US extended their sell-off on Wednesday after suffering their steepest sell-off in almost a month the previous day. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index was down 1.7 per cent in early trading. The ...

Donald Trump has called on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to resign, after one of his top allies in government called for an investigation into the central banker over alleged wrongdoing related ...

US private capital groups’ foray into insurance “was fundamentally driven by an opportunity to follow different capital rules ...

The worst of all worlds is one in which Trump blows hot and cold, and we are living in it. The risk is that Europe will have enough commitment from the US to grow complacent but not quite enough to be ...

Investors have warned that big economies are entering a new period of “fiscal dominance”, in which central banks are under growing pressure to keep interest rates artificially low to offset the cost ...

. . . . individual analysts’ consensus estimates would suddenly drop one by one prior to a company’s quarter end, only for said company to ‘surprise’ a few weeks later. The result are US reporting ...

Analysing data from the US government’s American Time Use Survey, researchers at the University of Florida and University College London found that of the 236,000 Americans surveyed the proportion who ...

A biography of the American writer and activist avoids casting him as saintly — and shows that the best portraits of artists are often the least hagiographic ...

The collection window for last month’s figures was “on or around 15 July”, while school summer holidays in England began on 23 July (eight days later) this year. Last year, collection was “on or ...

Its latest share sale boosts its valuation from $32bn last October and comes after its rival Figma listed in the US last ...

BHP and Rio Tinto chiefs affirmed their commitment to the Resolution project at the meeting. Henry said in a statement ...

Norway’s election remains too close to call. The star power of Jens Stoltenberg, the former head of Nato who is now finance ...