International

Nestle investors and analysts view the early departure of the Swiss company’s chairman, Paul Bulcke, as a chance for fresh leadership to accelerate growth and address lagging units and ...

British inflation in August held at 3.8 per cent, official data showed on Wednesday, the highest among major advanced economies and reinforcing expectations that the Bank of England will not cut ...

Oil prices eased on Wednesday, after rising more than 1 per cent in the previous session, though ongoing geopolitical jitters provided a floor for the market, with traders eyeing an expected ...

Meta (META.O) is expected to double down on AI-powered augmented reality products with new smart glasses at its annual Connect event on Wednesday, even as the company faces scrutiny ...

The natural rate of decline in output from the world’s oil and gas fields is speeding up, owing to more reliance on shale and deep offshore resources, the International ...

Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) hit a market capitalization of $3 trillion for the first time this week, riding on renewed optimism around artificial intelligence and a favorable antitrust ruling. Class ...

British grocery inflation edged down to 4.9 per cent in the four weeks to September 7, according to data from Worldpanel by Numerator, offering only modest respite for shoppers still grappling with ...

Bond investors are buying longer-term maturities up to 10-year debt and ramping up bets on a steeper yield curve, anticipating that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this week ...

Nissan Motor has reportedly slashed its production plan for the new model of its Leaf electric vehicle by more than half for the September to November period, according to the ...

Britain’s jobs market has lost a little more steam, official data showed on Tuesday, potentially easing worries at the Bank of England about persistent inflation pressures. The Office for ...

Google said on Tuesday it would make 5 billion pounds ($6.80 billion) in new investments into Britain ahead of US President Donald Trump’s state visit to the country, which is expected ...

Oracle (ORCL.N) is among a consortium of firms that would enable TikTok to continue operations in the United States if a framework deal between the US and China is ...

HSBC expects a big oil surplus of 1.7 million barrels per day (mbd) from the fourth quarter of 2025, and a surplus of 2.4 mbd in 2026, exacerbated by the return of OPEC+ barrels ...

Asking prices for homes put up for sale in Britain this month showed an annual decline for the first time since January 2024 while average rents increased at the lowest annual ...

Global semiconductor revenue is forecast to reach 800 billion US dollars in 2025, according to the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) worldwide semiconductor technology and supply chain intelligence service. This would represent ...

Global spending on cloud infrastructure services surged in the second quarter of 2025, driven by booming demand for artificial intelligence workloads, ongoing legacy migrations and cloud-native expansion. According to Canalys, part ...

Arm Holdings has announced the launch of its next-generation chip designs, called Lumex, which it has optimised for artificial intelligence to run on mobile devices such as smartphones and watches ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook seemed to be channeling predecessor and design genius Steve Jobs on Tuesday when he unveiled the iPhone Air, the company’s slimmest handset yet and the ...

Meta Platforms (META.O) and TikTok has won a legal challenge to the way EU regulators calculated a supervisory fee imposed on them under landmark tech rules, but will receive ...

US producer prices unexpectedly fell in August amid a compression in trade services margins and mild increase in the cost of goods, suggesting that domestic businesses were probably absorbing some ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) this week announced its commitment to provide €17.5 billion to support energy efficiency improvements across more than 350,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe over the next ...

Nearly half of new startups are choosing to incorporate outside of Israel, the Israel Advanced Technology Industries Association (IATI) said this week, citing easier regulations in the United States. According ...

Over 150 bosses from Europe’s electric car industry signed a letter this week urging the European Union to stick to its 2035 zero emission target for cars and vans. The electric ...

Contactless card payments in Britain could exceed a 100-pound ($135.35) limit under new proposals outlined by the markets regulator this week. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it was proposing giving ...