As the sun set in a polluted haze behind Antony Blinken’s plane on the tarmac of a military airport in Cairo, the US Secretary of State tried to recall exactly how many countries he’d visited as he crisscrossed the Middle East to bolster support for Israel.
Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook showed up at a Tencent gaming tournament in China, an endorsement for one of the biggest earners on the app store as uncertainty persists about the US company’s top overseas market.
Two former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. traders in Hong Kong are raising money to lend to financially strapped borrowers, including the growing number of down-on-their-luck Chinese property tycoons.
Venezuela’s government will resume talks with the US-backed opposition, clearing a path for the Biden administration to ease some sanctions on the South American country, including on its oil industry.
India’s Supreme Court will rule on whether to give legal recognition to same-sex marriage on Oct 17, a long-awaited decision that could more than double the number of people worldwide with marriage equality rights.
UK staff are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to free up more time away from work, research shows.
Funding dropped to levels unseen in five years, though grants and incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act are providing some stability for startups.Â
The number of soured commercial real estate loans has begun to rise in the UK as the rapid increase in interest rates feeds through to property valuations.
Anemic growth and the highest sustained interest bill since the 1980s mean Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt cannot afford to slash UK taxes before the next election, the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned.
More pain could be around the corner for London’s luxury housing market, as economic uncertainty saps demand among the city’s richest homebuyers.
