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Over 150 bosses from Europe’s electric car industry signed a letter this week urging the European Union to stick to its 2035 zero emission target for cars and vans. The electric ...

Contactless card payments in Britain could exceed a 100-pound ($135.35) limit under new proposals outlined by the markets regulator this week. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it was proposing giving ...

The US IPO market is headed for its best week since 2021 as ebullient equities and robust debuts from notable newcomers fuel renewed enthusiasm for new issues after tariff-driven volatility earlier ...

The European Central Bank’s (ECB) Governing Council decided today to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. “Inflation is currently at around the 2 per cent medium-term target and ...

Fitch Ratings has slightly upgraded its forecast for global growth in 2025 to 2.4 per cent, an increase of 0.2 percentage points compared with its projections in June. The revision is based on ...

Investors are cautiously approaching the US Treasury’s sale of $22 billion in 30-year bonds on Thursday after an underwhelming auction last month that had some of the weakest demand metrics ...

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) said on Wednesday that a cybersecurity breach disclosed last week had impacted “some data,” disrupting both production and sales at the British luxury carmaker. The company ...

US oil major Chevron (CVX.N) has submitted a bid to explore for natural gas in four blocks offshore Greece in a consortium with Greece’s Hellenic Energy (HEPr.AT), ...

By H.E. Manish, High Commissioner of India to Republic of Cyprus GST 2.0 Reforms: India’s Next Step Towards Simplicity and Growth  The Goods and Services Tax (GST), introduced in ...

OPEC+ surprised markets on Sunday with a pledge to accelerate the unwinding of output cuts, a move that appears risky in an already oversupplied environment but may have limited impact ...

British shoppers spent more in August, helped by summer weather and stronger demand for food, furniture and back-to-school computers – though some of the increase reflected higher food prices too, the ...

Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, said on Tuesday its valuation had reached A$252 billion ($166.22 billion) as it pared back its US market exposure to boost investments in ...

Rating agency Morningstar DBRS has confirmed Greece’s long-term issuer ratings for foreign and local currency debt at BBB. At the same time, the agency affirmed the country’s short-term ...

Total market production in the European Union fell slightly in June 2025, according to figures published by Eurostat. The total market production decreased by 0.2 per cent in the EU and by 0.4 ...

Services production in the euro area and the European Union fell by 0.1 per cent in June 2025 compared with May 2025, according to first estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office of ...

Year-over-year spending on artificial intelligence between 2025 and 2029 is set to grow by 31.9 per cent, according to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC). This investment, driven by the growth of ...

Smartphone shipments into Europe, excluding Russia, fell by 9 per cent to 28.7 million units in the second quarter of 2025, according to industry analysts Canalys. A restrained consumer and economic outlook is ...

Drawing on nature, researchers have developed a method to pump CO2 captured from industrial processes into volcanic rocks for safe and permanent underground storage. By Michael Allen For the first ...

The EU and Europe’s bio-based industries are tapping into the hidden potential of wood to replace fossil resources in the production of high-performance resins with a low carbon footprint. ...

US chip company Qualcomm (QCOM.O) and German luxury automaker BMW (BMWG.DE) have announced an automated driving system, which could help attract customers with new features like hands-free driving ...

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O) recently sued the AI photo generation company Midjourney, saying it brazenly stole the studio’s works to generate images of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Bugs ...

British house prices rose 0.3 per cent in August, a third consecutive monthly increase that leaves them 2.2 per cent higher than a year earlier, figures published by mortgage lender Halifax showed ...

British retail sales rose more than expected in July, boosted by good weather and the women’s European soccer championship, but annual growth was slower than expected after extensive revisions ...

Passenger traffic at Athens International Airport in August 2025 reached 3.88 million, marking an increase of 6.7 per cent compared with August 2024. Both domestic and international passenger traffic rose during the month. Domestic ...