Several AI hackathons for developers from around the world are taking place this October. On 9–10 October, Barcelona hosted the AI Agentic Coding Hackathon. Teams of up to four people competed in
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France became the bloc’s most visible weak point in the third quarter, its economy shrinking by 0.1% as soaring borrowing costs and political turmoil over its budget deficit deepened investor alarm. The
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The politician who helped draft the manifesto that ruled out EU re-entry has now publicly declared that Britain belongs inside the European Union. Rachel Reeves, writing in the Sunday Times in her
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A bruising week for technology stocks reached a crescendo on Friday as Intel (INTC) plummeted 30% and the Nasdaq Composite tumbled 2.7%, dragging the broader US market sharply lower. Alphabet’s 12% collapse
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Since the start of 2026, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate has surged by 25%, creating pressures that extend well beyond the originators who write home loans. For warehouse lenders, the firms that
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A sharp sell-off in GSK (GSK.L) stock on Wednesday signalled deep investor unease, with shares dropping 7% in morning trading despite the drugs giant beating profit expectations. The culprit was a disappointing
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Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh used Wednesday’s post-meeting press conference to quietly announce institutional changes that will reduce future rate-setting opportunities to as few as six per year. Starting in 2027, one
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Britain’s pool of available jobs has shrunk to 691,000, the steepest drop recorded since the beginning of the year, with the decline now stretching across nearly four years. The Office for National
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A revenue shortfall at HSBC sent London’s benchmark index into retreat on Tuesday, compounding nerves ahead of the UK Budget and a Federal Reserve interest rate decision. The FTSE 100, which edged
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The gulf between Deloitte‘s top executive and its average UK worker grew sharply this year, with Richard Houston earning 93 times the firm’s median employee pay. That ratio stood at 65 times
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