Senior US and Chinese officials are meeting in London today for high-level talks aimed at easing trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies, amid growing market optimism and mounting pressure from slowing export growth and political unrest. Scott Bessent, ...
British dads are being called to take part in the world’s first “Dad strike” this week, as growing frustration over the UK’s lack of meaningful paternity support reaches a tipping point. Organised by campaign group the Dad Shift, the protest ...
Workers undergoing IVF treatment should be legally entitled to paid fertility leave and flexible working arrangements, the GMB union has declared at its annual congress in Brighton. A motion passed on Sunday calls for new legislation to protect the rights ...
The Bank of England has dismissed calls from Reform UK to end interest payments to commercial banks on reserves, despite mounting political pressure over what critics claim is a vast and unnecessary drain on the public purse. In a letter ...
QQQ and tech ETFs are leading the surge off the April low, but there is another group leading year-to-date. Year-to-date performance is important because it includes two big events: the stock market decline from mid February to early April and ...
After consolidating for two weeks, the Nifty finally appeared to be flexing its muscles for a potential move higher. Over the past five sessions, the Nifty traded with an underlying positive bias and ended near the week’s high point while ...
Why is gold at a record high? How does modern mercantilism fuel today’s tensions? Are we all just pawns in a much bigger game? ...
Was Paul Heyne an ethicist who thought like an economist or was he instead an economist who thought like an ethicist? It was a bit of both. Heyne‘s popular text, The Economic Way of Thinking, educated a lot of students ...
While China has made great strides economically since the days of Mao, nonetheless, there remain a number of weaknesses in the economy. While we should recognize its economic strengths, we should not be tempted to portray China as an economic ...
UK entrepreneurs have always been quick to adapt when gaps appear in the digital space. With more pressure on small firms to stay agile, many are now turning to independent digital platforms that offer quicker routes to market, fewer entry ...