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The downturn in euro zone business activity eased in November but remained broadbased, suggesting the bloc’s economy will contract again this quarter as consumers continue to rein in spending, ...

Spain’s anti-trust watchdog this week cleared Amazon (AMZN.O), Booking Holdings (BKNG.O) and Tripadvisor (TRIP.O) of participating in or facilitating fake reviews on their websites. CNMC, as ...

As FedEx (FDX.N) and United Parcel Service (UPS.N) battle for market share in a delivery demand downturn, they are expanding returns services aimed at helping retailers slash the ...

British companies reported a marginal return to growth in November after three months of contraction but the downturn in orders continued in the face of higher interest rates and weak ...

Turkey’s central bank raised its policy rate by a larger-than-expected 500 basis points to 40 per cent on Thursday and said the pace of monetary tightening will slow down, with the ...

Investors pulled about $956 million from crypto exchange Binance over the past 24 hours, market data showed, after its chief, Changpeng Zhao, stepped down and faced prison time after pleading guilty on ...

Demand for British government bonds has recovered from the damage dealt by the market turmoil which followed then Prime Minister Liz Truss’ mini-budget last year, the chief executive of the ...

Ahead of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s four days in exile, several staff researchers wrote a letter to the board of directors warning of a powerful artificial intelligence discovery that ...

Britain’s economy is forecast to grow by 0.7 per cent in 2024, finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday, citing the latest projections from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The ...

The recent rally that has lifted US stocks and bonds is more of a year-end rebound than a turning point, according to big money managers, who see fiscal and monetary ...

Warren Buffett said on Tuesday he has donated about $866 million of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N) stock to four family charities, and told shareholders “I feel good” as he moves nearer ...

New car sales in the European Union rose 14.6 per cent in October, boosted in part by a big jump in sales of fully electric cars, while hybrid electric vehicles accounted ...

Pay awards from British employers rose in the three months to October thanks to rising public sector salaries but private sector pay deals – which are closely watched by the Bank ...

The euro zone’s sinking commercial property sector could struggle for years, the European Central Bank said on Tuesday, posing a threat to the banks and investors which financed it. ...

Waste from at least 19 international brands including Adidas and Walmart is being used to fuel kilns in brick factories in Cambodia, and some workers were falling ill, according to a ...

Microsoft (MSFT.O) emerged on Monday as the big winner of the upheaval at OpenAI, hiring ousted CEO Sam Altman and other key staff of the startup to avert a ...

Britain’s next government will almost certainly need to raise taxes and make unwelcome spending choices even if this week’s budget update from finance minister Jeremy Hunt presents a ...

Weight loss was the talk of this earnings season, making names such as Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro the water-cooler discussion that companies across the globe could not ignore. Analysts attended ...

The dollar slid to a two-month low on Monday, extending a downtrend from last week as traders reaffirmed their belief that US rates have peaked and turned their attention to ...

OpenAI has appointed ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear to lead the startup, replacing Sam Altman who will join the company’s top backer Microsoft MSFT.O to lead a new advanced ...

Discounting and new products expected to propel the market towards year-on-year growth By Souzana Psara Global tablet sales reached 33 million in the third quarter of 2023, as reported by industry analysts ...

Researchers in Europe are working to counter potential risks from nanomaterials used by a range of industries for technological advances. By Tom Cassauwers While others might dream big, Dr Otmar ...

If you can’t beat them, buy them. For years, a little-known company called Tooling & Equipment International (TEI) has helped Tesla (TSLA.O) push back the frontiers of “gigacasting”, ...

Glencore (GLEN.L), ExxonMobil (XOM.N) and Stellantis (STLAM.MI) are among companies lobbying for policies that conflict with their own pledges to cut carbon emissions, a study published by ...