UK not ‘closed for business’ after Microsoft-Activision deal blocked, CMA insists
Activision is one of the biggest gaming companies in the world and owns titles including Call of Duty, World of...
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Ron DeSantis bans Florida colleges from spending money on diversity teaching
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has signed a law banning state-run colleges from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion programmes.Mr...
Why the world should fear a commercial property crash
Since 2020 we have been living with the whole Working From Home (WFH) phenomenon. This has had opposite effects on...
How China came to dominate the black market for money laundering
Under China’s currency controls, people cannot send the equivalent of more than $50,000 abroad per year. As a result, elites...
US inflation falls as UK left further behind
Banking turmoil in the US sent customers racing to withdraw their deposits - but going by the numbers it was...
A Lib Dem-Labour coalition would spell disaster for the UK economy
It is true that we cannot read too much into local election outcomes. When voters go to the polls in 18 months' time,...
US faces ‘chaos’ if debt ceiling not raised, warns Yellen
The Republican-led House of Representatives voted in April to lift the borrowing limit, but only if President Biden commits to...
Europe’s credit crunch will be the next chapter of this banking crisis
To which one can only retort: thank heavens for that.If anything does go wrong – and there is a high...
Fed raises US interest rate to 16-year high despite banking crisis
Rich buyers continue to snap up high-end sports cars despite soaring inflation and an uncertain economy, industry editor Howard Mustoe...
Half of America’s banks are potentially insolvent – this is how a credit crunch begins
First Republic lends to technology start-ups, but it chiefly came unstuck on commercial real estate. It will not be the...
