International

British companies buckled in April under the strain of an escalating global trade war that threatens to tip the economy into a new downturn, a survey has shown. The S&...

OpenAI would be interested in buying Google’s Chrome if antitrust enforcers are successful in forcing the Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit to sell the popular web browser as part of ...

A US appeals court has revived a proposed data privacy class action against Shopify (SHOP.TO), a decision that could make it easier for American courts to assert jurisdiction over ...

Wall Street brokerages earlier this week began coverage of Nvidia-backed CoreWeave (CRWV.O) with broadly bullish views, although the stock has failed to gain traction with investors following a lackluster ...

Turkish inflation expectations edged up in April for businesses and market participants, and remained steady at 59.3 per cent in 12 months time for households, the central bank said on Friday, reflecting ...

Nestle (NESN.S) on Thursday said the indirect impact of US tariffs was “unclear” and posted better-than-expected first-quarter organic sales growth, as the world’s biggest packaged food company hiked ...

Global ratings agency S&P Global downgraded Bahrain’s outlook to “negative” from “stable”, citing ongoing market volatility and weaker financing conditions that could increase the government’s interest ...

Britain’s government borrowed almost 15 billion pounds more in the financial year that just ended than official budget forecasters had estimated a month ago, according to data that heaped more ...

The World Bank has granted Lebanon a $250 million loan aimed at helping alleviate persistent power cuts worsened by last year’s war between Israel and Hezbollah, the country’s finance ...

Oil prices climbed more than 1 per cent on Wednesday, extending the prior day’s gains, as investors weighed a fresh round of US sanctions on Iran, a drop in US ...

The European Central Bank could hit its 2 per cent inflation target in the coming few months but the broader economic outlook is far too uncertain for the bank to provide ...

Credit rating agency Morningstar DBRS has flagged significant uncertainty regarding the impact of tariff policies on global sovereign credit ratings. In a newly published report, the agency highlighted that tariffs, ...

Eurozone firms were reporting improved business momentum in the weeks leading up to the Trump administration’s early April tariff announcement, mainly reflecting an incipient recovery in the industrial sector, ...

Eurozone inflation could be a touch higher this year than earlier thought but will then stabilise at the European Central Bank’s 2 per cent target, the bank’s Survey of ...

The dollar marked a fresh low against the yen and hovered around multi-year lows versus the euro and the Swiss franc on Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s attacks on ...

Oil prices climbed on Tuesday as investors took advantage of the previous day’s losses to cover short positions, although concerns persisted over economic headwinds from tariffs and US monetary ...

Global hedge funds last week dumped the so-called Magnificent Seven megacap stocks, bringing their exposure to the group to a two-year low just ahead of their earnings, according to a ...

US multinational companies are extending their currency hedges to longer periods to shield their cash flows from potential exchange rate volatility triggered by the Trump administration’s tariff policies. The ...

Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) needs strong measures imposed on it to prevent it from using its artificial intelligence products to extend its dominance in online search, a US Department ...

Tesla investors will be eager to ask CEO Elon Musk two pressing questions when the electric vehicle maker reports results on Tuesday: when will the affordable vehicle launch, and is ...

Saudi oil giant Aramco signed a joint development agreement with Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD to explore collaboration in the development of new energy vehicle technologies, Aramco said on ...

Gulf issuers, including Saudi Arabia’s $925 billion sovereign wealth fund, are working on a round of bond offerings, according to sources, braving debt markets despite recent turmoil ignited by US ...

Property values in London’s Canary Wharf financial district were roughly stable at about 6.8 billion pounds ($9 billion) last year, after declining by 15 per cent in 2023 after the pandemic drove down ...

The CEO of OVHCloud (OVH.PA), a leading European data centre provider that operates 43 facilities across four continents, said that global trade tensions were making European companies rethink their choice ...