International

Britain’s competition regulator cleared Carlsberg’s (CARLb.CO) deal with soft drinks maker Britvic (BVIC.L) on Tuesday, saying it would not refer the $4.23 billion transaction for an in-depth ...

German companies feel pessimistic about the new year, with only 12.6 per cent expecting business conditions to improve in 2025, according to a poll by the Ifo institute of some 8,000 firms. “No ...

British pay rose by more than expected in the three months to October, official data showed on Tuesday, prompting investors to further rein in bets on Bank of England interest ...

British businesses this month cut staff numbers at the fastest pace in almost four years, raised prices and turned more pessimistic about the outlook, placing much of the blame on ...

BP (BP.L) and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s international investments arm XRG said on Monday they have closed a deal for a new natural gas joint venture in ...

Britain’s online safety regime came into force on Monday, requiring social media companies like Meta’s (META.O) Facebook and ByteDance’s TikTok to take action to tackle criminal ...

Britain officially became the 12th member of a trans-Pacific trade pact which includes Japan, Australia and Canada on Sunday as it seeks to deepen ties in the region and build ...

Bitcoin surged to a record high above $106,000 on Monday after President-elect Donald Trump suggested he plans to create a US bitcoin strategic reserve similar to its strategic oil reserve, stoking ...

By Georg Zachmann Agreement on a global carbon trading framework could complete the global climate architecture, but the risks are significant  The international process for coordinating the fight against global ...

The Bank of England looks set to keep interest rates on hold this week as it moves more slowly to cut borrowing costs than central banks in Europe and the ...

The threat of soaring government debt supply destabilising financial markets has intensified, according to the world’s top central banking advisory body, as it urged policymakers to act swiftly to ...

President-elect Donald Trump could be the “president of this AI generation” as he will take office at a time when critical infrastructure to developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) is built ...

Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google, along with TPG Rise Climate and other investors, is backing clean energy developer Intersect Power as part more than $800 million funding round, the company has ...

Global airline body IATA is expecting an industry-wide 2025 revenue of more than a trillion dollars and record passenger numbers, despite what its chief Willie Walsh said were “unacceptable” difficulties in ...

Policymakers aiming to recommend safeguards for artificial intelligence are facing a formidable challenge: science that is still evolving. AI developers themselves are grappling with how to prevent abuse of novel ...

Europe’s Airbus (AIR.PA), Thales (TCFP.PA), and Leonardo (LDOF.MI), are exploring plans to set up a new joint space company as they look to compete with Elon ...

S&P Global Ratings this week downgraded chipmaker Intel Corp’s (INTC.O) credit rating to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB+’, on slow business recovery and uncertainty following management changes. The ...

London’s Canary Wharf district will borrow 610 million pounds ($777 million) from US investment giant Apollo (APO.N) to repay bonds due over the next two years, raising its funding costs ...

General Motors (GM.N) announced that it will end robotaxi development at its majority-owned, money-losing Cruise business, a blow to the ambitions of the largest US automaker which had made ...

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority is promising millions of people help with their pensions under new proposals that include offering access to free, targeted support to allow consumers to make ...

Britain on Thursday outlined details of an overhaul to its planning system to help boost growth and hit a target of 1.5 million new homes in the next five years, including ...

Oil prices were little changed on Thursday as a forecast for ample supply in the oil market offset optimism stemming from rising expectations of a US interest rate cut. Brent ...

The Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC) hit 20,000 for the first time on Wednesday, putting an exclamation point on a year in which excitement over artificial intelligence and expectations of falling interest ...

Russia’s state oil firm Rosneft (ROSN.MM) has agreed to supply nearly 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude to Indian private refiner Reliance (RELI.NS) in the biggest ever ...