Tens of billions of pounds of higher debt interest payments and a slowing economy mean that the UK’s fiscal picture is far worse than it was in the spring, the chancellor has warned before his autumn statement. Jeremy Hunt said ...
The UK competition regulator has finally approved Microsoft’s $69 billion deal to buy the gaming giant Activision Blizzard 21 months after it was first agreed. The revised deal for Microsoft to buy Activision without cloud gaming rights has been cleared ...
Australian giant Fortescue has unveiled a £19 million innovation centre in Kidlington, Oxfordshire. The fourth-largest iron ore producer in the world says the facility will be home to 300 highly skilled workers, with up to 50 more jobs to be ...
The technology group Dyson has paid a £1.2bn dividend to the Singapore-based family holding company of its founder. The pro-Brexit entrepreneur Sir James Dyson moved the group’s corporate headquarters to the city state in 2019, attributing the decision to the ...
Default rates for mortgages and credit cards by households are expected to rise by the end of the year, according to a Bank of England survey of lenders. The range of UK banks that have seen more secured loans default ...
The UK economy returned to growth in August after the wet weather in July delivered a blow to output, prompting economists to roll back the chances of a recession, official figures revealed this morning. GDP expanded by 0.2 per cent ...
WELLINGTON – New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins on Friday urged voters to get out and re-elect Labour in Saturday’s national election, as polls indicate a change in government after six years of left-wing rule. Mr. Hipkins, who took over ...
Japan’s government is set to decide to extend gasoline, natural gas and power subsidies to the end of March that were set to expire at the end of 2023, five government and ruling party sources with knowledge of the matter ...
United States law enforcement agencies have escalated security measures to safeguard Jewish and Muslim communities ahead of global pro-Palestinian protests expected on Friday but urged members of the public to go about their daily routines. Police in the two most ...
High levels of inflation and increased costs of living are contributing to worldwide hunger, according to a survey of 16 countries commissioned by the humanitarian group World Vision International. The survey, which comes ahead of World Food Day on Monday, ...