BEIJING/HONG KONG — China’s population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of decline in its citizen numbers with profound implications for its ...
DAVOS, Switzerland — Confidence among companies in their growth prospects has dropped the most since the 2007-08 global financial crisis due to rising inflation, macroeconomic volatility and geopolitical conflicts, a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)showed. With 73% of chief executive officers ...
LONDON — British TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson said he had e-mailed an apology to Prince Harry and Meghan after he wrote in a national newspaper column that he hoped the Duchess of Sussex would one day be forced to parade ...
Millions of pupils face further disruption to their learning after the largest teaching union voted in favour of strike action. The education secretary Gillian Keegan accused teachers of “turning their backs” on children, after 90 per cent of those who ...
Global chief executives rank the UK as the third most important country for investment, jointly with Germany and behind only the US and China. Despite recent political turmoil, chief executives are increasingly bullish about the UK, according to PwC’s 26th ...
The number of businesses falling into administration rose by almost half last year as inflation delivered a “body blow” to companies seeking to recover from the pandemic. Research by the restructuring firm Interpath found the number of companies filing for ...
Talks will continue this week between the rail industry and the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) amid renewed optimism that a deal can be reached without further strikes. However, the drivers’ union Aslef was set to ...
The governor of the Bank of England has said there could be a “rapid” fall in inflation in Britain amid a drop in global energy prices over recent weeks but warned that a shortage of workers could still pose major ...
The UK foreign secretary, James Cleverly, and the European Commission’s vice-president, Maroš Šefčovič, have committed to further talks to resolve the dispute over Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland. Following a “stock-taking” meeting on Monday afternoon, they agreed to continue ...
Billionaire investor Ryan Cohen has built a stake in China’s Alibaba Group worth hundreds of millions of dollars and is pushing the e-commerce giant to increase and speed up share buybacks, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. Cohen, who built his fortune by co-founding online pet retailer Chewy Inc. and ...