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Alphabet unit Google has agreed for the first time ever to purchase nature-based carbon removal credits from a Brazilian startup, its first engagement with carbon projects in the South American ...

United Arab Emirates-based artificial intelligence company G42 has teamed up with US chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O) to work on climate tech, G42 has announced, ahead of the first-ever visit to ...

By Andreas Constantinides As the new school year begins and considering the increased use of technology by children, it is imperative to implement strict security protocols and raise awareness about ...

Wealthy families are seeking out risky assets and reducing cash holdings as they turn more bullish about the investment outlook, according to a Citigroup (C.N) survey. About 97 per cent ...

Booking.com’s restrictions against hotels offering lower rates on their websites or on rival sites are unnecessary and could reduce competition, Europe’s top court said this week in ...

Facebook owner Meta (META.O) agreed to buy up to 3.9 million carbon offset credits from Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual’s forestry arm through 2038, the companies said this week in ...

Europe’s second-top court largely confirmed this week an EU antitrust fine imposed on US chipmaker Qualcomm (QCOM.O), revising it down slightly to 238.7 million euros ($265.5 million) from an initial 242 ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s warnings about the state of the British economy and the likely need for tax increases in next month’s budget have caused consumer confidence to ...

Intel (INTC.O) has announced that it had no plans to sell its majority stake in Mobileye Global (MBLY.O), sending shares of the self-driving tech firm up more than 8 ...

EU antitrust regulators launched proceedings this week to ensure that Apple (AAPL.O) complies with landmark rules requiring it to open up its closed ecosystem to rivals or risk a ...

British supermarket group Asda said its chairman, veteran retailer Stuart Rose, would assume the executive responsibilities of co-owner Mohsin Issa, who is stepping back from his leadership role. The UK’...

British retail sales rose by a stronger-than-expected 1 per cent in August and growth in July was revised up, official figures showed on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a ...

Russian authorities are discussing raising the one-off contribution that foreign companies leaving the country must make to the state budget to as high as 40 per cent from 15 per cent, the ...

A big interest rate cut from the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised bets on further policy easing at the European Central Bank in October but this is still not ...

Norway’s central bank held its policy interest rate unchanged at a 16-year high of 4.50 per cent on Thursday, as widely expected, and said any cuts must wait until the ...

New car sales in the European Union fell 18.3 per cent in August to their lowest in three years, dragged down by double-digit losses in major markets Germany, France and Italy ...

The Bank of England held interest rates at 5.0 per cent on Thursday and voted to run down its stock of British government bonds by another 100 billion pounds over the coming 12 ...

British house prices rose by an annual 2.2 per cent in July, the fifth monthly rise in a row but the pace of increase cooled and was below a revised 2.7 per ...

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has appointed Yoshi Katsuda as regional head for the Middle East based in Dubai, Japan’s largest bank by assets said in a statement released this ...

British inflation held steady in August but sped up in the services sector which is closely watched by the Bank of England, data showed on Wednesday, adding to bets that ...

Britain’s housing market recovered momentum in September, as the Bank of England’s first interest rate cut in more than three years and greater political certainty after July 4’s ...

Saudi Arabia’s annual inflation rate inched up to 1.6 per cent in August, from 1.5 per cent in July, government data showed, driven by an increase in housing rents and food ...

Global tech giants halved their business flight emissions in 2023 compared to 2019, but companies like Apple (AAPL.O) and Google’s parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) are falling behind, risking a return ...

British businesses are worried that greater protections for employees planned by the newly elected Labour government will make it more risky to hire new staff, according to the Confederation of ...