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The Australian dollar was coasting above 0.7200+ for much of last week but a bruising end to that week and a soft start Monday have seen it give back the best part of US1.4c from last week’s highs, to 0.7130. The global…
The world's fastest growing major economy has one of the worst performing major equity markets in 2026.
The notice identifies Wolfrock Energy, L.L.C. as seller and Charles A. Meloy as the director whose account is named.
Richard and Caitlin Brain's two children are aged just 20 months and five months respectively, yet mum and dad have already set up pensions for them.
At the turn of the year 2025-26, economic growth surprised on the upside while financial market sentiment remained strong despite high uncertainty. The war in the Middle East is now putting this resilience to the test. …
The US Department of Defence is no longer using Anthropic's AI tools, an official has told the BBC, months after it designated the company a supply chain risk on national security grounds.
Shadow ministers will unveil a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
At least 23 huge data centres are planned in Scotland, causing significant concern for campaigners.
At least 23 huge data centres are planned in Scotland, causing significant concern for campaigners.
The UK's biggest broadband provider, BT, has agreed to rescue rival operator TalkTalk in a takeover.
US President Donald Trump says he has created a new task force focused on artificial intelligence, which will be led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton.
Take a walk into an Indian toy shop and as well as picking up a new favourite plaything for a child, you might just get an insight into how the nation is battling for a batter economic relationship with its all-powerful…
Congress spent nearly a decade holding hearings on artificial intelligence while passing almost nothing to make it safer, and the New York City Council now wants to find out whether a city can do what Washington has not…
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India banned the sale of Nestle's “Low Fat Dairy Whitener” after the sample of the product taken from a top Delhi hotel was declared to be “unsafe” and “substandard”. A notice …
The headlines have never sounded scarier, and the market keeps setting records, which is exactly why investor optimism wins over a full cycle, and why your own behavior is the real risk.
The G7 has agreed to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel in a bid to ease supply pressures that have caused prices to skyrocket.
The September US jobs report is expected to show slower hiring but stable unemployment, a combination that could give the Fed more time before its next rate hike.
Restrictions are being put on products with high sugar, fat and salt content, but the meal deal lives on.
The RAC says diesel price rises are showing no signs of slowing, "heaping more misery" onto drivers.
More Americans were hunting for work in September, a welcome new trend that appears to have begun the month before. This time, however, far fewer were successful, as the U.S. economy added just 29,000 jobs, about a thir…
Sugary soft drinks, biscuits and some breakfast cereals have disappeared from prominent positions in Scotland's supermarkets.
At the lavish home of one of Miami's top plastic surgeons, overlooking the Biscayne Bay, some of the wealthiest Cuban-American families in Florida have gathered.
OpenAI has fired three researchers for allegedly mishandling information, including work that involved an external organisation that analyses artificial intelligence (AI) models.
Britain is in talks with EU partners to release additional strategic fuel reserves, including diesel, if needed, the BBC understands.
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