Economic news

London's main FTSE indexes edged higher on Tuesday, supported by earnings-driven gains in consumer-focused stocks, including ​Unilever and Man...

Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Tuesday outlined plans ‌to align technical education and training for young people...

The U.S. dollar steadied near a four-week ​high on Tuesday as traders assessed the possibility of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike this week,...

British retailer Frasers said on Tuesday that its takeover offer ​for German fashion house Hugo ‌Boss had become unconditional after...

Spain's unemployment rate fell back below 10% in the second quarter of 2026, reaching its lowest ​level since 2008 even as the ​labour force...

Oil prices extended losses on Tuesday, hitting their lowest levels in ‌more than a week as hopes for a resolution to the U.S.-Iran conflict...

Hindustan Unilever reported ​a 4% fall in quarterly profit on Tuesday as ‌higher raw material costs and expenses, partly linked to the...

Johnson & Johnson ​said on Monday it would pay an estimated $5.5 billion to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its baby powder...

A decades-long crackdown on Google's business practices in Europe is entering a costly new phase, as the loss of the first case brought...

Chip stocks tanked across Asia on Tuesday, rattled by the threat of Chinese competition and worries about who's paying for the AI boom, ​while...

Wall Street ended mixed on Monday, as investors awaited guidance from major technology companies in a busy week for ​quarterly earnings, while also...

South ​Korea's top financial regulator said on Tuesday ‌that authorities would consider a cap on single-stock leveraged exchange-traded...

Apollo Global Management will invest $1.5 billion in Singapore-based Keppel's new private fund that ​will hold six operational oil...

German luxury carmaker Porsche will cut around one in five jobs by 2035, ​with 9,000 positions to be axed in total, as parent Volkswagen and...

Nvidia is in talks to provide roughly $250 billion in financing guarantees for OpenAI as part of a massive data center project, the Wall...

The European Union must bolster trade defence measures against aggressive competition from Chinese ‌machine tool manufacturers or risk a...

Oil prices hovered around a one-week low ​on Monday after the U.S. and Iran paused strikes over the weekend following two weeks of...

Saab ​has received an order for ‌two GlobalEye surveillance aircraft from a country in the Middle East region ​worth 10.1 billion Swedish...

Bernard Arnault, the billionaire chairman of French luxury group LVMH, has dismissed media reports of a bitter succession battle among his five...

Indonesia's presidential staff office has called for cooperation between government agencies, law enforcement ‌officials and industry to...

Italy's cabinet will adopt new measures to curb ‌soaring fuel prices, government officials and a senior lawmaker said on Monday, as...

A majority of U.S. companies operating in Europe now expect stable transatlantic ​trade and investment relations, a marked improvement ‌from...

Sterling edged higher against the dollar on Monday as a sharp ​drop in oil prices eased worries about energy-driven inflation and tempered...

Coca-Cola on Monday said its dairy company, fairlife, ​resumed most of the production at four U.S. ‌facilities, where operations were...

Volkswagen's premium brand Audi must work with the group towards a comprehensive restructuring, the subsidiary's finance chief said on...

London's FTSE 100 gained on Monday ​as a pause in U.S.-Iran hostilities over the weekend sent oil prices ‌lower and boosted risk sentiment...

Chinese optical parts maker Zhongji Innolight ​is guiding potential investors in its Hong Kong listing to a price ‌of HK$980 ($124.97) a...

The dollar dropped against other ​major currencies on Monday, after the U.S. paused its bombing in Iran, which dragged oil prices lower and lifted...

The Indian rupee extended its advance on Monday, hitting a two-week high, with central bank intervention and a slump ​in oil prices triggering a...

Gold prices ​rose more than 1% on Monday as a pause in Middle East hostilities ‌pushed oil prices lower, eased some inflation worries and...

European shares climbed nearly 1% on ‌Monday, as a pause in U.S.-Iran hostilities over the weekend sent oil prices lower and boosted risk...

Indonesia's central bank governor, Perry Warjiyo, ​stepped down on Monday, a surprise move that analysts said could rattle investors worried...

Share markets rallied in Asia on Monday as a pause in fighting in the Gulf dragged oil prices lower, easing inflation ​risks and boosting...

Shares of South Korean internet and cloud service giant Naver jumped more than 10% on Monday after it said Nvidia would acquire $1...

Shares of India's Tata Consumer Products rose as much as 2% on ​Monday after robust growth in its newer businesses boosted...

The tech-heavy Nasdaq fell on Friday as investors sold chip stocks on ​worries about massive spending on artificial intelligence ahead of the next...

Profits at China's industrial firms grew at a ‌solid, though slower, pace as resilient exports helped cushion sluggish domestic demand,...

Deepening conflict in the Middle East has sent oil prices surging and Treasury yields ​climbing to levels that have equity investors on edge,...

Activity in the vast U.S. services ​sector accelerated in July, aided in part by spending around the FIFA World Cup and the Independence ‌Day...

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes snapped a two-month skid in June, but higher mortgage rates and affordability ‌challenges restrained the...

Chinese battery giant CATL reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter profit, ‌driven by robust growth in its energy storage business...

Meta on Friday launched a new app called "Seller" to offer dedicated selling tools to merchants ​using the company's Facebook...