Biggest IKEA retailer reports profit rise as it tries to sway budget-conscious buyers
The world's biggest retailer of IKEA furniture reported a rise in annual profit on Tuesday, while it tries to bring back cash-strapped
November 11, 2025The world's biggest retailer of IKEA furniture reported a rise in annual profit on Tuesday, while it tries to bring back cash-strapped
November 11, 2025
Microsoft plans to invest $10 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure at a data centre in Portugal's port city of Sines over the next few years, marking one of the largest
November 11, 2025
A Ukrainian anti-corruption agency has detained five people and identified seven other suspects in a major graft investigation
November 11, 2025
Trump just floated a 50-year mortgage. Is that a good idea?
November 11, 2025
Thousands of protesters in Serbia have formed a human shield around a bombed-out military complex, vowing to protect it from redevelopment
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Here’s what the US military is using to strike alleged drug boats
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Here’s what’s open and closed on Veterans Day
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German investor morale unexpectedly fell in November, the ZEW economic research institute said on Tuesday, reporting a decrease in its economic sentiment index to
November 11, 2025
Sterling snapped a four-day rising streak as data on Tuesday showed British unemployment rose, while annual wage growth slowed slightly, bolstering expectations for a
November 11, 2025
China's push into deep technology and artificial intelligence is creating
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The outlook for European corporate health has further improved, the latest earnings forecasts showed on Tuesday, as companies continue to show that they have
November 11, 2025
Has the cash-strapped American worker fallen out of love with slop?
November 11, 2025
What is COP30 and why does it matter?
November 11, 2025
Despite hopes the federal government shutdown could end this week, air travelers in the United States are still in for a rough few days of cancellations and delays nationwide
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EU member states and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on an overhaul of the EU's huge farming subsidies, weakening environmental standards as part of plans to
November 11, 2025
South Korea's state-run think tank said on Tuesday there was no huge need for interest rate cuts, as it revised up a forecast for economic growth next year.
November 11, 2025
Risks to euro zone inflation are balanced and growth is turning out to be stronger than once expected, two European Central Bank policymakers said on Tuesday, reinforcing market
November 11, 2025
The foreign ministers of Turkey and Egypt will discuss the Gaza ceasefire and international efforts to rebuild the enclave once the war is over during talks in Ankara on Wednesday, a
November 11, 2025
China's central bank said on Tuesday it would maintain "appropriately loose" monetary policy, keep liquidity ample while improving its policy transmission, as the economy still
November 11, 2025
Toyota Motor's planned buyout of group firm Toyota Industries is set to face more hurdles after activist investor Elliott Investment Management said it had bought a
November 11, 2025
A de facto partition of Gaza between an area controlled by Israel and another ruled by Hamas is increasingly likely, multiple
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Many SNAP recipients are struggling — and confused — amid legal whiplash
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Shares in AstraZeneca rose past their September 2024 peak on Tuesday, hitting a fresh record high and cementing the company's position as the largest UK-listed stock by market value.
November 11, 2025
Weak domestic demand rather than U.S. tariffs is the main reason China is dumping surplus product on European markets at rock-bottom prices at the expense of domestic producers, a
November 11, 2025
With typhoons tearing across Southeast Asia this week while areas of Jamaica and Brazil are still clearing debris from damaging storms,
November 11, 2025
British grocery inflation slowed to 4.7% in the four weeks to November 2 as grocers ramped up Christmas promotions, industry data showed on Tuesday, providing a little
November 11, 2025
King Felipe will start the first state visit to China by a Spanish monarch in 18 years on Tuesday as Madrid pursues the most active courtship of
November 10, 2025
SoftBank Group Chief Executive Masayoshi Son's "all in" bet on OpenAI appears to be paying dividends after the ChatGPT-maker's valuation soared this year, producing a
November 11, 2025
China will continue to promote the expansion of market access, particularly in the service sector, which will bring new investment opportunities to companies including those from
November 11, 2025
Most board members of South Korea's central bank expressed caution about further policy easing as they kept interest rates unchanged at their last meeting on October 23, minutes of
November 11, 2025
Britain's labour market cooled noticeably in the third quarter as the unemployment rate jumped and wage growth slowed, according to data on Tuesday
November 11, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook The longest U.S. government shutdown on record looks to be nearly over, and traders are riding the tail end of a wave of
November 11, 2025
UBS is delaying the migration of some super-rich Credit Suisse clients to its own platforms by several months, sources told Reuters, a rare setback in
November 11, 2025
Two weeks after U.S.
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Sony raised its operating profit forecast for the year ending March 2026 by 8% to 1.43 trillion yen ($9.5 billion) on Tuesday, citing a smaller-than-expected impact from
November 11, 2025
China plans to ease the flow of rare earths and other restricted materials to the U.S. via a system that will exclude companies with ties to the U.S. military while fast-tracking export
November 11, 2025
BHP has been ordered by Australia's Federal Court to compensate 85 coal mine workers employed by its labour hire arm in Queensland for unlawfully requiring them to work Christmas
November 11, 2025
Countries trying to shift to clean energy while also preparing for extreme weather and other impacts in a warmer world will need money - a lot of it.
November 11, 2025
China is willing to resume exchanges with Canada and cooperate in various fields, its foreign minister said to his Canadian counterpart without specifying the sectors, the official
November 11, 2025
Private funding for Southeast Asia's internet economy grew 15% from a year earlier to $7.7 billion in the 12 months to June 2025, lagging the global growth rate
November 11, 2025
China's largest online sales festival, dubbed Singles' Day, is getting longer as retailers try to entice frugal shoppers to spend more
November 11, 2025
New Zealand's inflation expectations remained subdued in the fourth quarter, a Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) survey showed on Tuesday, with most respondents expecting a cut in
November 11, 2025
(Corrects in next to last paragraph the reference to New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill, not Mike Sherrill.) By Richard Cowan and Nolan D.
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Australia's consumer sentiment turned optimistic in November for the first time in almost four years thanks to a much better outlook for family finances and the economy, a survey
November 10, 2025
Spending from British consumers cooled last month as they waited to see how Black Friday deals and the government's budget later this month, widely expected to contain
November 11, 2025
A measure of Australian business conditions picked up in October as firms reported better sales and profits, while gauges of costs and prices eased back further and looked to be well
November 11, 2025
At a farmer's market not far from Tokyo, more than 100 shoppers queued for a chance to get a kilo or so of Japanese rice for 500 yen ($3.32) by carefully
November 10, 2025
Beyond Meat posted a bigger quarterly loss and forecast fourth-quarter sales below Wall Street estimates on Monday, as the plant-based meat maker grappled with sluggish demand for its
November 10, 2025
Brazilian cosmetic maker Natura swung to a recurring net loss in the third quarter on Monday, hit by slowing consumer demand in its local market, as well as challenges in the
November 10, 2025
Technology investor SoftBank Group reports second quarter earnings results on Tuesday in the midst of feverish investment in artificial intelligence that has sent its
November 10, 2025
As the government shutdown stretches on, military advocates are warning of long-lasting effects to National Guard troops and their readiness
November 10, 2025