President Trump says he is firing a governor of the US central bank, a move seen as intensifying his bid for control over the setting of interest rates. He...
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The water industry watchdog is probing payments to the bosses of a string of suppliers following the revelation that Yorkshire Water’s offshore parent...
The owners of New Look, the high street fashion retailer, have picked bankers to oversee a strategic review which is expected to see the company change hands...
The Coca-Cola Company is brewing up a sale of Costa, Britain’s biggest high street coffee chain, more than six years after acquiring the business in a move...
TikTok is putting hundreds of jobs at risk in the UK, as it turns to artificial intelligence to assess problematic content. The video-sharing app said a global...
A union has welcomed the government taking over a troubled steel company, but is warning that payment for workers must be a top priority. Speciality Steels UK...
US stocks have fallen for five days running as traders nervously await a speech from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell. Central bankers are gathering for...
One of the UK’s last remaining steel companies has been pushed into compulsory liquidation. Speciality Steels UK (SSUK), part of the Liberty Steel empire...
The government borrowed the least amount of money in three years last month, official figures showed, in a surprise bout of good news for the Chancellor Rachel...
Why is Donald Trump threatening to impose sanctions, or tariffs, or maybe both, on India in relation to the Ukraine war? The short answer is that India has...
Prices in the UK rose even faster than expected last month, reaching the highest level in more than 18 months, according to official figures. Inflation hit 3...
An AI start-up which claims to act as an ‘immune system’ for software has landed $17m (£12.6m) in initial funding from backers including the...
Energy bills are now expected to rise in autumn, a reversal from the previously anticipated price drop, a prominent forecaster has said. Households will be...
There is one thing scarier than markets lurching around. And that’s markets lurching around without a very compelling explanation. Just yesterday, the...
Consumers could be allowed to attend water company board meetings under new rules proposed by the regulator. Companies may survey and research customers to...
More than 200 UK pubs closed in the first half of the year as part of a “heartbreaking” trend which industry bosses fear is set to accelerate...
