Trump refuses to renew US-Canada-Mexico trade pact he once championed
Trump and US officials opted to keep USMCA alive on short leash of annual reviews rather than longer term renewal
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Federal Reserve issues initial findings from its 2025 triennial payments study
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday issued initial findings from its 2025 triennial payments study. The information shows how consumers and businesses chose to make noncash payments, using different types of cards, ACH pay…
Read more →UK national lottery funding too concentrated in south, Nandy says
Culture secretary launches first review of how money is spent in more than two decades
Read more →No console-flation: how the thirst for AI chips is sending games console prices soaring
AI datacentres, memory scarcity and factory capacity are costing consumers –and console makers
Read more →Save student loan plan ends, leaving millions of US borrowers 90 days to find a new one
The Trump administration is requiring borrowers to choose new repayment options after the Biden-era plan was ruled unconstitutional
Read more →Crypto and stock stakes: key takeaways from Trump’s financial disclosures
US president raked in more than $1bn from crypto – an industry he has sought to deregulate – and a total of $2.2bn last year, files reveal
Read more →US cooking oil market shrinking due to Ice pressures on Latino households, Mazola owner says
The US cooking oil market is shrinking and unlikely to improve soon because of economic and immigration enforcement pressures on Latino households, the owner of the Mazola brand has said.
Read more →‘Most spectacular own goal in history’: new EU rules threaten to shut out UK car manufacturers
EU urged to make UK exempt from rules that risk becoming the most damaging consequence of Brexit yet
Read more →SEC Publishes Updated Market Statistics, Highlighting Increase in IPOs and Proceeds Raised
Lia Der Marderosian, Brian Johnson, Erika Robinson, and David Westenberg are partners at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. This post is based on a WilmerHale publication.
Read more →BBC staff fear strike action inevitable after 1% pay rise offer prompts anger
BBC staff fear a strike is on the horizon at the broadcaster after anger over a below-inflation pay rise offer made amid plans to cut thousands of jobs.
Read more →Halifax to disappear from UK high street as Lloyds axes bank brand after 173 years
Lloyds Banking Group has announced it is axing the Halifax brand, meaning the 173-year-old former building society’s name will disappear from UK high streets.
Read more →Trump’s affordability crisis hits his supporters hardest as he calls housing bill of ‘minor importance’
A housing shortfall, record home costs and cuts to subsidies are intensifying the US affordability crunch
Read more →Up to 150 former WH Smith stores to close as high court approves restructure
Up to 150 former WH Smith high street stores are to close after the high court approved a swingeing restructure that could affect thousands of jobs.
Read more →Tell us: have you invested in gold through a specialist bullion company?
We’re interested in hearing from people who have bought gold coins, bars or other precious metals through specialist dealers or online brokers
Read more →Statutory panel chair appointments confirmed for FCA listing authority and practitioner panels
The FCA has announced Kirsty Cooper will take up the role as Chair of the Listing Authority Advisory Panel (LAAP). Clare Woodman and Matt Hammerstein have been reappointed as Chair of the FCA Markets Practitioner Panel …
Read more →An Aztec-tinged revamp topped with a crinkle-cut tiara: inside the sparkling £1.3bn Olympia reboot
It has hosted everything from Miss World to the Chemical Brothers. Now the vast London venue has become a city within a city boasting offices, hotels, a theatre, commanding views – and even a school
Read more →Rapid spread of AI may worsen global inequality, UN warns
Panel proses shared framework for responsible AI development as adoption grows unevenly across world
Read more →UK house prices stall for second straight month as agents warn of summer slump
Average price of typical home little changed at £277,484 in June, says Nationwide, while housebuilder shares fall
Read more →Andy Burnham is about to have a crash course in hardcore geopolitics | Rafael Behr
The likely next prime minister would rather be in Warrington than Washington, but foreign policy will dominate his agenda more than he thinks
Read more →Ministers ‘furious’ over cuts to road projects to fund defence plan
Robert Jenrick and MP for Lincoln among those whose constituencies could be hit by cuts to road infrastructure plans
Read more →Call to suspend new EU border system in peak holiday period as planes leave half full
Airlines and airports say passengers are struggling in queues of up to five hours for biometric checks
Read more →UK house prices flat in June, says Nationwide; higher energy bills cap kicks in – business live
“The UK housing market is proving to be a study in resilience rather than exuberance,” said Anthony Codling , housing analyst at RBC Capital Markets. The average price of a home dipped £540 in June from May but rose alm…
Read more →ScottishPower owes me £1,000 in solar panel payments
I moved into my new house 14 months ago, and soon afterwards applied to ScottishPower, with whom the solar panels are registered for a feed-in tariff (Fit), for transfer of ownership of the panels and the tariff.
Read more →‘Complicated and expensive’: Burnham is right about the risks of nationalisation | Nils Pratley
Track record of Welsh Water shows public ownership is not the answer to all the woes in the utilities sector
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