Category: Business

The Treasury has announced the sale of its final shares in the NatWest Group. It means the bank will be under full private ownership, almost two decades after it was bailed out by the taxpayer amid the 2008 financial crisis.

Since returning to power, US President Donald Trump has wielded tariffs – or the threat of them – as his economic weapon of choice.

A federal appeals court has temporarily allowed former President Donald Trump to continue collecting a wide range of import taxes, hitting pause on a lower […]

India’s economy grew by 7.4% in the period between January and March – up from 6.2% the previous quarter and significantly beating analyst expectations.

The number of vehicles manufactured in the UK fell sharply last month, as US tariffs and the timing of Easter hit production.

Elon Musk, the prominent tech entrepreneur, has concluded his formal tenure as a “special government employee” within the Trump administration, where he led a controversial […]

Elon Musk’s brief, 129-day tenure within the Trump administration as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (dubbed “Doge”) was marked by ambition, controversy, and […]

PDD Holdings, the Chinese owner of online shopping platform Temu, has reported a near 50% drop in profit as US President Donald Trump’s trade policies added to its struggles in its home country.

Skittles in the US are no longer being made with titanium dioxide, a colour additive that was banned in the European Union in 2022 over possible health risks.

Tesco’s introduction of AI technology to some self-checkouts has led to customers joking that it bears a striking resemblance to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology used in football.