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Britain’s services sector lost momentum in the run-up to the new government’s first budget in October, with business activity growing at the weakest rate in 11 months and the ...

With any other president, promises of less regulation and lower corporate taxes would have Wall Street’s deal machine salivating at the prospect of a feeding frenzy. Not so with ...

Big-name retailers such as Walmart (WMT.N) are increasingly using analytics to blunt the impact of one of the most unpredictable performance variables of shopping: weather. Weather data, once used ...

A Donald Trump victory in the race for the White House is widely seen as bullish for European defence stocks, given his warnings to scale back US military support in ...

Networking has always acted as a catalyst for growing and developing businesses, but networking methods and quality have evolved over the past decades. The changing of the times has practically ...

The rise of online shopping has led to swathes of store closures, casting doubt over the future of retail malls and high streets, but in Europe there are signs that ...

By Austin Kay As the world races to meet net-zero targets, emissions from all industrial sectors must be reduced more urgently than ever. Agriculture is an important area of focus ...

The European Union will invest 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion)next year to support the region’s deep tech research sector, as Europe aims to try and keep up with world leaders ...

Nigeria based fintech Moniepoint has raised $110 million in new funding from investors including Google to scale up digital payments and banking solutions across Africa, the company said in an announcement. ...

By Simone Tagliapietra and Cecilia Trasi  It has become clear that the European Union’s pursuit of a triple goal of decarbonisation, competitiveness and security requires better integration of the ...

Shares of online ad sellers surged earlier this week as strong earnings from Google-parent Alphabet, Reddit and Snap signaled solid spending from brands ahead of the crucial holiday shopping season. ...

At one of the world’s biggest bulk export ports in Western Australia, shippers safely completed the first transfer of ammonia from one vessel to another last month, a key ...

Brazil’s Collective Defense Institute, a consumer rights group, has filed two lawsuits demanding 3 billion reais ($525.27 million) from the Brazilian units of TikTok, Kwai and Meta Platforms (META.O) for ...

Third-quarter net revenues for Prada (1913.F) rose 17.7 per cent at constant exchange rates, driven by double-digit retail sales growth in Asia and Europe and by the doubling of sales at ...

PayPal (PYPL.O) forecast fourth-quarter revenue below estimates earlier this week as the digital payments company shifts its focus to higher-margin businesses from aggressive expansion, sending its shares down 6.6 per ...

Exchange-traded funds focused on artificial intelligence are proliferating as asset managers offer investors new ways to tap in to the market enthusiasm for AI, even while it remains unclear which ...

Many US companies have stepped up reporting on environmental and social matters in recent years even with sustained pressure from conservative politicians, data reviewed by Reuters shows. The trend shows ...

ECB executive board member Piero Cipollone on Friday praised the prospects of the digital euro, outlining how its implementation would simplify payments across the euro area. According to Cipollone, when ...

European families are sitting on an ever-growing pile of savings, confounding hopes that consumer largesse can boost the region’s economy as it falls yet further behind that of the ...

German plant and equipment makers’ orders fell in September, after a one-off rise in August, the VDMA association said on Thursday, as a double-digit fall in domestic contracts were cushioned ...

The cryptocurrency industry has spent years clashing with Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration over regulatory issues, but executives expect an easier ride from Washington, regardless of who wins the ...

Higher inflation fuelled by Britain’s new big-spending budget plans is likely to prevent the Bank of England from cutting interest rates over the next year by as much as ...

International trade in electric and hybrid vehicles between the EU and third countries has surged, with Eurostat data revealing that electric and hybrid cars represented 43 per cent of EU car ...

The US economy maintained a solid pace of growth in the third quarter as ebbing inflation and strong wage gains powered consumer spending ahead of a contentious presidential election set ...