International

By Maria Demertzis When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union had little experience of imposing sanctions. Numerous sanctions packages later, there is still significant doubt about their effectiveness. ...

Chip designer Nvidia (NVDA.O) said this week it expects a steep drop in fourth-quarter sales in China – a key revenue generator – in the wake of new US rules, but ...

Broadcom (AVGO.O) said it planned to close its $69 billion acquisition of cloud computing firm VMWare (VMW.N) earlier this week, wrapping up one of the biggest takeover deals in ...

Italy’s Enel (ENEI.MI) will focus its investments on power grids in the next three years and take a more cautious approach to spending on renewable energy projects, its ...

In the dynamic realm of technology, the gender gap remains a pervasive challenge, with just 32 per cent of women holding positions in the sector. Here, we unveil the empowering tips ...

The global smartphone market returned to growth in October after more than two years of slump, helped by a recovery in the emerging markets, according to data from Counterpoint Research. ...

Nissan (7201.T) said on Friday it would pump 1.12 billion pounds ($1.4 billion) into its British plant to build electric versions of two models, offering a boost to the country’s auto ...

Germany’s financial firms may be well capitalised now but face challenges ranging from rising interest expenditure and weak loan demand to unrealised losses, Bundesbank Vice President Claudia Buch said ...

Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO) on Thursday announced a $2.3 billion investment to boost production of its wildly popular weight-loss and diabetes drugs at a site in Chartres, France as it races ...

The downturn in euro zone business activity eased in November but remained broadbased, suggesting the bloc’s economy will contract again this quarter as consumers continue to rein in spending, ...

Spain’s anti-trust watchdog this week cleared Amazon (AMZN.O), Booking Holdings (BKNG.O) and Tripadvisor (TRIP.O) of participating in or facilitating fake reviews on their websites. CNMC, as ...

As FedEx (FDX.N) and United Parcel Service (UPS.N) battle for market share in a delivery demand downturn, they are expanding returns services aimed at helping retailers slash the ...

British companies reported a marginal return to growth in November after three months of contraction but the downturn in orders continued in the face of higher interest rates and weak ...

Turkey’s central bank raised its policy rate by a larger-than-expected 500 basis points to 40 per cent on Thursday and said the pace of monetary tightening will slow down, with the ...

Investors pulled about $956 million from crypto exchange Binance over the past 24 hours, market data showed, after its chief, Changpeng Zhao, stepped down and faced prison time after pleading guilty on ...

Demand for British government bonds has recovered from the damage dealt by the market turmoil which followed then Prime Minister Liz Truss’ mini-budget last year, the chief executive of the ...

Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that ...

Britain’s economy is forecast to grow by 0.7 per cent in 2024, finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday, citing the latest projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The ...

The recent rally that has lifted US stocks and bonds is more of a year-end rebound than a turning point, according to big money managers, who see fiscal and monetary ...

Warren Buffett said on Tuesday he has donated about $866 million of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N) stock to four family charities, and told shareholders “I feel good” as he moves nearer ...

New car sales in the European Union rose 14.6 per cent in October, boosted in part by a big jump in sales of fully electric cars, while hybrid electric vehicles accounted ...

Pay awards from British employers rose in the three months to October thanks to rising public sector salaries but private sector pay deals – which are closely watched by the Bank ...

The euro zone’s sinking commercial property sector could struggle for years, the European Central Bank said on Tuesday, posing a threat to the banks and investors which financed it. ...

Waste from at least 19 international brands including Adidas and Walmart is being used to fuel kilns in brick factories in Cambodia, and some workers were falling ill, according to a ...