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The former president is publicly demanding the new Fed Chair cut rates despite inflation running at 3.8 percent, nearly double the central bank's target. Trump argues to help struggling consumers, echoing his previous pressure campaigns against Jerome Powell.
The country is capturing a rare convergence of AI infrastructure demand and geopolitical defense spending just as domestic policy support lags peers.
The Netherlands achieved the EU's lowest youth unemployment rate at 8.7 percent versus 14 percent in the UK through a "no dead ends" philosophy linking education, work, and…
Italy's biggest bank is mobilizing to torpedo a merger that would create a serious rival. proposing an aggregation that would create Italy's second-largest banking group worth…
Japanese companies are abandoning their decades-long deleveraging mindset to fund aggressive M&A and higher shareholder returns, spooking credit rating agencies.
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Page 4Empty shop fronts are now a leading indicator of electoral volatility, with Reform UK performing disproportionately well in areas of visible retail decline.
The chip giant beat Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta to claim the top spot in the Wall Street Journal's new corporate future-readiness index.
Spain welcomed 9.1 million visitors in April, the highest April figure on record, as geopolitical tensions push tourists away from traditional Middle Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean destinations.
Permanent hiring remains deep in the red despite signs the decline is slowing. The KPMG/REC permanent placements index hit 44.1 in May, still well below the 50 threshold that signals growth.
Filipino motorists got their first relief in months as the Department of Energy ordered fuel rollbacks of up to ₱10.86 per liter, as US-Iran ceasefire talks gained momentum.
Americans on weight-loss drugs are triggering a surge in clothing returns, especially larger sizes, as while shedding weight. Retailers from Walmart to Levi's face higher reverse-logistics costs and inventory planning challenges…
The historically early-stage-only firm broke a 25-year tradition by after its Cerebras IPO generated a $3.25 billion return. The AI chipmaker success validated Benchmark's ability to follow winners from Series A to pre-IPO,…
Musk's rocket company is planning to raise $75 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation, which would make it the largest public offering in history.
The Competition and Markets Authority has imposed a binding requirement forcing Google to let UK publishers opt out of AI Overviews and model training while remaining in traditional search results.
The $90 billion quant giant has lengthened withdrawal periods to as long as four years in its flagship multi-strategy funds, making it harder for investors to pull capital quickly.
The non-binding agreement would see China's third-largest carmaker assemble Omoda and Jaecoo branded vehicles at Nissan's UK plant starting in 2027.
The semiconductor giant's shares fell 15 percent in after-hours trading despite reporting 48 percent revenue growth and AI chip revenue that more than doubled to $10.8 billion.
Grid constraints are killing the AI infrastructure buildout faster than chip shortages ever did. Nearly half of US AI data centers planned for 2026 have been canceled or delayed, representing about 7GW of capacity that will not…
Japan's Nikkei crossed 66,000 intraday for the first time while South Korea's Kospi hit an all-time high of 8,457, driven by semiconductor and AI infrastructure momentum.
Cross-party MPs are calling on the government to trigger the break clause in Palantir's £330 million NHS contract after the firm was given access to identifiable patient data before anonymization.
CEO Hilary Super delivered a near-perfect earnings print that convinced investors the lingerie retailer's repositioning is working.
Tokyo spent ¥5.4 trillion in a single day defending the 160 per dollar level, confirming what traders suspected: authorities will not let the yen weaken past this threshold.
The National Assembly is debating a draft law allowing private companies to participate in electricity generation and sales under state concessions for the first time in 15 years.
The world's largest sugar-cane ethanol producer is testing whether Brazilian courts can force debt-for-equity swaps on unwilling creditors.
A Los Angeles jury found Citron Research founder Andrew Left guilty of securities fraud, marking the first major conviction for what prosecutors called a 'tweet-and-trade' scheme.
People Inc's proposal to buy the remaining 74% of MGM Resorts for $48.30 per share represents more than an acquisition, it's a complete strategic transformation for Barry Diller's empire.
Jensen Huang called it the 'reinvention of the computer', but Nvidia's new RTX Spark platform is really about stealing market share from Intel and AMD in AI PCs.
Belgian prosecutors are investigating whether Wise accounts were used to launder money from fraud, corruption and drug trafficking, with at the centre of the probe.
SpaceX reset its IPO valuation to 'at least $1.8 trillion' after earlier talk of exceeding $2 trillion, as institutional feedback forced a reality check.
Taiwan's equity market has surged to $4.7 trillion, overtaking India's $4.9 trillion after the latter fell 7% this year while Taiwan gained 35%.
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