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Donald Trump’s potential White House return has helped spur a flurry of investment in defence-technology startups across Europe, according to eight prominent industry executives and investors. The Republican presidential ...

Eurozone business activity showed surprising strength in August despite firms raising prices, a survey showed, potentially weakening expectations for two more rate cuts from the European Central Bank this year. ...

Oil prices were steady on Thursday, after falling for four straight days as investors worried about the global demand outlook, but a decline in US fuel inventories provided a floor. ...

Swiss companies and consumers are now able to make instant electronic payments, catching up with other European financial centres where the ultra-fast transfers are increasingly popular. Instant payments allow credit ...

Britain’s government again borrowed more than expected last month, according to official data released on Wednesday that highlighted the tight financial backdrop for new finance minister Rachel Reeves as ...

British upmarket supermarket group Waitrose plans to invest 1 billion pounds ($1.30 billion) in new and existing shops over the next three years, it said on Wednesday. The chain, part of the ...

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT.O), which is majority-owned by former US President Donald Trump, sank to record lows this week, following the Republican presidential candidate’s ...

Warm weather and household buying ahead of summer holidays accelerated sales growth at UK supermarkets in August, although No. 3 player Asda continued to struggle, industry data showed on Wednesday. Market ...

Turkey’s central bank held interest rates steady at 50 per cent for a fifth straight month as expected, and repeated that it remains vigilant to inflation risks even as it ...

Dealmaking activity in the oil and gas industry increased 57 per cent last year as energy companies boosted development spending, driven by higher cash flows from profits in prior years, according ...

General Motors (GM.N) said Monday it is laying off more than 1,000 salaried employees at its software and service units worldwide. GM, confirming the layoffs initially reported by CNBC, said ...

Yandex NV (YNDX.O), the Dutch company that finalised a split from Russian technology giant Yandex last month, has renamed itself Nebius Group after the change received shareholder approval. A ...

The dollar wobbled near a seven-month low on Tuesday on wagers the US central bank will start cutting interest rates from next month, with traders bracing for comments from Federal ...

Hedge funds sold industrial stocks at the fastest pace since December, while buying energy stocks for the fourth straight week last week, a Goldman Sachs note seen by Reuters on ...

British estate agents have seen a pick-up in demand from buyers since the Bank of England’s decision on Aug. 1 to begin cutting interest rates from a 16-year high, property ...

South Korean artificial intelligence chip makers Rebellions Inc and Sapeon Korea Inc have signed a definitive merger agreement, the privately held companies announced. They announced merger negotiations in June. The ...

Goldman Sachs has lowered the odds of the United States slipping into a recession in the next 12 months to 20 per cent from 25 per cent following the latest weekly jobless claims ...

Cargo ships and cruise liners may soon be harnessing the power of wind and waves to reduce their carbon emissions thanks to EU-funded researchers. By Tom Cassauwers In August 2023, a ...

Egyptian Mohannad Abdelazeem, 35, doesn’t drink alcohol. But he does consume three or four cans per day of Moussy and Fayrouz – alcohol-free beers. Brewers including Carlsberg and Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI....

Cisco Systems (CSCO.O) has announced that it is witnessing rebounding demand for its networking equipment and announced a 7 per cent cut in its global headcount to focus on high-growth ...

British house prices rose by 2.7 per cent in the 12 months to June to an average of 288,000 pounds ($370,000), according to a report from the Office for National Statistics. June’s annual ...

Toyota may be one of the slowest legacy automakers to develop electric vehicles but it could be the first to jettison cars powered only by gasoline. Almost three decades after ...

British consumer price inflation increased for the first time this year in July, official figures showed this week, but the rise was smaller than expected as services prices – closely watched ...

Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) said this week it was expanding its AI-generated summaries for search queries to six new countries, just two months after it rolled back some capabilities ...