Britain’s finance industry on Friday urged the new Labour government to phase out additional taxes on banks, warning that lenders in London face a higher total tax burden than in rival cities
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Israel said it had targeted the intelligence headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut and was assessing the damage on Friday after a series of strikes on senior figures in the group that Iran’s
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Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of former U.S. President Donald Trump, has engaged in discussions regarding U.S.-Saudi diplomatic negotiations involving Israel with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman multiple times since leaving
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The Bank of England (BoE) may adopt a more aggressive stance on cutting interest rates if inflation pressures continue to ease, but ongoing conflict in the Middle East could lead to higher
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Major stock markets in the Gulf experienced a decline in early trade on Wednesday, following Iran’s ballistic missile strike on Israel, which heightened fears of a wider regional conflict. Saudi Arabia’s benchmark
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British foreign minister David Lammy has reiterated calls for an immediate ceasefire amid reports of a potential escalation in the Israel-Lebanon conflict. This discussion followed a phone call with U.S. Secretary of
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Chinese stocks continued their impressive rally on Monday, with mainland markets on track for their best month in nearly a decade, following additional stimulus measures from Beijing aimed at counteracting a slowdown
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A significant increase in British public borrowing to enhance investment may not be without risks, a think tank has cautioned ahead of the new government’s first budget. Markets are closely monitoring the
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PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O) announced on Wednesday that it is enabling U.S. merchants to buy, hold, and sell cryptocurrency directly from their business accounts. Cryptocurrency has transitioned from a nascent asset class to
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Britain is relocating troops to Cyprus to assist in evacuating nationals trapped in Lebanon, while Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called for diplomacy and an immediate ceasefire to prevent escalation between Israel
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