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The Bank of England held interest rates at 4.25 per cent as expected on Thursday but said it was focused on risks from a weaker labour market and higher energy prices ...

The US central bank held interest rates steady on Wednesday and policymakers signaled borrowing costs are still likely to fall in 2025, but Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned against putting ...

Microsoft (MSFT.O) is planning to cut thousands of jobs, particularly in sales, as the tech giant streamlines its workforce amid increased investments in artificial intelligence, Bloomberg News reported on ...

British house price growth halved in April, when a hike in property transaction taxes took effect, official data showed on Wednesday. Annual house price growth cooled to 3.5 per cent from 7.0 ...

British inflation cooled in May as expected by the Bank of England, which is set to keep interest rates on hold this week while it assesses international energy markets rocked ...

Nissan (7201.T) is betting on a new version of its Leaf electric vehicle (EV) to revive its fortunes, having gone from mass-market EV pioneer to laggard since its first model ...

Oil prices fell on Wednesday, after a gain of 4 per cent in the previous session, as markets weighed up the chance of supply disruptions from the Iran-Israel conflict and as ...

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is in talks to raise $4.3 billion through an equity investment on top of its $5 billion debt funding plans, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, ...

Airbus (AIR.PA) struck a deal with budget airline VietJet (VJC.HM) for up to 150 single-aisle jets at the Paris Airshow on Tuesday, where industry hopes of a return to ...

A restructuring plan proposed by struggling British discount retailer Poundland will see the closure of 68 stores and rent reductions across other locations, it said on Tuesday. Last week, Warsaw-listed Pepco ...

Wall Street opened slightly lower while oil and gold rose as Tuesday marked the fifth day of fighting between Israel and Iran, with the risk of a widening conflict dampening ...

Federal Reserve policymakers will begin a two-day meeting on Tuesday with escalating tensions in the Middle East risking a new commodity price shock and fresh US data expected to show ...

Sterling was lower against the dollar on Tuesday as market focus stayed on developments in the Middle East, while traders await a closely-watched UK inflation print due on Wednesday and ...

“The United States of America is never going to default, that is never going to happen,” said US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on June 1. History suggests that, when it comes ...

Asking prices for homes put up for sale in Britain have fallen by the most in 14 years for the time of year, according to data released this week that adds ...

British luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover lowered its fiscal 2026 earnings before interest and taxes margins forecast to 5 per cent-7 per cent on Monday from 10 per cent earlier, amid uncertainty in ...

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O) bondholders overwhelmingly approved a plan to split the corporation and put in place a new capital structure related to the deal, the company said Monday. ...

A Dutch court on Monday confirmed a 2021 consumer watchdog ‘s ruling saying that Apple (AAPL.O) had abused its dominant position by imposing unfair conditions on providers of dating apps ...

Oil prices edged down on Monday, after surging 7 per cent on Friday, as renewed military strikes by Israel and Iran over the weekend left oil production and export facilities unaffected. ...

International Business Machines has said that it plans to have a practical quantum computer by 2029, and it laid out the detailed steps the company will take to get there. Quantum ...

The human brain is more powerful and energy-efficient than any computer. Scientists are imitating the way it works to produce better computer chips and help deal with the growing amounts ...

Snap (SNAP.N) will launch its first-ever smart glasses for all consumers next year, ratcheting up competition with bigger rival Meta (META.O) in the wearable technology market. The augmented ...

Nvidia and artificial intelligence search firm Perplexity announced that they are partnering with more than a dozen AI firms in Europe and the Middle East to refine those firms’ AI ...

The dollar continued to lose market share as the world’s dominant currency last year but mostly smaller rivals and gold benefited rather than the euro, an ECB report showed ...