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The Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) has announced that company registrations grew 32 per cent in the first half of the year as the financial hub welcomed 1,081 new companies, including asset ...

A downturn in British retail sales extended into its 10th month in July as rising prices weighed on consumers, although the pace of the fall was less severe than in ...

Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, may hike crude oil prices for Asian buyers for the second month in a row, with September prices set to hit five-month ...

Global air passenger demand rose by 2.6 per cent in June 2025 compared to the same month last year, according to data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).   Capacity, measured ...

Mercedes is integrating Microsoft’s latest digital tools into its vehicles, starting with the new CLA, allowing customers to work more efficiently while on the move. According to the announcement, ...

Seasonally adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) in the euro area increased by 0.1 per cent during the second quarter of 2025, compared with the previous quarter, according to a preliminary flash estimate ...

Russian markets reacted cautiously to US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose new sanctions, with analysts saying on Wednesday a weaker rouble and higher oil prices as a result ...

Advisory and consulting firm PwC this week released a report detailing that global entertainment and media (E&M) industry revenues edged towards US$3 trillion in 2024 and are forecast to ...

Stellantis (STLAM.MI) said this week that it faced greater headwinds this year including a 1.5-billion-euro impact from US tariffs for 2025, with operating income in the second half set to ...

European luxury carmakers including Porsche (PSHG_p.DE) and Aston Martin (AML.L) have shot to the front of the grid with US price hikes, which could point the way ...

Long seen as the safest Big Tech bet, Apple (AAPL.O) is heading into Thursday’s earnings with its business facing pressure from US tariffs, tough competition in China and ...

Oil prices fell nearly 1 per cent on Wednesday as investors awaited developments on US President Donald Trump’s tighter deadline for Russia to end the war in Ukraine and his ...

Bond investors are adding portfolio risk after a long period of caution, seeing the US economy in a “Goldilocks” moment, not too hot nor too cold, as they bet the ...

Barclays’ (BARC.L) first-half profit rose by a better-than-expected 23 per cent, the British bank said on Tuesday, as its markets business reaped bumper returns from the frenzied trading activity sparked ...

Dubai International Airport (DXB), the world’s busiest air travel hub, attracted a record 46 million passengers in the first six months of 2025, up 2.3 per cent from a year earlier, as ...

Shares in Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) eked out small gains on Tuesday, following a sharp rally the previous day after the South Korean technology company clinched a $16.5 billion deal to supply ...

Microsoft (MSFT.O) investors head into Wednesday’s earnings with one big question: is the company’s artificial intelligence edge at risk as partner OpenAI turns to rivals Google, Oracle ...

British shop prices rose by the most in more than a year in the 12 months to July and food prices grew more strongly, according to a survey that adds to ...

There are strong echoes of Donald Trump’s failed trade deal with China from his first term as US president in the framework agreement reached with the European Union. Trump ...

The Bank of England is expected to soon slow the pace at which it shrinks its 558 billion-pound ($754 billion) holdings of government bonds, and economists hope next week will shed some ...

Half of Greeks are cancelling or postponing holidays because of financial pressures as summer spending rises and savings shrink, according to fintech app Plum. The findings are based on a ...

Dutch brewer Heineken (HEIN.AS) welcomed a trade deal between the European Union and the United States and said on Monday that it was weighing all options to deal with ...

Tesla (TSLA.O) and its CEO Elon Musk are walking an increasingly difficult tightrope as the company navigates declining electric vehicle sales and an autonomous driving business that has yet ...

To achieve better and longer lasting batteries for electric vehicles, EU-funded researchers are developing technology that enables batteries to quickly detect damage and repair themselves. By Anthony King Batteries are ...