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Why is SoftBank Group stock sliding today?
The Tokyo stock market on the 24th saw active stock-picking driven by earnings announcements and forecast revisions. In the semiconductor sector, a stark contrast emerged as Disco (6146.T) plunged while KOA (6999.T) sur…
Soft launches and late sittings - six ways to get cheaper meals out
The cost of dining out is getting increasingly hard to swallow - but clever planning can net you cheaper deals.
Range Rover launches first fully electric model
The vehicle is being built at JLR's manufacturing plant in Solihull, in the West Midlands.
U.S. July job openings come in soft, but tick up from revised June figure
The BoJ is expected to resume policy normalisation at its meeting next week, with money markets pricing an 89% chance that the central bank will raise its short-term policy rate by 25bps to 1.00%, and an 11% probability…
UK long-term borrowing costs highest since 1998 ahead of October Budget
Long-term government borrowing costs have risen to a 28-year high, putting further pressure on Prime Minister Andy Burnham ahead of his first Budget next month.
France targets Shein and Temu with fast fashion fees
France has started imposing fees on fast fashion items which could reach almost â¬20 per garment by 2030, as the government tries to curb sales of cheap clothing sold by e-commerce sites.
Ikea cuts prices as customers struggle with rising cost of living
Swedish furniture giant Ikea is cutting prices across hundreds of products in Europe to woo customers struggling with deepening cost-of-living pressures.
Eurozone Inflation Hits a Middle East War High, but Core Pressures Remain Containe
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…
I climbed the career ladder and got my dream job at 30 - then I hit burnout
Jo Hooper spent her 20s trying to climb the career ladder, quickly rising through the ranks with promotions and pay rises.
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Shein shares fall in long-awaited stock market debut
Shares in fast-fashion giant Shein fell in their highly anticipated stock market debut on Tuesday as the firm listed in Hong Kong after a long quest to go public.
China private manufacturing growth strengthens in August, RatingDog PMI shows
This print beats the roughly 51.0 consensus flagged ahead of the release and lands the day after the NBS official PMI also improved, giving AUD traders confirmation from both the state weighted and export weighted surve…
Australia current account deficit up less than expected in Q2
As anticipated in our last global economic outlook, elections around the world have driven notable policy changes that altered the trajectories of inflation, borrowing costs, currency values, and trade and capital flows…
Amazon rigged billions in ad pricing, lawsuit from states and US watchdog alleges
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a bipartisan group of 22 states has filed a lawsuit alleging Amazon secretly overcharged more than a million advertising customers by manipulating online auctions it uses to set…
Brinker International director DePinto sells $5.76m in shares
BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC (EAT) director Joseph Michael DePinto reported mixed insider activity. On 2026-08-28, he sold 25,000 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $230.39, in multiple trades between $…
Feeling nostalgic for summer? How to beat the back-to-work blues
The alarm wakes you with a shock, the summer holiday is over and it's time to face that inbox full of unread emails.
Japan Inc is betting big on India as China risks deepen
India's commerce minister Piyush Goyal led the country's largest-ever business delegation to Japan last week in a bid to expand trade and investment ties between the two countries. His visit came as Japan's deepening pu…
Verizon prepares network for potential tropical storm Edouard
CrowdStrike (CRWD) continues to expand ecosystem reach—bringing Falcon to Google Cloud, extending to Snowflake, and partnering with Cognizant—moves that aim to centralize AI‑era security telemetry and ease enterprise ad…
AI could cause global economic downturn, Andrew Bailey warns G20
The governor of the Bank of England has warned G20 finance ministers that artificial intelligence could cause a global economic downturn and pose a significant cyber security risk to financial systems.
Europe’s Inflation Shock Is Still Missing as Markets Price More ECB and BoE Hikes
Investors can no longer treat geopolitical shocks as temporary, cyclical disruptions. Instead, forces like economic security, supply-chain redesign, and industrial policy have become permanent, structural features of th…
Trump pushes Apple to change 'Lake Ontario' to 'Lake America' on its maps
US President Donald Trump has asked tech firm Apple to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America on its Maps platform to comply with his executive order changing the name of the Great Lake, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has …
Victoria Beckham's company makes its first profit after 18 years
Victoria Beckham's fashion and beauty business has made an operating profit for the first time since she founded it in 2008, the company has said.
The Warsh pivot markets didn’t expect
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