targeted tax changes to encourage sustainable projects, ...

Aviation war insurers have given notice to cancel cover for some airlines domiciled in Israel and Lebanon because of the conflict in the region, with some cancellations already taking effect, ...