The UK will set up a new standards body to fine ministers who breach rules on taking jobs after leaving office, in response to criticism of the current “toothless” watchdog’s approach to high-level ...

Boost to British businesses from contracts won through Safe project will require London to make financial contribution, diplomats say ...

The only thing central banks fear more than a bout of inflation is an era of fiscal dominance. This is one in which governments’ budgetary needs begin to dictate monetary policy outcomes, either ...

Companies typically grit their teeth and pay the hefty fees owed to lawyers and investment bankers after striking a deal. But in a series of recent dust-ups, clients are pushing back and going to ...

Nuveen’s latest EQuilibrium survey 1 shows that 94 per cent of institutional investors now hold private credit in their portfolios, marking a significant jump in the last five years. At the same time, ...

Elon Musk does not need to launch the “America party” — he already owns the tools to herd individuals into a critical mass ...

Work requirements for vulnerable people, gig workers and the self-employed won’t save much and deter genuine claimants ...

Taavet Hinrikus, who co-founded the company in 2011 and still owns 5.1 per cent of the shares, urged shareholders to block proposals to switch Wise’s primary listing out of London, on the basis that ...

It started off with an uncompromising position that it would not countenance even the 10 per cent “baseline” Trump tariff without retaliation. Then it came up with a more emollient view that it would ...

It took time for the co-founder of Mother to warm to small-town SoCal life. Now, he thinks the move to his Spanish Colonial house — with its blend of romance, rock‘n’roll and pinball machines — is ...

Euro rallies after German confidence improves ...

The French government has launched a criminal investigation into Elon Musk’s X over “the alleged manipulation of its algorithm” and “fraudulent” data extraction, the social media platform said. In a ...