International

US consumer prices increased by the most in seven months in November, but that is unlikely to discourage the Federal Reserve from delivering a third consecutive interest rate cut next ...

Large British life insurers would need to report their liquidity positions daily during market crises under new rules proposed by the Prudential Regulation Authority, after it identified information gaps during ...

OPEC cut its 2024 global oil demand growth forecast for a fifth straight month on Wednesday and by the largest amount yet, a series of downgrades that highlights China’s sputtering ...

Job vacancies have dried up faster in the United Kingdom than in other similar countries over the past year, recruitment platform Indeed said on Tuesday, adding to signs of a ...

British shoppers faced increased pressure on their budgets in November after grocery price inflation edged higher for the third month in a row, industry data showed on Tuesday. Market researcher ...

Britain’s financial watchdog was accused in London’s High Court on Tuesday of unlawfully failing to help thousands of people excluded from a 2.2 billion-pound ($2.8 billion) bank redress scheme relating ...

France and Germany’s political crises are a setback for efforts to modernise Europe’s struggling economy and are already making it harder for companies to take the investment decisions ...

Demand for workers in Britain collapsed last month after the new Labour government’s first budget, a survey published on Monday showed, adding to other signs of the impact of ...

Japan’s bankruptcy filings this year are set to surpass 10,000 and hit the highest since 2013, private-sector data by Tokyo Shoko Research (TSR) showed on Monday, ahead of a closely watched ...

A Rotterdam court held an initial hearing on Monday in the case of a Russian former employee of semiconductor equipment maker ASML (ASML.AS) who is suspected of stealing intellectual ...

Shares in Turkish construction and cement companies surged on Monday, buoyed by expectations that they will benefit from rebuilding in Syria after rebels overthrew President Bashar al-Assad. Turkey will work ...

By Alicia García-Herrero and Juan Mejino Lopez The European Union needs to adapt its emergency funding mechanisms to the increasing number and severity of climate catastrophes.  Devastating flooding in ...

Amazon (AMZN.O), announced a new slate of artificial intelligence platforms, known as foundation models, at its annual AWS conference, allowing for text, image and video generation, among other things. ...

Google Cloud (GOOGL.O) announced that it had partnered with Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA), to deploy generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology on the airline group’s data. WHY IT’S ...

Meta (META.O) has announced that it is seeking proposals from nuclear power developers to help meet its artificial intelligence and environment goals, becoming the latest big tech company to ...

By Hallam Stevens On November 12, United States president-elect Donald Trump announced he would appoint Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, to lead a newly constituted Department of Government Efficiency ...

French borrowing costs rose above those of Greece for the first time on December 2, as Michel Barnier’s government teetered on the brink of collapse, underlining a dramatic shift in ...

Tesla’s (TSLA.O) market capitalisation increased by the most among top global companies in November, boosted by expectations the automaker will benefit from CEO Elon Musk’s close ties ...

Britain’s cyber security chief warned of a rise in hostile activity in the country’s cyberspace, with the number of incidents handled by officials rising by 16 per cent in 2024 ...

Salesforce (CRM.N) beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue on December 3 and raised the lower end of its annual revenue forecast, helped by robust spending on its enterprise cloud ...

Intel (INTC.O), has started evaluating a handful of outsiders, including former board member Lip-Bu Tan, for the role of chief executive after the struggling American chipmaking icon ousted company ...

A gauge of British manufacturing activity pointed to the sharpest contraction in nine months, as orders from domestic and foreign customers fell and ongoing supply chain disruption pushed up costs. ...

Mastercard (MA.N), has reached an agreement in principle to settle a collective London lawsuit brought on behalf of British consumers over card fees, the company said this week. The ...

Eurozone productivity growth remained weak in the third quarter despite a modest expansion in the bloc’s economy, continuing a poor run that has lasted years, data from Eurostat showed ...