Although it isn’t clear that he meant to address US debt obligations — rather than payments processed through the Treasury — the passing reference got those interested in sovereign debt thinking about ...

Mediobanca shareholders have rejected a proposed €6.3bn acquisition of wealth manager Banca Generali, following a showdown vote that is set to determine the Italian lender’s future.

A record 111,084 people applied for asylum in the UK during Sir Keir Starmer’s first year in office, reflecting a surge in small boat arrivals to the country despite Labour’s pledge to smash the gangs ...

Excess capacity and financial pressures have led incumbents to offer MVNOs generous wholesale deals, while the advent of e-sims and online shopping has made it easier for customers to switch. E-sims ...

As this year’s GCSE cohort pore over their results to work out the next steps, are we really sure that sticking with the so-called “deep-but-narrow” A-levels is still such a good idea for young people ...

Russia has targeted Ukraine’s cities in the largest combined drone and missile attack in more than a month, only five days after Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power may link up with Westinghouse on deals as they try to put lengthy legal dispute behind them ...

It is possible to argue that the political thriller has replaced dystopian science fiction as a reliable barometer of modern anxieties. Instead of the doomsday mentality of dramas set at the end of ...

Nvidia, the world’s dominant AI chip provider, has been feeling the geopolitical heat lately. It recently struck a deal with US President Donald Trump to pay 15 per cent of the sales of H20 to the US ...

WHSmith has slashed full-year forecasts for its US arm and called in an independent auditor after the UK retailer said it had discovered “an overstatement” in the unit’s trading profits. The UK group, ...

The UK government borrowed a lower than expected £1.1bn in July, helped by higher tax receipts, in a relief to chancellor Rachel Reeves as she prepares for a tough Autumn Budget. The shortfall between ...

A decline in US tech stocks extended into Wednesday as concerns about the durability of this year’s rally in artificial ...