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Policymakers around the world may not like the word ‘stagflation,’ but they’re going to hear a lot more it this year if the import tariffs US President Donald Trump ...

If a policy-driven turnaround in Europe’s biggest economy tempts the continent’s equity investors home, they may want to look to the bloc’s faster-growing and cheaper fringes. Global ...

US business activity nearly stalled in February amid mounting fears over tariffs on imports and deep cuts in federal government spending, erasing all the gains notched in the aftermath of ...

British businesses are cutting staff at the fastest pace in more than four years ahead of a tax increase ordered by finance minister Rachel Reeves which has already prompted suppliers ...

The Bank of Israel is expected to leave short-term interest rates unchanged at a policy meeting next week after inflation spiked in January, although analysts believe a rate cut is ...

British consumers turned a little less pessimistic this month as the Bank of England’s latest interest rate cut led to an improvement in expectations for their household finances, according ...

The European Union will seek more gas from countries including the US to replace Russian supplies, and expand renewable energy faster to cut its overall reliance on the fuel, the ...

The Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO) has announced the winners of the prestigious Digital Prosperity Awards at its 4th General Assembly, held in Jordan’s Dead Sea region. The awards, aimed ...

A run-up in asking prices for newly listed homes in Britain has lost steam ahead of an increase in property purchase taxes, according to a survey published on Monday. Property ...

Many British employers intend to raise prices and cut headcount because of the government’s tax increases on business, with confidence among small businesses falling to a five-year low, surveys ...

Investors in HSBC (HSBA.L) are backing management attempts to shutter parts of its investment bank, even as US President Donald Trump’s deregulatory agenda fuels hopes for a boom ...

Lars Baumguertel wants Germany’s politicians to get out their cheque books. The 58-year-old executive runs one of the last surviving manufacturers in Gelsenkirchen, a former coal town in the ...

Fake news generated by artificial intelligence and spread on social media is heightening the risks of bank runs, according to a new British study that says lenders must improve monitoring ...

Global equity funds attracted significant inflows in the week ending February 12, after a Bank of England rate cut drove a rally in European shares, although caution over U.S. President ...

US President Donald Trump hasn’t yet imposed import tariffs on copper but the market is already pricing in the likelihood that the red metal will be next on the ...

Asia’s crude oil markets are adjusting rapidly to new sanctions against top supplier Russia, sucking up cargoes while they can and moving to alternatives for deliveries in coming months. ...

Global electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales in January rose 18 per cent year on year, as growth in Europe and the United States outpaced China for the first time since ...

Britain entered a rare deficit in its goods trade with the United States at the end of last year, according to data published this week that London will hope bolsters ...

While the seismic market moves caused by DeepSeek were short-lived, the release of the Chinese startup’s high-performing and inexpensive large language model is likely to have long-term implications for ...

Adobe this week released the first public version of an artificial intelligence tool that can generate video clips and revealed how much it will charge, but said it will not ...

Artificial intelligence will bring major upheaval to wealth management, a Microsoft (MSFT.O) executive said, as the technology’s potential to process information vastly reduces the hurdles required to compete ...

The European Commission this week scrapped draft rules regulating technology patents, AI and consumer privacy on messaging apps, saying it did not expect them to receive the green light from ...

The United Arab Emirates, known for its opulent cities Dubai and Abu Dhabi, has begun mapping air corridors for air taxis and cargo drones, its civil aviation authority said in ...

Barclays (BARC.L) raised its 2025 performance targets this week after reporting a better than expected 24 per cent rise in annual pretax profit driven by investment banking income growth and strength ...