International

Fitch Ratings maintained Israel’s ‘A+’ sovereign credit rating on Tuesday and removed the country from “rating watch negative” (RWN) but said Israel’s war against Islamist group Hamas in ...

Russia’s Baltika Breweries has sued four Carlsberg subsidiaries for damages amounting to 6.24 billion Danish crowns ($902 million), Russian court filings showed, as the two parties fight over the future of ...

Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately. Terms of the ...

British house prices rose in March at their fastest annual pace since December 2022, adding to signs of a modest recovery in the market which has been squeezed by high interest ...

UBS (UBSG.S) on Tuesday announced it was launching a new share buyback programme of up to $2 billion, with up to half being completed in 2024. The scheme will begin on ...

Prices in British shops rose at the slowest pace in more than two years in March, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said on Tuesday, adding to signs that the country’...

European Union countries’ budget cuts have eaten into layers of government that need now to be reinforced given their vital role in the transition to a more green and digital ...

Runaway prices at US fast-food joints and restaurants have made people skittish down the income ladder and executives at chains including McDonald’s (MCD.N) and Wendy’s (WEN.O) ...

Britain’s government has been urged to provide more support for the software industry with measures including tax incentives and talent visas. More than 120 industry leaders have called for government ...

HSBC has said that it is setting up a $1 billion growth fund called ASEAN Growth Fund that provides lending to companies that are scaling up via digital platforms across Southeast ...

Russia’s central bank only considered keeping its key rate unchanged at 16 per cent at the March meeting, as it believes the current decline in inflation pressure is less pronounced ...

Top London-focused landlords are betting on environmentally compliant office spaces at prime locations that offer higher rents as tenants become more selective in their real estate investments amid hybrid work ...

Nvidia earned its $2.2 trillion market cap by producing artificial-intelligence chips that have become the lifeblood powering the new era of generative AI developers from startups to Microsoft (MSFT.O), OpenAI ...

As Europe seeks to hold its ground against economic rivals, politicians think they have a secret weapon: the untapped savings of its citizens. From Italy selling government bonds to households, ...

Australia’s housing shortage may be driving prices higher but is locking out first-time homeowners and migrants needed to fill skills shortages across the country, the CEOs of Australia’s ...

Global smartphone shipments are expected to rebound 3 per cent this year as easing inflation aids a demand recovery in emerging markets and the integration of generative AI attracts buyers to ...

Top fashion retailers ASOS (ASOS.L), Boohoo (BOOH.L) and George at Asda have signed undertakings to clarify the way they display, describe and promote their environmental credentials, Britain’s ...

H&M (HMb.ST), the world’s second-largest listed fashion retailer, beat first-quarter operating profit expectations on Wednesday, as new CEO Daniel Erver said spring collections were well received ...

South Korean conglomerate LG Group will invest 100 trillion won ($74.42 billion) within the country over the next five years, its holding company LG Corp (003550.KS) said on Wednesday. LG Group aims ...

By Maria Demertzis Inflation in the euro area has declined convincingly from the very high levels seen in the past couple of years. The rate is expected to be 2.3 per ...

British businesses trimmed their plans for staffing and wage increases this month, according to a survey published on Wednesday that suggested April’s big increase in the minimum wage is ...

Online trading app Robinhood Markets (HOOD.O) launched a new credit card on Tuesday, in an effort to expand its foothold in the personal finance market and boost subscriptions to ...

Meta’s (META.O) oversight board this week called on the company to end its blanket ban on a common usage of the Arabic word “shaheed,” or “martyr” in English, ...

Some Western companies have sold their Russian assets or handed them over to local managers to comply with sanctions over the war in Ukraine and respond to threats from the ...