Train strikes, a cold snap and snowy conditions have kept workers and shoppers from city centres this week, emptying out high streets and office buildings, figures show. Footfall on Britain’s high streets and at shopping centres plunged on Tuesday morning ...
Single-use plastic items including cutlery, plates and polystyrene cups are reportedly to be banned in England by the UK government after a consultation. Thérèse Coffey, the environment secretary, is poised to unveil plans to phase out the items and replace ...
LONDON — National Health Service (NHS) nurses in Britain will strike on Thursday in their first ever national walkout, as a bitter dispute with the government over pay ramps up pressure on already-stretched hospitals at one of the busiest times ...
Twitter Inc. suspended an account tracking its owner Elon Musk’s private jet in real-time, with the billionaire threatening legal action against the account’s operator after saying his son had been mistakenly followed by a “crazy stalker.” The suspension comes just ...
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve will deliver more interest rate hikes next year even as the economy slips towards a possible recession, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday, arguing that a higher cost would be paid if the US ...
NEW YORK — When he took office as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan in late 2021, Damian Williams pledged to prioritize “rooting out corruption in our financial markets.” Now, with the fraud charges filed earlier this week against Sam ...
GENEVA — Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections were exploding in China well before the government’s decision to abandon its strict “zero-COVID” policy, a World Health Organization (WHO) director said on Wednesday, quashing suggestions that the sudden reversal caused a spike ...
James Stunt, the socialite and former son-in-law of Bernie Ecclestone, faces a retrial over his alleged role in a £260 million money-laundering scam after the jury failed to reach a verdict. Stunt, 40, who was married to the British model ...
You’ve probably heard of the January effect—that is, when small-cap stocks show strong performance during the first trading month of the year. But don’t let it throw you off; it doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll see the action in January. According ...
The Fed hiked by 50 basis points, as the market was expecting. Major U.S. indices turned red on the news with a modest day of losses. DIA closed negative, but stayed above its 50- and 200-day moving averages, as well ...