International

Britain’s smaller listed companies can reverse a “doom loop”, driven by plummeting valuations and higher costs and regulation, with help from broader tax exemptions and incentives, a think tank ...

Cash-strapped electric luxury sedan maker Lucid (LCID.O) said on Thursday a combined public offering and private placement of roughly 637 million shares would likely fetch it $1.67 billion. The stock sale ...

Seven of the 10 big developed-market central banks tracked by Reuters have now started easing policy, with expectations of how quickly each will move swinging back and forth as policymakers stress ...

BP (BP.L) is considering selling a minority stake in its offshore wind business, according to four sources with knowledge of the matter, the latest effort by CEO Murray Auchincloss ...

The number of women who hold executive reins in corporate Britain has fallen for the first time in eight years in an “unacceptable” reversal that could delay gender parity for ...

The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the third time this year on Thursday, pointing out that inflation in the eurozone is now increasingly under control and the economic ...

There is a global gap in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, coupled with declining public trust in governments and corporate behaviour, according to SEC Newgate’s fourth annual ESG ...

The vast majority of global executives (90 per cent) believe their IT infrastructure is best-in-class, while only 39 per cent feel it’s ready to handle future risks, according to a report ...

Nestle (NESN.S) could use the fresh start provided by new CEO Laurent Freixe in the coming months to lower financial guidance for the second time this year following months ...

Procter & Gamble (PG.N) is set to report muted quarterly revenue growth on Friday. The purveyor of Tide detergent, Dawn dish soap and Pampers diapers faces rivals competing on ...

Sales growth at British supermarkets picked-up over the last month, helped by consumers starting to make purchases for Christmas, industry data showed on Wednesday. Market researcher NIQ said UK supermarket ...

Australian dollar debt sales, running at the fastest clip on record, are starting to hit the brakes as capital markets hunker down for the US election, according to bankers in ...

British inflation dropped sharply and key price gauges watched by the Bank of England also fell, bolstering bets on an interest rate cut next month and helping finance minister Rachel ...

A rapid divergence between eurozone and US government bond markets is expected to continue, as an increasingly lacklustre European economy adds to the pressure on the European Central Bank to ...

Global investor optimism posted its biggest jump since June 2020 in October due to Federal Reserve rate cuts, stimulus pledges from China and expectations of a soft landing for the US ...

Britain plans to remove redundant reporting requirements for small companies in reforms that will help them save on costs and do business more easily, the government has said. The government ...

UBS Global Research has increased its year-end target for the S&P 500 index to 5,850 points, up from its previous estimate of 5,600. This revision is attributed to corporate profit growth, ...

British pay grew at its slowest pace in more than two years in the three months to August and vacancies fell again, according official data that will probably be welcomed ...

The world’s total public debt is set to exceed $100 trillion this year for the first time, and may grow more quickly than forecast as political sentiment favors higher spending ...

Oil prices slid as much as $3 to a near two-week low during Asian trade on Tuesday on the back of a weaker demand outlook and after a media report said ...

 MSCI’s global equities index fell with Treasury yields on Tuesday as investors shied away from riskier assets while oil futures rallied on concerns about supply after Iran launched missiles ...

Oil prices jumped by over a dollar on Wednesday due to rising concerns Middle East tensions could escalate, potentially disrupting crude output from the region, following Iran’s biggest ever ...

IT services firm Accenture has unveiled a $4.0 billion share buyback and reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue thanks to demand from companies looking to adopt generative artificial intelligence technology. Shares of the ...

Global cybersecurity spending reached a total of $21.1 billion in the second quarter of 2024, representing a year-on-year growth of 9.9 per cent.  Despite ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty, including political disruptions from elections and ...