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JPMorgan Chase

The US’s largest bank, which has some 316,000 employees worldwide, announced on Friday that all workers on …

Concerns over the UK government’s borrowing costs were revived on Friday after stronger-than expected US jobs figures triggered volatile conditions in global financial markets.

In an accelerating global bond market sell-off, investors warned that the UK was particularly exposed amid growing fears over stubbornly high inflation and higher for longer …

Rachel Reeves intended to spend January burnishing her reputation on the global stage with

trips to Beijing and Davos

Instead, the chancellor was reduced to watching anxiously, as a sell-off swept …

A rise in electricity costs this week has raised fears that officials operating Great Britain’s power market could be held to “ransom” by owners of gas power plants during cold, windless days in order to keep the lights on. Here, we look why costs have increased sharply, the trading rules …

Sitting in a nondescript building near the high court in Dublin, about 40 cloaked barristers have gathered almost daily since June last year. At stake is €2.5bn (£2.1bn) worth of aircraft stranded in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine.

Behind multiple screens and a mountain of warehouse boxes they are …

More than a million fans are set to attend the Australian Open over the next two weeks to experience the sights, sounds and flavours of Melbourne Park. But they soon might not recognise the precinct as work starts on a new vision that will transform Victoria’s historic sporting hub.

Melbourne …

The US labor market expanded strongly in the last jobs report of the Biden administration, according to new data released on Friday.

The number of new jobs added to the economy accelerated to 256,000 in December, up from 227,000 in November, soaring past expectations. The labor market last month was …

The UK has enough gas and electricity to meet demand this winter, the government has insisted, after the company that owns the country’s gas stores said levels had become “concerningly low” amid the

current cold snap

Centrica, which also owns British Gas, said on Friday that its …

The key question when offering tea used to be “milk or sugar?” but it could soon be “still or sparkling?” as the British institution becomes the latest target of a foodie makeover, with cold brews for

al desko

It was news to make even the most hard-boiled crisp manufacturer shudder: when Tesco released a list of the most-bought meal deal items for 2024, McCoy’s flame grilled steak grab bags had fallen off their perch as its shoppers’ favourite snack.

Instead, nestled between the chicken club sandwich as a …