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Global financial markets experienced violent turbulence in mid-May, with the epicenter squarely in Japan's government bond market. The yield on Japan's 30-year government bond (JGB) breached the psychological 4% barrier…
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UK house prices increased for the first time in four months in August, according to a leading index, as buyers and sellers remained in a “holding pattern” before an expected increase in interest rates later this year.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Food and Drug Administration announced on August 31, 2026, that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to assist the agencies in carrying out t…
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US President Donald Trump and senior White House advisers are considering a military strategy that would launch limited, recurring strikes against Iranian installations in the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reported on Monday,…
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The development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI)footnote [1] is likely to have a transformative impact across many sectors of the UK economy. AI has the potential to save workers time on a wide range of ta…
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Telecoms company to benefit from soaring prices for recycled metal recovered from full-fibre broadband rollout
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The British Museum privately hosted the Donald Trump-supporting tech billionaire Peter Thiel in the exhibition space of the Bayeux tapestry earlier this month, the Guardian understands.
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For many Iranians, the new US sanctions campaign, called Operation Economic Outcast, seems superfluous given the grim economic situation in their country.
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AI company faces multibillion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models
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US trade representative Jamieson Greer has a level-headed reputation but commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and White House adviser Peter Navarro also have key roles
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At its meeting on 19 March 2026, the Governing Council decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. It is determined to ensure that inflation stabilises at the 2% target in the medium term. The war in the…
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Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas
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Nationwide research also shows average 14% premium for housing in national landscapes of England and Wales
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Centre for Economics and Business Research calculates effect of inflation and wage stagnation to end of 2027
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Project in Zambia shows how teaching young women to negotiate better can have a long-term impact on their prospects
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Deal that will reportedly see US take control of 65bn barrels of Venezuelan oil has provoked outrage in her country
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The government is asking bankers and lawyers to provide feelgood stories about how they blocked dirty money from entering the UK, as ministers try to prove the UK’s money-laundering controls are working.
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Germany-based financial services company Allianz is considering a £5bn takeover swoop for AA, the breakdown recovery group, Sky News has reported.
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A recruitment executive who was allowed to buy back the assets of his bust company in instalments, despite it accumulating almost £3m of debt, has placed his new business into liquidation after falling behind with promi…
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Not many people get to park their car here – bang in the middle of Heathrow airport, on the taxiway just a stretch of grass away from where a line of passenger planes is coming in to land.
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Critics say changes by CMA will allow multinationals to obscure their ownership of vet practices
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‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollution
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In a factory in Gateshead, engineers carefully wind metal wires around iron cores to go in electric motors. Here, workers produce a smaller “pancake motor”, which generates higher torque than conventional versions for s…
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