Yet improving prospects at US banks only tell part of the story. Looking forward a year or two, the valuation gap to European lenders narrows, rather than closes. The rest appears to be a combination ...

The bigger problem, perhaps, is an apparent downturn in that most traditional of British exports: “Services between affiliated enterprises n.i.e. [not included elsewhere]”. As Eurostat explains: ...

For all the small indications of sticky inflation and robust household finances, the data is sufficiently indicative of a continued long-term disinflationary trend to allow a quarter point cut in ...

Well, in the UK, the results are in and they are, frankly, a bit of a mess. The ONS has attempted to measure all of these things, attach financial values to them and create measures of gross inclusive ...

Wizz Air’s former supply chain manager has been fined by the UK financial watchdog for failing to properly disclose 115 personal trades in shares of the low-cost airline worth more than £4mn, many of ...

Italian authorities this year launched a special initiative, Piracy Shield, to attempt to crack down on illegal streaming of live matches in real time. Under the scheme, Italy’s telecoms regulator is ...

All the more strange, then, that on social care — which is umbilically tied to the NHS in many ways — it has stumbled from one mis-step to another.

Gordon Brown’s former communications chief has been tapped up for the role of “EU sherpa”, leading the UK government’s reset talks with Brussels, as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer looks to strengthen ...

As the title of Duggan’s third book — preceded by Killer Thinking and Cult Status — suggests, we should work backwards by identifying the lifestyle to which we aspire, pinpointing the income that ...

While Poland spearheaded western military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine following Russia’s all-out invasion in February 2022, historic grievances resurfaced in recent years against Kyiv’s ...

The serving president Salome Zourabichvili was initially elected with the nationalist Georgian Dream’s backing, but later became one of the ruling party’s strongest critics. She later emerged as one ...

Tapestry’s dream of building a US “accessible luxury” powerhouse is in tatters. The company behind Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman this month called off its plans to acquire Capri Holdings, home ...