International

A flurry of listings on the London Stock Exchange last week has raised hopes of a revival after one of the most sluggish years on record, bankers and advisers said. ...

Oil prices rose more than 1 per cent on Monday after OPEC+’s planned production increase for November was more modest than expected, tempering some concerns about supply additions, though a ...

House prices in the EU and euro area continued their upward trend in the second quarter of 2025, rising by 5.4 per cent and 5.1 per cent respectively, while rents in the EU ...

Electronic Arts’ (EA.O) record $55 billion leveraged buyout by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and two other firms marks a turning point in the videogame industry, as companies look ...

Favourable weather has improved the quality of champagne grapes this year, producers have said, providing some good news at a time of fading demand for the French sparkling wine. In ...

Some of the world’s biggest investors are looking beyond a boom in artificial intelligence to longer-term spending by governments tackling geopolitical, technological and demographic pressures set to reshape markets ...

When Daniel Ek founded Spotify (SPOT.N) in 2006, a viable music product was a “moon shot.” The global music industry was struggling with years of declining sales, online music piracy ...

Changes to British consumers’ behaviour that emerged at the start of a cost-of-living crisis in 2022, such as more eating at home, have stuck, according to the CEO of Tesco (TSCO....

Visa (V.N) has announced that it will start testing a new way for businesses to fund international payments by allowing them to use stablecoins instead of pre-depositing cash in ...

Opera (OPRA.O) has launched Neon, an artificial intelligence-powered browser that can execute tasks and run code inside web pages, adding to the intensifying competition among technology firms to make ...

Aluminium made with renewable power and from recycling is helping luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) cut CO2 emissions in the production of its new line of electric vehicles, part of ...

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has reached a valuation of $500 billion, following a deal in which current and former employees sold roughly $6.6 billion worth of shares, a source familiar with ...

Industrial producer prices in the euro area decreased by 0.3 per cent in August 2025 compared with July 2025, while in the EU they fell by 0.4 per cent, according to estimates from Eurostat. ...

By Maria Demertzis Europe’s reliance on the US financial infrastructure presents a strategic risk for business. US debt is still the safest asset—that on which all other assets ...

Tesla’s third-quarter deliveries trounced analysts’ estimates this week, as a rush to buy EVs in the US before the expiry of a popular tax credit more than offset slumping ...

Israeli high-tech companies raised $11.9 billion over the first three quarters of 2025 as the technology sector continues to thrive despite Israel’s two-year-old war against Hamas militants in Gaza. Funding was 13 ...

The risks to financial stability in the European Union remain elevated due to ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, according to a new report by the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB). The ESRB ...

Economic policy uncertainty in the United States has a direct impact on euro area firms’ access to financing, the European Central Bank (ECB) said in a blog post this week, ...

The Digital Cooperation Organisation (DCO) announced the launch of its AI-REAL Toolkit at the G20 Digital Economy and Artificial Intelligence Ministers’ Meeting in Cape Town on Thursday, marking what it ...

Global financial messaging network SWIFT and more than 30 global banks announced this week they were now working “at pace” on making cross-border payments instantaneous and on a system capable of ...

OPEC+ may speed up production increases in November from the 137,000 barrels per day hike it made for October at its meeting on Sunday as its leader Saudi Arabia pushes to ...

Having been badly burned by the British government’s major tax-raising budget last year, business leaders told ministers at the ruling Labour Party’s annual conference that they could no ...

Prices at British retailers rose at the fastest pace since February 2024 this month as food costs continued to increase rapidly and a decline for non-food items appeared close to an ...

Britain’s economy slowed in the second quarter of 2025 after a strong start to the year, official figures showed this week, highlighting the challenges facing finance minister Rachel Reeves as ...