World in numbers
By Victoria Honeyman THE CONVERSATION – When Rishi Sunak lost to Liz Truss in the first Conservative Party leadership race of 2022, few were surprised....
UK stocks close higher as Rishi Sunak looks set to be next PM
Britain’s main equity indexes closed higher on Monday as Rishi Sunak looked set to become the next prime minister after other candidates quit the race,...
UK shares end higher for third straight day after Hunt’s policy U-turn
London shares rose on Monday as new finance minister Jeremy Hunt reversed Prime Minister Liz Truss’s economic plan announced three weeks ago that slammed UK...
JPMorgan CEO Dimon warns of recession in 6 to 9 months – CNBC
JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM.N Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said the United States and the global economy could tip into a recession by the middle of...
British borrowing costs surge, sterling plunges after new economic plan
British government bond yields surged by the most in a day in over three decades on Friday, the pound slid to a fresh 37-year trough...
ANALYSIS-UK tax cuts seen as cold comfort for poorest Britons
Low-income Britons will see few benefits from the historic tax cuts announced by the country’s new finance minister on Friday, union leaders and anti-poverty campaigners...
The United States’ other mass shootings
The Buffalo supermarket shooting, the massacre of elementary school children in Uvalde, Texas, the attack on a doctor and bystanders in Tulsa, Okla., and the...
Russia’s growing ‘war chest’ reserves
Data from the Central Bank of Russia shows that the country’s gold and foreign exchange reserves have been increasing for some time. While at the beginning of...
Supply chain disruptions make a comeback
As the coronavirus crisis is wearing off in many parts of the world, supply chain troubles are increasing once more for many companies, mainly concerning...
Meet the world’s richest families
Successful business enterprises are the key to the wealth of the world’s richest families. According to a ranking by Bloomberg, three American families top the ranking...