The US shareholder activism environment is maturing and increasingly complex, characterized by new players, evolving tactics, and shifting boardroom dynamics. This report, a complement to The Conference Board annual Pro…
The British housebuilder Crest Nicholson has warned of a surprise loss this year as it bemoaned difficult trading in a “subdued” property market.
Nvidia will buy the popular developer platform Hugging Face for nearly $13bn, betting that support for open AI models could offset a potential slowdown in demand for the semiconductor giant’s chips.
Thirty-six businesses in Northern Ireland, including a care provider, hotels and solicitors, have been named for failing to pay their employees the minimum wage, according to the Department for Business and Trade (DBT).
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivered a hawkish debut performance at his first policy-setting meeting. While the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted unanimously to hold interest rates steady, the Summary of…
A survivor of child sexual abuse has sued Elon Musk ’s artificial intelligence company, alleging that its chatbot used pictures of her abuse to generate new illegal pornographic images that depict her.
Homeowners in the UK are braced for a jump in mortgage rates, driven by higher inflation and interest rate increase expectations amid turmoil in the global bond markets.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.46%) fell 0.17% to 7,786, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +0.45%) lost 0.28% to 26,729, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI +0.56%) slipped 0.20% to 53,732 as disappointing economic data stalled…
Londoners are now able to hire self-driving taxis for the first time, after rides in Wayve’s autonomous vehicles were added to the Uber app on Thursday.
China’s carbon dioxide emissions fell by 1% after the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran, thanks to a sharp reduction in oil consumption and a steady rise in the use of electric vehicles and public transport, analys…
Private equity companies now own or partly own 11 of the 20 largest providers of fostering and children’s homes in England, as calls to ban “obscene” profit-making in children’s care grow.
Confined to her hospital bed as she waited for her baby to be induced, Ania Aliev was attempting to finalise a deal to buy a company and put herself in the top job.
Apple has renamed Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for US users of its Maps app, after an executive order from Donald Trump to change the name of the Great Lake amid his trade spat with Canada.
• Uber drivers launch European class action over ‘soulless’ and ‘scary’ AI algorithm
The UK government does not know what the country’s datacentres are being used for despite fears over the growing environmental impact of the AI boom.
The Bank of Canada held its benchmark interest rate steady again on Wednesday as new U.S. tariffs and the ongoing war in Iran cloud the central bank’s outlook.
Tim Cook has received a $47m (£35m) pay deal as Apple’s executive chair, a remuneration package that nears the level set for his successor as chief executive.
It is not just the wildfire burning in the bond markets, with many countries facing interest rates at multi-decade highs.
Ryanair has warned that air fares in Europe will jump next year if the oil price remains high and that some airlines could go bust.
Economist Kenneth Rogoff argues that that the era of dollar dominance may be ending
UK government borrowing costs have been rising, with some now at their highest level since 1998 as investors around the world worry about inflation.
Have you ever wondered why it is that most houses in the UK are reliant on gas boilers? Not what’s stopping more people from replacing them with heat pumps, but instead why and how the gas boiler became so ubiquitous in…
Speed limit dropped from 60km/h for around 70% of general roads in the hope of making narrow streets of crowded cities safer
Consumer watchdog Which? set up and accepted payment for fake listing for ‘1 bed apartment in heart of London’